第三十三回 · 沙僧擋魔 Sha Monk Bars the Fiend — Journey to the West

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沙僧擋魔 Sha Monk Bars the Fiend

好hǎo妖yāo魔mó，使shǐ神shén通tōng壓yā倒dǎo行xíng者zhě，卻què疾jí駕jià長cháng風fēng，去qù趕gǎn唐táng三sān藏zàng，就jiù於yú雲yún端duān裡lǐ伸shēn下xià手shǒu來lái，馬mǎ上shàng撾zhuā人rén。慌huāng得de個gè沙shā僧sēng丟diū了le行xíng李lǐ，掣chè出chū降xiáng妖yāo棒bàng，當dāng頭tóu擋dǎng住zhù。那nà妖yāo魔mó舉jǔ一yì口kǒu七qī星xīng劍jiàn，對duì面miàn來lái迎yíng。好hǎo妖yāo魔mó，使shǐ神shén通tōng压yā倒dǎo行xíng者zhě，却què疾jí驾jià长cháng风fēng，去qù赶gǎn唐táng三sān藏zàng，就jiù于yú云yún端duān里lǐ伸shēn下xià手shǒu来lái，马mǎ上shàng挝zhuā人rén。慌huāng得de个gè沙shā僧sēng丢diū了le行xíng李lǐ，掣chè出chū降xiáng妖yāo棒bàng，当dāng头tóu挡dǎng住zhù。那nà妖yāo魔mó举jǔ一yì口kǒu七qī星xīng剑jiàn，对duì面miàn来lái迎yíng。

逐句解 Line by line

好hǎo妖yāo魔mó，使shǐ神shén通tōng壓yā倒dǎo行xíng者zhě，卻què疾jí駕jià長cháng風fēng，去qù趕gǎn唐táng三sān藏zàng，就jiù於yú雲yún端duān裡lǐ伸shēn下xià手shǒu來lái，馬mǎ上shàng撾zhuā人rén。好hǎo妖yāo魔mó，使shǐ神shén通tōng压yā倒dǎo行xíng者zhě，却què疾jí驾jià长cháng风fēng，去qù赶gǎn唐táng三sān藏zàng，就jiù于yú云yún端duān里lǐ伸shēn下xià手shǒu来lái，马mǎ上shàng挝zhuā人rén。

A fine fiend! Having pressed Pilgrim down with his magic, he rode a long wind at speed to overtake Tang Tripitaka, reached a hand down out of the clouds, and snatched at the man on the horse.

壓倒 (yā dǎo), “to press down and pin,” 倒 as dǎo. 長風 (cháng fēng), “a long wind,” 長 read cháng, “long,” not zhǎng. 撾 (zhuā), “to seize, snatch at.”

慌huāng得de個gè沙shā僧sēng丟diū了le行xíng李lǐ，掣chè出chū降xiáng妖yāo棒bàng，當dāng頭tóu擋dǎng住zhù。慌huāng得de个gè沙shā僧sēng丢diū了le行xíng李lǐ，掣chè出chū降xiáng妖yāo棒bàng，当dāng头tóu挡dǎng住zhù。

In a fluster, Sha Monk flung down the baggage, whipped out his demon-quelling staff, and barred the way head-on.

掣出 (chè chū), “to whip out, draw suddenly.” 降妖棒 (xiáng yāo bàng), the “demon-subduing staff,” Sha Monk's weapon; 降 read xiáng, “to subdue,” not jiàng, “descend.” 當頭 (dāng tóu), “head-on, right in front.”

那nà妖yāo魔mó舉jǔ一yì口kǒu七qī星xīng劍jiàn，對duì面miàn來lái迎yíng。那nà妖yāo魔mó举jǔ一yì口kǒu七qī星xīng剑jiàn，对duì面miàn来lái迎yíng。

The fiend raised a Seven-Star sword and met him face to face.

七星劍 (qī xīng jiàn), a “Seven-Star sword,” blade inscribed with the seven stars of the Dipper — the demon's weapon. 對面來迎 (duì miàn lái yíng), “came to meet him head-on.”

總評 Commentary

With Pilgrim pinned, the demon turns to his true object: he rides a long wind to overtake the Master and reaches a hand down from the clouds to snatch him from the saddle. The stratagem of counterfeit kindness, so patiently built, now discards all pretense — the “injured priest” is gone, and only the raptor remains. The speed of the reversal measures how completely the loss of Pilgrim has undone the party's defense.

Only Sha Monk stands between the fiend and the Master. He flings down the baggage, draws his demon-quelling staff, and bars the way; the demon meets him with a Seven-Star sword. The passage ends on the crossed weapons, poised for the fight the verse of the next passage will render — the last guardian holding the line while the Great Sage lies buried beneath three mountains.