第三十三回 · 議放大聖 Resolving to Free the Great Sage — Journey to the West

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議放大聖 Resolving to Free the Great Sage

那nà山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì才cái怕pà道dào：「委wěi實shí不bù知zhī，不bù知zhī。只zhǐ聽tīng得de那nà魔mó頭tóu念niàn起qǐ遣qiǎn山shān咒zhòu法fǎ，我wǒ們men就jiù把bǎ山shān移yí將jiāng來lái了le。誰shuí曉xiǎo得de是shì孫sūn大dà聖shèng？」揭jiē諦dì道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū怕pà。律lǜ上shàng有yǒu云yún：『不bù知zhī者zhě不bú坐zuò罪zuì。』我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ計jì較jiào，放fàng他tā出chū來lái，不bú要yào教jiào他tā動dòng手shǒu打dǎ我wǒ們men。」土tǔ地dì道dào：「就jiù沒méi理lǐ了le，既jì放fàng出chū來lái又yòu打dǎ？」揭jiē諦dì道dào：「你nǐ不bù知zhī。他tā有yǒu一yì條tiáo如rú意yì金jīn箍gū棒bàng，十shí分fēn利lì害hài：打dǎ著zháo的de就jiù死sǐ，挽wǎn著zháo的de就jiù傷shāng；磕kē一yì磕kē兒er觔jīn斷duàn，擦cā一yì擦cā兒er皮pí塌tā哩li。」那nà山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì才cái怕pà道dào：「委wěi实shí不bù知zhī，不bù知zhī。只zhǐ听tīng得de那nà魔mó头tóu念niàn起qǐ遣qiǎn山shān咒zhòu法fǎ，我wǒ们men就jiù把bǎ山shān移yí将jiāng来lái了le。谁shuí晓xiǎo得de是shì孙sūn大dà圣shèng？」揭jiē谛dì道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū怕pà。律lǜ上shàng有yǒu云yún：『不bù知zhī者zhě不bú坐zuò罪zuì。』我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ计jì较jiào，放fàng他tā出chū来lái，不bú要yào教jiào他tā动dòng手shǒu打dǎ我wǒ们men。」土tǔ地dì道dào：「就jiù没méi理lǐ了le，既jì放fàng出chū来lái又yòu打dǎ？」揭jiē谛dì道dào：「你nǐ不bù知zhī。他tā有yǒu一yì条tiáo如rú意yì金jīn箍gū棒bàng，十shí分fēn利lì害hài：打dǎ著zháo的de就jiù死sǐ，挽wǎn著zháo的de就jiù伤shāng；磕kē一yì磕kē儿er觔jīn断duàn，擦cā一yì擦cā儿er皮pí塌tā哩li。」

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那nà山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì才cái怕pà道dào：「委wěi實shí不bù知zhī，不bù知zhī。只zhǐ聽tīng得de那nà魔mó頭tóu念niàn起qǐ遣qiǎn山shān咒zhòu法fǎ，我wǒ們men就jiù把bǎ山shān移yí將jiāng來lái了le。誰shuí曉xiǎo得de是shì孫sūn大dà聖shèng？」那nà山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì才cái怕pà道dào：「委wěi实shí不bù知zhī，不bù知zhī。只zhǐ听tīng得de那nà魔mó头tóu念niàn起qǐ遣qiǎn山shān咒zhòu法fǎ，我wǒ们men就jiù把bǎ山shān移yí将jiāng来lái了le。谁shuí晓xiǎo得de是shì孙sūn大dà圣shèng？」

Only then did the mountain-god and earth-god take fright: “Truly we didn't know, didn't know. We only heard the fiend-chief chant his mountain-sending spell, and we moved the mountain over — who could have guessed it was the Great Sage Sun?”

委實 (wěi shí), “truly, in fact.” 遣山咒法 (qiǎn shān zhòu fǎ), “the mountain-dispatching spell.” 移將來 (yí jiāng lái), “moved it over,” 將 a particle of motion.

