第三十八回 · 召神討獸 Summoning the Gods for Game — Journey to the West

原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

召神討獸 Summoning the Gods for Game

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，你nǐ看kàn他tā就jiù在zài太tài子zǐ面miàn前qián，顯xiǎn個gè手shǒu段duàn，將jiāng身shēn一yí縱zòng，跳tiào在zài雲yún端duān裡lǐ。捻niǎn著zhe訣jué，念niàn一yì聲shēng「唵ǎn藍lán淨jìng法fǎ界jiè」的de真zhēn言yán，拘jū得de那nà山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng施shī禮lǐ道dào：「大dà聖shèng，呼hū喚huàn小xiǎo神shén，有yǒu何hé使shǐ令lìng？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孫sūn保bǎo護hù唐táng僧sēng到dào此cǐ，欲yù拿ná邪xié魔mó，奈nài何hé那nà太tài子zǐ打dǎ獵liè無wú物wù，不bù敢gǎn回huí朝cháo。問wèn汝rǔ等děng討tǎo個gè人rén情qíng，快kuài將jiāng獐zhāng𤜱bā鹿lù兔tù、走zǒu獸shòu飛fēi禽qín，各gè尋xún些xiē來lái，打dǎ發fā他tā回huí去qù。」山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì聞wén言yán，敢gǎn不bù承chéng命mìng，又yòu問wèn各gè要yào幾jǐ何hé。大dà聖shèng道dào：「不bù拘jū多duō少shǎo，取qǔ些xiē來lái便biàn罷ba。」好hǎo大dà圣shèng，你nǐ看kàn他tā就jiù在zài太tài子zǐ面miàn前qián，显xiǎn个gè手shǒu段duàn，将jiāng身shēn一yí纵zòng，跳tiào在zài云yún端duān里lǐ。捻niǎn著zhe诀jué，念niàn一yì声shēng「唵ǎn蓝lán净jìng法fǎ界jiè」的de真zhēn言yán，拘jū得de那nà山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng施shī礼lǐ道dào：「大dà圣shèng，呼hū唤huàn小xiǎo神shén，有yǒu何hé使shǐ令lìng？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孙sūn保bǎo护hù唐táng僧sēng到dào此cǐ，欲yù拿ná邪xié魔mó，奈nài何hé那nà太tài子zǐ打dǎ猎liè无wú物wù，不bù敢gǎn回huí朝cháo。问wèn汝rǔ等děng讨tǎo个gè人rén情qíng，快kuài将jiāng獐zhāng𤜱bā鹿lù兔tù、走zǒu兽shòu飞fēi禽qín，各gè寻xún些xiē来lái，打dǎ发fā他tā回huí去qù。」山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì闻wén言yán，敢gǎn不bù承chéng命mìng，又yòu问wèn各gè要yào几jǐ何hé。大dà圣shèng道dào：「不bù拘jū多duō少shǎo，取qǔ些xiē来lái便biàn罢ba。」

逐句解 Line by line

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，你nǐ看kàn他tā就jiù在zài太tài子zǐ面miàn前qián，顯xiǎn個gè手shǒu段duàn，將jiāng身shēn一yí縱zòng，跳tiào在zài雲yún端duān裡lǐ。好hǎo大dà圣shèng，你nǐ看kàn他tā就jiù在zài太tài子zǐ面miàn前qián，显xiǎn个gè手shǒu段duàn，将jiāng身shēn一yí纵zòng，跳tiào在zài云yún端duān里lǐ。

The fine Great Sage — watch him now: right there before the prince he showed off a bit of his art, flung his body up with a single bound, and leapt into the edge of the clouds.

顯個手段: to display a bit of one's power. 將身一縱: with a heave he flung his body up (將 = jiāng, disposal). 太子: 子 = zǐ.

捻niǎn著zhe訣jué，念niàn一yì聲shēng「唵ǎn藍lán淨jìng法fǎ界jiè」的de真zhēn言yán，拘jū得de那nà山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng施shī禮lǐ道dào：「大dà聖shèng，呼hū喚huàn小xiǎo神shén，有yǒu何hé使shǐ令lìng？」捻niǎn著zhe诀jué，念niàn一yì声shēng「唵ǎn蓝lán净jìng法fǎ界jiè」的de真zhēn言yán，拘jū得de那nà山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng施shī礼lǐ道dào：「大dà圣shèng，呼hū唤huàn小xiǎo神shén，有yǒu何hé使shǐ令lìng？」

Pinching a magic sign and reciting once the spell 'Oṃ, blue-pure dharma-realm,' he summoned the mountain gods and earth-spirits, who did obeisance in mid-air and said: 'Great Sage, you have called your little gods — what is your command?'

