第三十五回 · 八戒饒舌 Bajie’s Meddling Tongue — Journey to the West

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八戒饒舌 Bajie’s Meddling Tongue

豬zhū八bā戒jiè吊diào在zài梁liáng上shàng，聽tīng得de他tā一yì家jiā子zi齊qí哭kū，忍rěn不bú住zhù叫jiào道dào：「妖yāo精jīng，你nǐ且qiě莫mò哭kū，等děng老lǎo豬zhū講jiǎng與yǔ你nǐ聽tīng。先xiān來lái的de孫sūn行xíng者zhě，次cì來lái的de者zhě行xíng孫sūn，後hòu來lái的de行xíng者zhě孫sūn，返fǎn復fù三sān字zì，都dōu是shì我wǒ師shī兄xiōng一yì人rén。他tā有yǒu七qī十shí二èr變biàn化huà，騰téng那nuó進jìn來lái，盜dào了le寶bǎo貝bèi，裝zhuāng了le令lìng弟dì。令lìng弟dì已yǐ是shì死sǐ了le，不bú必bì這zhè等děng扛káng喪sàng。快kuài些xiē兒er刷shuā淨jìng鍋guō灶zào，辦bàn些xiē香xiāng蕈xùn、蘑mó菇gū、茶chá芽yá、竹zhú筍sǔn、豆dòu腐fǔ、麵miàn觔jīn、木mù耳ěr、蔬shū菜cài，請qǐng我wǒ師shī徒tú們men下xià來lái，與yǔ你nǐ令lìng弟dì念niàn卷juàn《受shòu生shēng經jīng》。」那nà老lǎo魔mó聞wén言yán，心xīn中zhōng大dà怒nù道dào：「只zhǐ說shuō豬zhū八bā戒jiè老lǎo實shí，原yuán來lái甚shèn不bù老lǎo實shí！他tā倒dào作zuò笑xiào話huà兒er打dǎ覷qù我wǒ。」叫jiào：「小xiǎo妖yāo，且qiě休xiū舉jǔ哀āi，把bǎ豬zhū八bā戒jiè解jiě下xià來lái，蒸zhēng得de稀xī爛làn，等děng我wǒ吃chī飽bǎo了le，再zài去qù拿ná孫sūn行xíng者zhě報bào仇chóu。」沙shā僧sēng埋mán怨yuàn八bā戒jiè道dào：「好hǎo麼me，我wǒ說shuō教jiào你nǐ莫mò多duō話huà，多duō話huà的de要yào先xiān蒸zhēng吃chī哩lī。」那nà獃dāi子zi也yě盡jìn有yǒu幾jǐ分fēn悚sǒng懼jù。猪zhū八bā戒jiè吊diào在zài梁liáng上shàng，听tīng得de他tā一yì家jiā子zi齐qí哭kū，忍rěn不bú住zhù叫jiào道dào：「妖yāo精jīng，你nǐ且qiě莫mò哭kū，等děng老lǎo猪zhū讲jiǎng与yǔ你nǐ听tīng。先xiān来lái的de孙sūn行xíng者zhě，次cì来lái的de者zhě行xíng孙sūn，后hòu来lái的de行xíng者zhě孙sūn，返fǎn复fù三sān字zì，都dōu是shì我wǒ师shī兄xiōng一yì人rén。他tā有yǒu七qī十shí二èr变biàn化huà，腾téng那nuó进jìn来lái，盗dào了le宝bǎo贝bèi，装zhuāng了le令lìng弟dì。令lìng弟dì已yǐ是shì死sǐ了le，不bú必bì这zhè等děng扛káng丧sàng。快kuài些xiē儿er刷shuā净jìng锅guō灶zào，办bàn些xiē香xiāng蕈xùn、蘑mó菇gū、茶chá芽yá、竹zhú笋sǔn、豆dòu腐fǔ、面miàn觔jīn、木mù耳ěr、蔬shū菜cài，请qǐng我wǒ师shī徒tú们men下xià来lái，与yǔ你nǐ令lìng弟dì念niàn卷juàn《受shòu生shēng经jīng》。」那nà老lǎo魔mó闻wén言yán，心xīn中zhōng大dà怒nù道dào：「只zhǐ说shuō猪zhū八bā戒jiè老lǎo实shí，原yuán来lái甚shèn不bù老lǎo实shí！他tā倒dào作zuò笑xiào话huà儿er打dǎ觑qù我wǒ。」叫jiào：「小xiǎo妖yāo，且qiě休xiū举jǔ哀āi，把bǎ猪zhū八bā戒jiè解jiě下xià来lái，蒸zhēng得de稀xī烂làn，等děng我wǒ吃chī饱bǎo了le，再zài去qù拿ná孙sūn行xíng者zhě报bào仇chóu。」沙shā僧sēng埋mán怨yuàn八bā戒jiè道dào：「好hǎo么me，我wǒ说shuō教jiào你nǐ莫mò多duō话huà，多duō话huà的de要yào先xiān蒸zhēng吃chī哩lī。」那nà呆dāi子zi也yě尽jìn有yǒu几jǐ分fēn悚sǒng惧jù。

