第三十二回 · 撞見群魔 Into the Pack of Fiends — Journey to the West

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撞見群魔 Into the Pack of Fiends

卻què說shuō八bā戒jiè運yùn拙zhuō，正zhèng行xíng處chù，可kě可kě的de撞zhuàng見jiàn群qún魔mó，當dāng面miàn擋dǎng住zhù道dào：「那nǎ來lái的de甚shén麼me人rén？」獃dāi子zi才cái擡tái起qǐ頭tóu來lái，掀xiān著zhe耳ěr朵duǒ，看kàn見jiàn是shì些xiē妖yāo魔mó，他tā就jiù慌huāng了le，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「我wǒ若ruò說shuō是shì取qǔ經jīng的de和hé尚shàng，他tā就jiù撈lāo了le去qù。」只zhǐ是shì說shuō走zǒu路lù的de。小xiǎo妖yāo回huí報bào道dào：「大dà王wáng，是shì走zǒu路lù的de。」那nà三sān十shí名míng小xiǎo怪guài，中zhōng間jiān有yǒu認rèn得de的de，有yǒu不bú認rèn得de的de。傍bàng邊biān有yǒu聽tīng著zhe指zhǐ點diǎn說shuō話huà的de道dào：「大dà王wáng，這zhè個gè和hé尚shàng，像xiàng這zhè圖tú中zhōng豬zhū八bā戒jiè模mú樣yàng。」叫jiào掛guà起qǐ影yǐng神shén圖tú來lái。八bā戒jiè看kàn見jiàn，大dà驚jīng道dào：「怪guài道dào這zhè些xiē時shí沒méi精jīng神shén哩lī，原yuán來lái是shì他tā把bǎ我wǒ的de影yǐng神shén傳chuán將jiāng來lái也yě。」却què说shuō八bā戒jiè运yùn拙zhuō，正zhèng行xíng处chù，可kě可kě的de撞zhuàng见jiàn群qún魔mó，当dāng面miàn挡dǎng住zhù道dào：「那nǎ来lái的de甚shén么me人rén？」呆dāi子zi才cái擡tái起qǐ头tóu来lái，掀xiān著zhe耳ěr朵duǒ，看kàn见jiàn是shì些xiē妖yāo魔mó，他tā就jiù慌huāng了le，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「我wǒ若ruò说shuō是shì取qǔ经jīng的de和hé尚shàng，他tā就jiù捞lāo了le去qù。」只zhǐ是shì说shuō走zǒu路lù的de。小xiǎo妖yāo回huí报bào道dào：「大dà王wáng，是shì走zǒu路lù的de。」那nà三sān十shí名míng小xiǎo怪guài，中zhōng间jiān有yǒu认rèn得de的de，有yǒu不bú认rèn得de的de。傍bàng边biān有yǒu听tīng著zhe指zhǐ点diǎn说shuō话huà的de道dào：「大dà王wáng，这zhè个gè和hé尚shàng，像xiàng这zhè图tú中zhōng猪zhū八bā戒jiè模mú样yàng。」叫jiào挂guà起qǐ影yǐng神shén图tú来lái。八bā戒jiè看kàn见jiàn，大dà惊jīng道dào：「怪guài道dào这zhè些xiē时shí没méi精jīng神shén哩lī，原yuán来lái是shì他tā把bǎ我wǒ的de影yǐng神shén传chuán将jiāng来lái也yě。」

逐句解 Line by line

卻què說shuō八bā戒jiè運yùn拙zhuō，正zhèng行xíng處chù，可kě可kě的de撞zhuàng見jiàn群qún魔mó，當dāng面miàn擋dǎng住zhù道dào：「那nǎ來lái的de甚shén麼me人rén？」却què说shuō八bā戒jiè运yùn拙zhuō，正zhèng行xíng处chù，可kě可kě的de撞zhuàng见jiàn群qún魔mó，当dāng面miàn挡dǎng住zhù道dào：「那nǎ来lái的de甚shén么me人rén？」

Now as ill luck would have it, just as Eight Rules was going along he ran smack into the pack of fiends, who barred his way and demanded: “What folk are you, come from where?”

運拙 (yùn zhuō), "ill luck." 當面擋住, "barred the way to his face." 那來的, "coming from where" (= 那裡來的) — 那 here nǎ; 甚麼 — 甚 shén.

