第三十四回 · 黑臀瞞豬 The Blackened Rump Foils Pig — Journey to the West

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黑臀瞞豬 The Blackened Rump Foils Pig

這zhè行xíng者zhě就jiù去qù拿ná條tiáo棍gùn來lái打dǎ。八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ打dǎ輕qīng些xiē兒er；若ruò重zhòng了le些xiē兒er，我wǒ又yòu喊hǎn起qǐ，我wǒ認rèn得de你nǐ。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孫sūn變biàn化huà，也yě只zhǐ為wèi你nǐ們men，你nǐ怎zěn麼me倒dào走zǒu了le風fēng息xī？這zhè一yí洞dòng裡lǐ妖yāo精jīng，都dōu認rèn不bù得de，怎zěn的de偏piān你nǐ認rèn得de？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ雖suī變biàn了le頭tóu臉liǎn，還hái不bù曾céng變biàn得de屁pì股gǔ，那nà屁pì股gǔ上shàng兩liǎng塊kuài紅hóng不bú是shì？我wǒ因yīn此cǐ認rèn得de是shì你nǐ。」行xíng者zhě隨suí往wǎng後hòu面miàn，演yǎn到dào廚chú中zhōng，鍋guō底dǐ上shàng摸mō了le一yì把bǎ，將jiāng兩liǎng臀tún擦cā黑hēi，行xíng至zhì前qián邊biān。八bā戒jiè看kàn見jiàn，又yòu笑xiào道dào：「那nà個gè猴hóu子zi去qù那nǎ裡lǐ混hùn了le這zhè一yí會huì，弄nòng做zuò個gè黑hēi屁pì股gǔ來lái了le。」这zhè行xíng者zhě就jiù去qù拿ná条tiáo棍gùn来lái打dǎ。八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ打dǎ轻qīng些xiē儿er；若ruò重zhòng了le些xiē儿er，我wǒ又yòu喊hǎn起qǐ，我wǒ认rèn得de你nǐ。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孙sūn变biàn化huà，也yě只zhǐ为wèi你nǐ们men，你nǐ怎zěn么me倒dào走zǒu了le风fēng息xī？这zhè一yí洞dòng里lǐ妖yāo精jīng，都dōu认rèn不bù得de，怎zěn的de偏piān你nǐ认rèn得de？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ虽suī变biàn了le头tóu脸liǎn，还hái不bù曾céng变biàn得de屁pì股gǔ，那nà屁pì股gǔ上shàng两liǎng块kuài红hóng不bú是shì？我wǒ因yīn此cǐ认rèn得de是shì你nǐ。」行xíng者zhě随suí往wǎng后hòu面miàn，演yǎn到dào厨chú中zhōng，锅guō底dǐ上shàng摸mō了le一yì把bǎ，将jiāng两liǎng臀tún擦cā黑hēi，行xíng至zhì前qián边biān。八bā戒jiè看kàn见jiàn，又yòu笑xiào道dào：「那nà个gè猴hóu子zi去qù那nǎ里lǐ混hùn了le这zhè一yí会huì，弄nòng做zuò个gè黑hēi屁pì股gǔ来lái了le。」

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這zhè行xíng者zhě就jiù去qù拿ná條tiáo棍gùn來lái打dǎ。八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ打dǎ輕qīng些xiē兒er；若ruò重zhòng了le些xiē兒er，我wǒ又yòu喊hǎn起qǐ，我wǒ認rèn得de你nǐ。」这zhè行xíng者zhě就jiù去qù拿ná条tiáo棍gùn来lái打dǎ。八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ打dǎ轻qīng些xiē儿er；若ruò重zhòng了le些xiē儿er，我wǒ又yòu喊hǎn起qǐ，我wǒ认rèn得de你nǐ。」

This Pilgrim went and fetched a staff to beat him. Bajie said: “Strike a bit lighter; if you're too heavy, I'll yell out again — I know who you are.”

