第三十二回 · 且饒你 Spared for Now — Journey to the West

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且饒你 Spared for Now

獃dāi子zi沒méi計jì奈nài何hé，扯chě住zhù師shī父fù道dào：「你nǐ替tì我wǒ說shuō個gè方fāng便biàn兒er。」長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「悟wù空kōng說shuō你nǐ編biān謊huǎng，我wǒ還hái不bú信xìn，今jīn果guǒ如rú此cǐ，其qí實shí該gāi打dǎ。但dàn如rú今jīn過guò山shān少shǎo人rén使shǐ喚huàn，悟wù空kōng，你nǐ且qiě饒ráo他tā，待dài過guò了le山shān。再zài打dǎ罷bà。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「古gǔ人rén云yún：『順shùn父fù母mǔ言yán情qíng，呼hū為wéi大dà孝xiào。』師shī父fù說shuō不bù打dǎ，我wǒ就jiù且qiě饒ráo你nǐ。你nǐ再zài去qù與yǔ他tā巡xún山shān，若ruò再zài說shuō謊huǎng誤wù事shì，我wǒ定dìng一yí下xià也yě不bù饒ráo你nǐ。」呆dāi子zi没méi计jì奈nài何hé，扯chě住zhù师shī父fù道dào：「你nǐ替tì我wǒ说shuō个gè方fāng便biàn儿er。」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「悟wù空kōng说shuō你nǐ编biān谎huǎng，我wǒ还hái不bú信xìn，今jīn果guǒ如rú此cǐ，其qí实shí该gāi打dǎ。但dàn如rú今jīn过guò山shān少shǎo人rén使shǐ唤huàn，悟wù空kōng，你nǐ且qiě饶ráo他tā，待dài过guò了le山shān。再zài打dǎ罢bà。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「古gǔ人rén云yún：『顺shùn父fù母mǔ言yán情qíng，呼hū为wéi大dà孝xiào。』师shī父fù说shuō不bù打dǎ，我wǒ就jiù且qiě饶ráo你nǐ。你nǐ再zài去qù与yǔ他tā巡xún山shān，若ruò再zài说shuō谎huǎng误wù事shì，我wǒ定dìng一yí下xià也yě不bù饶ráo你nǐ。」

逐句解 Line by line

獃dāi子zi沒méi計jì奈nài何hé，扯chě住zhù師shī父fù道dào：「你nǐ替tì我wǒ說shuō個gè方fāng便biàn兒er。」呆dāi子zi没méi计jì奈nài何hé，扯chě住zhù师shī父fù道dào：「你nǐ替tì我wǒ说shuō个gè方fāng便biàn儿er。」

The blockhead, at his wits’ end, clutched the Master: “Put in a good word for me.”

沒計奈何 (méi jì nài hé), "at one’s wits’ end." 方便兒 — 兒 er.

長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「悟wù空kōng說shuō你nǐ編biān謊huǎng，我wǒ還hái不bú信xìn，今jīn果guǒ如rú此cǐ，其qí實shí該gāi打dǎ。长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「悟wù空kōng说shuō你nǐ编biān谎huǎng，我wǒ还hái不bú信xìn，今jīn果guǒ如rú此cǐ，其qí实shí该gāi打dǎ。

Said the Elder: “When Wukong said you’d made up lies, I did not believe it; but now it proves so, and you do indeed deserve a beating.

編謊 (biān huǎng), "to make up lies." 還 hái; 長 zhǎng.

但dàn如rú今jīn過guò山shān少shǎo人rén使shǐ喚huàn，悟wù空kōng，你nǐ且qiě饒ráo他tā，待dài過guò了le山shān。再zài打dǎ罷bà。」但dàn如rú今jīn过guò山shān少shǎo人rén使shǐ唤huàn，悟wù空kōng，你nǐ且qiě饶ráo他tā，待dài过guò了le山shān。再zài打dǎ罢bà。」

But just now, in crossing the mountain, we’re short of hands to send; Wukong, spare him for the present — beat him after we’ve passed the mountain.”

少人使喚 (shǎo rén shǐ huàn), "short of hands to command." 饒, "to spare."

行xíng者zhě道dào：「古gǔ人rén云yún：『順shùn父fù母mǔ言yán情qíng，呼hū為wéi大dà孝xiào。』師shī父fù說shuō不bù打dǎ，我wǒ就jiù且qiě饒ráo你nǐ。行xíng者zhě道dào：「古gǔ人rén云yún：『顺shùn父fù母mǔ言yán情qíng，呼hū为wéi大dà孝xiào。』师shī父fù说shuō不bù打dǎ，我wǒ就jiù且qiě饶ráo你nǐ。

Said Pilgrim: “The ancients said: ‘To yield to a parent’s wish is called great filial piety.’ Since the Master says not to beat you, I’ll spare you for now.

順父母言情，呼為大孝 (shùn fùmǔ yán qíng, hū wéi dà xiào), "to yield to a parent’s wish is called great filial piety" — 為 wéi ("is called").

你nǐ再zài去qù與yǔ他tā巡xún山shān，若ruò再zài說shuō謊huǎng誤wù事shì，我wǒ定dìng一yí下xià也yě不bù饒ráo你nǐ。」你nǐ再zài去qù与yǔ他tā巡xún山shān，若ruò再zài说shuō谎huǎng误wù事shì，我wǒ定dìng一yí下xià也yě不bù饶ráo你nǐ。」

Go patrol the mountain for him again; and if you lie and wreck things once more, I’ll not let you off by a single stroke.”

與他巡山 (yǔ tā xún shān), "patrol the mountain for him." 誤事, "to wreck the matter."

總評 Commentary

The master intervenes, and his intervention is characteristically double-edged: he concedes that Pilgrim was right and that Eight Rules “does indeed deserve a beating,” yet pleads practical necessity — the crossing needs every hand — to defer the punishment. It is the softening the whole scheme anticipated, the master’s protectiveness reasserting itself even after his misjudgment has been proven.

Pilgrim yields with a show of Confucian propriety, quoting the maxim that to yield to a parent’s wish is “great filial piety” — a wry justification, since the “parent” is his nominal master and the “filial” act is merely sparing a lazy comrade. His closing warning, that a second lie will be forgiven “not by a single stroke,” sends Eight Rules back to the very task he shirked, and sets the plot moving once more toward the demons who actually wait on the mountain.