第三十七回 · 禁閉儲君 The Heir Kept Apart — Journey to the West

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禁閉儲君 The Heir Kept Apart

三sān藏zàng道dào：「卻què好hǎo，卻què好hǎo。想xiǎng必bì是shì一yí代dài親qīn王wáng侍shì長zhǎng，發fā付fù何hé處chù鎮zhèn守shǒu去qù了le？」那nà人rén道dào：「不bú是shì。我wǒ本běn宮gōng有yǒu個gè太tài子zǐ，是shì我wǒ親qīn生shēng的de儲chǔ君jūn。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「那nà太tài子zǐ想xiǎng必bì被bèi妖yāo魔mó貶biǎn了le？」那nà人rén道dào：「不bù曾céng。他tā只zhǐ在zài金jīn鑾luán殿diàn上shàng，五wǔ鳳fèng樓lóu中zhōng，或huò與yǔ學xué士shì講jiǎng書shū，或huò共gòng全quán真zhēn登dēng位wèi。自zì此cǐ三sān年nián，禁jìn太tài子zǐ不bú入rù皇huáng宮gōng，不bù能néng夠gòu與yǔ娘niáng娘niáng相xiāng見jiàn。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「此cǐ是shì何hé故gù？」那nà人rén道dào：「此cǐ是shì妖yāo怪guài使shǐ下xià的de計jì策cè。只zhǐ恐kǒng他tā母mǔ子zǐ相xiāng見jiàn，閑xián中zhōng論lùn出chū長cháng短duǎn，怕pà走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī。故gù此cǐ兩liǎng不bú會huì面miàn，他tā得dé永yǒng住zhù常cháng存cún也yě。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「却què好hǎo，却què好hǎo。想xiǎng必bì是shì一yí代dài亲qīn王wáng侍shì长zhǎng，发fā付fù何hé处chù镇zhèn守shǒu去qù了le？」那nà人rén道dào：「不bú是shì。我wǒ本běn宫gōng有yǒu个gè太tài子zǐ，是shì我wǒ亲qīn生shēng的de储chǔ君jūn。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「那nà太tài子zǐ想xiǎng必bì被bèi妖yāo魔mó贬biǎn了le？」那nà人rén道dào：「不bù曾céng。他tā只zhǐ在zài金jīn銮luán殿diàn上shàng，五wǔ凤fèng楼lóu中zhōng，或huò与yǔ学xué士shì讲jiǎng书shū，或huò共gòng全quán真zhēn登dēng位wèi。自zì此cǐ三sān年nián，禁jìn太tài子zǐ不bú入rù皇huáng宫gōng，不bù能néng够gòu与yǔ娘niáng娘niáng相xiāng见jiàn。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「此cǐ是shì何hé故gù？」那nà人rén道dào：「此cǐ是shì妖yāo怪guài使shǐ下xià的de计jì策cè。只zhǐ恐kǒng他tā母mǔ子zǐ相xiāng见jiàn，闲xián中zhōng论lùn出chū长cháng短duǎn，怕pà走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī。故gù此cǐ两liǎng不bú会huì面miàn，他tā得dé永yǒng住zhù常cháng存cún也yě。」

逐句解 Line by line

三sān藏zàng道dào：「卻què好hǎo，卻què好hǎo。三sān藏zàng道dào：「却què好hǎo，却què好hǎo。

Tripitaka said, “Good, good.

卻好 (què hǎo) "that is well," repeated for emphasis.

想xiǎng必bì是shì一yí代dài親qīn王wáng侍shì長zhǎng，發fā付fù何hé處chù鎮zhèn守shǒu去qù了le？」想xiǎng必bì是shì一yí代dài亲qīn王wáng侍shì长zhǎng，发fā付fù何hé处chù镇zhèn守shǒu去qù了le？」

It must be some prince of the reigning line, a senior of the court — has he been sent off to garrison somewhere?”

親王侍長 (qīn wáng shì zhǎng) "a prince, a senior attendant," 長 = zhǎng; 發付 (fā fù) "to dispatch"; 鎮守 (zhèn shǒu) "to garrison."

那nà人rén道dào：「不bú是shì。那nà人rén道dào：「不bú是shì。

The man said, “It is not so.

不是 (bú shì), bú by sandhi before 是 (tone 4).

我wǒ本běn宮gōng有yǒu個gè太tài子zǐ，是shì我wǒ親qīn生shēng的de儲chǔ君jūn。」我wǒ本běn宫gōng有yǒu个gè太tài子zǐ，是shì我wǒ亲qīn生shēng的de储chǔ君jūn。」

In my own palace I have a crown prince, the heir of my own begetting.”