打輕些兒 (dǎ qīng xiē er), "strike a bit lighter," diminutive er. 若重了些兒 (ruò zhòng le xiē er), "if too heavy" — 重 read zhòng, heavy. 我認得你 (wǒ rèn de nǐ), "I know who you are" — the vernacular de.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孫sūn變biàn化huà，也yě只zhǐ為wèi你nǐ們men，你nǐ怎zěn麼me倒dào走zǒu了le風fēng息xī？這zhè一yí洞dòng裡lǐ妖yāo精jīng，都dōu認rèn不bù得de，怎zěn的de偏piān你nǐ認rèn得de？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ雖suī變biàn了le頭tóu臉liǎn，還hái不bù曾céng變biàn得de屁pì股gǔ，那nà屁pì股gǔ上shàng兩liǎng塊kuài紅hóng不bú是shì？我wǒ因yīn此cǐ認rèn得de是shì你nǐ。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孙sūn变biàn化huà，也yě只zhǐ为wèi你nǐ们men，你nǐ怎zěn么me倒dào走zǒu了le风fēng息xī？这zhè一yí洞dòng里lǐ妖yāo精jīng，都dōu认rèn不bù得de，怎zěn的de偏piān你nǐ认rèn得de？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ虽suī变biàn了le头tóu脸liǎn，还hái不bù曾céng变biàn得de屁pì股gǔ，那nà屁pì股gǔ上shàng两liǎng块kuài红hóng不bú是shì？我wǒ因yīn此cǐ认rèn得de是shì你nǐ。」

Pilgrim said: “Old Monkey's shape-shifting is all for your sakes — how is it you've gone and leaked the news? A whole cave of demons here, none of them knows me — how come you, of all people, do?” Bajie said: “Though you've changed your face, you still haven't changed your backside; aren't those two red patches there on your rump? That's how I know it's you.”

也只為你們 (yě zhǐ wèi nǐ men), "all for your sakes" — 為 read wèi, for. 你怎麼倒走了風息 (nǐ zěn me dào zǒu le fēng xī), "how have you leaked the news" — adversative dào. 都認不得 (dōu rèn bù de), "none knows me" — potential de; likewise 變得屁股 (biàn de pì gu), "changed the backside.”

行xíng者zhě隨suí往wǎng後hòu面miàn，演yǎn到dào廚chú中zhōng，鍋guō底dǐ上shàng摸mō了le一yì把bǎ，將jiāng兩liǎng臀tún擦cā黑hēi，行xíng至zhì前qián邊biān。八bā戒jiè看kàn見jiàn，又yòu笑xiào道dào：「那nà個gè猴hóu子zi去qù那nǎ裡lǐ混hùn了le這zhè一yí會huì，弄nòng做zuò個gè黑hēi屁pì股gǔ來lái了le。」行xíng者zhě随suí往wǎng后hòu面miàn，演yǎn到dào厨chú中zhōng，锅guō底dǐ上shàng摸mō了le一yì把bǎ，将jiāng两liǎng臀tún擦cā黑hēi，行xíng至zhì前qián边biān。八bā戒jiè看kàn见jiàn，又yòu笑xiào道dào：「那nà个gè猴hóu子zi去qù那nǎ里lǐ混hùn了le这zhè一yí会huì，弄nòng做zuò个gè黑hēi屁pì股gǔ来lái了le。」

Pilgrim then went off to the rear, made his way to the kitchen, groped a handful of soot from the bottom of a pot, blacked his two buttocks, and came round to the front. Bajie saw him and laughed again: “Where did that monkey go gadding about this while, to come back with a black rump?”

演到廚中 (yǎn dào chú zhōng), "made his way to the kitchen" — 中 read zhōng. 將兩臀擦黑 (jiāng liǎng tún cā hēi), "blacked his buttocks" — disposal 將. 那個猴子 (nà gè hóu zi), "that monkey," deictic nà; but 去那裡混了 (qù nǎ lǐ hùn le), "where did he go gadding" — interrogative nǎ.

總評 Commentary

The by-play with the decoy is comic housekeeping: Wukong, now a bystander imp, must beat his own hair-double to keep up appearances, and Bajie — the one soul who sees through everything and can hold nothing back — bargains over the blows. His threat to yell if struck too hard is the running danger of the escape, the loose-mouthed ally as much a liability as the demons.

Bajie's tell — the two red patches on Wukong's unchangeable monkey rump — is a delicious detail of the novel's lore: the shape-shifter can alter face and frame but not the ineradicable marks of his true nature. Wukong's remedy, a handful of pot-soot to black the buttocks, is folk-comedy of the earthiest kind, and Bajie's puzzled second look — where did that monkey get a black rump? — shows the disguise now proof even against the one eye sharp enough to have pierced it. The Great Sage has out-fooled the fool.