第三十四回 · 假妖誆魔 The False Imp Cozens the Fiend — Journey to the West

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假妖誆魔 The False Imp Cozens the Fiend

八bā戒jiè又yòu在zài梁liáng上shàng喊hǎn道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，不bù好hǎo了le，拴shuān的de是shì假jiǎ貨huò，吊diào的de是shì正zhèng身shēn。」老lǎo魔mó停tíng杯bēi便biàn問wèn：「那nà豬zhū八bā戒jiè吆yāo喝hè的de是shì甚shén麼me？」行xíng者zhě已yǐ變biàn做zuò小xiǎo妖yāo，上shàng前qián道dào：「豬zhū八bā戒jiè攛cuān道dào孫sūn行xíng者zhě教jiào變biàn化huà走zǒu了le罷ba，他tā不bù肯kěn走zǒu，在zài那nà裡lǐ吆yāo喝hè哩lī。」二èr魔mó道dào：「還hái說shuō豬zhū八bā戒jiè老lǎo實shí，原yuán來lái這zhè等děng不bù老lǎo實shí，該gāi打dǎ二èr十shí多duō嘴zuǐ棍gùn。」八bā戒jiè又yòu在zài梁liáng上shàng喊hǎn道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，不bù好hǎo了le，拴shuān的de是shì假jiǎ货huò，吊diào的de是shì正zhèng身shēn。」老lǎo魔mó停tíng杯bēi便biàn问wèn：「那nà猪zhū八bā戒jiè吆yāo喝hè的de是shì甚shén么me？」行xíng者zhě已yǐ变biàn做zuò小xiǎo妖yāo，上shàng前qián道dào：「猪zhū八bā戒jiè撺cuān道dào孙sūn行xíng者zhě教jiào变biàn化huà走zǒu了le罢ba，他tā不bù肯kěn走zǒu，在zài那nà里lǐ吆yāo喝hè哩lī。」二èr魔mó道dào：「还hái说shuō猪zhū八bā戒jiè老lǎo实shí，原yuán来lái这zhè等děng不bù老lǎo实shí，该gāi打dǎ二èr十shí多duō嘴zuǐ棍gùn。」

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八bā戒jiè又yòu在zài梁liáng上shàng喊hǎn道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，不bù好hǎo了le，拴shuān的de是shì假jiǎ貨huò，吊diào的de是shì正zhèng身shēn。」老lǎo魔mó停tíng杯bēi便biàn問wèn：「那nà豬zhū八bā戒jiè吆yāo喝hè的de是shì甚shén麼me？」八bā戒jiè又yòu在zài梁liáng上shàng喊hǎn道dào：「不bù好hǎo了le，不bù好hǎo了le，拴shuān的de是shì假jiǎ货huò，吊diào的de是shì正zhèng身shēn。」老lǎo魔mó停tíng杯bēi便biàn问wèn：「那nà猪zhū八bā戒jiè吆yāo喝hè的de是shì甚shén么me？」

Bajie, up on the beam again, shouted: “It's bad, it's bad — what's tied is a fake, what's hung is the real thing!” The old fiend set down his cup and asked: “What's that Pig Bajie bawling about?”

拴的是假貨，吊的是正身 (shuān de shì jiǎ huò, diào de shì zhèng shēn), "what's tied is a fake, what's hung is the real thing" — Bajie again blurting the truth. 那豬八戒吆喝的是甚麼 (nà zhū bā jiè yāo hè de shì shén me), "what's that Pig bawling?" — deictic nà, 喝 read hè, to shout.

行xíng者zhě已yǐ變biàn做zuò小xiǎo妖yāo，上shàng前qián道dào：「豬zhū八bā戒jiè攛cuān道dào孫sūn行xíng者zhě教jiào變biàn化huà走zǒu了le罷ba，他tā不bù肯kěn走zǒu，在zài那nà裡lǐ吆yāo喝hè哩lī。」二èr魔mó道dào：「還hái說shuō豬zhū八bā戒jiè老lǎo實shí，原yuán來lái這zhè等děng不bù老lǎo實shí，該gāi打dǎ二èr十shí多duō嘴zuǐ棍gùn。」行xíng者zhě已yǐ变biàn做zuò小xiǎo妖yāo，上shàng前qián道dào：「猪zhū八bā戒jiè撺cuān道dào孙sūn行xíng者zhě教jiào变biàn化huà走zǒu了le罢ba，他tā不bù肯kěn走zǒu，在zài那nà里lǐ吆yāo喝hè哩lī。」二èr魔mó道dào：「还hái说shuō猪zhū八bā戒jiè老lǎo实shí，原yuán来lái这zhè等děng不bù老lǎo实shí，该gāi打dǎ二èr十shí多duō嘴zuǐ棍gùn。」

Pilgrim, already changed into a little imp, stepped forward and said: “Pig Bajie is egging on Sun the Pilgrim, telling him to change shape and be off; but he won't go, and stands there bawling.” The second fiend said: “And they said Pig Bajie was honest — so this is how honest he is! He deserves twenty blows for a loose mouth.”

攛道孫行者教變化走了罷 (cuān dào sūn xíng zhě jiào biàn huà zǒu le ba), "egging Sun the Pilgrim to change and be off" — 教 read jiào, hortative ba. 還說豬八戒老實 (hái shuō zhū bā jiè lǎo shí), "and they said Pig was honest" — 還 read hái.

總評 Commentary

The chapter's running joke reaches its most perfect turn. Bajie, unable ever to hold his tongue, blurts the exact truth — the bound figure is a fake, the real Wukong is loose — and it saves nothing, because the truth from Bajie's mouth is worthless currency. The demon lord's response is not alarm but irritation: what is that Pig bawling about? The accurate warning is discounted precisely for coming from the party's least credible member.

And Wukong, now a bystander imp, seals the deception by weaponizing Bajie's honesty against him: he reports that Pig is trying to help Sun the Pilgrim escape, converting Bajie's true cry into evidence of treachery. The second fiend's verdict — so much for Pig's honesty, twenty blows for a loose mouth — completes the comic inversion, punishing the one truth-teller in the room for telling the truth. It is a small masterpiece of how a fool's veracity, in a house of fiends, becomes indistinguishable from a knave's lie.