第三十七回 · 夢從想來 Dreams Rise from Thought — Journey to the West

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夢從想來 Dreams Rise from Thought

三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，我wǒ剛gāng才cái伏fú在zài案àn上shàng打dǎ盹dǔn，做zuò了le一yí個gè怪guài夢mèng。」行xíng者zhě跳tiào將jiāng起qǐ來lái道dào：「師shī父fù，夢mèng從cóng想xiǎng中zhōng來lái。你nǐ未wèi曾céng上shàng山shān，先xiān怕pà怪guài物wù；又yòu愁chóu雷léi音yīn路lù遠yuǎn，不bù能néng得dé到dào；思sī念niàn長cháng安ān，不bù知zhī何hé日rì回huí程chéng：所suǒ以yǐ心xīn多duō夢mèng多duō。似sì老lǎo孫sūn一yì點diǎn真zhēn心xīn，專zhuān要yào西xī方fāng見jiàn佛fó，更gèng無wú一yí個gè夢mèng兒er到dào我wǒ。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，我wǒ這zhè一yí夢mèng，不bú是shì思sī鄉xiāng之zhī夢mèng。才cái然rán合hé眼yǎn，見jiàn一yí陣zhèn狂kuáng風fēng過guò處chù，禪chán房fáng門mén外wài有yǒu一yì朝cháo皇huáng帝dì，自zì言yán是shì烏wū雞jī國guó王wáng。渾hún身shēn水shuǐ濕shī，滿mǎn眼yǎn垂chuí淚lèi。」這zhè等děng這zhè等děng，如rú此cǐ如rú此cǐ，將jiāng那nà夢mèng中zhōng話huà一yī一yī的de說shuō與yǔ行xíng者zhě。三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，我wǒ刚gāng才cái伏fú在zài案àn上shàng打dǎ盹dǔn，做zuò了le一yí个gè怪guài梦mèng。」行xíng者zhě跳tiào将jiāng起qǐ来lái道dào：「师shī父fù，梦mèng从cóng想xiǎng中zhōng来lái。你nǐ未wèi曾céng上shàng山shān，先xiān怕pà怪guài物wù；又yòu愁chóu雷léi音yīn路lù远yuǎn，不bù能néng得dé到dào；思sī念niàn长cháng安ān，不bù知zhī何hé日rì回huí程chéng：所suǒ以yǐ心xīn多duō梦mèng多duō。似sì老lǎo孙sūn一yì点diǎn真zhēn心xīn，专zhuān要yào西xī方fāng见jiàn佛fó，更gèng无wú一yí个gè梦mèng儿er到dào我wǒ。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，我wǒ这zhè一yí梦mèng，不bú是shì思sī乡xiāng之zhī梦mèng。才cái然rán合hé眼yǎn，见jiàn一yí阵zhèn狂kuáng风fēng过guò处chù，禅chán房fáng门mén外wài有yǒu一yì朝cháo皇huáng帝dì，自zì言yán是shì乌wū鸡jī国guó王wáng。浑hún身shēn水shuǐ湿shī，满mǎn眼yǎn垂chuí泪lèi。」这zhè等děng这zhè等děng，如rú此cǐ如rú此cǐ，将jiāng那nà梦mèng中zhōng话huà一yī一yī的de说shuō与yǔ行xíng者zhě。

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三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，我wǒ剛gāng才cái伏fú在zài案àn上shàng打dǎ盹dǔn，做zuò了le一yí個gè怪guài夢mèng。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，我wǒ刚gāng才cái伏fú在zài案àn上shàng打dǎ盹dǔn，做zuò了le一yí个gè怪guài梦mèng。」

Tripitaka said, “Disciple, just now, dozing over the desk, I had a strange dream.”

打盹 (dǎ dǔn) "to doze, nod off."

行xíng者zhě跳tiào將jiāng起qǐ來lái道dào：「師shī父fù，夢mèng從cóng想xiǎng中zhōng來lái。行xíng者zhě跳tiào将jiāng起qǐ来lái道dào：「师shī父fù，梦mèng从cóng想xiǎng中zhōng来lái。

Pilgrim sprang up and said, “Master, dreams come out of one’s thoughts.

跳將起來 (tiào jiāng qǐ lái) "sprang up," directional 將 = jiāng; 想中 (xiǎng zhōng) "within one’s musings," zhōng.

你nǐ未wèi曾céng上shàng山shān，先xiān怕pà怪guài物wù；你nǐ未wèi曾céng上shàng山shān，先xiān怕pà怪guài物wù；

You have not yet gone up the mountain, and already you fear monsters;

未曾 (wèi céng) "have not yet"; 怪物 (guài wù) "monsters."

