第三十四回 · 葫蘆還孫 The Gourd Is Surnamed Sun Again — Journey to the West

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葫蘆還孫 The Gourd Is Surnamed Sun Again

行xíng者zhě頂dǐng著zhe葫hú蘆lú，眼yǎn不bù轉zhuǎn睛jīng，看kàn他tā兩liǎng個gè左zuǒ右yòu傳chuán杯bēi，全quán無wú計jì較jiào，他tā就jiù把bǎ個gè葫hú蘆lú揌sāi入rù衣yī袖xiù。拔bá根gēn毫háo毛máo，變biàn個gè假jiǎ葫hú蘆lú，一yí樣yàng無wú二èr，捧pěng在zài手shǒu中zhōng。那nà魔mó遞dì了le一yí會huì酒jiǔ，也yě不bú看kàn真zhēn假jiǎ，一yì把bǎ接jiē過guò寶bǎo貝bèi。各gè上shàng席xí，安ān然rán坐zuò下xià，依yī然rán飲yǐn酒jiǔ。孫sūn大dà聖shèng撤chè身shēn走zǒu過guò，得dé了le寶bǎo貝bèi，心xīn中zhōng暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「饒ráo這zhè魔mó頭tóu有yǒu手shǒu段duàn，畢bì竟jìng葫hú蘆lú還hái姓xìng孫sūn。」畢bì竟jìng不bù知zhī向xiàng後hòu怎zěn麼me施shī為wéi，方fāng得dé救jiù師shī滅miè怪guài，且qiě聽tīng下xià回huí分fēn解jiě。行xíng者zhě顶dǐng著zhe葫hú芦lú，眼yǎn不bù转zhuǎn睛jīng，看kàn他tā两liǎng个gè左zuǒ右yòu传chuán杯bēi，全quán无wú计jì较jiào，他tā就jiù把bǎ个gè葫hú芦lú揌sāi入rù衣yī袖xiù。拔bá根gēn毫háo毛máo，变biàn个gè假jiǎ葫hú芦lú，一yí样yàng无wú二èr，捧pěng在zài手shǒu中zhōng。那nà魔mó递dì了le一yí会huì酒jiǔ，也yě不bú看kàn真zhēn假jiǎ，一yì把bǎ接jiē过guò宝bǎo贝bèi。各gè上shàng席xí，安ān然rán坐zuò下xià，依yī然rán饮yǐn酒jiǔ。孙sūn大dà圣shèng撤chè身shēn走zǒu过guò，得dé了le宝bǎo贝bèi，心xīn中zhōng暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「饶ráo这zhè魔mó头tóu有yǒu手shǒu段duàn，毕bì竟jìng葫hú芦lú还hái姓xìng孙sūn。」毕bì竟jìng不bù知zhī向xiàng后hòu怎zěn么me施shī为wéi，方fāng得dé救jiù师shī灭miè怪guài，且qiě听tīng下xià回huí分fēn解jiě。

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě頂dǐng著zhe葫hú蘆lú，眼yǎn不bù轉zhuǎn睛jīng，看kàn他tā兩liǎng個gè左zuǒ右yòu傳chuán杯bēi，全quán無wú計jì較jiào，他tā就jiù把bǎ個gè葫hú蘆lú揌sāi入rù衣yī袖xiù。拔bá根gēn毫háo毛máo，變biàn個gè假jiǎ葫hú蘆lú，一yí樣yàng無wú二èr，捧pěng在zài手shǒu中zhōng。行xíng者zhě顶dǐng著zhe葫hú芦lú，眼yǎn不bù转zhuǎn睛jīng，看kàn他tā两liǎng个gè左zuǒ右yòu传chuán杯bēi，全quán无wú计jì较jiào，他tā就jiù把bǎ个gè葫hú芦lú揌sāi入rù衣yī袖xiù。拔bá根gēn毫háo毛máo，变biàn个gè假jiǎ葫hú芦lú，一yí样yàng无wú二èr，捧pěng在zài手shǒu中zhōng。

Pilgrim, holding the gourd aloft, his eyes never turning from them, watched the two of them passing cups left and right, wholly off their guard — and he slipped the gourd into his sleeve. Plucking a hair, he made a false gourd, exactly alike with no second difference, and cradled it in his hands.

