第三十七回 · 誰人稱孤 Who Now Calls Himself King — Journey to the West

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誰人稱孤 Who Now Calls Himself King

行xíng者zhě道dào：「後hòu三sān年nián不bú見jiàn全quán真zhēn，稱chēng孤gū的de卻què是shì誰shuí？」太tài子zǐ道dào：「果guǒ是shì有yǒu個gè全quán真zhēn，父fù王wáng與yǔ他tā拜bài為wéi兄xiōng弟dì，食shí則zé同tóng食shí，寢qǐn則zé同tóng寢qǐn。三sān年nián前qián在zài御yù花huā園yuán裡lǐ玩wán景jǐng，被bèi他tā一yí陣zhèn神shén風fēng，把bǎ父fù王wáng手shǒu中zhōng金jīn廂xiāng白bái玉yù珪guī攝shè回huí鍾zhōng南nán山shān去qù了le。至zhì今jīn父fù王wáng還hái思sī慕mù他tā。因yīn不bú見jiàn他tā，遂suì無wú心xīn賞shǎng玩wán，把bǎ花huā園yuán緊jǐn閉bì了le，已yǐ三sān年nián矣yǐ。做zuò皇huáng帝dì的de，非fēi我wǒ父fù王wáng而ér何hé？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「后hòu三sān年nián不bú见jiàn全quán真zhēn，称chēng孤gū的de却què是shì谁shuí？」太tài子zǐ道dào：「果guǒ是shì有yǒu个gè全quán真zhēn，父fù王wáng与yǔ他tā拜bài为wéi兄xiōng弟dì，食shí则zé同tóng食shí，寝qǐn则zé同tóng寝qǐn。三sān年nián前qián在zài御yù花huā园yuán里lǐ玩wán景jǐng，被bèi他tā一yí阵zhèn神shén风fēng，把bǎ父fù王wáng手shǒu中zhōng金jīn厢xiāng白bái玉yù珪guī摄shè回huí钟zhōng南nán山shān去qù了le。至zhì今jīn父fù王wáng还hái思sī慕mù他tā。因yīn不bú见jiàn他tā，遂suì无wú心xīn赏shǎng玩wán，把bǎ花huā园yuán紧jǐn闭bì了le，已yǐ三sān年nián矣yǐ。做zuò皇huáng帝dì的de，非fēi我wǒ父fù王wáng而ér何hé？」

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行xíng者zhě道dào：「後hòu三sān年nián不bú見jiàn全quán真zhēn，稱chēng孤gū的de卻què是shì誰shuí？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「后hòu三sān年nián不bú见jiàn全quán真zhēn，称chēng孤gū的de却què是shì谁shuí？」

Pilgrim said, “In the three years after, the Quanzhen adept was seen no more — then who is it that calls himself the Solitary One?”

稱孤 (chēng gū) "to call oneself ‘the Solitary’," a sovereign’s self-designation; 不見 (bú jiàn), bú by sandhi.

太tài子zǐ道dào：「果guǒ是shì有yǒu個gè全quán真zhēn，父fù王wáng與yǔ他tā拜bài為wéi兄xiōng弟dì，食shí則zé同tóng食shí，寢qǐn則zé同tóng寢qǐn。太tài子zǐ道dào：「果guǒ是shì有yǒu个gè全quán真zhēn，父fù王wáng与yǔ他tā拜bài为wéi兄xiōng弟dì，食shí则zé同tóng食shí，寝qǐn则zé同tóng寝qǐn。

The prince said, “There was indeed a Quanzhen adept; my royal father bowed with him to be sworn brothers, ate when he ate, and slept when he slept.

拜為兄弟 (bài wéi xiōng dì) "bowed to become brothers," 為 = wéi.

三sān年nián前qián在zài御yù花huā園yuán裡lǐ玩wán景jǐng，被bèi他tā一yí陣zhèn神shén風fēng，把bǎ父fù王wáng手shǒu中zhōng金jīn廂xiāng白bái玉yù珪guī攝shè回huí鍾zhōng南nán山shān去qù了le。三sān年nián前qián在zài御yù花huā园yuán里lǐ玩wán景jǐng，被bèi他tā一yí阵zhèn神shén风fēng，把bǎ父fù王wáng手shǒu中zhōng金jīn厢xiāng白bái玉yù珪guī摄shè回huí钟zhōng南nán山shān去qù了le。

Three years ago, taking his pleasure in the royal garden, my father was caught by a gust of that one’s divine wind, and the gold-mounted white-jade tablet in his hand was carried off back to Mount Zhongnan.

手中 (shǒu zhōng) "in the hand," zhōng; 攝回 (shè huí) "to seize and carry back."

至zhì今jīn父fù王wáng還hái思sī慕mù他tā。至zhì今jīn父fù王wáng还hái思sī慕mù他tā。

To this day my father still longs for him.

還思慕 (hái sī mù) "still longs for," 還 = hái.

因yīn不bú見jiàn他tā，遂suì無wú心xīn賞shǎng玩wán，把bǎ花huā園yuán緊jǐn閉bì了le，已yǐ三sān年nián矣yǐ。因yīn不bú见jiàn他tā，遂suì无wú心xīn赏shǎng玩wán，把bǎ花huā园yuán紧jǐn闭bì了le，已yǐ三sān年nián矣yǐ。

Because he saw him no more, he lost all heart for pleasure, shut the garden fast, and so it has been for three years.

不見 (bú jiàn), bú by sandhi; 緊閉了 (jǐn bì le) "shut fast," le.

做zuò皇huáng帝dì的de，非fēi我wǒ父fù王wáng而ér何hé？」做zuò皇huáng帝dì的de，非fēi我wǒ父fù王wáng而ér何hé？」

And he who is emperor — who should he be, if not my royal father?”

非我父王而何 (fēi wǒ fù wáng ér hé) "who if not my royal father."

總評 Commentary

Wukong turns the question on its edge: if the rain-making adept vanished three years ago, who now sits calling himself king? The prince’s own answer unknowingly supplies the proof — the tablet stolen by the adept’s wind, the cover-story the impostor spread.

The pathos deepens in the boy’s account: a father who “still longs” for the vanished brother and shut his garden in grief — the son describing, without knowing it, the very manipulation that unseated his father. His confident “who else but my father?” stands one step from the revelation that will overturn it.