第三十三回 · 三山壓頂 Three Mountains Crush Him Down — Journey to the West

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三山壓頂 Three Mountains Crush Him Down

看kàn他tā挑tiāo著zhe兩liǎng座zuò大dà山shān，飛fēi星xīng來lái趕gǎn師shī父fù。那nà魔mó頭tóu看kàn見jiàn，就jiù嚇xià得de渾hún身shēn是shì汗hàn，遍biàn體tǐ生shēng津jīn道dào：「他tā卻què會huì擔dān山shān。」又yòu整zhěng性xìng情qíng，把bǎ真zhēn言yán念niàn動dòng，將jiāng一yí座zuò泰tài山shān遣qiǎn在zài空kōng中zhōng，劈pī頭tóu壓yā住zhù行xíng者zhě。那nà大dà聖shèng力lì軟ruǎn觔jīn麻má，遭zāo逢féng他tā這zhè泰tài山shān下xià頂dǐng之zhī法fǎ，只zhǐ壓yā得de三sān尸shī神shén咋zǎ，七qī竅qiào噴pēn紅hóng。看kàn他tā挑tiāo著zhe两liǎng座zuò大dà山shān，飞fēi星xīng来lái赶gǎn师shī父fù。那nà魔mó头tóu看kàn见jiàn，就jiù吓xià得de浑hún身shēn是shì汗hàn，遍biàn体tǐ生shēng津jīn道dào：「他tā却què会huì担dān山shān。」又yòu整zhěng性xìng情qíng，把bǎ真zhēn言yán念niàn动dòng，将jiāng一yí座zuò泰tài山shān遣qiǎn在zài空kōng中zhōng，劈pī头tóu压yā住zhù行xíng者zhě。那nà大dà圣shèng力lì软ruǎn觔jīn麻má，遭zāo逢féng他tā这zhè泰tài山shān下xià顶dǐng之zhī法fǎ，只zhǐ压yā得de三sān尸shī神shén咋zǎ，七qī窍qiào喷pēn红hóng。

逐句解 Line by line

看kàn他tā挑tiāo著zhe兩liǎng座zuò大dà山shān，飛fēi星xīng來lái趕gǎn師shī父fù。看kàn他tā挑tiāo著zhe两liǎng座zuò大dà山shān，飞fēi星xīng来lái赶gǎn师shī父fù。

See him now, shouldering two great mountains, hurtling like a shooting star to catch up with the Master.

挑著 (tiāo zhe), “carrying on the pole,” durative 著 (zhe); even doubly burdened, Pilgrim races on. 飛星 (fēi xīng), “like a flying star, with meteor speed.”

那nà魔mó頭tóu看kàn見jiàn，就jiù嚇xià得de渾hún身shēn是shì汗hàn，遍biàn體tǐ生shēng津jīn道dào：「他tā卻què會huì擔dān山shān。」那nà魔mó头tóu看kàn见jiàn，就jiù吓xià得de浑hún身shēn是shì汗hàn，遍biàn体tǐ生shēng津jīn道dào：「他tā却què会huì担dān山shān。」

The fiend-chief, seeing it, broke out in a cold sweat from head to foot, his whole body running with moisture, and said: “Why, he can carry mountains!”

嚇得 (xià de), “frightened to the point that,” the 得 (de) of degree. 會擔山 (huì dān shān), “can shoulder mountains” — here 擔 is the verb dān, “to carry on the shoulder,” distinct from the noun dàn above.

又yòu整zhěng性xìng情qíng，把bǎ真zhēn言yán念niàn動dòng，將jiāng一yí座zuò泰tài山shān遣qiǎn在zài空kōng中zhōng，劈pī頭tóu壓yā住zhù行xíng者zhě。又yòu整zhěng性xìng情qíng，把bǎ真zhēn言yán念niàn动dòng，将jiāng一yí座zuò泰tài山shān遣qiǎn在zài空kōng中zhōng，劈pī头tóu压yā住zhù行xíng者zhě。

Steadying his nerve, he worked the true words once more and sent a Mount Tai through the air, bringing it down head-on to pin Pilgrim fast.

整性情 (zhěng xìng qíng), “to compose oneself, steady the nerves.” 泰山 is Mount Tai, foremost of the Five Sacred Peaks — the third and heaviest. 將 is the disposal coverb jiāng.

那nà大dà聖shèng力lì軟ruǎn觔jīn麻má，遭zāo逢féng他tā這zhè泰tài山shān下xià頂dǐng之zhī法fǎ，只zhǐ壓yā得de三sān尸shī神shén咋zǎ，七qī竅qiào噴pēn紅hóng。那nà大dà圣shèng力lì软ruǎn觔jīn麻má，遭zāo逢féng他tā这zhè泰tài山shān下xià顶dǐng之zhī法fǎ，只zhǐ压yā得de三sān尸shī神shén咋zǎ，七qī窍qiào喷pēn红hóng。

The Great Sage, his strength gone soft and his sinews numb, meeting this magic of Mount Tai pressing down upon his crown, was crushed until his three corpse-spirits shrieked and blood spurted from his seven apertures.

力軟觔麻 (lì ruǎn jīn má), “strength failing, sinews numb”; 觔 is a variant of 筋. 三尸神 (sān shī shén), the “three corpse-spirits” said to dwell in the body; 七竅 (qī qiào), the “seven apertures” of the head. The third peak overwhelms even Monkey.

總評 Commentary

The rule of three completes itself, and the comedy turns. Pilgrim, doubly laden, still races star-swift after the Master — a feat that so unnerves the demon (sweating from head to foot at “he can carry mountains!”) that he loses his own composure before recovering it. The fiend's fright is a last flicker of the earlier deflation, the moment before his magic finally tells.

With the third peak, Mount Tai, the balance breaks. The chapter's language turns from banter to the body's collapse: strength gone soft, sinews numb, the three corpse-spirits shrieking, blood at the seven apertures. It is the pinning of the Great Sage — the guardian who alone knew the fiend for what he was — and it clears the demon's path to the undefended Master. The cosmic mountains that were freight a moment ago have become a tomb.