太子 (tài zǐ) "crown prince," 子 = zǐ (meaningful "heir/son," not the suffix zi); 儲君 (chú jūn) "heir-apparent."

三sān藏zàng道dào：「那nà太tài子zǐ想xiǎng必bì被bèi妖yāo魔mó貶biǎn了le？」三sān藏zàng道dào：「那nà太tài子zǐ想xiǎng必bì被bèi妖yāo魔mó贬biǎn了le？」

Tripitaka said, “That crown prince — surely the fiend has demoted him?”

那太子 (nà tài zǐ) deictic nà, 子 = zǐ; 貶 (biǎn) "to demote."

那nà人rén道dào：「不bù曾céng。那nà人rén道dào：「不bù曾céng。

The man said, “He has not.

不曾 (bù céng) "has not [yet]."

他tā只zhǐ在zài金jīn鑾luán殿diàn上shàng，五wǔ鳳fèng樓lóu中zhōng，或huò與yǔ學xué士shì講jiǎng書shū，或huò共gòng全quán真zhēn登dēng位wèi。他tā只zhǐ在zài金jīn銮luán殿diàn上shàng，五wǔ凤fèng楼lóu中zhōng，或huò与yǔ学xué士shì讲jiǎng书shū，或huò共gòng全quán真zhēn登dēng位wèi。

He stays only in the Hall of the Golden Bells and the Tower of Five Phoenixes, now expounding texts with the academicians, now attending upon the Quanzhen adept at court.

五鳳樓中 (wǔ fèng lóu zhōng) "within the Tower of Five Phoenixes"; 金鑾殿 (jīn luán diàn) the Hall of Golden Bells (the imperial audience hall).

自zì此cǐ三sān年nián，禁jìn太tài子zǐ不bú入rù皇huáng宮gōng，不bù能néng夠gòu與yǔ娘niáng娘niáng相xiāng見jiàn。」自zì此cǐ三sān年nián，禁jìn太tài子zǐ不bú入rù皇huáng宫gōng，不bù能néng够gòu与yǔ娘niáng娘niáng相xiāng见jiàn。」

For three years now the prince has been forbidden the inner palace, unable to meet with the queen his mother.”

禁 (jìn) "to forbid" (禁...不入); 太子 (tài zǐ), 子 = zǐ; 相見 (xiāng jiàn) "to meet," xiāng.

三sān藏zàng道dào：「此cǐ是shì何hé故gù？」三sān藏zàng道dào：「此cǐ是shì何hé故gù？」

Tripitaka said, “And what is the reason for this?”

何故 (hé gù) "for what cause."

那nà人rén道dào：「此cǐ是shì妖yāo怪guài使shǐ下xià的de計jì策cè。那nà人rén道dào：「此cǐ是shì妖yāo怪guài使shǐ下xià的de计jì策cè。

The man said, “This is a stratagem the fiend has laid.

那 (nà); 計策 (jì cè) "scheme, stratagem."

只zhǐ恐kǒng他tā母mǔ子zǐ相xiāng見jiàn，閑xián中zhōng論lùn出chū長cháng短duǎn，怕pà走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī。只zhǐ恐kǒng他tā母mǔ子zǐ相xiāng见jiàn，闲xián中zhōng论lùn出chū长cháng短duǎn，怕pà走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī。

He fears only that mother and son, meeting, might in idle talk let out the ins and outs of it, and so the secret escape.

母子 (mǔ zǐ) "mother and son," 子 = zǐ; 相見 (xiāng jiàn) xiāng; 閑中 (xián zhōng) "in idleness"; 長短 (cháng duǎn) "the ins and outs," 長 = cháng (not zhǎng).

故gù此cǐ兩liǎng不bú會huì面miàn，他tā得dé永yǒng住zhù常cháng存cún也yě。」故gù此cǐ两liǎng不bú会huì面miàn，他tā得dé永yǒng住zhù常cháng存cún也yě。」

And so the two do not meet, and he gets to dwell forever and abide unmoved.”

得 (dé) "gets to, comes to" (attain); 永住常存 (yǒng zhù cháng cún) "to dwell forever, abide unmoved."

總評 Commentary

The prince is revealed as the plot’s hinge — kept in gilded ceremonial occupation, expounding classics and attending the false king at court, yet for three years cut off from the inner palace and his mother. The usurper’s single, precise fear is that mother and son, left alone together, might in idle speech “let out the ins and outs,” and so he keeps them apart.

The phrase for the fiend’s aim — to dwell forever and abide unmoved — names the usurper’s whole ambition, the seamless permanence that the pilgrims must break. The chapter’s architecture is now visible: the severed mother and son are the fault-line in an otherwise perfect deception.