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第三十四回
魔mó王wáng巧qiǎo算suàn困kùn心xīn猿yuán
大dà聖shèng騰téng挪nuó騙piàn寶bǎo貝bèi

The Demon King, by artful reckoning, confounds the Mind-Monkey; the Great Sage, by shifting sleight, filches away the treasures.

智取扣繩
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智取扣繩 The Cord Cunningly Sprung

他tā兩liǎng個gè戰zhàn了le有yǒu三sān十shí回huí合hé，不bù分fēn勝shèng負fù。行xíng者zhě暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「這zhè潑pō怪guài倒dào也yě架jià得de住zhù老lǎo孫sūn的de鐵tiě棒bàng。我wǒ已yǐ得dé了le他tā三sān件jiàn寶bǎo貝bèi，卻què這zhè般bān苦kǔ苦kǔ的de與yǔ他tā廝sī殺shā，可kě不bú誤wù了le我wǒ的de工gōng夫fu？不bú若ruò拿ná葫hú蘆lú或huò淨jìng瓶píng裝zhuāng他tā去qù，多duō少shǎo是shì好hǎo？」又yòu想xiǎng道dào：「不bù好hǎo，不bù好hǎo。常cháng言yán道dào：『物wù隨suí主zhǔ便biàn。』倘tǎng若ruò我wǒ叫jiào他tā不bù答dá應yìng，卻què又yòu不bú誤wù了le事shì業yè？且qiě使shǐ幌huǎng金jīn繩shéng扣kòu頭tóu罷ba。」好hǎo大dà聖shèng，一yì隻zhī手shǒu使shǐ棒bàng，架jià住zhù他tā的de寶bǎo貝bèi；一yì隻zhī手shǒu把bǎ那nà繩shéng執zhí起qǐ，刷shuā喇lǎ的de扣kòu了le魔mó頭tóu。他tā两liǎng个gè战zhàn了le有yǒu三sān十shí回huí合hé，不bù分fēn胜shèng负fù。行xíng者zhě暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「这zhè泼pō怪guài倒dào也yě架jià得de住zhù老lǎo孙sūn的de铁tiě棒bàng。我wǒ已yǐ得dé了le他tā三sān件jiàn宝bǎo贝bèi，却què这zhè般bān苦kǔ苦kǔ的de与yǔ他tā厮sī杀shā，可kě不bú误wù了le我wǒ的de工gōng夫fu？不bú若ruò拿ná葫hú芦lú或huò净jìng瓶píng装zhuāng他tā去qù，多duō少shǎo是shì好hǎo？」又yòu想xiǎng道dào：「不bù好hǎo，不bù好hǎo。常cháng言yán道dào：『物wù随suí主zhǔ便biàn。』倘tǎng若ruò我wǒ叫jiào他tā不bù答dá应yìng，却què又yòu不bú误wù了le事shì业yè？且qiě使shǐ幌huǎng金jīn绳shéng扣kòu头tóu罢ba。」好hǎo大dà圣shèng，一yì只zhī手shǒu使shǐ棒bàng，架jià住zhù他tā的de宝bǎo贝bèi；一yì只zhī手shǒu把bǎ那nà绳shéng执zhí起qǐ，刷shuā喇lǎ的de扣kòu了le魔mó头tóu。

逐句解 Line by line

他tā兩liǎng個gè戰zhàn了le有yǒu三sān十shí回huí合hé，不bù分fēn勝shèng負fù。行xíng者zhě暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「這zhè潑pō怪guài倒dào也yě架jià得de住zhù老lǎo孫sūn的de鐵tiě棒bàng。我wǒ已yǐ得dé了le他tā三sān件jiàn寶bǎo貝bèi，卻què這zhè般bān苦kǔ苦kǔ的de與yǔ他tā廝sī殺shā，可kě不bú誤wù了le我wǒ的de工gōng夫fu？不bú若ruò拿ná葫hú蘆lú或huò淨jìng瓶píng裝zhuāng他tā去qù，多duō少shǎo是shì好hǎo？」 他tā两liǎng个gè战zhàn了le有yǒu三sān十shí回huí合hé，不bù分fēn胜shèng负fù。行xíng者zhě暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「这zhè泼pō怪guài倒dào也yě架jià得de住zhù老lǎo孙sūn的de铁tiě棒bàng。我wǒ已yǐ得dé了le他tā三sān件jiàn宝bǎo贝bèi，却què这zhè般bān苦kǔ苦kǔ的de与yǔ他tā厮sī杀shā，可kě不bú误wù了le我wǒ的de工gōng夫fu？不bú若ruò拿ná葫hú芦lú或huò净jìng瓶píng装zhuāng他tā去qù，多duō少shǎo是shì好hǎo？」

