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li。」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li。」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 genuine article. Bajie is telling the exact truth at the top of his voice, and it does no harm whatsoever. 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 about — pointing 那, 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li。」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li。」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 on to change shape and be off — 教 read jiào, causative, and the coaxing ba inside the reported speech. 還說豬八戒老實 hái shuō zhū bā jiè lǎo shí, and they say Pig is honest, 還 as hái. The word is exactly right: 老實 is the standing description of Bajie's one virtue, and here it is being used to convict him.

總評 Commentary

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

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