第三十五回 · 竊扇驚魔 He Steals the Fan and Rouses the Fiend — Journey to the West

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竊扇驚魔 He Steals the Fan and Rouses the Fiend

話huà說shuō孫sūn大dà聖shèng撥bō轉zhuǎn觔jīn斗dǒu雲yún，佇zhù立lì山shān前qián，想xiǎng著zhe要yào救jiù師shī父fù，把bǎ那nà淨jìng瓶píng兒er牢láo扣kòu腰yāo間jiān，徑jìng來lái洞dòng口kǒu打dǎ探tàn。見jiàn那nà門mén開kāi兩liǎng扇shàn，靜jìng悄qiāo悄qiāo的de不bù聞wén消xiāo耗hào。隨suí即jí輕qīng輕qīng移yí步bù，潛qián入rù裡lǐ邊biān。只zhǐ見jiàn那nà魔mó斜xié倚yǐ石shí案àn，呼hū呼hū睡shuì著zháo。芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn褪tuì出chū肩jiān衣yī，半bàn蓋gài著zhe腦nǎo後hòu；七qī星xīng劍jiàn還hái斜xié倚yǐ案àn邊biān。卻què被bèi他tā輕qīng輕qīng的de走zǒu上shàng前qián拔bá了le扇shàn子zi，急jí回huí頭tóu，呼hū的de一yì聲shēng，跑pǎo將jiāng出chū去qù。原yuán來lái這zhè扇shàn柄bǐng兒er刮guā著zhe那nà怪guài的de頭tóu髮fà，早zǎo驚jīng醒xǐng他tā。擡tái頭tóu看kàn時shí，是shì孫sūn行xíng者zhě偷tōu了le，急jí慌huāng忙máng執zhí劍jiàn來lái趕gǎn。那nà大dà聖shèng早zǎo已yǐ跳tiào出chū門mén前qián，將jiāng扇shàn子zi撒sā在zài腰yāo間jiān，雙shuāng手shǒu掄lūn開kāi鐵tiě棒bàng，與yǔ那nà魔mó抵dǐ敵dí。话huà说shuō孙sūn大dà圣shèng拨bō转zhuǎn觔jīn斗dǒu云yún，伫zhù立lì山shān前qián，想xiǎng著zhe要yào救jiù师shī父fù，把bǎ那nà净jìng瓶píng儿er牢láo扣kòu腰yāo间jiān，径jìng来lái洞dòng口kǒu打dǎ探tàn。见jiàn那nà门mén开kāi两liǎng扇shàn，静jìng悄qiāo悄qiāo的de不bù闻wén消xiāo耗hào。随suí即jí轻qīng轻qīng移yí步bù，潜qián入rù里lǐ边biān。只zhǐ见jiàn那nà魔mó斜xié倚yǐ石shí案àn，呼hū呼hū睡shuì著zháo。芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn褪tuì出chū肩jiān衣yī，半bàn盖gài著zhe脑nǎo后hòu；七qī星xīng剑jiàn还hái斜xié倚yǐ案àn边biān。却què被bèi他tā轻qīng轻qīng的de走zǒu上shàng前qián拔bá了le扇shàn子zi，急jí回huí头tóu，呼hū的de一yì声shēng，跑pǎo将jiāng出chū去qù。原yuán来lái这zhè扇shàn柄bǐng儿er刮guā著zhe那nà怪guài的de头tóu发fà，早zǎo惊jīng醒xǐng他tā。抬tái头tóu看kàn时shí，是shì孙sūn行xíng者zhě偷tōu了le，急jí慌huāng忙máng执zhí剑jiàn来lái赶gǎn。那nà大dà圣shèng早zǎo已yǐ跳tiào出chū门mén前qián，将jiāng扇shàn子zi撒sā在zài腰yāo间jiān，双shuāng手shǒu抡lūn开kāi铁tiě棒bàng，与yǔ那nà魔mó抵dǐ敌dí。

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話huà說shuō孫sūn大dà聖shèng撥bō轉zhuǎn觔jīn斗dǒu雲yún，佇zhù立lì山shān前qián，想xiǎng著zhe要yào救jiù師shī父fù，把bǎ那nà淨jìng瓶píng兒er牢láo扣kòu腰yāo間jiān，徑jìng來lái洞dòng口kǒu打dǎ探tàn。话huà说shuō孙sūn大dà圣shèng拨bō转zhuǎn觔jīn斗dǒu云yún，伫zhù立lì山shān前qián，想xiǎng著zhe要yào救jiù师shī父fù，把bǎ那nà净jìng瓶píng儿er牢láo扣kòu腰yāo间jiān，径jìng来lái洞dòng口kǒu打dǎ探tàn。

The tale tells how Sun the Great Sage wheeled his somersault-cloud about and stood before the mountain, minded to save his master; he lashed the little Pure Vase fast at his waist and came straight to the cave-mouth to spy things out.

撥轉 (bō zhuǎn) — "wheeled about." 淨瓶兒, "the little Pure Vase," 兒 the suffix (er); 牢扣腰間, "lashed fast at the waist," 間 read jiān.

