第三十二回 · 自驚自怪 Frightened by His Own Shadow — Journey to the West

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自驚自怪 Frightened by His Own Shadow

又yòu走zǒu處chù，那nà山shān風fēng來lái得de甚shèn猛měng，呼hū的de一yì聲shēng，把bǎ顆kē枯kū木mù刮guā倒dǎo，滾gǔn至zhì面miàn前qián，他tā又yòu跌diē腳jiǎo搥chuí胸xiōng的de道dào：「哥gē啊a，這zhè是shì怎zěn的de起qǐ？一yì行xíng說shuō不bù敢gǎn編biān謊huǎng罷bà了le，又yòu變biàn甚shén麼me樹shù來lái打dǎ人rén？」又yòu走zǒu向xiàng前qián，只zhǐ見jiàn一yí個gè白bái頸jǐng老lǎo鴉yā，當dāng頭tóu喳zhā喳zhā的de連lián叫jiào幾jǐ聲shēng，他tā又yòu道dào：「哥gē哥gē，不bù羞xiū，不bù羞xiū。我wǒ說shuō不bù編biān就jiù不bù編biān了le，只zhǐ管guǎn又yòu變biàn著zhe老lǎo鴉yā怎zěn的de？你nǐ來lái聽tīng麼me？」原yuán來lái這zhè一yì番fān行xíng者zhě卻què不bù曾céng跟gēn他tā去qù，他tā那nà裡lǐ卻què自zì驚jīng自zì怪guài，亂luàn疑yí亂luàn猜cāi，故gù無wú往wǎng而ér不bù疑yí是shì行xíng者zhě隨suí他tā身shēn也yě。獃dāi子zi驚jīng疑yí且qiě不bù題tí。又yòu走zǒu处chù，那nà山shān风fēng来lái得de甚shèn猛měng，呼hū的de一yì声shēng，把bǎ颗kē枯kū木mù刮guā倒dǎo，滚gǔn至zhì面miàn前qián，他tā又yòu跌diē脚jiǎo搥chuí胸xiōng的de道dào：「哥gē啊a，这zhè是shì怎zěn的de起qǐ？一yì行xíng说shuō不bù敢gǎn编biān谎huǎng罢bà了le，又yòu变biàn甚shén么me树shù来lái打dǎ人rén？」又yòu走zǒu向xiàng前qián，只zhǐ见jiàn一yí个gè白bái颈jǐng老lǎo鸦yā，当dāng头tóu喳zhā喳zhā的de连lián叫jiào几jǐ声shēng，他tā又yòu道dào：「哥gē哥gē，不bù羞xiū，不bù羞xiū。我wǒ说shuō不bù编biān就jiù不bù编biān了le，只zhǐ管guǎn又yòu变biàn著zhe老lǎo鸦yā怎zěn的de？你nǐ来lái听tīng么me？」原yuán来lái这zhè一yì番fān行xíng者zhě却què不bù曾céng跟gēn他tā去qù，他tā那nà里lǐ却què自zì惊jīng自zì怪guài，乱luàn疑yí乱luàn猜cāi，故gù无wú往wǎng而ér不bù疑yí是shì行xíng者zhě随suí他tā身shēn也yě。呆dāi子zi惊jīng疑yí且qiě不bù题tí。

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As he went on, a mountain wind blew up exceeding fierce, and with a roar it toppled a dead tree, which rolled to a stop before him. Stamping and beating his breast, he cried: “Brother! What’s this now? I’ve said all along I dare not lie — so why turn into a tree to strike me?”

來得甚猛 (lái de shèn měng), "came exceeding fierce" — 甚 here shèn ("exceedingly"). 刮倒 — 倒 dǎo; 那 nà; 得 de; the second 甚 (甚麼樹) is shén.

又yòu走zǒu向xiàng前qián，只zhǐ見jiàn一yí個gè白bái頸jǐng老lǎo鴉yā，當dāng頭tóu喳zhā喳zhā的de連lián叫jiào幾jǐ聲shēng，他tā又yòu道dào：「哥gē哥gē，不bù羞xiū，不bù羞xiū。我wǒ說shuō不bù編biān就jiù不bù編biān了le，只zhǐ管guǎn又yòu變biàn著zhe老lǎo鴉yā怎zěn的de？你nǐ來lái聽tīng麼me？」又yòu走zǒu向xiàng前qián，只zhǐ见jiàn一yí个gè白bái颈jǐng老lǎo鸦yā，当dāng头tóu喳zhā喳zhā的de连lián叫jiào几jǐ声shēng，他tā又yòu道dào：「哥gē哥gē，不bù羞xiū，不bù羞xiū。我wǒ说shuō不bù编biān就jiù不bù编biān了le，只zhǐ管guǎn又yòu变biàn著zhe老lǎo鸦yā怎zěn的de？你nǐ来lái听tīng么me？」

Going still further, he saw a white-necked old crow that cawed several times right over his head; and he said again: “Brother, shame on you, shame on you! I said I wouldn’t make up tales, and I won’t — so why keep turning into a crow? Have you come to listen?”

白頸老鴉 (bái jǐng lǎo yā), "a white-necked old crow." 變著 — 著 zhe.

原yuán來lái這zhè一yì番fān行xíng者zhě卻què不bù曾céng跟gēn他tā去qù，他tā那nà裡lǐ卻què自zì驚jīng自zì怪guài，亂luàn疑yí亂luàn猜cāi，故gù無wú往wǎng而ér不bù疑yí是shì行xíng者zhě隨suí他tā身shēn也yě。原yuán来lái这zhè一yì番fān行xíng者zhě却què不bù曾céng跟gēn他tā去qù，他tā那nà里lǐ却què自zì惊jīng自zì怪guài，乱luàn疑yí乱luàn猜cāi，故gù无wú往wǎng而ér不bù疑yí是shì行xíng者zhě随suí他tā身shēn也yě。

Now this time Pilgrim had not in fact followed him at all; it was the pig himself who took fright at his own shadow and guessed wildly, so that nowhere did he go but he suspected Pilgrim was at his side.

自驚自怪 (zì jīng zì guài), "to take fright at oneself." 那裡 here deictic nà ("there").

獃dāi子zi驚jīng疑yí且qiě不bù題tí。呆dāi子zi惊jīng疑yí且qiě不bù题tí。

Of the blockhead’s alarm we say no more for now.

且不題 (qiě bù tí), "we say no more for now" — a storyteller’s formula.

總評 Commentary

The second and third beats — a wind-toppled tree and a cawing crow — complete the comic sequence, each greeted as another of Pilgrim’s transformations. The pig stamps and beats his breast at the tree (“why turn into a tree to strike me?”) and scolds the crow for shamelessness, his protestations of honesty growing more fervent before an audience that exists only in his own fear.

The narrator then lifts the veil: Pilgrim had not followed him this time at all. The whole spectacle has been self-generated — 自驚自怪，亂疑亂猜 — a neat closing irony in which the surveillance that was real (the gnat, the woodpecker) has trained the pig to hallucinate a surveillance that is not, so that even Pilgrim’s absence torments him.