第三十四回 · 拴柱飲酒 Tied to the Pillar; the Fiends Drink — Journey to the West

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拴柱飲酒 Tied to the Pillar; the Fiends Drink

老lǎo魔mó道dào：「拿ná了le誰shuí來lái？」二èr魔mó道dào：「孫sūn行xíng者zhě。你nǐ來lái看kàn，你nǐ來lái看kàn。」老lǎo魔mó一yí見jiàn，認rèn得de是shì行xíng者zhě，滿mǎn面miàn喜xǐ笑xiào道dào：「是shì他tā，是shì他tā。把bǎ他tā長cháng長cháng的de繩shéng兒er拴shuān在zài柱zhù科kē上shàng耍shuǎ子zi。」真zhēn個gè把bǎ行xíng者zhě拴shuān住zhù，兩liǎng個gè魔mó頭tóu卻què進jìn後hòu面miàn堂táng裡lǐ飲yǐn酒jiǔ。老lǎo魔mó道dào：「拿ná了le谁shuí来lái？」二èr魔mó道dào：「孙sūn行xíng者zhě。你nǐ来lái看kàn，你nǐ来lái看kàn。」老lǎo魔mó一yí见jiàn，认rèn得de是shì行xíng者zhě，满mǎn面miàn喜xǐ笑xiào道dào：「是shì他tā，是shì他tā。把bǎ他tā长cháng长cháng的de绳shéng儿er拴shuān在zài柱zhù科kē上shàng耍shuǎ子zi。」真zhēn个gè把bǎ行xíng者zhě拴shuān住zhù，两liǎng个gè魔mó头tóu却què进jìn后hòu面miàn堂táng里lǐ饮yǐn酒jiǔ。

逐句解 Line by line

老lǎo魔mó道dào：「拿ná了le誰shuí來lái？」二èr魔mó道dào：「孫sūn行xíng者zhě。你nǐ來lái看kàn，你nǐ來lái看kàn。」老lǎo魔mó一yí見jiàn，認rèn得de是shì行xíng者zhě，滿mǎn面miàn喜xǐ笑xiào道dào：「是shì他tā，是shì他tā。把bǎ他tā長cháng長cháng的de繩shéng兒er拴shuān在zài柱zhù科kē上shàng耍shuǎ子zi。」老lǎo魔mó道dào：「拿ná了le谁shuí来lái？」二èr魔mó道dào：「孙sūn行xíng者zhě。你nǐ来lái看kàn，你nǐ来lái看kàn。」老lǎo魔mó一yí见jiàn，认rèn得de是shì行xíng者zhě，满mǎn面miàn喜xǐ笑xiào道dào：「是shì他tā，是shì他tā。把bǎ他tā长cháng长cháng的de绳shéng儿er拴shuān在zài柱zhù科kē上shàng耍shuǎ子zi。」

The old fiend said: “Whom have you brought?” The second fiend said: “Sun the Pilgrim. Come look, come look.” At one glance the old fiend recognized Pilgrim and, his whole face wreathed in laughing delight, said: “It's him, it's him! Take his long, long cord and tie him to the pillar-post for sport.”

認得是行者 (rèn de shì xíng zhě), "recognized Pilgrim" — the vernacular de. 長長的繩兒 (cháng cháng de shéng er), "the long, long cord" — 長 read cháng, long; diminutive er. 拴在柱科上耍子 (shuān zài zhù kē shàng shuǎ zi), "tie him to the pillar for sport.”

真zhēn個gè把bǎ行xíng者zhě拴shuān住zhù，兩liǎng個gè魔mó頭tóu卻què進jìn後hòu面miàn堂táng裡lǐ飲yǐn酒jiǔ。真zhēn个gè把bǎ行xíng者zhě拴shuān住zhù，两liǎng个gè魔mó头tóu却què进jìn后hòu面miàn堂táng里lǐ饮yǐn酒jiǔ。

So indeed they tied Pilgrim fast, and the two demon lords went off into the back hall to drink.

真個把行者拴住 (zhēn gè bǎ xíng zhě shuān zhù), "so indeed they tied Pilgrim fast." 後面堂裡飲酒 (hòu miàn táng lǐ yǐn jiǔ), "went to the back hall to drink" — the fiends celebrating their recapture.

總評 Commentary

The old fiend's glee at recognizing Wukong — 是他，是他, his face wreathed in laughter — closes the arc that began with his despairing counsel of surrender: the brother who would have handed everything back now gloats over the captured Monkey. His order to tie the Great Sage to a pillar 耍子, for sport, converts Wukong from threat to plaything, the demons' confidence fully restored at the very moment it is least warranted.

The retirement of the two lords to drink in the back hall is the narrative's deliberate loosening of the guard, and the reader senses the trap being laid in reverse. A bound Wukong left as an amusement while his captors celebrate is a Wukong given exactly the unwatched interval he needs. The demons' festivity, like their earlier filial welcome of a false mother, is the prelude to their gulling — and the pillar to which they have tied him is about to become the stage for his escape.