第三十七回 · 辨個真假 To Sort the True from the False — Journey to the West

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辨個真假 To Sort the True from the False

行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「不bù消xiāo說shuō了le，他tā來lái託tuō夢mèng與yǔ你nǐ，分fēn明míng是shì照zhào顧gù老lǎo孫sūn一yì場chǎng生shēng意yì。必bì然rán是shì個gè妖yāo怪guài在zài那nà裡lǐ篡cuàn位wèi謀móu國guó，等děng我wǒ與yǔ他tā辨biàn個gè真zhēn假jiǎ。想xiǎng那nà妖yāo魔mó棍gùn到dào處chù，立lì業yè成chéng功gōng。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，他tā說shuō那nà怪guài神shén通tōng廣guǎng大dà哩lī。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「怕pà他tā甚shén麼me廣guǎng大dà？早zǎo知zhī老lǎo孫sūn到dào，教jiào他tā即jí走zǒu無wú方fāng。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「我wǒ又yòu記jì得dé留liú下xià一yí件jiàn寶bǎo貝bèi做zuò表biǎo記jì。」八bā戒jiè答dá道dào：「師shī父fù莫mò要yào胡hú纏chán，做zuò個gè夢mèng便biàn罷bà了le，怎zěn麼me只zhǐ管guǎn當dàng真zhēn？」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「『不bú信xìn直zhí中zhōng直zhí，須xū防fáng仁rén不bù仁rén。』我wǒ們men打dǎ起qǐ火huǒ，開kāi了le門mén，看kàn看kàn如rú何hé便biàn是shì。」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「不bù消xiāo说shuō了le，他tā来lái托tuō梦mèng与yǔ你nǐ，分fēn明míng是shì照zhào顾gù老lǎo孙sūn一yì场chǎng生shēng意yì。必bì然rán是shì个gè妖yāo怪guài在zài那nà里lǐ篡cuàn位wèi谋móu国guó，等děng我wǒ与yǔ他tā辨biàn个gè真zhēn假jiǎ。想xiǎng那nà妖yāo魔mó棍gùn到dào处chù，立lì业yè成chéng功gōng。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，他tā说shuō那nà怪guài神shén通tōng广guǎng大dà哩lī。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「怕pà他tā甚shén么me广guǎng大dà？早zǎo知zhī老lǎo孙sūn到dào，教jiào他tā即jí走zǒu无wú方fāng。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「我wǒ又yòu记jì得dé留liú下xià一yí件jiàn宝bǎo贝bèi做zuò表biǎo记jì。」八bā戒jiè答dá道dào：「师shī父fù莫mò要yào胡hú缠chán，做zuò个gè梦mèng便biàn罢bà了le，怎zěn么me只zhǐ管guǎn当dàng真zhēn？」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「『不bú信xìn直zhí中zhōng直zhí，须xū防fáng仁rén不bù仁rén。』我wǒ们men打dǎ起qǐ火huǒ，开kāi了le门mén，看kàn看kàn如rú何hé便biàn是shì。」

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行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「不bù消xiāo說shuō了le，他tā來lái託tuō夢mèng與yǔ你nǐ，分fēn明míng是shì照zhào顧gù老lǎo孫sūn一yì場chǎng生shēng意yì。行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「不bù消xiāo说shuō了le，他tā来lái托tuō梦mèng与yǔ你nǐ，分fēn明míng是shì照zhào顾gù老lǎo孙sūn一yì场chǎng生shēng意yì。

Pilgrim laughed and said, “No need to say more — his coming to lodge a dream with you is plainly a piece of business thrown old Sun’s way.

託夢 (tuō mèng) "to send a dream"; 分明 (fēn míng) "plainly," fēn; 一場生意 (yì chǎng shēng yì) "a piece of trade."

必bì然rán是shì個gè妖yāo怪guài在zài那nà裡lǐ篡cuàn位wèi謀móu國guó，等děng我wǒ與yǔ他tā辨biàn個gè真zhēn假jiǎ。必bì然rán是shì个gè妖yāo怪guài在zài那nà里lǐ篡cuàn位wèi谋móu国guó，等děng我wǒ与yǔ他tā辨biàn个gè真zhēn假jiǎ。

Surely it is some fiend there, usurping the throne and seizing the state; let me sort out for him the true from the false.

那裡 (nà lǐ) "there," deictic nà; 篡位謀國 (cuàn wèi móu guó) "usurp the throne and plot for the realm."

