第三十四回 · 搜繩變眾 The Cord Taken, the Retinue Conjured — Journey to the West

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搜繩變眾 The Cord Taken, the Retinue Conjured

好hǎo猴hóu王wáng，把bǎ他tā那nà幌huǎng金jīn繩shéng搜sōu出chū來lái，籠lóng在zài袖xiù裡lǐ，歡huān喜xǐ道dào：「那nà潑pō魔mó縱zòng有yǒu手shǒu段duàn，已yǐ此cǐ三sān件jiàn兒er寶bǎo貝bèi姓xìng孫sūn了le。」卻què又yòu拔bá兩liǎng根gēn毫háo毛máo變biàn做zuò個gè巴bā山shān虎hǔ、倚yǐ海hǎi龍lóng；又yòu拔bá兩liǎng根gēn變biàn做zuò兩liǎng個gè擡tái轎jiào的de；他tā卻què變biàn做zuò老lǎo奶nǎi奶nǎi模mó樣yàng，坐zuò在zài轎jiào裡lǐ。將jiāng轎jiào子zi擡tái起qǐ，徑jìng回huí本běn路lù。好hǎo猴hóu王wáng，把bǎ他tā那nà幌huǎng金jīn绳shéng搜sōu出chū来lái，笼lóng在zài袖xiù里lǐ，欢huān喜xǐ道dào：「那nà泼pō魔mó纵zòng有yǒu手shǒu段duàn，已yǐ此cǐ三sān件jiàn儿er宝bǎo贝bèi姓xìng孙sūn了le。」却què又yòu拔bá两liǎng根gēn毫háo毛máo变biàn做zuò个gè巴bā山shān虎hǔ、倚yǐ海hǎi龙lóng；又yòu拔bá两liǎng根gēn变biàn做zuò两liǎng个gè抬tái轿jiào的de；他tā却què变biàn做zuò老lǎo奶nǎi奶nǎi模mó样yàng，坐zuò在zài轿jiào里lǐ。将jiāng轿jiào子zi抬tái起qǐ，径jìng回huí本běn路lù。

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好hǎo猴hóu王wáng，把bǎ他tā那nà幌huǎng金jīn繩shéng搜sōu出chū來lái，籠lóng在zài袖xiù裡lǐ，歡huān喜xǐ道dào：「那nà潑pō魔mó縱zòng有yǒu手shǒu段duàn，已yǐ此cǐ三sān件jiàn兒er寶bǎo貝bèi姓xìng孫sūn了le。」好hǎo猴hóu王wáng，把bǎ他tā那nà幌huǎng金jīn绳shéng搜sōu出chū来lái，笼lóng在zài袖xiù里lǐ，欢huān喜xǐ道dào：「那nà泼pō魔mó纵zòng有yǒu手shǒu段duàn，已yǐ此cǐ三sān件jiàn儿er宝bǎo贝bèi姓xìng孙sūn了le。」

Good Monkey King! He searched out her gold-glinting cord, tucked it into his sleeve, and said with delight: “That foul demon may have his powers, but by now these three treasures are surnamed Sun.”

搜出來 (sōu chū lái), "searched out." 籠在袖裡 (lǒng zài xiù lǐ), "stowed in his sleeve." 三件兒寶貝姓孫了 (sān jiàn er bǎo bèi xìng sūn le), "three treasures surnamed Sun" — diminutive er; Wukong's gleeful tally.

卻què又yòu拔bá兩liǎng根gēn毫háo毛máo變biàn做zuò個gè巴bā山shān虎hǔ、倚yǐ海hǎi龍lóng；又yòu拔bá兩liǎng根gēn變biàn做zuò兩liǎng個gè擡tái轎jiào的de；他tā卻què變biàn做zuò老lǎo奶nǎi奶nǎi模mó樣yàng，坐zuò在zài轎jiào裡lǐ。將jiāng轎jiào子zi擡tái起qǐ，徑jìng回huí本běn路lù。却què又yòu拔bá两liǎng根gēn毫háo毛máo变biàn做zuò个gè巴bā山shān虎hǔ、倚yǐ海hǎi龙lóng；又yòu拔bá两liǎng根gēn变biàn做zuò两liǎng个gè抬tái轿jiào的de；他tā却què变biàn做zuò老lǎo奶nǎi奶nǎi模mó样yàng，坐zuò在zài轿jiào里lǐ。将jiāng轿jiào子zi抬tái起qǐ，径jìng回huí本běn路lù。

Then he plucked two more hairs and made them into Mountain-Straddling Tiger and Sea-Reclining Dragon; plucked two more and made them into the two sedan-bearers; and changed himself into the likeness of Old Grandma, seated in the sedan. Hoisting the sedan up, they went straight back the way they had come.

將轎子擡起 (jiāng jiào zi tái qǐ), "hoisted the sedan up" — disposal 將. 徑回本路 (jìng huí běn lù), "went straight back by the same road" — the whole conjured procession retracing its steps toward the cave.

總評 Commentary

This brief passage is the hinge of the whole infiltration: with the gold-glinting cord in his sleeve, Wukong has now stripped the demons of the third of their five treasures, and his crowing tally — 三件兒寶貝姓孫了, three treasures now surnamed Sun — measures the swindle's steady arithmetic against the brothers who still think themselves armed.

The multiplication of hairs into a full retinue — two couriers, two bearers, and the matriarch's own shape for himself — completes the audacity of the scheme: Wukong will not merely enter the demons' hall, he will enter it as their honored mother borne in state by her own attendants. The single Monkey has become a whole procession, every figure in it a filament of his body, converging on the Lotus-Flower Cave to collect the obeisance of the very fiends who sent for their mother's help.