第三十五回 · 束裝迎敵 The Great Sage Arms for Battle — Journey to the West

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束裝迎敵 The Great Sage Arms for Battle

這zhè大dà聖shèng卻què教jiào沙shā僧sēng整zhěng頓dùn早zǎo齋zhāi，吃chī了le走zǒu路lù。忽hū聽tīng得de風fēng聲shēng，走zǒu出chū門mén看kàn，乃nǎi是shì一yì夥huǒ妖yāo兵bīng，自zì西xī南nán上shàng來lái。行xíng者zhě大dà驚jīng，急jí抽chōu身shēn，忙máng呼hū八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，妖yāo精jīng又yòu請qǐng救jiù兵bīng來lái也yě。」三sān藏zàng聞wén言yán，驚jīng恐kǒng失shī色sè道dào：「徒tú弟dì，似sì此cǐ如rú何hé？」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「放fàng心xīn，放fàng心xīn。把bǎ他tā這zhè寶bǎo貝bèi都dōu拿ná來lái與yǔ我wǒ。」大dà聖shèng將jiāng葫hú蘆lú、淨jìng瓶píng繫jì在zài腰yāo間jiān，金jīn繩shéng籠lóng於yú袖xiù內nèi，芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn插chā在zài肩jiān後hòu，雙shuāng手shǒu掄lūn著zhe鐵tiě棒bàng。教jiào沙shā僧sēng保bǎo守shǒu師shī父fù，穩wěn坐zuò洞dòng中zhōng。著zhuó八bā戒jiè執zhí釘dīng鈀pá，同tóng出chū洞dòng外wài迎yíng敵dí。这zhè大dà圣shèng却què教jiào沙shā僧sēng整zhěng顿dùn早zǎo斋zhāi，吃chī了le走zǒu路lù。忽hū听tīng得de风fēng声shēng，走zǒu出chū门mén看kàn，乃nǎi是shì一yì伙huǒ妖yāo兵bīng，自zì西xī南nán上shàng来lái。行xíng者zhě大dà惊jīng，急jí抽chōu身shēn，忙máng呼hū八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，妖yāo精jīng又yòu请qǐng救jiù兵bīng来lái也yě。」三sān藏zàng闻wén言yán，惊jīng恐kǒng失shī色sè道dào：「徒tú弟dì，似sì此cǐ如rú何hé？」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「放fàng心xīn，放fàng心xīn。把bǎ他tā这zhè宝bǎo贝bèi都dōu拿ná来lái与yǔ我wǒ。」大dà圣shèng将jiāng葫hú芦lú、净jìng瓶píng系jì在zài腰yāo间jiān，金jīn绳shéng笼lóng于yú袖xiù内nèi，芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn插chā在zài肩jiān后hòu，双shuāng手shǒu抡lūn著zhe铁tiě棒bàng。教jiào沙shā僧sēng保bǎo守shǒu师shī父fù，稳wěn坐zuò洞dòng中zhōng。著zhuó八bā戒jiè执zhí钉dīng钯pá，同tóng出chū洞dòng外wài迎yíng敌dí。

逐句解 Line by line

這zhè大dà聖shèng卻què教jiào沙shā僧sēng整zhěng頓dùn早zǎo齋zhāi，吃chī了le走zǒu路lù。这zhè大dà圣shèng却què教jiào沙shā僧sēng整zhěng顿dùn早zǎo斋zhāi，吃chī了le走zǒu路lù。

The Great Sage, meanwhile, bade Sha Monk get an early meal ready, so they might eat and take the road.

卻教沙僧 — "bade Sha Monk," 教 in the jussive sense (jiào). The pilgrims mean to move on once fed.

忽hū聽tīng得de風fēng聲shēng，走zǒu出chū門mén看kàn，乃nǎi是shì一yì夥huǒ妖yāo兵bīng，自zì西xī南nán上shàng來lái。忽hū听tīng得de风fēng声shēng，走zǒu出chū门mén看kàn，乃nǎi是shì一yì伙huǒ妖yāo兵bīng，自zì西xī南nán上shàng来lái。

Of a sudden he heard the sound of wind, went out the door to look, and saw it was a band of demon-soldiers, coming up from the south-west.

聽得風聲 — "heard the sound of wind," 得 the complement de; wind is the herald of the demon-host’s approach.

