第三十二回 · 金角銀角 Golden-Horn and Silver-Horn — Journey to the West

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金角銀角 Golden-Horn and Silver-Horn

卻què說shuō那nà山shān叫jiào做zuò平píng頂dǐng山shān，那nà洞dòng叫jiào做zuò蓮lián花huā洞dòng。洞dòng裡lǐ兩liǎng妖yāo：一yí喚huàn金jīn角jiǎo大dà王wáng，一yí喚huàn銀yín角jiǎo大dà王wáng。金jīn角jiǎo正zhèng坐zuò，對duì銀yín角jiǎo說shuō：「兄xiōng弟dì，我wǒ們men多duō少shǎo時shí不bù巡xún山shān了le？」銀yín角jiǎo道dào：「有yǒu半bàn個gè月yuè了le。」金jīn角jiǎo道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，你nǐ今jīn日rì與yǔ我wǒ去qù巡xún巡xún。」銀yín角jiǎo道dào：「今jīn日rì巡xún山shān怎zěn的de？」金jīn角jiǎo道dào：「你nǐ不bù知zhī。近jìn聞wén得de東dōng土tǔ唐táng朝cháo差chāi個gè御yù弟dì唐táng僧sēng往wǎng西xī方fāng拜bài佛fó，一yì行xíng四sì眾zhòng，叫jiào做zuò孫sūn行xíng者zhě、豬zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng，連lián馬mǎ五wǔ口kǒu。你nǐ看kàn他tā在zài那nǎ處chù，與yǔ我wǒ把bǎ他tā拿ná來lái。」銀yín角jiǎo道dào：「我wǒ們men要yào吃chī人rén，那nǎ裡lǐ不bù撈lāo幾jǐ個gè。這zhè和hé尚shàng到dào得de那nǎ裡lǐ，讓ràng他tā去qù罷bà。」却què说shuō那nà山shān叫jiào做zuò平píng顶dǐng山shān，那nà洞dòng叫jiào做zuò莲lián花huā洞dòng。洞dòng里lǐ两liǎng妖yāo：一yí唤huàn金jīn角jiǎo大dà王wáng，一yí唤huàn银yín角jiǎo大dà王wáng。金jīn角jiǎo正zhèng坐zuò，对duì银yín角jiǎo说shuō：「兄xiōng弟dì，我wǒ们men多duō少shǎo时shí不bù巡xún山shān了le？」银yín角jiǎo道dào：「有yǒu半bàn个gè月yuè了le。」金jīn角jiǎo道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，你nǐ今jīn日rì与yǔ我wǒ去qù巡xún巡xún。」银yín角jiǎo道dào：「今jīn日rì巡xún山shān怎zěn的de？」金jīn角jiǎo道dào：「你nǐ不bù知zhī。近jìn闻wén得de东dōng土tǔ唐táng朝cháo差chāi个gè御yù弟dì唐táng僧sēng往wǎng西xī方fāng拜bài佛fó，一yì行xíng四sì众zhòng，叫jiào做zuò孙sūn行xíng者zhě、猪zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng，连lián马mǎ五wǔ口kǒu。你nǐ看kàn他tā在zài那nǎ处chù，与yǔ我wǒ把bǎ他tā拿ná来lái。」银yín角jiǎo道dào：「我wǒ们men要yào吃chī人rén，那nǎ里lǐ不bù捞lāo几jǐ个gè。这zhè和hé尚shàng到dào得de那nǎ里lǐ，让ràng他tā去qù罢bà。」

逐句解 Line by line

卻què說shuō那nà山shān叫jiào做zuò平píng頂dǐng山shān，那nà洞dòng叫jiào做zuò蓮lián花huā洞dòng。却què说shuō那nà山shān叫jiào做zuò平píng顶dǐng山shān，那nà洞dòng叫jiào做zuò莲lián花huā洞dòng。

Now that mountain, be it said, was called the Level-Top Mountain, and that cave the Lotus-Flower Cave.

平頂山 / 蓮花洞, "Level-Top Mountain / Lotus-Flower Cave." 那 read nà (twice).

洞dòng裡lǐ兩liǎng妖yāo：一yí喚huàn金jīn角jiǎo大dà王wáng，一yí喚huàn銀yín角jiǎo大dà王wáng。洞dòng里lǐ两liǎng妖yāo：一yí唤huàn金jīn角jiǎo大dà王wáng，一yí唤huàn银yín角jiǎo大dà王wáng。

In the cave were two fiends: one called Great King Golden-Horn, the other Great King Silver-Horn.

金角大王 / 銀角大王 (Jīnjiǎo / Yínjiǎo Dàwáng), "Great King Golden-Horn / Silver-Horn" — 角 jiǎo ("horn").

