第三十四回 · 八戒識破 Bajie Sees Through It — Journey to the West

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八戒識破 Bajie Sees Through It

卻què說shuō豬zhū八bā戒jiè吊diào在zài梁liáng上shàng，哈hā哈hā的de笑xiào了le一yì聲shēng。沙shā僧sēng道dào：「二èr哥gē，好hǎo啊a，吊diào出chū笑xiào來lái也yě。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，我wǒ笑xiào中zhōng有yǒu故gù。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「甚shén故gù？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ們men只zhǐ怕pà是shì奶nǎi奶nǎi來lái了le，就jiù要yào蒸zhēng吃chī。原yuán來lái不bú是shì奶nǎi奶nǎi，是shì舊jiù話huà來lái了le。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「甚shén麼me舊jiù話huà？」八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「弼bì馬mǎ溫wēn來lái了le。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn麼me認rèn得de是shì他tā？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「彎wān倒dǎo腰yāo，叫jiào『我wǒ兒ér起qǐ來lái』，那nà後hòu面miàn就jiù掬jū起qǐ猴hóu尾wěi巴ba子zi。我wǒ比bǐ你nǐ吊diào得de高gāo，所suǒ以yǐ看kàn得de明míng也yě。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「且qiě不bú要yào言yán語yǔ，聽tīng他tā說shuō甚shén麼me話huà。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì。」却què说shuō猪zhū八bā戒jiè吊diào在zài梁liáng上shàng，哈hā哈hā的de笑xiào了le一yì声shēng。沙shā僧sēng道dào：「二èr哥gē，好hǎo啊a，吊diào出chū笑xiào来lái也yě。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，我wǒ笑xiào中zhōng有yǒu故gù。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「甚shén故gù？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ们men只zhǐ怕pà是shì奶nǎi奶nǎi来lái了le，就jiù要yào蒸zhēng吃chī。原yuán来lái不bú是shì奶nǎi奶nǎi，是shì旧jiù话huà来lái了le。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「甚shén么me旧jiù话huà？」八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「弼bì马mǎ温wēn来lái了le。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn么me认rèn得de是shì他tā？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「弯wān倒dǎo腰yāo，叫jiào『我wǒ儿ér起qǐ来lái』，那nà后hòu面miàn就jiù掬jū起qǐ猴hóu尾wěi巴ba子zi。我wǒ比bǐ你nǐ吊diào得de高gāo，所suǒ以yǐ看kàn得de明míng也yě。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「且qiě不bú要yào言yán语yǔ，听tīng他tā说shuō甚shén么me话huà。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì。」

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卻què說shuō豬zhū八bā戒jiè吊diào在zài梁liáng上shàng，哈hā哈hā的de笑xiào了le一yì聲shēng。沙shā僧sēng道dào：「二èr哥gē，好hǎo啊a，吊diào出chū笑xiào來lái也yě。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，我wǒ笑xiào中zhōng有yǒu故gù。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「甚shén故gù？」却què说shuō猪zhū八bā戒jiè吊diào在zài梁liáng上shàng，哈hā哈hā的de笑xiào了le一yì声shēng。沙shā僧sēng道dào：「二èr哥gē，好hǎo啊a，吊diào出chū笑xiào来lái也yě。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，我wǒ笑xiào中zhōng有yǒu故gù。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「甚shén故gù？」

Now tell how Zhu Bajie, hanging from the beam, gave a ha-ha of laughter. Sha Monk said: “Second Brother — fine indeed, laughing while you dangle.” Bajie said: “Brother, there's a reason in my laugh.” Sha Monk said: “What reason?”

吊在梁上 (diào zài liáng shàng), "hanging from the beam," the captives' plight. 笑中有故 (xiào zhōng yǒu gù), "a reason within the laugh" — 中 read zhōng; 甚故 (shén gù), "what reason?" — interrogative shén.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ們men只zhǐ怕pà是shì奶nǎi奶nǎi來lái了le，就jiù要yào蒸zhēng吃chī。原yuán來lái不bú是shì奶nǎi奶nǎi，是shì舊jiù話huà來lái了le。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「甚shén麼me舊jiù話huà？」八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「弼bì馬mǎ溫wēn來lái了le。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn麼me認rèn得de是shì他tā？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ们men只zhǐ怕pà是shì奶nǎi奶nǎi来lái了le，就jiù要yào蒸zhēng吃chī。原yuán来lái不bú是shì奶nǎi奶nǎi，是shì旧jiù话huà来lái了le。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「甚shén么me旧jiù话huà？」八bā戒jiè笑xiào道dào：「弼bì马mǎ温wēn来lái了le。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn么me认rèn得de是shì他tā？」

Bajie said: “We were only afraid it was Grandma come, and we'd be steamed and eaten. But it turns out it's not Grandma at all — it's the old story come back.” Sha Monk said: “What old story?” Bajie laughed: “Bimawen has come.” Sha Monk said: “How do you know it's him?”

舊話 (jiù huà), "the old story" — Bajie's byword for Wukong. 弼馬溫 (bì mǎ wēn), "Bimawen," the mocking title (Keeper of Horses) from Wukong's first heavenly post. 怎麼認得 (zěn me rèn de), "how do you recognize" — the vernacular de.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「彎wān倒dǎo腰yāo，叫jiào『我wǒ兒ér起qǐ來lái』，那nà後hòu面miàn就jiù掬jū起qǐ猴hóu尾wěi巴ba子zi。我wǒ比bǐ你nǐ吊diào得de高gāo，所suǒ以yǐ看kàn得de明míng也yě。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「且qiě不bú要yào言yán語yǔ，聽tīng他tā說shuō甚shén麼me話huà。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「弯wān倒dǎo腰yāo，叫jiào『我wǒ儿ér起qǐ来lái』，那nà后hòu面miàn就jiù掬jū起qǐ猴hóu尾wěi巴ba子zi。我wǒ比bǐ你nǐ吊diào得de高gāo，所suǒ以yǐ看kàn得de明míng也yě。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「且qiě不bú要yào言yán语yǔ，听tīng他tā说shuō甚shén么me话huà。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「正zhèng是shì，正zhèng是shì。」

Bajie said: “When she bent at the waist and said ‘My child, get up,’ there behind her she cocked up a monkey's tail. I'm hung higher than you, so I saw it plain.” Sha Monk said: “Say nothing for now; let's hear what he says.” Bajie said: “Quite so, quite so.”

彎倒腰 (wān dǎo yāo), "bent double at the waist" — 倒 read dǎo, to bend down. 掬起猴尾巴子 (jū qǐ hóu wěi ba zi), "cocked up a monkey's tail" — the tell the disguise cannot hide. 吊得高／看得明 (diào de gāo / kàn de míng), "hung high / saw plainly," both complement de.

總評 Commentary

The scene cuts to the captives for a stroke of pure comedy: Bajie, trussed upside-down from a beam, is the one member of the party to penetrate Wukong's disguise, and he does it by the one detail vanity forgets — a monkey's tail cocked up behind the matron's skirts. The reversal is delicious: the perpetually gulled Pig, hung higher and looking down, catches what the demon-lords bowing below could not.

Bajie's glee is characteristically self-regarding — he crows at his own sharp eye (我比你吊得高，所以看得明) even while helpless on the beam — but Sha Monk's caution supplies the needed restraint: say nothing, and listen. The exchange seeds a comic suspense, for Bajie now shares Wukong's secret and must be trusted not to spill it, a trust the very next passage will see him strain to the breaking point.