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豬zhū八bā戒jiè吊diào在zài梁liáng上shàng，聽tīng得de他tā一yì家jiā子zi齊qí哭kū，忍rěn不bú住zhù叫jiào道dào：「妖yāo精jīng，你nǐ且qiě莫mò哭kū，等děng老lǎo豬zhū講jiǎng與yǔ你nǐ聽tīng。猪zhū八bā戒jiè吊diào在zài梁liáng上shàng，听tīng得de他tā一yì家jiā子zi齐qí哭kū，忍rěn不bú住zhù叫jiào道dào：「妖yāo精jīng，你nǐ且qiě莫mò哭kū，等děng老lǎo猪zhū讲jiǎng与yǔ你nǐ听tīng。

Zhu Bajie, hanging from the beam, heard the whole household wailing together and could not keep still: “Fiends — hold your weeping a moment, and let Old Zhu tell you how it stands.”

吊在梁上 — "strung up on the roof-beam," where Bajie has been left trussed. 一家子 = "the whole family," 子 the suffix (zi). 老豬, "Old Zhu," Bajie’s self-name, mock-grandly parallel to Wukong’s 老孫.

先xiān來lái的de孫sūn行xíng者zhě，次cì來lái的de者zhě行xíng孫sūn，後hòu來lái的de行xíng者zhě孫sūn，返fǎn復fù三sān字zì，都dōu是shì我wǒ師shī兄xiōng一yì人rén。先xiān来lái的de孙sūn行xíng者zhě，次cì来lái的de者zhě行xíng孙sūn，后hòu来lái的de行xíng者zhě孙sūn，返fǎn复fù三sān字zì，都dōu是shì我wǒ师shī兄xiōng一yì人rén。

“The Sun Xingzhe who came first, the Zhe Xingsun who came next, the Xingzhe Sun who came after — the three names turned about are all one person, my elder brother.”

返復三字 — "the three graphs reversed and turned about." Bajie, guilelessly, gives away the whole joke: 孫行者 / 者行孫 / 行者孫 are one Wukong under three permutations of the same name.

他tā有yǒu七qī十shí二èr變biàn化huà，騰téng那nuó進jìn來lái，盜dào了le寶bǎo貝bèi，裝zhuāng了le令lìng弟dì。他tā有yǒu七qī十shí二èr变biàn化huà，腾téng那nuó进jìn来lái，盗dào了le宝bǎo贝bèi，装zhuāng了le令lìng弟dì。

“He has seventy-two transformations, and maneuvered his way in, stole the treasure, and bottled your worthy brother.”

騰那 (téng nuó) — "to shift, maneuver" (= 騰挪); here 那 is read nuó, neither the deictic nà nor the interrogative nǎ. 令弟 (lìngdì), "your worthy younger brother," a courteous honorific — grimly comic in Bajie’s mouth.

令lìng弟dì已yǐ是shì死sǐ了le，不bú必bì這zhè等děng扛káng喪sàng。令lìng弟dì已yǐ是shì死sǐ了le，不bú必bì这zhè等děng扛káng丧sàng。

“Your worthy brother is dead already — no need for all this carrying-on of mourning.”

扛喪 (káng sāng) — "to make a to-do of grieving." Bajie counsels the demons to stop weeping over the brother his own senior has just destroyed.

快kuài些xiē兒er刷shuā淨jìng鍋guō灶zào，辦bàn些xiē香xiāng蕈xùn、蘑mó菇gū、茶chá芽yá、竹zhú筍sǔn、豆dòu腐fǔ、麵miàn觔jīn、木mù耳ěr、蔬shū菜cài，請qǐng我wǒ師shī徒tú們men下xià來lái，與yǔ你nǐ令lìng弟dì念niàn卷juàn《受shòu生shēng經jīng》。」快kuài些xiē儿er刷shuā净jìng锅guō灶zào，办bàn些xiē香xiāng蕈xùn、蘑mó菇gū、茶chá芽yá、竹zhú笋sǔn、豆dòu腐fǔ、面miàn觔jīn、木mù耳ěr、蔬shū菜cài，请qǐng我wǒ师shī徒tú们men下xià来lái，与yǔ你nǐ令lìng弟dì念niàn卷juàn《受shòu生shēng经jīng》。」

“Look sharp and scour out your pots and stove; get in some mushrooms, truffles, tea-shoots, bamboo-sprouts, beancurd, wheat-gluten, wood-ears and greens; ask us master and disciples down, and we’ll chant a scroll of the Sūtra of Rebirth for your worthy brother.”

