第三十五回 · 瞽者攔路 A Blind Man Blocks the Road — Journey to the West

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瞽者攔路 A Blind Man Blocks the Road

當dāng時shí通tōng掃sǎo淨jìng諸zhū邪xié，回huí至zhì洞dòng裡lǐ，與yǔ三sān藏zàng報bào喜xǐ道dào：「山shān已yǐ淨jìng，妖yāo已yǐ無wú矣yǐ，請qǐng師shī父fù上shàng馬mǎ走zǒu路lù。」三sān藏zàng喜xǐ不bú自zì勝shèng。師shī徒tú們men吃chī了le早zǎo齋zhāi，收shōu拾shí了le行xíng李lǐ、馬mǎ匹pǐ，奔bēn西xī找zhǎo路lù。正zhèng行xíng處chù，猛měng見jiàn路lù傍bàng閃shǎn出chū一yí個gè瞽gǔ者zhě，走zǒu上shàng前qián，扯chě住zhù三sān藏zàng馬mǎ道dào：「和hé尚shàng，那nǎ裡lǐ去qù？還huán我wǒ寶bǎo貝bèi來lái。」八bā戒jiè大dà驚jīng道dào：「罷bà了le，這zhè是shì老lǎo妖yāo來lái討tǎo寶bǎo貝bèi了le。」当dāng时shí通tōng扫sǎo净jìng诸zhū邪xié，回huí至zhì洞dòng里lǐ，与yǔ三sān藏zàng报bào喜xǐ道dào：「山shān已yǐ净jìng，妖yāo已yǐ无wú矣yǐ，请qǐng师shī父fù上shàng马mǎ走zǒu路lù。」三sān藏zàng喜xǐ不bú自zì胜shèng。师shī徒tú们men吃chī了le早zǎo斋zhāi，收shōu拾shí了le行xíng李lǐ、马mǎ匹pǐ，奔bēn西xī找zhǎo路lù。正zhèng行xíng处chù，猛měng见jiàn路lù傍bàng闪shǎn出chū一yí个gè瞽gǔ者zhě，走zǒu上shàng前qián，扯chě住zhù三sān藏zàng马mǎ道dào：「和hé尚shàng，那nǎ里lǐ去qù？还huán我wǒ宝bǎo贝bèi来lái。」八bā戒jiè大dà惊jīng道dào：「罢bà了le，这zhè是shì老lǎo妖yāo来lái讨tǎo宝bǎo贝bèi了le。」

逐句解 Line by line

當dāng時shí通tōng掃sǎo淨jìng諸zhū邪xié，回huí至zhì洞dòng裡lǐ，與yǔ三sān藏zàng報bào喜xǐ道dào：「山shān已yǐ淨jìng，妖yāo已yǐ無wú矣yǐ，請qǐng師shī父fù上shàng馬mǎ走zǒu路lù。」当dāng时shí通tōng扫sǎo净jìng诸zhū邪xié，回huí至zhì洞dòng里lǐ，与yǔ三sān藏zàng报bào喜xǐ道dào：「山shān已yǐ净jìng，妖yāo已yǐ无wú矣yǐ，请qǐng师shī父fù上shàng马mǎ走zǒu路lù。」

At that time, all the fiends being swept clean away, he returned to the cave and brought Tripitaka the glad news: “The mountain is cleared, the fiends are no more — pray mount your horse, master, and let us take the road.”

當時 — "at that time," 當 read dāng; 三藏 with 藏 read zàng. The victory is announced and the pilgrimage readies to resume.

三sān藏zàng喜xǐ不bú自zì勝shèng。三sān藏zàng喜xǐ不bú自zì胜shèng。

Tripitaka was overjoyed past containing.

喜不自勝 — "so glad he could not contain himself," 藏 read zàng.

師shī徒tú們men吃chī了le早zǎo齋zhāi，收shōu拾shí了le行xíng李lǐ、馬mǎ匹pǐ，奔bēn西xī找zhǎo路lù。师shī徒tú们men吃chī了le早zǎo斋zhāi，收shōu拾shí了le行xíng李lǐ、马mǎ匹pǐ，奔bēn西xī找zhǎo路lù。

Master and disciples ate their morning meal, gathered up the baggage and the horse, and hurried west to find the way.

行李 — "baggage," 行 read xíng; 奔西, "hurried west," 奔 read bēn.

正zhèng行xíng處chù，猛měng見jiàn路lù傍bàng閃shǎn出chū一yí個gè瞽gǔ者zhě，走zǒu上shàng前qián，扯chě住zhù三sān藏zàng馬mǎ道dào：「和hé尚shàng，那nǎ裡lǐ去qù？正zhèng行xíng处chù，猛měng见jiàn路lù傍bàng闪shǎn出chū一yí个gè瞽gǔ者zhě，走zǒu上shàng前qián，扯chě住zhù三sān藏zàng马mǎ道dào：「和hé尚shàng，那nǎ里lǐ去qù？

Just as they were going along, they suddenly saw a blind man start out from beside the road, come forward, and catch hold of Tripitaka’s horse: “Monk, where are you off to?

正行處 — "just as they were travelling," 行 xíng, 處 chù; 瞽者 (gǔ zhě), "a blind man"; 閃出, "flashed out," 閃 read shǎn; 那裡 interrogative (nǎ).

還huán我wǒ寶bǎo貝bèi來lái。」还huán我wǒ宝bǎo贝bèi来lái。」

Give me back my treasures.”

還我寶貝來 — "return my treasures to me," 還 read huán ("give back"), imperative.

八bā戒jiè大dà驚jīng道dào：「罷bà了le，這zhè是shì老lǎo妖yāo來lái討tǎo寶bǎo貝bèi了le。」八bā戒jiè大dà惊jīng道dào：「罢bà了le，这zhè是shì老lǎo妖yāo来lái讨tǎo宝bǎo贝bèi了le。」

Bajie started in alarm: “We’re done for — this is the old fiend come to demand his treasures back.”

罷了 — "done for!", 罷 read bà. Bajie takes the blind stranger for the elder fiend returned.

總評 Commentary

The chapter seems to be ending on victory — the mountain swept clean, the pilgrims mounted and hurrying west — when a blind man steps from the roadside, seizes the horse, and demands the treasures back. The abrupt intrusion, and Bajie’s panicked certainty that it is the old fiend somehow returned, spring a last reversal on the reader.

The disguise is pointed: the master of the Five Phases, come for his own, appears as a sightless beggar. The scene turns the triumphant recovery of the treasures into a question of rightful ownership — whose treasures are these, in truth? — and sets up the revelation, in the next passage, of who the "blind man" and the two fiends really are.