第三十三回 · 策馬登山 Whipping the Horse up the Mountain — Journey to the West

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策馬登山 Whipping the Horse up the Mountain

三sān藏zàng道dào：「假jiǎ若ruò真zhēn個gè去qù了le，卻què在zài那nǎ裡lǐ相xiāng會huì？此cǐ間jiān乃nǎi是shì山shān野yě空kōng闊kuò之zhī處chù，比bǐ不bù得de那nà店diàn市shì城chéng井jǐng之zhī間jiān。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù莫mò慮lǜ，且qiě請qǐng上shàng馬mǎ。那nà獃dāi子zi有yǒu些xiē懶lǎn惰duò，斷duàn然rán走zǒu的de遲chí慢màn。你nǐ把bǎ馬mǎ打dǎ動dòng些xiē兒er，我wǒ們men定dìng趕gǎn上shàng他tā，一yì同tóng去qù罷ba。」真zhēn個gè唐táng僧sēng上shàng馬mǎ，沙shā僧sēng挑tiāo擔dàn，行xíng者zhě前qián面miàn引yǐn路lù上shàng山shān。三sān藏zàng道dào：「假jiǎ若ruò真zhēn个gè去qù了le，却què在zài那nǎ里lǐ相xiāng会huì？此cǐ间jiān乃nǎi是shì山shān野yě空kōng阔kuò之zhī处chù，比bǐ不bù得de那nà店diàn市shì城chéng井jǐng之zhī间jiān。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù莫mò虑lǜ，且qiě请qǐng上shàng马mǎ。那nà呆dāi子zi有yǒu些xiē懒lǎn惰duò，断duàn然rán走zǒu的de迟chí慢màn。你nǐ把bǎ马mǎ打dǎ动dòng些xiē儿er，我wǒ们men定dìng赶gǎn上shàng他tā，一yì同tóng去qù罢ba。」真zhēn个gè唐táng僧sēng上shàng马mǎ，沙shā僧sēng挑tiāo担dàn，行xíng者zhě前qián面miàn引yǐn路lù上shàng山shān。

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三sān藏zàng道dào：「假jiǎ若ruò真zhēn個gè去qù了le，卻què在zài那nǎ裡lǐ相xiāng會huì？三sān藏zàng道dào：「假jiǎ若ruò真zhēn个gè去qù了le，却què在zài那nǎ里lǐ相xiāng会huì？

Tripitaka said: “If he has really gone straight on, then where are we to meet?

那裡 (nǎ lǐ) is here the interrogative “where,” so 那 takes the reading nǎ rather than the deictic nà (“that”). 相會 (xiāng huì), “to meet one another,” with 相 as the reciprocal xiāng.

此cǐ間jiān乃nǎi是shì山shān野yě空kōng闊kuò之zhī處chù，比bǐ不bù得de那nà店diàn市shì城chéng井jǐng之zhī間jiān。」此cǐ间jiān乃nǎi是shì山shān野yě空kōng阔kuò之zhī处chù，比bǐ不bù得de那nà店diàn市shì城chéng井jǐng之zhī间jiān。」

“This place is open wild hill-country — not to be compared with the space of a market-town or walled city.”

比不得 (bǐ bù de) is the potential construction “cannot compare with,” the toneless 得 (de) marking possibility. 那 (nà) now reverts to the deictic “those” (market-towns) — the same graph, two readings, in adjacent sentences.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù莫mò慮lǜ，且qiě請qǐng上shàng馬mǎ。行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù莫mò虑lǜ，且qiě请qǐng上shàng马mǎ。

Pilgrim said: “Master, don't fret — pray mount up.

莫慮 (mò lǜ), “do not worry”; 且 (qiě), “for now, just.” Pilgrim's brisk reassurance sets the party back in motion.

那nà獃dāi子zi有yǒu些xiē懶lǎn惰duò，斷duàn然rán走zǒu的de遲chí慢màn。那nà呆dāi子zi有yǒu些xiē懒lǎn惰duò，断duàn然rán走zǒu的de迟chí慢màn。

“That blockhead is a touch lazy — he's surely dawdling along slowly.

獃子 (dāi zi), “blockhead, dolt,” Pilgrim's habitual epithet for Bajie, here with the toneless suffix 子 (zi). 斷然 (duàn rán), “assuredly, without doubt.”

你nǐ把bǎ馬mǎ打dǎ動dòng些xiē兒er，我wǒ們men定dìng趕gǎn上shàng他tā，一yì同tóng去qù罷ba。」你nǐ把bǎ马mǎ打dǎ动dòng些xiē儿er，我wǒ们men定dìng赶gǎn上shàng他tā，一yì同tóng去qù罢ba。」

“Give the horse a bit of a start, and we're sure to catch up with him and go on together.”

打動些兒 (dǎ dòng xiē er), “urge it on a little”; 些兒 takes the retroflex suffix 兒 (er), toneless, not the standalone ér. The closing 罷 (ba) is the hortative particle, “let's.”

真zhēn個gè唐táng僧sēng上shàng馬mǎ，沙shā僧sēng挑tiāo擔dàn，行xíng者zhě前qián面miàn引yǐn路lù上shàng山shān。真zhēn个gè唐táng僧sēng上shàng马mǎ，沙shā僧sēng挑tiāo担dàn，行xíng者zhě前qián面miàn引yǐn路lù上shàng山shān。

So indeed Tripitaka mounted, Sha Monk shouldered the load, and Pilgrim led the way up the mountain in front.

挑擔 (tiāo dàn), “to carry the luggage on a shoulder-pole” — Sha Monk's standing office in the party; 擔 is the noun “load,” read dàn. 引路 (yǐn lù), “to lead the way.”

總評 Commentary

Tripitaka's practical question — where shall we meet, in country this open? — grounds the party's uncertainty before it hardens into danger, and Pilgrim answers by putting them back on the road. The passage is almost pure stage-management: worry raised, worry dismissed, horse whipped, march resumed. Its narrative office is to move the pilgrims up the slope and into the demon's reach.

The two sentences turning on 那 make a small showcase of the reader's-edition method. Within three clauses the graph carries first the interrogative nǎ (“where shall we meet”) and then the deictic nà (“those market-towns”), the reading fixed by sense alone. The closing tableau — Master mounted, Sha Monk with the pole, Pilgrim in the lead — quietly re-establishes the party's marching order just before it is broken.