第三十八回 · 夜擾禪堂 A Night Disturbance in the Meditation Hall — Journey to the West

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夜擾禪堂 A Night Disturbance in the Meditation Hall

這zhè行xíng者zhě保bǎo護hù了le三sān藏zàng。那nà本běn寺sì中zhōng的de和hé尚shàng見jiàn他tā們men與yǔ太tài子zǐ這zhè樣yàng綢chóu繆móu，怎zěn不bù恭gōng敬jìng？卻què又yòu安ān排pái齋zhāi供gōng，管guǎn待dài了le唐táng僧sēng，依yī然rán還hái歇xiē在zài禪chán堂táng裡lǐ。將jiāng近jìn有yǒu一yì更gēng時shí分fēn，行xíng者zhě心xīn中zhōng有yǒu事shì，急jí睡shuì不bù著zháo。他tā一yì轂gū轆lù爬pá起qǐ來lái，到dào唐táng僧sēng床chuáng前qián，叫jiào：「師shī父fù。」此cǐ時shí長zhǎng老lǎo還hái未wèi睡shuì哩lī，他tā曉xiǎo得dé行xíng者zhě會huì失shī驚jīng打dǎ怪guài的de，推tuī睡shuì不bú應yìng。行xíng者zhě摸mō著zhe他tā的de光guāng頭tóu，亂luàn搖yáo道dào：「師shī父fù怎zěn睡shuì著zháo了le？」唐táng僧sēng怒nù道dào：「這zhè個gè頑wán皮pí，這zhè早zǎo晚wǎn還hái不bú睡shuì，吆yāo喝hē甚shén麼me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù，有yǒu一yì樁zhuāng事shì兒er，和hé你nǐ計jì較jiào計jì較jiào。」長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「甚shén麼me事shì？」这zhè行xíng者zhě保bǎo护hù了le三sān藏zàng。那nà本běn寺sì中zhōng的de和hé尚shàng见jiàn他tā们men与yǔ太tài子zǐ这zhè样yàng绸chóu缪móu，怎zěn不bù恭gōng敬jìng？却què又yòu安ān排pái斋zhāi供gōng，管guǎn待dài了le唐táng僧sēng，依yī然rán还hái歇xiē在zài禅chán堂táng里lǐ。将jiāng近jìn有yǒu一yì更gēng时shí分fēn，行xíng者zhě心xīn中zhōng有yǒu事shì，急jí睡shuì不bù著zháo。他tā一yì毂gū辘lù爬pá起qǐ来lái，到dào唐táng僧sēng床chuáng前qián，叫jiào：「师shī父fù。」此cǐ时shí长zhǎng老lǎo还hái未wèi睡shuì哩lī，他tā晓xiǎo得dé行xíng者zhě会huì失shī惊jīng打dǎ怪guài的de，推tuī睡shuì不bú应yìng。行xíng者zhě摸mō著zhe他tā的de光guāng头tóu，乱luàn摇yáo道dào：「师shī父fù怎zěn睡shuì著zháo了le？」唐táng僧sēng怒nù道dào：「这zhè个gè顽wán皮pí，这zhè早zǎo晚wǎn还hái不bú睡shuì，吆yāo喝hē甚shén么me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù，有yǒu一yì桩zhuāng事shì儿er，和hé你nǐ计jì较jiào计jì较jiào。」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「甚shén么me事shì？」

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這zhè行xíng者zhě保bǎo護hù了le三sān藏zàng。这zhè行xíng者zhě保bǎo护hù了le三sān藏zàng。

Now this Pilgrim was guarding Tripitaka.

三藏: Tripitaka (藏 = zàng, the name/'canon'). 行 = xíng; 了 = le.