獃dāi子zi才cái擡tái起qǐ頭tóu來lái，掀xiān著zhe耳ěr朵duǒ，看kàn見jiàn是shì些xiē妖yāo魔mó，他tā就jiù慌huāng了le，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「我wǒ若ruò說shuō是shì取qǔ經jīng的de和hé尚shàng，他tā就jiù撈lāo了le去qù。」呆dāi子zi才cái擡tái起qǐ头tóu来lái，掀xiān著zhe耳ěr朵duǒ，看kàn见jiàn是shì些xiē妖yāo魔mó，他tā就jiù慌huāng了le，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「我wǒ若ruò说shuō是shì取qǔ经jīng的de和hé尚shàng，他tā就jiù捞lāo了le去qù。」

The blockhead had but to lift his head and raise his ears — and, seeing they were fiends, he took fright, thinking to himself: “If I say I’m a scripture-seeking monk, they’ll snatch me off.”

掀著耳朵 (xiān zhe ěr duo), "raising the ears" — 著 zhe. 心中 — 中 zhōng.

只zhǐ是shì說shuō走zǒu路lù的de。只zhǐ是shì说shuō走zǒu路lù的de。

So he said only that he was a traveler.

走路的 (zǒu lù de), "a traveler, one on the road."

小xiǎo妖yāo回huí報bào道dào：「大dà王wáng，是shì走zǒu路lù的de。」小xiǎo妖yāo回huí报bào道dào：「大dà王wáng，是shì走zǒu路lù的de。」

The little fiends reported back: “Great King, it’s a traveler.”

回報 (huí bào), "to report back." 大王, "Great King."

那nà三sān十shí名míng小xiǎo怪guài，中zhōng間jiān有yǒu認rèn得de的de，有yǒu不bú認rèn得de的de。那nà三sān十shí名míng小xiǎo怪guài，中zhōng间jiān有yǒu认rèn得de的de，有yǒu不bú认rèn得de的de。

Among those thirty little fiends, some knew him and some did not.

認得 (rèn de), "to recognize" — 得 de (twice). 那 nà; 中間 — 中 zhōng.

傍bàng邊biān有yǒu聽tīng著zhe指zhǐ點diǎn說shuō話huà的de道dào：「大dà王wáng，這zhè個gè和hé尚shàng，像xiàng這zhè圖tú中zhōng豬zhū八bā戒jiè模mú樣yàng。」傍bàng边biān有yǒu听tīng著zhe指zhǐ点diǎn说shuō话huà的de道dào：「大dà王wáng，这zhè个gè和hé尚shàng，像xiàng这zhè图tú中zhōng猪zhū八bā戒jiè模mú样yàng。」

One standing by, who had heard the descriptions pointed out, said: “Great King, this monk looks like the Zhu Eight Rules in the picture.”

指點 (zhǐ diǎn), "to point out, indicate." 圖中 — 中 zhōng; 模樣 — 模 mú; 聽著 — 著 zhe.

叫jiào掛guà起qǐ影yǐng神shén圖tú來lái。叫jiào挂guà起qǐ影yǐng神shén图tú来lái。

They called for the portrait to be hung up.

影神圖 (yǐng shén tú), "the likeness-portrait."

八bā戒jiè看kàn見jiàn，大dà驚jīng道dào：「怪guài道dào這zhè些xiē時shí沒méi精jīng神shén哩lī，原yuán來lái是shì他tā把bǎ我wǒ的de影yǐng神shén傳chuán將jiāng來lái也yě。」八bā戒jiè看kàn见jiàn，大dà惊jīng道dào：「怪guài道dào这zhè些xiē时shí没méi精jīng神shén哩lī，原yuán来lái是shì他tā把bǎ我wǒ的de影yǐng神shén传chuán将jiāng来lái也yě。」

Eight Rules saw it and cried in alarm: “No wonder I’ve felt out of sorts all this while — it’s that he had my very likeness brought here!”

影神 (yǐng shén), "one’s very likeness." 傳將來 — 將 jiāng.

總評 Commentary

The two converging lines of the chapter finally meet: the truant Eight Rules, blundering along in ill luck, walks straight into Silver-Horn’s patrol. His instinct is concealment — he claims to be a mere traveler — but the demons carry the very apparatus foretold, and one of the little fiends matches him to the portrait Golden-Horn drew from memory.

The moment the portrait is hung up, the trap the whole chapter has been assembling closes. Eight Rules’s dismayed recognition — “no wonder I’ve felt out of sorts, it’s that he had my very likeness brought here” — completes the chain begun in the demons’ cave: the hunt by painted image, warned of by the disguised Merit-Officer, now catches its intended prey.