快些兒 — "a bit quicker," 兒 the suffix (er). The listed foods are all Buddhist-vegetarian. 念卷 (niàn juàn) — "chant a scroll [of scripture]," 卷 the classifier for a fascicle, read juàn; the 受生經 is a sūtra for the rebirth of the dead. Bajie’s mock-piety — offering to hold a funeral mass — is impudence dressed as courtesy.

那nà老lǎo魔mó聞wén言yán，心xīn中zhōng大dà怒nù道dào：「只zhǐ說shuō豬zhū八bā戒jiè老lǎo實shí，原yuán來lái甚shèn不bù老lǎo實shí！那nà老lǎo魔mó闻wén言yán，心xīn中zhōng大dà怒nù道dào：「只zhǐ说shuō猪zhū八bā戒jiè老lǎo实shí，原yuán来lái甚shèn不bù老lǎo实shí！

The old fiend, hearing this, was seized with fury: “They told me Zhu Bajie was an honest soul — and here he’s nothing of the sort!”

甚不老實 — "utterly dishonest," 甚 the intensifier (shèn). The fiend has taken Bajie’s gibes for insolence rather than counsel.

他tā倒dào作zuò笑xiào話huà兒er打dǎ覷qù我wǒ。」他tā倒dào作zuò笑xiào话huà儿er打dǎ觑qù我wǒ。」

“Instead he sits there cracking jokes and making sport of me!”

倒 (dào) — the adversative "instead, on the contrary." 笑話兒, "jokes," 兒 the suffix (er); 打覷, "to make sport of, mock."

叫jiào：「小xiǎo妖yāo，且qiě休xiū舉jǔ哀āi，把bǎ豬zhū八bā戒jiè解jiě下xià來lái，蒸zhēng得de稀xī爛làn，等děng我wǒ吃chī飽bǎo了le，再zài去qù拿ná孫sūn行xíng者zhě報bào仇chóu。」叫jiào：「小xiǎo妖yāo，且qiě休xiū举jǔ哀āi，把bǎ猪zhū八bā戒jiè解jiě下xià来lái，蒸zhēng得de稀xī烂làn，等děng我wǒ吃chī饱bǎo了le，再zài去qù拿ná孙sūn行xíng者zhě报bào仇chóu。」

He called out: “Little ones, leave off your mourning — take Zhu Bajie down and steam him to a mush; once I’ve eaten my fill I’ll go take Sun Xingzhe and have my revenge.”

解下來 (jiě xiàlai) — "untie [him] down," 解 read jiě. 蒸得稀爛, "steamed to a mush," 得 the degree complement (de).

沙shā僧sēng埋mán怨yuàn八bā戒jiè道dào：「好hǎo麼me，我wǒ說shuō教jiào你nǐ莫mò多duō話huà，多duō話huà的de要yào先xiān蒸zhēng吃chī哩lī。」沙shā僧sēng埋mán怨yuàn八bā戒jiè道dào：「好hǎo么me，我wǒ说shuō教jiào你nǐ莫mò多duō话huà，多duō话huà的de要yào先xiān蒸zhēng吃chī哩lī。」

Sha Monk grumbled at Bajie: “There now — didn’t I tell you not to run on so? The one who runs on gets steamed and eaten first!”

我說教你莫多話 — "I told you not to talk so much," 教 here in the jussive sense "to bid, make [someone do]" (= 叫), read jiào.

那nà獃dāi子zi也yě盡jìn有yǒu幾jǐ分fēn悚sǒng懼jù。那nà呆dāi子zi也yě尽jìn有yǒu几jǐ分fēn悚sǒng惧jù。

The blockhead, too, felt a good few qualms of fear.

獃子 (dāizi) — "the blockhead," the narrator’s affectionate epithet for Bajie. 幾分 (jǐ fēn), "a few parts / somewhat"; his bravado wavers.

總評 Commentary

Trussed to the beam, Bajie cannot hold his tongue — and it is exactly his running mouth that gives the game away. He explains, guilelessly, that the three "Suns" are one brother under a shuffled name, then heaps on impudence: your brother’s dead, so stop the wailing and lay on a vegetarian feast, and we monks will chant his funeral mass. The mock-piety is pure Bajie — insolence in the dress of courtesy.

The scene turns on his misjudgment. The old fiend, who had heard Bajie was "an honest soul," takes the gibes for effrontery and orders him steamed; Sha Monk’s dry reproach — the one who talks too much gets eaten first — punctures the bravado, and even the blockhead feels his qualms. The comedy of the trussed pig lecturing his captors sets the register for the grimmer turn to come.