第三十四回 · 八戒嘲哥 Bajie Mocks His Brother — Journey to the West

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八戒嘲哥 Bajie Mocks His Brother

那nà大dà聖shèng在zài柱zhù根gēn下xià爬pá蹉cuō，忽hū驚jīng動dòng八bā戒jiè。那nà獃dāi子zi吊diào在zài梁liáng上shàng，哈hā哈hā的de笑xiào道dào：「哥gē哥gē啊a，耳ěr朵duǒ吃chī不bù成chéng了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「獃dāi子zi，可kě吊diào得de自zì在zài麼me？我wǒ如rú今jīn就jiù出chū去qù，管guǎn情qíng救jiù了le你nǐ們men。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù羞xiū，不bù羞xiū。本běn身shēn難nán脫tuō，還hái想xiǎng救jiù人rén。罷bà罷bà罷bà，師shī徒tú們men都dōu在zài一yí處chù死sǐ了le，好hǎo到dào陰yīn司sī裡lǐ問wèn路lù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bú要yào胡hú說shuō，你nǐ看kàn我wǒ出chū去qù。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ看kàn你nǐ怎zěn麼me出chū去qù？」那nà大dà聖shèng口kǒu裡lǐ與yǔ八bā戒jiè說shuō話huà，眼yǎn裡lǐ卻què抹mǒ著zhe那nà兩liǎng個gè妖yāo怪guài。那nà大dà圣shèng在zài柱zhù根gēn下xià爬pá蹉cuō，忽hū惊jīng动dòng八bā戒jiè。那nà呆dāi子zi吊diào在zài梁liáng上shàng，哈hā哈hā的de笑xiào道dào：「哥gē哥gē啊a，耳ěr朵duǒ吃chī不bù成chéng了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「呆dāi子zi，可kě吊diào得de自zì在zài么me？我wǒ如rú今jīn就jiù出chū去qù，管guǎn情qíng救jiù了le你nǐ们men。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù羞xiū，不bù羞xiū。本běn身shēn难nán脱tuō，还hái想xiǎng救jiù人rén。罢bà罢bà罢bà，师shī徒tú们men都dōu在zài一yí处chù死sǐ了le，好hǎo到dào阴yīn司sī里lǐ问wèn路lù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bú要yào胡hú说shuō，你nǐ看kàn我wǒ出chū去qù。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ看kàn你nǐ怎zěn么me出chū去qù？」那nà大dà圣shèng口kǒu里lǐ与yǔ八bā戒jiè说shuō话huà，眼yǎn里lǐ却què抹mǒ著zhe那nà两liǎng个gè妖yāo怪guài。

逐句解 Line by line

The Great Sage, scrabbling about at the foot of the pillar, suddenly startled Bajie. That idiot, hanging from the beam, laughed ha-ha: “Brother! So the ears won't get eaten after all.” Pilgrim said: “Idiot — are you hanging comfortably? I'll be out this minute, and I'll surely save the lot of you.”

爬蹉 (pá cuō), "scrabbling about." 那獃子 (nà dāi zi), "that idiot," deictic nà. 可吊得自在麼 (kě diào de zì zài me), "are you hanging comfortably?" — complement de; 管情救了你們 (guǎn qíng jiù le nǐ men), "I'll surely save you.”

八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù羞xiū，不bù羞xiū。本běn身shēn難nán脫tuō，還hái想xiǎng救jiù人rén。罷bà罷bà罷bà，師shī徒tú們men都dōu在zài一yí處chù死sǐ了le，好hǎo到dào陰yīn司sī裡lǐ問wèn路lù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bú要yào胡hú說shuō，你nǐ看kàn我wǒ出chū去qù。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ看kàn你nǐ怎zěn麼me出chū去qù？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bù羞xiū，不bù羞xiū。本běn身shēn难nán脱tuō，还hái想xiǎng救jiù人rén。罢bà罢bà罢bà，师shī徒tú们men都dōu在zài一yí处chù死sǐ了le，好hǎo到dào阴yīn司sī里lǐ问wèn路lù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bú要yào胡hú说shuō，你nǐ看kàn我wǒ出chū去qù。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ看kàn你nǐ怎zěn么me出chū去qù？」

Bajie said: “For shame, for shame! Can't get loose yourself, yet still think of saving others. So be it, so be it — master and disciples will all die together in one place, and it'll be good company asking the road in the world below.” Pilgrim said: “Don't talk rubbish — watch me get out.” Bajie said: “I'll watch how you get out.”

本身難脫 (běn shēn nán tuō), "can't get loose himself" — 難 read nán, hard. 還想救人 (hái xiǎng jiù rén), "still thinks of saving others" — 還 read hái. 罷罷罷 (bà bà bà), "so be it" — the resigned 罷, bà.

那nà大dà聖shèng口kǒu裡lǐ與yǔ八bā戒jiè說shuō話huà，眼yǎn裡lǐ卻què抹mǒ著zhe那nà兩liǎng個gè妖yāo怪guài。那nà大dà圣shèng口kǒu里lǐ与yǔ八bā戒jiè说shuō话huà，眼yǎn里lǐ却què抹mǒ著zhe那nà两liǎng个gè妖yāo怪guài。

The Great Sage, while talking with Bajie, was all the while sizing up those two fiends with his eyes.

口裡與八戒說話 (kǒu lǐ yǔ bā jiè shuō huà), "with his mouth, talking to Bajie." 眼裡卻抹著那兩個妖怪 (yǎn lǐ què mǒ zhe nà liǎng gè yāo guài), "with his eyes, sizing up those two fiends" — durative zhe, deictic nà.

總評 Commentary

The reunion at the pillar is comedy of fraternal needling in the party's darkest strait. Bajie, still trussed and now vindicated — the ears are safe because Wukong is caught too — cannot resist crowing, and his sardonic vision of the whole party dying together for “company asking the road in the underworld” is gallows-humor of a peculiarly Bajie flavor: defeatist, self-pitying, and grimly funny. His taunt “I'll watch how you get out” sets the challenge the passage will answer.

Beneath the banter, the narrator quietly arms the escape: 眼裡卻抹著那兩個妖怪, while his mouth trades jibes his eyes are casing the demons. The double action — voice engaged with Bajie, gaze fixed on the guards — is the trickster's habitual doubleness, the performance of helplessness masking the calculation of opportunity. Wukong lets Bajie mock him precisely because the mockery is cover; the Great Sage is never more dangerous than when he appears most thoroughly bound.