見jiàn那nà門mén開kāi兩liǎng扇shàn，靜jìng悄qiāo悄qiāo的de不bù聞wén消xiāo耗hào。见jiàn那nà门mén开kāi两liǎng扇shàn，静jìng悄qiāo悄qiāo的de不bù闻wén消xiāo耗hào。

He saw the two leaves of the door standing open, silent and still, with no sound of stirring within.

不聞消耗 — "no sound of movement heard"; the sleeping cave gives Wukong his opening.

隨suí即jí輕qīng輕qīng移yí步bù，潛qián入rù裡lǐ邊biān。随suí即jí轻qīng轻qīng移yí步bù，潜qián入rù里lǐ边biān。

At once he moved softly, step by light step, and slipped inside.

潛入裡邊 — "stole in within." Wukong’s stealth is described in a series of quiet, careful verbs.

只zhǐ見jiàn那nà魔mó斜xié倚yǐ石shí案àn，呼hū呼hū睡shuì著zháo。只zhǐ见jiàn那nà魔mó斜xié倚yǐ石shí案àn，呼hū呼hū睡shuì著zháo。

He saw the fiend leaning aslant against the stone table, sound asleep and snoring.

呼呼睡著 — "snoring, fast asleep," 著 read zháo (resultative "asleep").

芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn褪tuì出chū肩jiān衣yī，半bàn蓋gài著zhe腦nǎo後hòu；芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn褪tuì出chū肩jiān衣yī，半bàn盖gài著zhe脑nǎo后hòu；

The Plantain Fan had slid out past his shoulder-robe, half covering the back of his head;

半蓋著腦後 — "half covering the back of the head," 著 here durative (zhe). The fan’s loose position is what makes the theft possible.

七qī星xīng劍jiàn還hái斜xié倚yǐ案àn邊biān。七qī星xīng剑jiàn还hái斜xié倚yǐ案àn边biān。

the Seven-Star Sword still leaned aslant at the table’s edge.

還斜倚 — "still leaned aslant," 還 read hái, "still."

卻què被bèi他tā輕qīng輕qīng的de走zǒu上shàng前qián拔bá了le扇shàn子zi，急jí回huí頭tóu，呼hū的de一yì聲shēng，跑pǎo將jiāng出chū去qù。却què被bèi他tā轻qīng轻qīng的de走zǒu上shàng前qián拔bá了le扇shàn子zi，急jí回huí头tóu，呼hū的de一yì声shēng，跑pǎo将jiāng出chū去qù。

So he crept softly up, pulled the fan free, whipped his head round, gave a whoosh, and went running out.

呼的一聲 — "with a whoosh"; 跑將出去, "ran out," 將 the coverb (jiāng). The theft is done in an instant.

原yuán來lái這zhè扇shàn柄bǐng兒er刮guā著zhe那nà怪guài的de頭tóu髮fà，早zǎo驚jīng醒xǐng他tā。原yuán来lái这zhè扇shàn柄bǐng儿er刮guā著zhe那nà怪guài的de头tóu发fà，早zǎo惊jīng醒xǐng他tā。

But it turned out this fan-handle scraped against the fiend’s hair, and startled him awake at once.

扇柄兒 — "the fan-handle," 兒 the suffix (er); 刮著, "scraped against," 著 durative (zhe). The small mischance undoes the stealth.

擡tái頭tóu看kàn時shí，是shì孫sūn行xíng者zhě偷tōu了le，急jí慌huāng忙máng執zhí劍jiàn來lái趕gǎn。抬tái头tóu看kàn时shí，是shì孙sūn行xíng者zhě偷tōu了le，急jí慌huāng忙máng执zhí剑jiàn来lái赶gǎn。

Raising his head to look, he saw it was Sun Xingzhe who had stolen it, and in a flurry he snatched up his sword and gave chase.

擡頭看時 — "lifting his head to look." The fiend wakes to find his treasure gone and its thief in flight.

那nà大dà聖shèng早zǎo已yǐ跳tiào出chū門mén前qián，將jiāng扇shàn子zi撒sā在zài腰yāo間jiān，雙shuāng手shǒu掄lūn開kāi鐵tiě棒bàng，與yǔ那nà魔mó抵dǐ敵dí。那nà大dà圣shèng早zǎo已yǐ跳tiào出chū门mén前qián，将jiāng扇shàn子zi撒sā在zài腰yāo间jiān，双shuāng手shǒu抡lūn开kāi铁tiě棒bàng，与yǔ那nà魔mó抵dǐ敌dí。

The Great Sage had already leapt out before the door, thrown the fan at his waist, and with both hands whirled up his iron cudgel to face the fiend.

撒在腰間 — "stowed at his waist," 間 read jiān. 雙手掄開, "whirled up with both hands"; Wukong turns from thief to combatant in a breath.

總評 Commentary

The theft of the Plantain Fan is a small masterpiece of comic timing. Wukong, the vase lashed at his waist, steals into the silent cave where the fiend lies snoring, the fan slid loose behind his shoulder; softly he pulls it free and bolts — only for the fan-handle to graze the demon’s hair and wake him. The whole reversal turns on that one accidental scrape.

The passage is built on the contrast between stealth and its undoing. The careful, tiptoeing verbs of the approach give way, in an instant, to the whoosh of flight, the fiend’s startled waking, and the snatch of his sword. By its end Wukong has turned in a breath from burglar to open combatant — fan stowed, cudgel whirled — and the fight is joined again.