第三十四回 · 蠅隨疾走 The Fly on the Swift Errand — Journey to the West

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蠅隨疾走 The Fly on the Swift Errand

二èr怪guài領lǐng命mìng疾jí走zǒu。怎zěn知zhī那nà行xíng者zhě在zài傍bàng，一yì一yì聽tīng得de明míng白bái。他tā展zhǎn開kāi翅chì，飛fēi將jiāng去qù，趕gǎn上shàng巴bā山shān虎hǔ，釘dīng在zài他tā身shēn上shàng。行xíng經jīng二èr三sān里lǐ，就jiù要yào打dǎ殺shā他tā兩liǎng個gè。又yòu思sī道dào：「打dǎ死sǐ他tā，有yǒu何hé難nán事shì？但dàn他tā奶nǎi奶nǎi身shēn邊biān有yǒu那nà幌huǎng金jīn索suǒ，又yòu不bù知zhī住zhù在zài何hé處chù，等děng我wǒ且qiě問wèn他tā一yí問wèn再zài打dǎ。」好hǎo行xíng者zhě，嚶yīng的de一yì聲shēng，躲duǒ離lí小xiǎo妖yāo，讓ràng他tā先xiān行xíng有yǒu百bǎi十shí步bù。卻què又yòu搖yáo身shēn一yí變biàn，也yě變biàn做zuò個gè小xiǎo妖yāo兒er，戴dài一yì頂dǐng狐hú皮pí帽mào子zi，將jiāng虎hǔ皮pí裙qún子zi倒dào插chā上shàng來lái勒lēi住zhù，趕gǎn上shàng道dào：「走zǒu路lù的de，等děng我wǒ一yì等děng。」二èr怪guài领lǐng命mìng疾jí走zǒu。怎zěn知zhī那nà行xíng者zhě在zài傍bàng，一yì一yì听tīng得de明míng白bái。他tā展zhǎn开kāi翅chì，飞fēi将jiāng去qù，赶gǎn上shàng巴bā山shān虎hǔ，钉dīng在zài他tā身shēn上shàng。行xíng经jīng二èr三sān里lǐ，就jiù要yào打dǎ杀shā他tā两liǎng个gè。又yòu思sī道dào：「打dǎ死sǐ他tā，有yǒu何hé难nán事shì？但dàn他tā奶nǎi奶nǎi身shēn边biān有yǒu那nà幌huǎng金jīn索suǒ，又yòu不bù知zhī住zhù在zài何hé处chù，等děng我wǒ且qiě问wèn他tā一yí问wèn再zài打dǎ。」好hǎo行xíng者zhě，嘤yīng的de一yì声shēng，躲duǒ离lí小xiǎo妖yāo，让ràng他tā先xiān行xíng有yǒu百bǎi十shí步bù。却què又yòu摇yáo身shēn一yí变biàn，也yě变biàn做zuò个gè小xiǎo妖yāo儿er，戴dài一yì顶dǐng狐hú皮pí帽mào子zi，将jiāng虎hǔ皮pí裙qún子zi倒dào插chā上shàng来lái勒lēi住zhù，赶gǎn上shàng道dào：「走zǒu路lù的de，等děng我wǒ一yì等děng。」

逐句解 Line by line

二èr怪guài領lǐng命mìng疾jí走zǒu。怎zěn知zhī那nà行xíng者zhě在zài傍bàng，一yì一yì聽tīng得de明míng白bái。他tā展zhǎn開kāi翅chì，飛fēi將jiāng去qù，趕gǎn上shàng巴bā山shān虎hǔ，釘dīng在zài他tā身shēn上shàng。行xíng經jīng二èr三sān里lǐ，就jiù要yào打dǎ殺shā他tā兩liǎng個gè。二èr怪guài领lǐng命mìng疾jí走zǒu。怎zěn知zhī那nà行xíng者zhě在zài傍bàng，一yì一yì听tīng得de明míng白bái。他tā展zhǎn开kāi翅chì，飞fēi将jiāng去qù，赶gǎn上shàng巴bā山shān虎hǔ，钉dīng在zài他tā身shēn上shàng。行xíng经jīng二èr三sān里lǐ，就jiù要yào打dǎ杀shā他tā两liǎng个gè。

The two fiends received their orders and hurried off. Little did they know that Pilgrim was beside them, hearing every word clearly. He spread his wings and flew, overtook Mountain-Straddling Tiger, and lit upon him. After two or three li on the road he was about to strike the pair dead — then thought again:

一一聽得明白 (yì yì tīng de míng bái), "heard each word plainly" — the complement de. 飛將去 (fēi jiāng qù), "flew off" — 將 the vernacular motion-particle. 行經二三里 (xíng jīng èr sān lǐ), "having gone two or three li.”