眼不轉睛 (yǎn bù zhuǎn jīng), "eyes never turning." 把個葫蘆揌入衣袖 (bǎ gè hú lu sāi rù yī xiù), "slipped the gourd into his sleeve." 一樣無二 (yí yàng wú èr), "exactly alike, with no second difference" — the counterfeit indistinguishable from the true.

那nà魔mó遞dì了le一yí會huì酒jiǔ，也yě不bú看kàn真zhēn假jiǎ，一yì把bǎ接jiē過guò寶bǎo貝bèi。各gè上shàng席xí，安ān然rán坐zuò下xià，依yī然rán飲yǐn酒jiǔ。孫sūn大dà聖shèng撤chè身shēn走zǒu過guò，得dé了le寶bǎo貝bèi，心xīn中zhōng暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「饒ráo這zhè魔mó頭tóu有yǒu手shǒu段duàn，畢bì竟jìng葫hú蘆lú還hái姓xìng孫sūn。」那nà魔mó递dì了le一yí会huì酒jiǔ，也yě不bú看kàn真zhēn假jiǎ，一yì把bǎ接jiē过guò宝bǎo贝bèi。各gè上shàng席xí，安ān然rán坐zuò下xià，依yī然rán饮yǐn酒jiǔ。孙sūn大dà圣shèng撤chè身shēn走zǒu过guò，得dé了le宝bǎo贝bèi，心xīn中zhōng暗àn喜xǐ道dào：「饶ráo这zhè魔mó头tóu有yǒu手shǒu段duàn，毕bì竟jìng葫hú芦lú还hái姓xìng孙sūn。」

That fiend, having passed the wine a while, did not look to tell true from false either, and took the treasure back with one grab. Each went up to his seat and sat down at ease, drinking on as before. The Great Sage drew back and slipped away; and having got the treasure, he rejoiced in his heart: “Grant that this demon lord has his powers — in the end the gourd is surnamed Sun.”

一把接過寶貝 (yì bǎ jiē guò bǎo bèi), "took the treasure back with one grab" — the fiend receiving the counterfeit unawares. 畢竟葫蘆還姓孫 (bì jìng hú lu hái xìng sūn), "in the end the gourd is surnamed Sun" — 還 read hái, still; Wukong's triumphant refrain.

畢bì竟jìng不bù知zhī向xiàng後hòu怎zěn麼me施shī為wéi，方fāng得dé救jiù師shī滅miè怪guài，且qiě聽tīng下xià回huí分fēn解jiě。毕bì竟jìng不bù知zhī向xiàng后hòu怎zěn么me施shī为wéi，方fāng得dé救jiù师shī灭miè怪guài，且qiě听tīng下xià回huí分fēn解jiě。

In the end, there is no knowing how, thereafter, he would set to work, and by what means he would save his master and destroy the fiends; and so, give ear to the explanation in the coming chapter.

怎麼施為 (zěn me shī wéi), "how he would set to work" — 為 read wéi, to act. 方得救師滅怪 (fāng dé jiù shī miè guài), "and by what means save his master and destroy the fiends" — 得 read dé. 且聽下回分解 (qiě tīng xià huí fēn jiě), "give ear to the explanation in the coming chapter" — the formulaic close.

總評 Commentary

The chapter ends as it has run throughout, on a swindle worked in plain sight through the enemy's own distraction. The brothers' toast has freed the gourd into Wukong's hands, and their absorption in each other's courtesies gives him the unwatched moment to pocket the real vessel and cradle a hair-made copy in its place. The second fiend, still deep in his wine, takes back the counterfeit with a single careless grab — 也不看真假, not troubling to tell true from false — the same fatal inattention that has cost the demons every round.

Wukong's closing refrain, 畢竟葫蘆還姓孫, is the chapter's triumphant signature and the seal on its governing theme: for all the demon's genuine powers — and the second fiend, unlike his gulled mother, was a real match in arms — the treasures obey their true master in the end, and cunning outlasts strength. The formulaic close then opens the door to the sequel: the captives are still bound, the fiends still hold the field, and the gourd, now Sun's, is one weapon in a reckoning yet to come. The Great Sage has won the round of 騰挪; the war for master and disciples awaits the next chapter's telling.