第三十二回 · 分行李 Dividing the Baggage — Journey to the West

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分行李 Dividing the Baggage

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，你nǐ看kàn他tā弄nòng個gè虛xū頭tóu，把bǎ眼yǎn揉róu了le一yì揉róu，揉róu出chū些xiē淚lèi來lái。迎yíng著zhe師shī父fù，往wǎng前qián徑jìng走zǒu。八bā戒jiè看kàn見jiàn，連lián忙máng叫jiào：「沙shā和hé尚shàng，歇xiē下xià擔dàn子zi，拿ná出chū行xíng李lǐ來lái，我wǒ兩liǎng個gè分fēn了le罷bà。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「二èr哥gē，分fēn怎zěn的de？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「分fēn了le罷bà，你nǐ往wǎng流liú沙shā河hé還hái做zuò妖yāo怪guài，老lǎo豬zhū往wǎng高gāo老lǎo莊zhuāng上shàng盼pàn盼pàn渾hún家jiā。把bǎ白bái馬mǎ賣mài了le，買mǎi口kǒu棺guān木mù，與yǔ師shī父fù送sòng老lǎo。大dà家jiā散sàn火huǒ，還hái往wǎng西xī天tiān去qù哩li？」好hǎo大dà圣shèng，你nǐ看kàn他tā弄nòng个gè虚xū头tóu，把bǎ眼yǎn揉róu了le一yì揉róu，揉róu出chū些xiē泪lèi来lái。迎yíng着zhe师shī父fù，往wǎng前qián径jìng走zǒu。八bā戒jiè看kàn见jiàn，连lián忙máng叫jiào：「沙shā和hé尚shàng，歇xiē下xià担dàn子zi，拿ná出chū行xíng李lǐ来lái，我wǒ两liǎng个gè分fēn了le罢bà。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「二èr哥gē，分fēn怎zěn的de？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「分fēn了le罢bà，你nǐ往wǎng流liú沙shā河hé还hái做zuò妖yāo怪guài，老lǎo猪zhū往wǎng高gāo老lǎo庄zhuāng上shàng盼pàn盼pàn浑hún家jiā。把bǎ白bái马mǎ卖mài了le，买mǎi口kǒu棺guān木mù，与yǔ师shī父fù送sòng老lǎo。大dà家jiā散sàn火huǒ，还hái往wǎng西xī天tiān去qù哩li？」

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好hǎo大dà聖shèng，你nǐ看kàn他tā弄nòng個gè虛xū頭tóu，把bǎ眼yǎn揉róu了le一yì揉róu，揉róu出chū些xiē淚lèi來lái。好hǎo大dà圣shèng，你nǐ看kàn他tā弄nòng个gè虚xū头tóu，把bǎ眼yǎn揉róu了le一yì揉róu，揉róu出chū些xiē泪lèi来lái。

The great Sage — watch him now work up a sham: rubbing his eyes with a rub, he squeezed out a few tears.

弄個虛頭, nòng gè xū tóu, "to put on a bit of a show." 揉 is "to rub." The narrator does not let the reader be fooled for a moment — 你看他, "watch him now," and then the eye-rubbing.

迎yíng著zhe師shī父fù，往wǎng前qián徑jìng走zǒu。迎yíng着zhe师shī父fù，往wǎng前qián径jìng走zǒu。

Facing the Master, he walked straight forward.

迎著, yíng zhe, "coming to meet, face-on" — 著 the ongoing zhe.

八bā戒jiè看kàn見jiàn，連lián忙máng叫jiào：「沙shā和hé尚shàng，歇xiē下xià擔dàn子zi，拿ná出chū行xíng李lǐ來lái，我wǒ兩liǎng個gè分fēn了le罷bà。」八bā戒jiè看kàn见jiàn，连lián忙máng叫jiào：「沙shā和hé尚shàng，歇xiē下xià担dàn子zi，拿ná出chū行xíng李lǐ来lái，我wǒ两liǎng个gè分fēn了le罢bà。」

Eight Rules, seeing this, hastily called out: "Sha Monk, set down the load and get out the baggage — let the two of us divide it and be done."

Eight Rules reads the tears and reaches straight for the exit. 擔子, dàn zi, a carrying-pole load, 擔 read dàn as a noun; 行李, the baggage; 分 is fēn, to divide.

沙shā僧sēng道dào：「二èr哥gē，分fēn怎zěn的de？」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「二èr哥gē，分fēn怎zěn的de？」

Said Sha Monk: "Second Brother, divide it — whatever for?"

二哥, èr gē, "Second Brother" — the pilgrims rank themselves like a family, and Eight Rules is number two.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「分fēn了le罷bà，你nǐ往wǎng流liú沙shā河hé還hái做zuò妖yāo怪guài，老lǎo豬zhū往wǎng高gāo老lǎo莊zhuāng上shàng盼pàn盼pàn渾hún家jiā。把bǎ白bái馬mǎ賣mài了le，買mǎi口kǒu棺guān木mù，與yǔ師shī父fù送sòng老lǎo。大dà家jiā散sàn火huǒ，還hái往wǎng西xī天tiān去qù哩li？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「分fēn了le罢bà，你nǐ往wǎng流liú沙shā河hé还hái做zuò妖yāo怪guài，老lǎo猪zhū往wǎng高gāo老lǎo庄zhuāng上shàng盼pàn盼pàn浑hún家jiā。把bǎ白bái马mǎ卖mài了le，买mǎi口kǒu棺guān木mù，与yǔ师shī父fù送sòng老lǎo。大dà家jiā散sàn火huǒ，还hái往wǎng西xī天tiān去qù哩li？」

Said Eight Rules: "Let us divide it. You go back to the Flowing-Sands River and be a monster again; Old Hog will go to the Gao Village to see how his wife fares. We'll sell the white horse, buy a coffin, and see the Master off in his old age. Let everyone break up the fire — still go on to the Western Heaven, would we?"

The break-up speech, delivered with cheerful efficiency. 渾家, hún jiā, is a plain Ming word for "the wife." 送老, sòng lǎo, is to see a person out at the end — paying for the coffin and the funeral, which is exactly what he proposes to sell the horse for. 散火, "to scatter the fire," is to break up a company; the image is a cooking fire being kicked apart when the crew disbands. 還 is hái, twice.

總評 Commentary

The plan opens with fake tears, and the narrator makes sure we see them being manufactured: watch him now, he says, and Pilgrim rubs his eyes until something comes. The effect on Eight Rules is instantaneous. If the fearless one is weeping, the situation must be hopeless, and the right response is to liquidate the partnership.

His break-up speech is one of the novel's recurring comic turns, and its charm is how thoroughly he has thought it through. Sha Monk goes back to the river and resumes being a monster; Eight Rules goes back to the Gao Village and his wife; the white horse is sold to buy a coffin so the master can be seen out properly. He has even arranged the funeral. The speed with which he abandons the quest is his standing weakness, and Pilgrim has pulled that lever deliberately.