揭jiē諦dì道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū怕pà。律lǜ上shàng有yǒu云yún：『不bù知zhī者zhě不bú坐zuò罪zuì。』揭jiē谛dì道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū怕pà。律lǜ上shàng有yǒu云yún：『不bù知zhī者zhě不bú坐zuò罪zuì。』

The Guardian said: “Fear not for the moment. The statutes say: ‘One who acts in ignorance bears no guilt.’

休怕 (xiū pà), “don't be afraid.” 不知者不坐罪 (bù zhī zhě bù zuò zuì), “one who does not know is not charged with the crime” — a maxim of legal culpability.

我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ計jì較jiào，放fàng他tā出chū來lái，不bú要yào教jiào他tā動dòng手shǒu打dǎ我wǒ們men。」我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ计jì较jiào，放fàng他tā出chū来lái，不bú要yào教jiào他tā动dòng手shǒu打dǎ我wǒ们men。」

“Let me work it out with you: we'll let him out — only mind we don't give him cause to raise a hand against us.”

計較 (jì jiào), “to reckon, plan together.” 動手打 (dòng shǒu dǎ), “to set to and strike.” The Guardian's caution: free him, but carefully.

土tǔ地dì道dào：「就jiù沒méi理lǐ了le，既jì放fàng出chū來lái又yòu打dǎ？」土tǔ地dì道dào：「就jiù没méi理lǐ了le，既jì放fàng出chū来lái又yòu打dǎ？」

The earth-god said: “That'd make no sense — free him, and then be beaten for it?”

沒理 (méi lǐ), “unreasonable, without sense.” The earth-god balks at the thought of a rescue rewarded with a thrashing.

揭jiē諦dì道dào：「你nǐ不bù知zhī。他tā有yǒu一yì條tiáo如rú意yì金jīn箍gū棒bàng，十shí分fēn利lì害hài：打dǎ著zháo的de就jiù死sǐ，挽wǎn著zháo的de就jiù傷shāng；磕kē一yì磕kē兒er觔jīn斷duàn，擦cā一yì擦cā兒er皮pí塌tā哩li。」揭jiē谛dì道dào：「你nǐ不bù知zhī。他tā有yǒu一yì条tiáo如rú意yì金jīn箍gū棒bàng，十shí分fēn利lì害hài：打dǎ著zháo的de就jiù死sǐ，挽wǎn著zháo的de就jiù伤shāng；磕kē一yì磕kē儿er觔jīn断duàn，擦cā一yì擦cā儿er皮pí塌tā哩li。」

The Guardian said: “You don't know him. He has an As-You-Will gold-banded cudgel, fearsomely deadly: whatever it strikes dies, whatever it grazes is maimed; a mere knock snaps the sinews, a mere scrape peels the skin away.”

如意金箍棒 (rú yì jīn gū bàng), the “As-You-Will Gold-Banded Cudgel,” Pilgrim's weapon. 打著／挽著 (dǎ zháo / wǎn zháo), “gets struck / gets grazed,” the resultative 著 (zháo). 磕一磕兒 (kē yì kē er), “a single knock,” with suffix 兒 (er).

總評 Commentary

The local gods, thoroughly frightened, plead the demon compelled them and take refuge in a maxim of law — “one who acts in ignorance bears no guilt” — which the Guardian offers as their cover. The comedy of celestial bureaucracy continues: gods citing statutes to one another, weighing culpability, negotiating a rescue as if filing an appeal. Their fear of Pilgrim is entirely practical, and entirely justified.

The earth-god's plain objection — free him and then be beaten? — draws from the Guardian a vivid catalogue of the cudgel's lethality: whatever it strikes dies, whatever it grazes is maimed, a knock snaps sinews, a scrape flays skin. The description does double duty, at once explaining the gods' caution and reminding the reader, at the depth of Pilgrim's helplessness, exactly how dangerous he is the moment he is loosed. The stage is set for his release and the reversal to come.