行xíng者zhě大dà驚jīng，急jí抽chōu身shēn，忙máng呼hū八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，妖yāo精jīng又yòu請qǐng救jiù兵bīng來lái也yě。」行xíng者zhě大dà惊jīng，急jí抽chōu身shēn，忙máng呼hū八bā戒jiè道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì，妖yāo精jīng又yòu请qǐng救jiù兵bīng来lái也yě。」

Pilgrim was startled, and hastily drawing back, quickly called to Bajie: “Brother, the fiends have sent for rescue-troops again!”

請救兵 — "sent for reinforcements." Wukong reads the wind at once for what it is.

三sān藏zàng聞wén言yán，驚jīng恐kǒng失shī色sè道dào：「徒tú弟dì，似sì此cǐ如rú何hé？」三sān藏zàng闻wén言yán，惊jīng恐kǒng失shī色sè道dào：「徒tú弟dì，似sì此cǐ如rú何hé？」

Tripitaka, hearing this, went pale with fright: “Disciple, what is to be done, at such a pass as this?”

三藏 (Sānzàng) — Tripitaka, 藏 read zàng in the name. 似此如何, "what to do in a case like this," 似 read sì.

行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「放fàng心xīn，放fàng心xīn。行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「放fàng心xīn，放fàng心xīn。

Pilgrim said with a laugh: “Set your mind at ease, set your mind at ease.

放心 — "rest assured"; Wukong’s unshaken calm against the master’s alarm.

把bǎ他tā這zhè寶bǎo貝bèi都dōu拿ná來lái與yǔ我wǒ。」把bǎ他tā这zhè宝bǎo贝bèi都dōu拿ná来lái与yǔ我wǒ。」

Bring me all these treasures of his.”

都拿來 — "bring them all," 都 read dōu. Wukong gathers the captured treasures for the fight.

大dà聖shèng將jiāng葫hú蘆lú、淨jìng瓶píng繫jì在zài腰yāo間jiān，金jīn繩shéng籠lóng於yú袖xiù內nèi，芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn插chā在zài肩jiān後hòu，雙shuāng手shǒu掄lūn著zhe鐵tiě棒bàng。大dà圣shèng将jiāng葫hú芦lú、净jìng瓶píng系jì在zài腰yāo间jiān，金jīn绳shéng笼lóng于yú袖xiù内nèi，芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn插chā在zài肩jiān后hòu，双shuāng手shǒu抡lūn著zhe铁tiě棒bàng。

The Great Sage lashed the gourd and Pure Vase at his waist, sleeved the Golden Cord away, thrust the Plantain Fan behind his shoulder, and with both hands whirled up his iron cudgel.

繫在腰間 — "tied at the waist," 繫 read jì ("to fasten"), 間 jiān; 掄著, "whirled," durative 著 (zhe). Wukong arms himself with the whole captured arsenal.

教jiào沙shā僧sēng保bǎo守shǒu師shī父fù，穩wěn坐zuò洞dòng中zhōng。教jiào沙shā僧sēng保bǎo守shǒu师shī父fù，稳wěn坐zuò洞dòng中zhōng。

He bade Sha Monk keep the master safe and sit firm in the cave,

教沙僧保守 — "bade Sha Monk guard," 教 jussive (jiào); 洞中, "in the cave," 中 read zhōng.

著zhuó八bā戒jiè執zhí釘dīng鈀pá，同tóng出chū洞dòng外wài迎yíng敵dí。著zhuó八bā戒jiè执zhí钉dīng钯pá，同tóng出chū洞dòng外wài迎yíng敌dí。

and had Bajie take up his nine-tooth rake and go out with him beyond the cave to meet the foe.

著八戒執釘鈀 — "had Bajie take up the rake." Here 著 is an old command verb — "to have or tell someone do something" — common in Ming novels and in imperial edicts (著即施行, "let it be done at once"). It is read zhuó: that is the character’s original literary pronunciation, handed down from the medieval rime books, while the familiar zháo and zhāo sounds are later colloquial offshoots of the same syllable. It works in parallel with the jussive 教 (jiào) just above.

總評 Commentary

Against the master’s panic at the returning host, Wukong is all brisk competence. He reads the sound of wind at once for reinforcements, laughs off Tripitaka’s alarm, and sets about arming — the whole captured arsenal (gourd, vase, cord, fan) stowed about him, the cudgel whirled up in both hands.

The disposition of forces is deliberate and characteristic: Sha Monk set to guard the master in the cave, Bajie ordered out to fight at Wukong’s side. The parallel commands — 教 Sha Monk to guard, 著 Bajie to arm — show the Great Sage marshalling his small company with a general’s economy, turning a moment of fear into an ordered sortie.