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一把揪住
Seized and Questioned
行者上前，一把揪住道：「你過來，等我問你。」獃子又慌了，戰戰兢兢的道：「問便罷了，揪扯怎的？」行者道：「是甚麼山？」八戒道：「是石頭山。」「甚麼洞？」道：「是石頭洞。」「甚麼門？」道：「是釘釘鐵葉門。」「裡邊有多遠？」道：「入內是三層。」行者上前，一把揪住道：「你过来，等我问你。」呆子又慌了，战战兢兢的道：「问便罢了，揪扯怎的？」行者道：「是甚么山？」八戒道：「是石头山。」「甚么洞？」道：「是石头洞。」「甚么门？」道：「是钉钉铁叶门。」「里边有多远？」道：「入内是三层。」
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行者上前，一把揪住道：「你過來，等我問你。」
行者上前，一把揪住道：「你过来，等我问你。」
Pilgrim stepped up, seized him with one grab, and said: “Come here — let me question you.”
一把揪住 (yì bǎ jiū zhù), "to seize with one grab."
獃子又慌了，戰戰兢兢的道：「問便罷了，揪扯怎的？」
呆子又慌了，战战兢兢的道：「问便罢了，揪扯怎的？」
The blockhead panicked again and said, trembling: “Ask, then, and be done — what’s all this grabbing and pulling?”
戰戰兢兢 (zhàn zhàn jīng jīng), "trembling with fear." 揪扯, "grabbing and pulling."
行者道：「是甚麼山？」
行者道：「是甚么山？」
Said Pilgrim: “What mountain is it?”
甚麼山 — 甚 read shén.
八戒道：「是石頭山。」
八戒道：「是石头山。」
Said Eight Rules: “It’s Stone Mountain.”
石頭山 (shítou shān), "Stone Mountain."
「甚麼洞？」道：「是石頭洞。」
「甚么洞？」道：「是石头洞。」
“What cave?” “It’s Stone Cave.”
甚麼洞 — 甚 shén.
「甚麼門？」道：「是釘釘鐵葉門。」
「甚么门？」道：「是钉钉铁叶门。」
“What gate?” “It’s a nail-studded iron-plate gate.”
釘釘鐵葉門 (dīng dīng tiě yè mén), "a nail-studded iron-plate gate." 甚 shén.
「裡邊有多遠？」道：「入內是三層。」
「里边有多远？」道：「入内是三层。」
“How far does it run inside?” “Within, there are three chambers.”
入內是三層 (rù nèi shì sān céng), "within, three chambers."
總評 Commentary
His guard broken, Eight Rules is seized bodily and interrogated. The exchange is staged as rapid call-and-response — what mountain, what cave, what gate, how far within — and the pig answers with the very formulas he drilled before the rocks: Stone Mountain, Stone Cave, iron-plated gate, three chambers.
The comedy lies in the pig’s obliviousness: he recites his prepared answers without once grasping that Pilgrim already possesses them. Each correct-sounding reply only tightens the noose, for the interrogator is not seeking information but leading the witness to condemn himself out of his own mouth in the passage to follow.