金jīn角jiǎo正zhèng坐zuò，對duì銀yín角jiǎo說shuō：「兄xiōng弟dì，我wǒ們men多duō少shǎo時shí不bù巡xún山shān了le？」金jīn角jiǎo正zhèng坐zuò，对duì银yín角jiǎo说shuō：「兄xiōng弟dì，我wǒ们men多duō少shǎo时shí不bù巡xún山shān了le？」

Golden-Horn, sitting at his ease, said to Silver-Horn: “Brother, how long is it since we patrolled the mountain?”

巡山 (xún shān), "to patrol the mountain." 多少時, "how long."

銀yín角jiǎo道dào：「有yǒu半bàn個gè月yuè了le。」银yín角jiǎo道dào：「有yǒu半bàn个gè月yuè了le。」

Said Silver-Horn: “Half a month, I should think.”

半個月 (bàn gè yuè), "half a month."

金jīn角jiǎo道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，你nǐ今jīn日rì與yǔ我wǒ去qù巡xún巡xún。」金jīn角jiǎo道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，你nǐ今jīn日rì与yǔ我wǒ去qù巡xún巡xún。」

Said Golden-Horn: “Brother, go make a round for me today.”

與我去巡巡 (yǔ wǒ qù xún xún), "go make a round for me."

銀yín角jiǎo道dào：「今jīn日rì巡xún山shān怎zěn的de？」银yín角jiǎo道dào：「今jīn日rì巡xún山shān怎zěn的de？」

Said Silver-Horn: “Why patrol the mountain today?”

怎的 (zěnde), "why, for what."

金jīn角jiǎo道dào：「你nǐ不bù知zhī。近jìn聞wén得de東dōng土tǔ唐táng朝cháo差chāi個gè御yù弟dì唐táng僧sēng往wǎng西xī方fāng拜bài佛fó，一yì行xíng四sì眾zhòng，叫jiào做zuò孫sūn行xíng者zhě、豬zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng，連lián馬mǎ五wǔ口kǒu。金jīn角jiǎo道dào：「你nǐ不bù知zhī。近jìn闻wén得de东dōng土tǔ唐táng朝cháo差chāi个gè御yù弟dì唐táng僧sēng往wǎng西xī方fāng拜bài佛fó，一yì行xíng四sì众zhòng，叫jiào做zuò孙sūn行xíng者zhě、猪zhū八bā戒jiè、沙shā和hé尚shàng，连lián马mǎ五wǔ口kǒu。

Said Golden-Horn: “You don’t know. I’ve lately heard that the Tang court of the East has sent its imperial younger-brother, the Tang Monk, west to bow before the Buddha — a party of four, called Sun the Pilgrim, Zhu Eight Rules, and Sha Monk, five counting the horse.

御弟 (yù dì), "imperial younger-brother." 差個 — 差 chāi ("dispatch"); 聞得 — 得 de; 拜佛 — 佛 fó.

你nǐ看kàn他tā在zài那nǎ處chù，與yǔ我wǒ把bǎ他tā拿ná來lái。」你nǐ看kàn他tā在zài那nǎ处chù，与yǔ我wǒ把bǎ他tā拿ná来lái。」

Find out whereabouts he is, and bring him to me.”

在那處 (zài nǎ chù), "whereabouts he is" — interrogative 那 nǎ.

銀yín角jiǎo道dào：「我wǒ們men要yào吃chī人rén，那nǎ裡lǐ不bù撈lāo幾jǐ個gè。這zhè和hé尚shàng到dào得de那nǎ裡lǐ，讓ràng他tā去qù罷bà。」银yín角jiǎo道dào：「我wǒ们men要yào吃chī人rén，那nǎ里lǐ不bù捞lāo几jǐ个gè。这zhè和hé尚shàng到dào得de那nǎ里lǐ，让ràng他tā去qù罢bà。」

Said Silver-Horn: “If it’s men we want to eat, where can’t we snatch a few? Wherever this monk is bound, let him pass.”

那裡不撈 (nǎ lǐ bù lāo), "where can’t we snatch" — rhetorical 那 nǎ (twice). 到得 — 得 de.

總評 Commentary

The scene now cuts, with the storyteller’s 却說, to the demons themselves, and the two Great Kings — Golden-Horn and Silver-Horn — are introduced in domestic conversation, idly noting that half a month has passed since their last patrol. The homely framing is characteristic of the novel’s demons, who keep house, observe routines, and confer like bureaucrats.

Golden-Horn’s motive for the sudden patrol is the pilgrims themselves, whose approach and full roster he already knows by report. Silver-Horn’s shrug — that they can snatch men to eat anywhere, so why trouble over this particular monk — sets up the crucial revelation of the next passage: that the Tang Monk is no ordinary prey.