第三十七回 · 神將引冤 Spirit-Guardians Admit the Wronged Ghost — Journey to the West

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神將引冤 Spirit-Guardians Admit the Wronged Ghost

三sān藏zàng道dào：「陛bì下xià，你nǐ陰yīn司sī裡lǐ既jì沒méi本běn事shì告gào他tā，卻què來lái我wǒ陽yáng世shì間jiān作zuò甚shén？」那nà人rén道dào：「師shī父fù啊a，我wǒ這zhè一yì點diǎn冤yuān魂hún，怎zěn敢gǎn上shàng你nǐ的de門mén來lái？山shān門mén前qián有yǒu那nà護hù法fǎ諸zhū天tiān、六liù丁dīng六liù甲jiǎ、五wǔ方fāng揭jiē諦dì、四sì值zhí功gōng曹cáo、一yì十shí八bā位wèi護hù教jiào伽qié藍lán，緊jǐn隨suí鞍ān馬mǎ。卻què才cái被bèi夜yè遊yóu神shén一yí陣zhèn神shén風fēng，把bǎ我wǒ送sòng將jiāng進jìn來lái。他tā說shuō我wǒ三sān年nián水shuǐ災zāi該gāi滿mǎn，著zhuó我wǒ來lái拜bài謁yè師shī父fù。他tā說shuō你nǐ手shǒu下xià有yǒu一yí個gè大dà徒tú弟dì，是shì齊qí天tiān大dà聖shèng，極jí能néng斬zhǎn怪guài降xiáng魔mó。今jīn來lái志zhì心xīn拜bài懇kěn，千qiān乞qǐ到dào我wǒ國guó中zhōng，拿ná住zhù妖yāo魔mó，辨biàn明míng邪xié正zhèng。朕zhèn當dāng結jié草cǎo銜xián環huán，報bào酬chóu師shī父fù恩ēn也yě。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「陛bì下xià，你nǐ阴yīn司sī里lǐ既jì没méi本běn事shì告gào他tā，却què来lái我wǒ阳yáng世shì间jiān作zuò甚shén？」那nà人rén道dào：「师shī父fù啊a，我wǒ这zhè一yì点diǎn冤yuān魂hún，怎zěn敢gǎn上shàng你nǐ的de门mén来lái？山shān门mén前qián有yǒu那nà护hù法fǎ诸zhū天tiān、六liù丁dīng六liù甲jiǎ、五wǔ方fāng揭jiē谛dì、四sì值zhí功gōng曹cáo、一yì十shí八bā位wèi护hù教jiào伽qié蓝lán，紧jǐn随suí鞍ān马mǎ。却què才cái被bèi夜yè游yóu神shén一yí阵zhèn神shén风fēng，把bǎ我wǒ送sòng将jiāng进jìn来lái。他tā说shuō我wǒ三sān年nián水shuǐ灾zāi该gāi满mǎn，著zhuó我wǒ来lái拜bài谒yè师shī父fù。他tā说shuō你nǐ手shǒu下xià有yǒu一yí个gè大dà徒tú弟dì，是shì齐qí天tiān大dà圣shèng，极jí能néng斩zhǎn怪guài降xiáng魔mó。今jīn来lái志zhì心xīn拜bài恳kěn，千qiān乞qǐ到dào我wǒ国guó中zhōng，拿ná住zhù妖yāo魔mó，辨biàn明míng邪xié正zhèng。朕zhèn当dāng结jié草cǎo衔xián环huán，报bào酬chóu师shī父fù恩ēn也yě。」

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三sān藏zàng道dào：「陛bì下xià，你nǐ陰yīn司sī裡lǐ既jì沒méi本běn事shì告gào他tā，卻què來lái我wǒ陽yáng世shì間jiān作zuò甚shén？」三sān藏zàng道dào：「陛bì下xià，你nǐ阴yīn司sī里lǐ既jì没méi本běn事shì告gào他tā，却què来lái我wǒ阳yáng世shì间jiān作zuò甚shén？」

Tripitaka said, “Your Majesty, if in the courts of the shades you have no means to accuse him, then for what do you come to my world of the living?”

陽世間 (yáng shì jiān) "the world of the living"; 作甚 (zuò shén) "to do what," 甚 = shén (interrogative).

那nà人rén道dào：「師shī父fù啊a，我wǒ這zhè一yì點diǎn冤yuān魂hún，怎zěn敢gǎn上shàng你nǐ的de門mén來lái？那nà人rén道dào：「师shī父fù啊a，我wǒ这zhè一yì点diǎn冤yuān魂hún，怎zěn敢gǎn上shàng你nǐ的de门mén来lái？

The man said, “Master, how should this single wisp of a wronged soul dare come up to your gate?

那 (nà); 一點冤魂 (yì diǎn yuān hún) "a single mote of a wronged soul."