想xiǎng那nà妖yāo魔mó棍gùn到dào處chù，立lì業yè成chéng功gōng。」想xiǎng那nà妖yāo魔mó棍gùn到dào处chù，立lì业yè成chéng功gōng。」

I fancy that where old Sun’s cudgel reaches that fiend, the work will be done and the deed accomplished.”

那 (nà) deictic; 棍到處 (gùn dào chù) "wherever the cudgel reaches," chù; 立業成功 (lì yè chéng gōng) "to accomplish the task."

三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，他tā說shuō那nà怪guài神shén通tōng廣guǎng大dà哩lī。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「徒tú弟dì，他tā说shuō那nà怪guài神shén通tōng广guǎng大dà哩lī。」

Tripitaka said, “Disciple, he says that fiend’s powers are vast.”

那怪 (nà guài) deictic nà; 神通廣大 (shén tōng guǎng dà) "vast supernatural powers."

行xíng者zhě道dào：「怕pà他tā甚shén麼me廣guǎng大dà？行xíng者zhě道dào：「怕pà他tā甚shén么me广guǎng大dà？

Pilgrim said, “What do I care how vast his powers?

甚麼 (shén me) "what," 甚 = shén.

早zǎo知zhī老lǎo孫sūn到dào，教jiào他tā即jí走zǒu無wú方fāng。」早zǎo知zhī老lǎo孙sūn到dào，教jiào他tā即jí走zǒu无wú方fāng。」

Let him but learn old Sun has come, and I will make him bolt with nowhere to run.”

教他 (jiào tā) "make him," causative 教 = jiào; 走無方 (zǒu wú fāng) "flee with no direction."

三sān藏zàng道dào：「我wǒ又yòu記jì得dé留liú下xià一yí件jiàn寶bǎo貝bèi做zuò表biǎo記jì。」三sān藏zàng道dào：「我wǒ又yòu记jì得dé留liú下xià一yí件jiàn宝bǎo贝bèi做zuò表biǎo记jì。」

Tripitaka said, “And I recall, too, that he left a treasure behind as a token.”

記得 (jì dé) "recall," 得 = dé; 表記 (biǎo jì) "a token."

八bā戒jiè答dá道dào：「師shī父fù莫mò要yào胡hú纏chán，做zuò個gè夢mèng便biàn罷bà了le，怎zěn麼me只zhǐ管guǎn當dàng真zhēn？」八bā戒jiè答dá道dào：「师shī父fù莫mò要yào胡hú缠chán，做zuò个gè梦mèng便biàn罢bà了le，怎zěn么me只zhǐ管guǎn当dàng真zhēn？」

Bajie answered, “Master, do not talk nonsense; it was only a dream and there is an end of it — why keep taking it for real?”

胡纏 (hú chán) "to babble, talk nonsense"; 當真 (dàng zhēn) "to take as true," 當 = dàng (regard as).

沙shā僧sēng道dào：「『不bú信xìn直zhí中zhōng直zhí，須xū防fáng仁rén不bù仁rén。』沙shā僧sēng道dào：「『不bú信xìn直zhí中zhōng直zhí，须xū防fáng仁rén不bù仁rén。』

Sha Seng said, “‘Trust not the straight within the straight; be wary of the kindly-that-is-unkind.’

直中直 (zhí zhōng zhí) "the straight within the straight," zhōng; a proverbial couplet warning against trust in appearances.

我wǒ們men打dǎ起qǐ火huǒ，開kāi了le門mén，看kàn看kàn如rú何hé便biàn是shì。」我wǒ们men打dǎ起qǐ火huǒ，开kāi了le门mén，看kàn看kàn如rú何hé便biàn是shì。」

Let us strike a light, open the door, and take a look — that will settle it.”

打起火 (dǎ qǐ huǒ) "to strike a light"; 開了門 (kāi le mén), le aspect.

總評 Commentary

Wukong reframes the ghost’s piteous plea in his own idiom — as “a piece of business” thrown his way, demon-catching as his trade — and waves off the fiend’s vaunted powers with his usual swagger. The comedy of his commercial bravado sits against the gravity of what he has undertaken.

The three disciples’ voices calibrate the scene: Wukong eager and boastful, Bajie flatly skeptical (“only a dream”), and Sha Seng cautious and sententious — his proverb against trusting the fair-seeming aptly chosen for a chapter built on disguise. The resolve to verify by finding the token turns the dream toward waking proof, and toward the jade tablet on the step.