第三十二回 · 哭將來了 Coming Yonder in Tears — Journey to the West

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哭將來了 Coming Yonder in Tears

長zhǎng老lǎo在zài馬mǎ上shàng聽tīng見jiàn，道dào：「這zhè個gè夯hāng貨huò，正zhèng走zǒu路lù，怎zěn麼me又yòu胡hú說shuō了le？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ兒ér子zi便biàn胡hú說shuō。你nǐ不bú看kàn見jiàn孫sūn行xíng者zhě那nà裡lǐ哭kū將jiāng來lái了le？他tā是shì個gè鑽zuān天tiān入rù地dì，斧fǔ砍kǎn火huǒ燒shāo，下xià油yóu鍋guō都dōu不bú怕pà的de好hǎo漢hàn；如rú今jīn戴dài了le個gè愁chóu帽mào，淚lèi汪wāng汪wāng的de哭kū來lái，必bì是shì那nà山shān險xiǎn峻jùn，妖yāo怪guài兇xiōng狠hěn。似sì我wǒ們men這zhè樣yàng軟ruǎn弱ruò的de人rén兒er，怎zěn麼me去qù得de？」長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū胡hú談tán，待dài我wǒ問wèn他tā一yì聲shēng，看kàn是shì怎zěn麼me說shuō話huà。」問wèn道dào：「悟wù空kōng，有yǒu甚shén話huà當dāng面miàn計jì較jiào，你nǐ怎zěn麼me自zì家jiā煩fán惱nǎo？這zhè般bān樣yàng個gè哭kū包bāo臉liǎn，是shì虎hǔ諕xià我wǒ也yě？」长zhǎng老lǎo在zài马mǎ上shàng听tīng见jiàn，道dào：「这zhè个gè夯hāng货huò，正zhèng走zǒu路lù，怎zěn么me又yòu胡hú说shuō了le？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ儿ér子zi便biàn胡hú说shuō。你nǐ不bú看kàn见jiàn孙sūn行xíng者zhě那nà里lǐ哭kū将jiāng来lái了le？他tā是shì个gè钻zuān天tiān入rù地dì，斧fǔ砍kǎn火huǒ烧shāo，下xià油yóu锅guō都dōu不bú怕pà的de好hǎo汉hàn；如rú今jīn戴dài了le个gè愁chóu帽mào，泪lèi汪wāng汪wāng的de哭kū来lái，必bì是shì那nà山shān险xiǎn峻jùn，妖yāo怪guài凶xiōng狠hěn。似sì我wǒ们men这zhè样yàng软ruǎn弱ruò的de人rén儿er，怎zěn么me去qù得de？」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū胡hú谈tán，待dài我wǒ问wèn他tā一yì声shēng，看kàn是shì怎zěn么me说shuō话huà。」问wèn道dào：「悟wù空kōng，有yǒu甚shén话huà当dāng面miàn计jì较jiào，你nǐ怎zěn么me自zì家jiā烦fán恼nǎo？这zhè般bān样yàng个gè哭kū包bāo脸liǎn，是shì虎hǔ諕xià我wǒ也yě？」

逐句解 Line by line

長zhǎng老lǎo在zài馬mǎ上shàng聽tīng見jiàn，道dào：「這zhè個gè夯hāng貨huò，正zhèng走zǒu路lù，怎zěn麼me又yòu胡hú說shuō了le？」长zhǎng老lǎo在zài马mǎ上shàng听tīng见jiàn，道dào：「这zhè个gè夯hāng货huò，正zhèng走zǒu路lù，怎zěn么me又yòu胡hú说shuō了le？」

The Elder, hearing this from horseback, said: "You blockhead — here we are walking along, and how is it you talk nonsense again?"