又yòu愁chóu雷léi音yīn路lù遠yuǎn，不bù能néng得dé到dào；又yòu愁chóu雷léi音yīn路lù远yuǎn，不bù能néng得dé到dào；

you fret, too, that the road to Thunderclap is long and cannot be reached;

雷音 (léi yīn) Thunderclap (Monastery); 得到 (dé dào) "to reach," 得 = dé; 不能 (bù néng), bù by sandhi.

思sī念niàn長cháng安ān，不bù知zhī何hé日rì回huí程chéng：所suǒ以yǐ心xīn多duō夢mèng多duō。思sī念niàn长cháng安ān，不bù知zhī何hé日rì回huí程chéng：所suǒ以yǐ心xīn多duō梦mèng多duō。

you long for Chang’an, not knowing what day you will turn homeward: and so, the more the heart frets, the more it dreams.

長安 (cháng ’ān) Chang’an (the Tang capital), 長 = cháng; 回程 (huí chéng) "the way back."

似sì老lǎo孫sūn一yì點diǎn真zhēn心xīn，專zhuān要yào西xī方fāng見jiàn佛fó，更gèng無wú一yí個gè夢mèng兒er到dào我wǒ。」似sì老lǎo孙sūn一yì点diǎn真zhēn心xīn，专zhuān要yào西xī方fāng见jiàn佛fó，更gèng无wú一yí个gè梦mèng儿er到dào我wǒ。」

As for old Sun’s single true heart, set wholly on seeing the Buddha in the West — not one dream ever comes to me.”

似 (sì) "as for" (invariant); 佛 (fó) invariant; 更 (gèng) "at all"; 夢兒 (mèng er) "a dream," 兒 suffix er.

三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，我wǒ這zhè一yí夢mèng，不bú是shì思sī鄉xiāng之zhī夢mèng。三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，我wǒ这zhè一yí梦mèng，不bú是shì思sī乡xiāng之zhī梦mèng。

Tripitaka said, “Disciple, this dream of mine is no dream of homesickness.

思鄉 (sī xiāng) "homesickness."

才cái然rán合hé眼yǎn，見jiàn一yí陣zhèn狂kuáng風fēng過guò處chù，禪chán房fáng門mén外wài有yǒu一yì朝cháo皇huáng帝dì，自zì言yán是shì烏wū雞jī國guó王wáng。才cái然rán合hé眼yǎn，见jiàn一yí阵zhèn狂kuáng风fēng过guò处chù，禅chán房fáng门mén外wài有yǒu一yì朝cháo皇huáng帝dì，自zì言yán是shì乌wū鸡jī国guó王wáng。

No sooner had I closed my eyes than, as a gust of wild wind swept past, beyond the Chan-chamber door there stood an emperor of some court, who called himself the king of the Black-Rooster Kingdom.

過處 (guò chù) "as [it] passed"; 一朝皇帝 (yì cháo huáng dì) "an emperor of a court," 朝 = cháo.

渾hún身shēn水shuǐ濕shī，滿mǎn眼yǎn垂chuí淚lèi。」浑hún身shēn水shuǐ湿shī，满mǎn眼yǎn垂chuí泪lèi。」

Drenched from head to foot, his eyes brimming with tears.”

渾身 (hún shēn) "the whole body"; 垂淚 (chuí lèi) "shedding tears."

這zhè等děng這zhè等děng，如rú此cǐ如rú此cǐ，將jiāng那nà夢mèng中zhōng話huà一yī一yī的de說shuō與yǔ行xíng者zhě。这zhè等děng这zhè等děng，如rú此cǐ如rú此cǐ，将jiāng那nà梦mèng中zhōng话huà一yī一yī的de说shuō与yǔ行xíng者zhě。

Thus and thus, so and so — he told Pilgrim, one by one, all the words of the dream.

將那夢中話 (jiāng nà mèng zhōng huà) "took the words of the dream," coverb 將 = jiāng, deictic 那, zhōng; 一一 (yī yī) "one by one," lexical reduplication (一 not sandhi’d).

總評 Commentary

Wukong meets the dream with a brisk rationalist psychology: dreams arise from the dreamer’s own preoccupations — fear of the monsters ahead, worry that Thunderclap is too far, longing for Chang’an — a naturalistic account set pointedly against the supernatural truth of this particular vision.

His boast that his own single true heart, fixed on the Buddha, never dreams marks his spiritual singleness against Tripitaka’s anxious mind — the very contrast the pilgrimage exists to resolve. Tripitaka insists the dream is no homesickness and recounts it, the storyteller’s “thus and thus, so and so” formula folding away a retelling the reader already knows.