又yòu思sī道dào：「打dǎ死sǐ他tā，有yǒu何hé難nán事shì？但dàn他tā奶nǎi奶nǎi身shēn邊biān有yǒu那nà幌huǎng金jīn索suǒ，又yòu不bù知zhī住zhù在zài何hé處chù，等děng我wǒ且qiě問wèn他tā一yí問wèn再zài打dǎ。」又yòu思sī道dào：「打dǎ死sǐ他tā，有yǒu何hé难nán事shì？但dàn他tā奶nǎi奶nǎi身shēn边biān有yǒu那nà幌huǎng金jīn索suǒ，又yòu不bù知zhī住zhù在zài何hé处chù，等děng我wǒ且qiě问wèn他tā一yí问wèn再zài打dǎ。」

“Killing them off — what difficulty is there in that? But their grandmother has the gold-glinting cord at her side, and I don't yet know where she lives. Let me first ask them a question, and then strike.”

有何難事 (yǒu hé nán shì), "what difficulty is there?" — 難 read nán, difficult. 那幌金索 (nà huǎng jīn suǒ), "that gold-glinting cord," deictic nà; 住在何處 (zhù zài hé chù), "lives where" — 處, place.

好hǎo行xíng者zhě，嚶yīng的de一yì聲shēng，躲duǒ離lí小xiǎo妖yāo，讓ràng他tā先xiān行xíng有yǒu百bǎi十shí步bù。卻què又yòu搖yáo身shēn一yí變biàn，也yě變biàn做zuò個gè小xiǎo妖yāo兒er，戴dài一yì頂dǐng狐hú皮pí帽mào子zi，將jiāng虎hǔ皮pí裙qún子zi倒dào插chā上shàng來lái勒lēi住zhù，趕gǎn上shàng道dào：「走zǒu路lù的de，等děng我wǒ一yì等děng。」好hǎo行xíng者zhě，嘤yīng的de一yì声shēng，躲duǒ离lí小xiǎo妖yāo，让ràng他tā先xiān行xíng有yǒu百bǎi十shí步bù。却què又yòu摇yáo身shēn一yí变biàn，也yě变biàn做zuò个gè小xiǎo妖yāo儿er，戴dài一yì顶dǐng狐hú皮pí帽mào子zi，将jiāng虎hǔ皮pí裙qún子zi倒dào插chā上shàng来lái勒lēi住zhù，赶gǎn上shàng道dào：「走zǒu路lù的de，等děng我wǒ一yì等děng。」

Good Pilgrim! With a droning buzz he slipped away from the imps, let them go on ahead a hundred paces or so, then shook his body and changed into a little imp himself: he put on a fox-skin cap, tucked up a tiger-skin apron backward and cinched it fast, caught up with them, and called: “You there on the road, wait for me a moment.”

小妖兒 (xiǎo yāo er), "a little imp," the diminutive suffix er. 將虎皮裙子倒插 (jiāng hǔ pí qún zi dào chā), "tucked the tiger-skin apron up backward" — disposal 將, and 倒 read dào, in reverse.

總評 Commentary

Wukong's deliberation marks the shift from executioner to interrogator. The impulse to kill is checked not by scruple but by a gap in his intelligence — 又不知住在何處, he does not yet know where the matriarch lives, nor how the cord is held. The trickster's discipline is to defer the easy blow for the useful question; the imps live a little longer because they are still worth more alive.

The disguise is assembled with the specificity the novel loves: fox-skin cap, tiger-skin apron tucked up backward and cinched. 倒插 — the backward tuck — is a homely, exact detail, the kind that makes a shape-shift feel like dressing. Reduced now to a rank-and-file imp hailing his fellows on the road, the Great Sage prepares to draw the location of Dragon-Crushing Cave from the very couriers sent to summon its mistress.