The two of them fought some thirty bouts without deciding a victor. Pilgrim thought with secret glee: “This foul demon can actually stand up to Old Monkey's iron cudgel. I've already got his three treasures, yet here I am bitterly hacking away at him — won't that just waste my time? Better to take the gourd or the vase and bottle him up — wouldn't that be far better?”

不分勝負 (bù fēn shèng fù), "without deciding a victor" — 分 read fēn. 倒也架得住 (dào yě jià de zhù), "can actually stand up to" — adversative dào, complement de; but 我已得了 (wǒ yǐ dé le), "I've already got," attainment dé. 多少是好 (duō shǎo shì hǎo), "wouldn't that be better" — 少 read shǎo.

又yòu想xiǎng道dào：「不bù好hǎo，不bù好hǎo。常cháng言yán道dào：『物wù隨suí主zhǔ便biàn。』倘tǎng若ruò我wǒ叫jiào他tā不bù答dá應yìng，卻què又yòu不bú誤wù了le事shì業yè？且qiě使shǐ幌huǎng金jīn繩shéng扣kòu頭tóu罷ba。」 又yòu想xiǎng道dào：「不bù好hǎo，不bù好hǎo。常cháng言yán道dào：『物wù随suí主zhǔ便biàn。』倘tǎng若ruò我wǒ叫jiào他tā不bù答dá应yìng，却què又yòu不bú误wù了le事shì业yè？且qiě使shǐ幌huǎng金jīn绳shéng扣kòu头tóu罢ba。」

Then he thought again: “No, no. As the common saying goes, ‘A thing follows its master.’ Suppose I call to him and he doesn't answer — wouldn't that again spoil the business? Better use the gold-glinting cord to noose his head.”

物隨主便 (wù suí zhǔ biàn), "a thing follows its master's will" — the proverb warning that the vessels obey their true owner. 我叫他不答應 (wǒ jiào tā bù dá yìng), "I call and he doesn't answer" — 應 read yìng. 扣頭罷 (kòu tóu ba), "noose his head" — hortative ba.

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，一yì隻zhī手shǒu使shǐ棒bàng，架jià住zhù他tā的de寶bǎo貝bèi；一yì隻zhī手shǒu把bǎ那nà繩shéng執zhí起qǐ，刷shuā喇lǎ的de扣kòu了le魔mó頭tóu。 好hǎo大dà圣shèng，一yì只zhī手shǒu使shǐ棒bàng，架jià住zhù他tā的de宝bǎo贝bèi；一yì只zhī手shǒu把bǎ那nà绳shéng执zhí起qǐ，刷shuā喇lǎ的de扣kòu了le魔mó头tóu。

Good Great Sage! With one hand he plied his cudgel, fending off the fiend's treasure; with the other he took up that cord, and with a whish nooses the demon lord.

一隻手使棒 (yì zhī shǒu shǐ bàng), "with one hand plied the cudgel." 把那繩執起 (bǎ nà shéng zhí qǐ), "took up that cord" — deictic nà; 刷喇的扣了 (shuā lǎ de kòu le), "with a whish nooses.”

總評 Commentary

The stalemate the rhapsody foretold now dictates Wukong's tactics. Thirty bouts settle nothing — the second fiend, unlike his gulled mother, is a genuine match — and the Great Sage, ever the pragmatist, judges open combat a waste of the very time he owes to the scripture-quest. His first impulse, to use gourd or vase, is sound; but his second thought is sounder, and turns on the proverb 物隨主便.

That proverb — a thing follows its master — is the hinge of the whole treasure-contest and a piece of dramatic foreshadowing: Wukong grasps that the vessels answer to their true owner and might not swallow the demon at a stranger's call, a caution the chapter will shortly vindicate. Choosing instead the gold-glinting cord, he springs the trap with the ambidextrous ease of a master combatant — one hand parrying, the other nooses the fiend. The victory looks complete; but the same proverb that guides him here warns the reader that a stolen weapon may yet betray its borrower.