第三十二回 · 擒進洞 Borne into the Cave — Journey to the West

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擒進洞 Borne into the Cave

原yuán來lái是shì道dào路lù不bù平píng，未wèi曾céng細xì看kàn，忽hū被bèi蓏luǒ蘿luó藤téng絆bàn了le個gè踉liàng蹌qiàng。掙zhēng起qǐ來lái正zhèng走zǒu，又yòu被bèi一yí個gè小xiǎo妖yāo睡shuì倒dǎo在zài地dì，扳bān著zhe他tā腳jiǎo跟gēn，撲pū的de又yòu跌diē了le個gè狗gǒu吃chī屎shǐ。被bèi一yì群qún趕gǎn上shàng按àn住zhù，抓zhuā鬃zōng毛máo，揪jiū耳ěr朵duǒ，扯chě著zhe腳jiǎo，拉lā著zhe尾wěi，扛káng扛káng擡tái擡tái，擒qín進jìn洞dòng去qù。咦yí！正zhèng是shì：原yuán来lái是shì道dào路lù不bù平píng，未wèi曾céng细xì看kàn，忽hū被bèi蓏luǒ萝luó藤téng绊bàn了le个gè踉liàng跄qiàng。挣zhēng起qǐ来lái正zhèng走zǒu，又yòu被bèi一yí个gè小xiǎo妖yāo睡shuì倒dǎo在zài地dì，扳bān著zhe他tā脚jiǎo跟gēn，扑pū的de又yòu跌diē了le个gè狗gǒu吃chī屎shǐ。被bèi一yì群qún赶gǎn上shàng按àn住zhù，抓zhuā鬃zōng毛máo，揪jiū耳ěr朵duǒ，扯chě著zhe脚jiǎo，拉lā著zhe尾wěi，扛káng扛káng擡tái擡tái，擒qín进jìn洞dòng去qù。咦yí！正zhèng是shì：

一yì身shēn魔mó發fā難nán消xiāo滅miè，萬wàn種zhǒng災zāi生shēng不bú易yì除chú。一yì身shēn魔mó发fā难nán消xiāo灭miè，万wàn种zhǒng灾zāi生shēng不bú易yì除chú。

逐句解 Line by line

原yuán來lái是shì道dào路lù不bù平píng，未wèi曾céng細xì看kàn，忽hū被bèi蓏luǒ蘿luó藤téng絆bàn了le個gè踉liàng蹌qiàng。原yuán来lái是shì道dào路lù不bù平píng，未wèi曾céng细xì看kàn，忽hū被bèi蓏luǒ萝luó藤téng绊bàn了le个gè踉liàng跄qiàng。

Now the ground was uneven, and, not having looked carefully, he was of a sudden tripped by a trailing vine into a stagger.

蓏蘿藤 (luǒ luó téng), "a trailing vine." 絆了個踉蹌, "tripped into a stagger" — 踉蹌 liàng qiàng.

掙zhēng起qǐ來lái正zhèng走zǒu，又yòu被bèi一yí個gè小xiǎo妖yāo睡shuì倒dǎo在zài地dì，扳bān著zhe他tā腳jiǎo跟gēn，撲pū的de又yòu跌diē了le個gè狗gǒu吃chī屎shǐ。挣zhēng起qǐ来lái正zhèng走zǒu，又yòu被bèi一yí个gè小xiǎo妖yāo睡shuì倒dǎo在zài地dì，扳bān著zhe他tā脚jiǎo跟gēn，扑pū的de又yòu跌diē了le个gè狗gǒu吃chī屎shǐ。

Struggling up and setting off again, he was brought down by a little fiend lying flat on the ground, who caught him by the heel, so that he pitched forward — flop! — into a dog’s-dinner sprawl.

睡倒在地 (shuì dǎo zài dì), "lying flat on the ground" — 倒 dǎo. 狗吃屎, "a face-first sprawl." 扳著 — 著 zhe.

被bèi一yì群qún趕gǎn上shàng按àn住zhù，抓zhuā鬃zōng毛máo，揪jiū耳ěr朵duǒ，扯chě著zhe腳jiǎo，拉lā著zhe尾wěi，扛káng扛káng擡tái擡tái，擒qín進jìn洞dòng去qù。被bèi一yì群qún赶gǎn上shàng按àn住zhù，抓zhuā鬃zōng毛máo，揪jiū耳ěr朵duǒ，扯chě著zhe脚jiǎo，拉lā著zhe尾wěi，扛káng扛káng擡tái擡tái，擒qín进jìn洞dòng去qù。

A whole troop caught up and pinned him — clutching his bristles, yanking his ears, hauling his feet, dragging his tail — and, heaving and lugging, bore him captive into the cave.

扛扛擡擡 (káng káng tái tái), "heaving and lugging." 擒進洞, "bore captive into the cave." 扯著/拉著 — 著 zhe (twice).

咦yí！正zhèng是shì：咦yí！正zhèng是shì：

Ah! Truly it was a case of:

正是 (zhèng shì), "truly it was a case of" — the storyteller’s lead-in to the closing couplet.

A body’s worth of demon-troubles, hard to be undone; ten thousand kinds of calamity arising, not easily removed.

一身魔發 (yì shēn mó fā), "a body’s worth of demon-troubles." 萬種災生, "ten thousand kinds of calamity arising."

總評 Commentary

The capture is staged as escalating slapstick: fleeing over rough ground, Eight Rules is tripped by a vine into a stagger, then floored a second time by a fiend who catches his heel, pitching him into a “dog’s-dinner sprawl.” The indignities mount in the physical-comedy register that has governed his whole episode.

The little fiends then swarm him — clutching bristles, yanking ears, hauling feet and tail — and heave him bodily into the cave, and the chapter’s closing couplet universalizes the moment into the language of the pilgrimage’s ordeals: a body’s worth of “demon-troubles” hard to undo, ten thousand calamities “not easily removed.” The Wood-Mother has met the disaster the title foretold.