第三十五回 · 老魔點兵 The Elder Fiend Musters His Host — Journey to the West

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老魔點兵 The Elder Fiend Musters His Host

不bú用yòng他tā，放fàng在zài家jiā裡lǐ。快kuài將jiāng劍jiàn與yǔ扇shàn子zi拿ná來lái。」那nà管guǎn家jiā的de即jí將jiāng兩liǎng件jiàn寶bǎo貝bèi獻xiàn與yǔ老lǎo魔mó。老lǎo魔mó將jiāng芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn插chā在zài後hòu項xiàng衣yī領lǐng，把bǎ七qī星xīng劍jiàn提tí在zài手shǒu中zhōng，又yòu點diǎn起qǐ大dà小xiǎo群qún妖yāo有yǒu三sān百bǎi多duō名míng，都dōu教jiào一yí個gè個gè拈niān槍qiāng弄nòng棒bàng，理lǐ索suǒ掄lūn刀dāo。這zhè老lǎo魔mó卻què頂dǐng盔kuī貫guàn甲jiǎ，罩zhào一yì領lǐng赤chì焰yàn焰yàn的de絲sī袍páo。群qún妖yāo擺bǎi出chū陣zhèn去qù，要yào拿ná孫sūn大dà聖shèng。不bú用yòng他tā，放fàng在zài家jiā里lǐ。快kuài将jiāng剑jiàn与yǔ扇shàn子zi拿ná来lái。」那nà管guǎn家jiā的de即jí将jiāng两liǎng件jiàn宝bǎo贝bèi献xiàn与yǔ老lǎo魔mó。老lǎo魔mó将jiāng芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn插chā在zài后hòu项xiàng衣yī领lǐng，把bǎ七qī星xīng剑jiàn提tí在zài手shǒu中zhōng，又yòu点diǎn起qǐ大dà小xiǎo群qún妖yāo有yǒu三sān百bǎi多duō名míng，都dōu教jiào一yí个gè个gè拈niān枪qiāng弄nòng棒bàng，理lǐ索suǒ抡lūn刀dāo。这zhè老lǎo魔mó却què顶dǐng盔kuī贯guàn甲jiǎ，罩zhào一yì领lǐng赤chì焰yàn焰yàn的de丝sī袍páo。群qún妖yāo摆bǎi出chū阵zhèn去qù，要yào拿ná孙sūn大dà圣shèng。

逐句解 Line by line

不bú用yòng他tā，放fàng在zài家jiā裡lǐ。不bú用yòng他tā，放fàng在zài家jiā里lǐ。

"Leave it be — set it by at home."

不用他 — "make no use of it." The vase stays home.

快kuài將jiāng劍jiàn與yǔ扇shàn子zi拿ná來lái。」快kuài将jiāng剑jiàn与yǔ扇shàn子zi拿ná来lái。」

"Quick, bring me the sword and the fan."

快將劍與扇子拿來 — "bring the sword and fan at once," 將 marking the objects being handled (jiāng); 扇子 takes the noun suffix 子 (zi).

那nà管guǎn家jiā的de即jí將jiāng兩liǎng件jiàn寶bǎo貝bèi獻xiàn與yǔ老lǎo魔mó。那nà管guǎn家jiā的de即jí将jiāng两liǎng件jiàn宝bǎo贝bèi献xiàn与yǔ老lǎo魔mó。

The steward-imp at once presented the two treasures to the old fiend.

即將兩件寶貝獻與 — "thereupon took the two treasures and offered them up," 將 again the disposal marker (jiāng).

老lǎo魔mó將jiāng芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn插chā在zài後hòu項xiàng衣yī領lǐng，把bǎ七qī星xīng劍jiàn提tí在zài手shǒu中zhōng，又yòu點diǎn起qǐ大dà小xiǎo群qún妖yāo有yǒu三sān百bǎi多duō名míng，都dōu教jiào一yí個gè個gè拈niān槍qiāng弄nòng棒bàng，理lǐ索suǒ掄lūn刀dāo。老lǎo魔mó将jiāng芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn插chā在zài后hòu项xiàng衣yī领lǐng，把bǎ七qī星xīng剑jiàn提tí在zài手shǒu中zhōng，又yòu点diǎn起qǐ大dà小xiǎo群qún妖yāo有yǒu三sān百bǎi多duō名míng，都dōu教jiào一yí个gè个gè拈niān枪qiāng弄nòng棒bàng，理lǐ索suǒ抡lūn刀dāo。

The old fiend thrust the Plantain Fan into the collar at his nape, gripped the Seven-Star Sword in his hand, and mustered besides some three hundred and more of his host, great and small, bidding every one of them level spear and ply staff, order their ropes and wheel their blades.

後項衣領 is the back of the collar — worth noting where the fan is stowed, because that is where it will be stolen from. 都教一個個 is "had every last one of them," with 教 again in the "bid, make" sense (jiào); 理索掄刀 is "ordering ropes and wheeling blades," the general bustle of arming.

這zhè老lǎo魔mó卻què頂dǐng盔kuī貫guàn甲jiǎ，罩zhào一yì領lǐng赤chì焰yàn焰yàn的de絲sī袍páo。这zhè老lǎo魔mó却què顶dǐng盔kuī贯guàn甲jiǎ，罩zhào一yì领lǐng赤chì焰yàn焰yàn的de丝sī袍páo。

The old fiend himself donned helmet and mail, and threw over all a robe of gauze, flame-red and blazing.

頂盔貫甲 — "capped with helmet, sheathed in mail," a set four-character phrase for arming. Over it goes 赤焰焰的絲袍, a gauze robe of blazing crimson, laying in the colour for the portrait to come.

群qún妖yāo擺bǎi出chū陣zhèn去qù，要yào拿ná孫sūn大dà聖shèng。群qún妖yāo摆bǎi出chū阵zhèn去qù，要yào拿ná孙sūn大dà圣shèng。

The pack of fiends filed out in battle-array, meaning to take Sun the Great Sage.

擺出陣去 — "marched out in formation." The muster is complete and the elder means to avenge his brother with numbers.

總評 Commentary

Grief hardens into war. Setting the useless vase aside, the old fiend arms himself — Plantain Fan tucked at the nape, Seven-Star Sword in hand — and calls up better than three hundred imps, every one of them put to spear and staff, rope and blade. The passage is almost pure movement, a scene of bustling mobilization.

The escalation is deliberate. Where the demons had gone out to meet Wukong singly, the elder now leads his whole force into the field, armoured and furious. The flame-red gauze robe and the gleaming mail set up the martial portrait that opens the confrontation, and the muster answers Bajie's helplessness on the beam with the threat of open battle.