唵藍淨法界: a dhāraṇī opening (Oṃ …), one of Wukong's summoning spells. 捻著訣: pinching a hand-sign (著 = zhe). 拘得: summoned so that [they came] (得 = de, complement). 那 = nà; 半空中: 中 = zhōng.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孫sūn保bǎo護hù唐táng僧sēng到dào此cǐ，欲yù拿ná邪xié魔mó，奈nài何hé那nà太tài子zǐ打dǎ獵liè無wú物wù，不bù敢gǎn回huí朝cháo。行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孙sūn保bǎo护hù唐táng僧sēng到dào此cǐ，欲yù拿ná邪xié魔mó，奈nài何hé那nà太tài子zǐ打dǎ猎liè无wú物wù，不bù敢gǎn回huí朝cháo。

The Pilgrim said: 'Old Sun, escorting the Tang Monk, has come to this place meaning to seize a demon; but the trouble is that the prince here has hunted and taken nothing, and dares not return to court.'

邪魔: a demon, an evil sprite. 不敢回朝: dared not return to the court (朝 = cháo). 那 = nà; 太子: 子 = zǐ.

問wèn汝rǔ等děng討tǎo個gè人rén情qíng，快kuài將jiāng獐zhāng𤜱bā鹿lù兔tù、走zǒu獸shòu飛fēi禽qín，各gè尋xún些xiē來lái，打dǎ發fā他tā回huí去qù。」问wèn汝rǔ等děng讨tǎo个gè人rén情qíng，快kuài将jiāng獐zhāng𤜱bā鹿lù兔tù、走zǒu兽shòu飞fēi禽qín，各gè寻xún些xiē来lái，打dǎ发fā他tā回huí去qù。」

'I ask a favor of you all: quickly find some roe-deer and wild sows, deer and hares, walking beasts and flying fowl, a few of each, and send him off home with them.'

獐𤜱鹿兔: roe-deer, wild sow (𤜱, U+24731, = bā), deer, hare — a stock catalogue of game. 快將: quickly take/bring (將 = jiāng). 打發: to send off, dispatch.

山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì聞wén言yán，敢gǎn不bù承chéng命mìng，又yòu問wèn各gè要yào幾jǐ何hé。山shān神shén、土tǔ地dì闻wén言yán，敢gǎn不bù承chéng命mìng，又yòu问wèn各gè要yào几jǐ何hé。

The mountain gods and earth-spirits, hearing this, dared not but obey, and asked further how many of each were wanted.

敢不承命: 'dared not but accept the command' — the gods' formal compliance. 幾何: how much/how many.

大dà聖shèng道dào：「不bù拘jū多duō少shǎo，取qǔ些xiē來lái便biàn罷ba。」大dà圣shèng道dào：「不bù拘jū多duō少shǎo，取qǔ些xiē来lái便biàn罢ba。」

The Great Sage said: 'No matter how many — just bring some, and that will do.'

不拘多少: 'regardless of the number.' 便罷: 'and that will do' (罷 = ba, particle).

總評 Commentary

Having promised the prince a face-saving catch, Wukong makes good on it in the only way he knows — by conscripting the local pantheon. The scene is a small comic set-piece of celestial bureaucracy: the Great Sage leaps skyward, recites a spell, and the mountain gods and earth-spirits materialize to take his order like clerks awaiting instruction.

The exchange plays the machinery of the supernatural for humor. The gods' deferential 'dared not but obey' and their earnest question — how many of each? — meet Wukong's airy 'no matter, just bring some.' The Monkey King treats the requisition of wild game as a trivial errand, and the numinous is domesticated into the service of a courtier's alibi.

Beneath the comedy the passage advances the strategy: the prince's empty-handed hunt was the obstacle raised in the previous scene, and Wukong dissolves it with a snap of celestial fingers, clearing the way for the prince's return and the real business — the exposure of the demon — to proceed.