第三十四回 · 毫毛歸身 The Hairs Recalled — Journey to the West

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毫毛歸身 The Hairs Recalled

正zhèng嚷rǎng處chù，孫sūn大dà聖shèng在zài半bàn空kōng裡lǐ聽tīng得de明míng白bái，看kàn得de真zhēn實shí，恐kǒng怕pà他tā弄nòng得de時shí辰chén多duō了le，緊jǐn要yào處chù走zǒu了le風fēng汛xùn，將jiāng身shēn一yì抖dǒu，把bǎ那nà變biàn葫hú蘆lú的de毫háo毛máo收shōu上shàng身shēn來lái，弄nòng得de那nà兩liǎng個gè妖yāo四sì手shǒu皆jiē空kōng。精jīng細xì鬼guǐ道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，拿ná葫hú蘆lú來lái。」伶líng俐lì蟲chóng道dào：「你nǐ拿ná著zhe的de。」「天tiān呀yā！怎zěn麼me不bú見jiàn了le？」都dōu去qù地dì下xià亂luàn摸mō，草cǎo裡lǐ胡hú尋xún，吞tūn袖xiù子zi，揣chuāi腰yāo間jiān，那nǎ裡lǐ得dé有yǒu？正zhèng嚷rǎng处chù，孙sūn大dà圣shèng在zài半bàn空kōng里lǐ听tīng得de明míng白bái，看kàn得de真zhēn实shí，恐kǒng怕pà他tā弄nòng得de时shí辰chén多duō了le，紧jǐn要yào处chù走zǒu了le风fēng汛xùn，将jiāng身shēn一yì抖dǒu，把bǎ那nà变biàn葫hú芦lú的de毫háo毛máo收shōu上shàng身shēn来lái，弄nòng得de那nà两liǎng个gè妖yāo四sì手shǒu皆jiē空kōng。精jīng细xì鬼guǐ道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，拿ná葫hú芦lú来lái。」伶líng俐lì虫chóng道dào：「你nǐ拿ná著zhe的de。」「天tiān呀yā！怎zěn么me不bú见jiàn了le？」都dōu去qù地dì下xià乱luàn摸mō，草cǎo里lǐ胡hú寻xún，吞tūn袖xiù子zi，揣chuāi腰yāo间jiān，那nǎ里lǐ得dé有yǒu？

逐句解 Line by line

Amid their clamor the Great Sage Sun, up in mid-air, heard it all distinctly and saw it all plainly. Fearing that if they trifled too long some word would leak at the critical point, he gave his body a shake and recalled to himself the hairs that had been transformed into gourds — leaving those two fiends with four hands holding nothing at all.

走了風汛 (zǒu le fēng xùn), "the wind-tidings leak out" — news escaping like a draft. 將身一抖 (jiāng shēn yì dǒu), "gave his body a shake": the recall-gesture for transformed hairs. 四手皆空 (sì shǒu jiē kōng), "four hands all empty" — the narrator counts the imps by their hands.

精jīng細xì鬼guǐ道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，拿ná葫hú蘆lú來lái。」伶líng俐lì蟲chóng道dào：「你nǐ拿ná著zhe的de。」「天tiān呀yā！怎zěn麼me不bú見jiàn了le？」都dōu去qù地dì下xià亂luàn摸mō，草cǎo裡lǐ胡hú尋xún，吞tūn袖xiù子zi，揣chuāi腰yāo間jiān，那nǎ裡lǐ得dé有yǒu？精jīng细xì鬼guǐ道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，拿ná葫hú芦lú来lái。」伶líng俐lì虫chóng道dào：「你nǐ拿ná著zhe的de。」「天tiān呀yā！怎zěn么me不bú见jiàn了le？」都dōu去qù地dì下xià乱luàn摸mō，草cǎo里lǐ胡hú寻xún，吞tūn袖xiù子zi，揣chuāi腰yāo间jiān，那nǎ里lǐ得dé有yǒu？

Fine-and-Keen said: “Brother, hand me the gourd.” Clever-Bug said: “You were holding it.” “Heavens! How has it vanished?” They groped over the ground and rummaged the grass, plumbed their sleeves and felt about their waists — where was it to be had?

拿著 (ná zhe), durative zhe: "you were the one holding it." 揣腰間 (chuāi yāo jiān), "felt inside the waistband" — 揣 read chuāi, to grope within clothing. 那裡得有 (nǎ lǐ dé yǒu), rhetorical: "where could there possibly be any?”

總評 Commentary

The narrator's cut to mid-air reframes the entire preceding farce: every failed toss was performed under audit. Wukong's motive for ending the show is tactical, not merciful — 緊要處走了風汛, the fear that a leak at the critical point would spoil the larger game against the masters rather than the servants. The recall of the hairs is a single shake of the body, the most economical gesture in his repertoire.

What follows is pure physical comedy timed like theater: the demand, the denial, the cry to Heaven, then the frantic inventory of ground, grass, sleeve, and waistband. The idiom 四手皆空 — four hands, all empty — is the narrator's dry arithmetic, reducing two named characters to a futile total of grasping limbs.