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留珪為記
The Jade Tablet Left as Proof
又問道：「你縱有太子在朝，我怎的與他相見？」那人道：「如何不得見？」三藏道：「他被妖魔拘轄，連一個生身之母尚不得見，我一個和尚，欲見何由？」那人道：「他明早出朝來也。」三藏問：「出朝作甚？」那人道：「明日早朝，領三千人馬，架鷹犬，出城採獵，師父斷得與他相見。見時肯將我的言語說與他，他便信了。」三藏道：「他本是肉眼凡胎，被妖魔哄在殿上，那一日不叫他幾聲父王？他怎肯信我的言語？」那人道：「既恐他不信，我留下一件表記與你罷。」三藏問：「是何物件？」那人把手中執的金廂白玉珪放下道：「此物可以為記。」又问道：「你纵有太子在朝，我怎的与他相见？」那人道：「如何不得见？」三藏道：「他被妖魔拘辖，连一个生身之母尚不得见，我一个和尚，欲见何由？」那人道：「他明早出朝来也。」三藏问：「出朝作甚？」那人道：「明日早朝，领三千人马，架鹰犬，出城采猎，师父断得与他相见。见时肯将我的言语说与他，他便信了。」三藏道：「他本是肉眼凡胎，被妖魔哄在殿上，那一日不叫他几声父王？他怎肯信我的言语？」那人道：「既恐他不信，我留下一件表记与你罢。」三藏问：「是何物件？」那人把手中执的金厢白玉珪放下道：「此物可以为记。」
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又問道：「你縱有太子在朝，我怎的與他相見？」
又问道：「你纵有太子在朝，我怎的与他相见？」
He asked further, “Even if you have a crown prince at court, how am I to meet with him?”
太子在朝 (tài zǐ zài cháo), 子 = zǐ, 朝 = cháo; 相見 (xiāng jiàn) xiāng.
那人道：「如何不得見？」
那人道：「如何不得见？」
The man said, “How should you not get to meet him?”
那 (nà); 不得見 (bù dé jiàn) "not get to meet," 得 = dé.
三藏道：「他被妖魔拘轄，連一個生身之母尚不得見，我一個和尚，欲見何由？」
三藏道：「他被妖魔拘辖，连一个生身之母尚不得见，我一个和尚，欲见何由？」
Tripitaka said, “Held in the fiend’s grip, he cannot even see the mother who bore him — how then should a mere monk find a way to see him?”
拘轄 (jū xiá) "to hold in restraint"; 不得見 (bù dé jiàn), 得 = dé; 何由 (hé yóu) "by what means."
那人道：「他明早出朝來也。」
那人道：「他明早出朝来也。」
The man said, “He comes out from court tomorrow at dawn.”
出朝 (chū cháo) "to come out from court," 朝 = cháo.
三藏問：「出朝作甚？」
三藏问：「出朝作甚？」
Tripitaka asked, “Out from court to do what?”
出朝 (chū cháo), 朝 = cháo; 作甚 (zuò shén) "to do what," 甚 = shén (interrogative).
那人道：「明日早朝，領三千人馬，架鷹犬，出城採獵，師父斷得與他相見。
那人道：「明日早朝，领三千人马，架鹰犬，出城采猎，师父断得与他相见。
The man said, “Tomorrow at the morning court he will lead three thousand horse and foot, take hawk and hound, and go out from the city to hunt; there, Master, you will surely get to meet him.
早朝 (zǎo cháo) "the morning court," 朝 = cháo; 斷得 (duàn dé) "will surely get to," 得 = dé; 相見 (xiāng jiàn) xiāng.
見時肯將我的言語說與他，他便信了。」
见时肯将我的言语说与他，他便信了。」
When you meet, if you will but take my words and tell them to him, he will then believe.”
將我的言語 (jiāng wǒ de yán yǔ) "take up my words," coverb 將 = jiāng; 信了 (xìn le) "will believe."
三藏道：「他本是肉眼凡胎，被妖魔哄在殿上，那一日不叫他幾聲父王？
三藏道：「他本是肉眼凡胎，被妖魔哄在殿上，那一日不叫他几声父王？
Tripitaka said, “He is but flesh-and-blood of mortal eye, deceived by the fiend upon the throne — which day does he not call him ‘father-king’ many times over?
肉眼凡胎 (ròu yǎn fán tāi) "mortal eyes, common flesh"; 那一日 (nǎ yí rì) rhetorical "which day," 那 = nǎ (=哪).
他怎肯信我的言語？」
他怎肯信我的言语？」
How should he be willing to believe my words?”
怎肯 (zěn kěn) "how would [he] be willing."
那人道：「既恐他不信，我留下一件表記與你罷。」
那人道：「既恐他不信，我留下一件表记与你罢。」
The man said, “If you fear he will not believe, then let me leave a token with you.”
那 (nà); 表記 (biǎo jì) "a token, a proof."
三藏問：「是何物件？」
三藏问：「是何物件？」
Tripitaka asked, “What object is it?”
何物件 (hé wù jiàn) "what object."
那人把手中執的金廂白玉珪放下道：「此物可以為記。」
那人把手中执的金厢白玉珪放下道：「此物可以为记。」
The man set down the gold-mounted white-jade tablet he held in his hand, and said, “This object may serve as a proof.”
手中 (shǒu zhōng) "in the hand"; 金廂 (jīn xiāng) "gold-mounted" (廂 = 鑲); 為記 (wéi jì) "serve as a token," 為 = wéi (act as), not wèi.
總評 Commentary
The device of the reunion is set in place: the prince leaves the fiend’s control only on his annual hunt beyond the walls, and there Tripitaka may reach him. But the monk raises the decisive objection — the prince, deceived, calls the impostor “father-king” daily, and will never credit a stranger’s word.
The answer is the white-jade audience-tablet, which the ghost sets down as a token of recognition. It is the classic proof-object of romance, the one thing that can convince the son against the evidence of his own eyes; the passage plants it deliberately, and the next will explain why this tablet alone carries such force.