山shān門mén前qián有yǒu那nà護hù法fǎ諸zhū天tiān、六liù丁dīng六liù甲jiǎ、五wǔ方fāng揭jiē諦dì、四sì值zhí功gōng曹cáo、一yì十shí八bā位wèi護hù教jiào伽qié藍lán，緊jǐn隨suí鞍ān馬mǎ。山shān门mén前qián有yǒu那nà护hù法fǎ诸zhū天tiān、六liù丁dīng六liù甲jiǎ、五wǔ方fāng揭jiē谛dì、四sì值zhí功gōng曹cáo、一yì十shí八bā位wèi护hù教jiào伽qié蓝lán，紧jǐn随suí鞍ān马mǎ。

Before the mountain gate stand those dharma-guarding devas, the Six Ding and Six Jia, the Warders of the Five Quarters, the Merit-Officers of the Four Watches, and the eighteen guardians of the Sangha — close about the saddle and horse.

那 (nà) deictic; 六丁六甲 the Six Ding and Six Jia spirits; 五方揭諦 (wǔ fāng jiē dì) the Warders of the Five Quarters; 護教伽藍 (hù jiào qié lán) the Sangha-guardians, 伽 = qié (伽藍 saṃghārāma), not gā.

卻què才cái被bèi夜yè遊yóu神shén一yí陣zhèn神shén風fēng，把bǎ我wǒ送sòng將jiāng進jìn來lái。却què才cái被bèi夜yè游yóu神shén一yí阵zhèn神shén风fēng，把bǎ我wǒ送sòng将jiāng进jìn来lái。

It was only because the Night-Roaming Spirit, with a gust of divine wind, sent me in here.

夜遊神 (yè yóu shén) the Night-Roaming Spirit; 送將進來 (sòng jiāng jìn lái) "sent [me] in," directional coverb 將 = jiāng.

他tā說shuō我wǒ三sān年nián水shuǐ災zāi該gāi滿mǎn，著zhuó我wǒ來lái拜bài謁yè師shī父fù。他tā说shuō我wǒ三sān年nián水shuǐ灾zāi该gāi满mǎn，著zhuó我wǒ来lái拜bài谒yè师shī父fù。

He said my three years’ water-doom was now fulfilled, and had me come to pay my respects to you, Master.

水災該滿 (shuǐ zāi gāi mǎn) "the water-calamity ought now be complete"; 著我來 (zhuó wǒ lái) "had me come," causative 著 = zhuó; 拜謁 (bài yè) "to pay respects."

他tā說shuō你nǐ手shǒu下xià有yǒu一yí個gè大dà徒tú弟dì，是shì齊qí天tiān大dà聖shèng，極jí能néng斬zhǎn怪guài降xiáng魔mó。他tā说shuō你nǐ手shǒu下xià有yǒu一yí个gè大dà徒tú弟dì，是shì齐qí天tiān大dà圣shèng，极jí能néng斩zhǎn怪guài降xiáng魔mó。

He said that under your hand is a great disciple, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, most able to slay monsters and subdue demons.

齊天大聖 (qí tiān dà shèng) the Great Sage Equal to Heaven; 降魔 (xiáng mó) "subdue demons," 降 = xiáng.

今jīn來lái志zhì心xīn拜bài懇kěn，千qiān乞qǐ到dào我wǒ國guó中zhōng，拿ná住zhù妖yāo魔mó，辨biàn明míng邪xié正zhèng。今jīn来lái志zhì心xīn拜bài恳kěn，千qiān乞qǐ到dào我wǒ国guó中zhōng，拿ná住zhù妖yāo魔mó，辨biàn明míng邪xié正zhèng。

I come now with all my heart to entreat you: I beg you, come to my kingdom, seize the demon, and make plain the false from the true.

國中 (guó zhōng) "within the kingdom"; 志心拜懇 (zhì xīn bài kěn) "with sincere heart to bow and entreat"; 辨明邪正 (biàn míng xié zhèng) "make clear the crooked from the upright."

朕zhèn當dāng結jié草cǎo銜xián環huán，報bào酬chóu師shī父fù恩ēn也yě。」朕zhèn当dāng结jié草cǎo衔xián环huán，报bào酬chóu师shī父fù恩ēn也yě。」

I shall knot grass and bear rings to repay your kindness, Master.”

當 (dāng) "shall, ought"; 結草銜環 (jié cǎo xián huán) a set idiom for gratitude repaid even beyond death, from two ancient tales of the dead requiting a kindness.

總評 Commentary

The ghost explains why he could reach the pilgrim only now: Tripitaka travels ringed by his own guardian powers — the Six Ding and Six Jia, the Warders of the Five Quarters, the Four-Watch officers, the eighteen Sangha-guardians — who bar all spirits, until the Night-Roaming Spirit, bearing authority, admitted him on a gust of wind. The cosmology is exact: even a righteous ghost cannot simply approach a scripture-pilgrim.

The petition at last names Wukong — the Great Sage Equal to Heaven — as the one power able to unmask the impostor, turning the whole episode toward the disciples. The king seals his plea with the idiom of knotted grass and carried rings, the two classic tales in which the dead repay a debt of kindness: a fitting pledge from a ghost, who can offer only the gratitude of the dead.