夯貨, hāng huò, "lump of goods" — 夯 is the heavy tamper used to pound earth, so the insult is "you great blunt instrument." The Elder's standing name for Eight Rules.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ兒ér子zi便biàn胡hú說shuō。你nǐ不bú看kàn見jiàn孫sūn行xíng者zhě那nà裡lǐ哭kū將jiāng來lái了le？他tā是shì個gè鑽zuān天tiān入rù地dì，斧fǔ砍kǎn火huǒ燒shāo，下xià油yóu鍋guō都dōu不bú怕pà的de好hǎo漢hàn；如rú今jīn戴dài了le個gè愁chóu帽mào，淚lèi汪wāng汪wāng的de哭kū來lái，必bì是shì那nà山shān險xiǎn峻jùn，妖yāo怪guài兇xiōng狠hěn。似sì我wǒ們men這zhè樣yàng軟ruǎn弱ruò的de人rén兒er，怎zěn麼me去qù得de？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ儿ér子zi便biàn胡hú说shuō。你nǐ不bú看kàn见jiàn孙sūn行xíng者zhě那nà里lǐ哭kū将jiāng来lái了le？他tā是shì个gè钻zuān天tiān入rù地dì，斧fǔ砍kǎn火huǒ烧shāo，下xià油yóu锅guō都dōu不bú怕pà的de好hǎo汉hàn；如rú今jīn戴dài了le个gè愁chóu帽mào，泪lèi汪wāng汪wāng的de哭kū来lái，必bì是shì那nà山shān险xiǎn峻jùn，妖yāo怪guài凶xiōng狠hěn。似sì我wǒ们men这zhè样yàng软ruǎn弱ruò的de人rén儿er，怎zěn么me去qù得de？」

Said Eight Rules: "It's your own son who talks nonsense. Do you not see Sun the Pilgrim coming yonder in tears? He is a fellow who bores into the sky and burrows through the earth, who fears neither the axe's blow nor the fire's burning nor the cauldron of oil; and now he has put on a cap of woe and comes weeping, eyes streaming — it must be that the mountain is steep and the fiends fierce. How are weak folk like us to get through?"

Eight Rules argues his case, and it is a good one. 兒子, ér zi, "son," takes 兒 as the full syllable ér, while 人兒, "folk," takes the light ending er — the same character in two jobs, one line apart. 將 in 哭將來 is the directional jiāng; 那 is nà; 都 is dōu; 去得 takes 得 as de. Note his logic: this is a creature who has been through axe, fire and the cauldron of oil without blinking, and he is crying — so how bad must it be? The reasoning is sound. Only the premise is fake.

長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū胡hú談tán，待dài我wǒ問wèn他tā一yì聲shēng，看kàn是shì怎zěn麼me說shuō話huà。」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū胡hú谈tán，待dài我wǒ问wèn他tā一yì声shēng，看kàn是shì怎zěn么me说shuō话huà。」

Said the Elder: "Stop your idle talk; let me put him a question, and see what he says."

胡談, hú tán, "wild talk." 長 is zhǎng.

問wèn道dào：「悟wù空kōng，有yǒu甚shén話huà當dāng面miàn計jì較jiào，你nǐ怎zěn麼me自zì家jiā煩fán惱nǎo？這zhè般bān樣yàng個gè哭kū包bāo臉liǎn，是shì虎hǔ諕xià我wǒ也yě？」问wèn道dào：「悟wù空kōng，有yǒu甚shén话huà当dāng面miàn计jì较jiào，你nǐ怎zěn么me自zì家jiā烦fán恼nǎo？这zhè般bān样yàng个gè哭kū包bāo脸liǎn，是shì虎hǔ諕xià我wǒ也yě？」

He asked: "Wukong, whatever there is to say, let us reckon it out face to face — why do you fret to yourself? With such a woebegone, crumpled face, are you trying to frighten me with talk of tigers?"

The master's question, and there is suspicion in it. 哭包臉, kū bāo liǎn, "a face all screwed up for crying" — a crumpled, blubbering face. 虎諕, hǔ xià, "to frighten someone with tigers," where 諕 is an older written form of 嚇, "to scare," read xià. 甚 is shén. For one moment the Elder wonders whether he is being played.

總評 Commentary

The Elder calls Eight Rules a blockhead for talking nonsense, and gets "it is your own son who talks nonsense" straight back — a piece of Ming rudeness that works by implying the insulter is the insulted party's parent. Then Eight Rules makes his case, and it is genuinely well argued: Pilgrim fears neither axe nor fire nor boiling oil, Pilgrim is crying, therefore the danger is beyond anything they have met. The inference is valid. The premise is a lie.

What lifts the scene is the flicker of doubt in the master's reply. Asking whether that crumpled, blubbering face is meant "to frighten me with tigers" is the closest the Elder comes all chapter to catching on. He does not follow the thought, and Pilgrim is about to make full use of that, but the novel has taken care to show that the man is not quite as gullible as he behaves.