那nà本běn寺sì中zhōng的de和hé尚shàng見jiàn他tā們men與yǔ太tài子zǐ這zhè樣yàng綢chóu繆móu，怎zěn不bù恭gōng敬jìng？那nà本běn寺sì中zhōng的de和hé尚shàng见jiàn他tā们men与yǔ太tài子zǐ这zhè样yàng绸chóu缪móu，怎zěn不bù恭gōng敬jìng？

The monks of that temple, seeing how closely the pilgrims were bound up with the prince, how could they not be respectful?

綢繆: closely entwined, on intimate terms. 那 = nà; 中 = zhōng (寺中); 太子: 子 = zǐ.

卻què又yòu安ān排pái齋zhāi供gōng，管guǎn待dài了le唐táng僧sēng，依yī然rán還hái歇xiē在zài禪chán堂táng裡lǐ。却què又yòu安ān排pái斋zhāi供gōng，管guǎn待dài了le唐táng僧sēng，依yī然rán还hái歇xiē在zài禅chán堂táng里lǐ。

So they laid on a vegetarian feast, saw to the Tang Monk's needs, and had him lodge as before in the meditation hall.

齋供: a vegetarian offering-meal. 禪堂: the meditation hall. 依然還 = 'as before, still' (還 = hái).

將jiāng近jìn有yǒu一yì更gēng時shí分fēn，行xíng者zhě心xīn中zhōng有yǒu事shì，急jí睡shuì不bù著zháo。将jiāng近jìn有yǒu一yì更gēng时shí分fēn，行xíng者zhě心xīn中zhōng有yǒu事shì，急jí睡shuì不bù著zháo。

As it drew near the first watch, the Pilgrim, with a matter on his mind, was too anxious to sleep.

一更時分: about the first night-watch (更 = gēng; 一 = yì before it). 心中有事: with something on his mind (中 = zhōng). 急睡不著: too anxious to fall asleep — 著 = zháo (resultative 睡著), so 不 = bù; 將 = jiāng ('drawing near').

他tā一yì轂gū轆lù爬pá起qǐ來lái，到dào唐táng僧sēng床chuáng前qián，叫jiào：「師shī父fù。」他tā一yì毂gū辘lù爬pá起qǐ来lái，到dào唐táng僧sēng床chuáng前qián，叫jiào：「师shī父fù。」

He rolled over, scrambled up, went to the Tang Monk's bedside, and called: 'Master.'

一轂轆: with a roll — 轂轆 read gū lù, a vernacular word for tumbling over (cf. modern 骨碌 gū lu), not the isolated hub/windlass readings. 爬起來: scrambled up.

此cǐ時shí長zhǎng老lǎo還hái未wèi睡shuì哩lī，他tā曉xiǎo得dé行xíng者zhě會huì失shī驚jīng打dǎ怪guài的de，推tuī睡shuì不bú應yìng。此cǐ时shí长zhǎng老lǎo还hái未wèi睡shuì哩lī，他tā晓xiǎo得dé行xíng者zhě会huì失shī惊jīng打dǎ怪guài的de，推tuī睡shuì不bú应yìng。

At this hour the elder was not yet asleep; knowing that the Pilgrim was given to alarms and demon-startling antics, he feigned sleep and did not answer.

失驚打怪: to raise alarms and make a fuss over demons — Tripitaka's wry read on Wukong's habits. 推睡不應: feigned sleep and did not respond — 應 = yìng ('respond'), so 不 = bú; 長老: 長 = zhǎng; 曉得: 得 = dé; 還 = hái.

行xíng者zhě摸mō著zhe他tā的de光guāng頭tóu，亂luàn搖yáo道dào：「師shī父fù怎zěn睡shuì著zháo了le？」行xíng者zhě摸mō著zhe他tā的de光guāng头tóu，乱luàn摇yáo道dào：「师shī父fù怎zěn睡shuì著zháo了le？」

The Pilgrim felt his bald pate, shook it about, and said: 'Master, how are you fast asleep?'

摸著…光頭: felt his bald head (著 = zhe, durative); 睡著了: fast asleep (著 = zháo, resultative) — the same graph, two readings in one line.

唐táng僧sēng怒nù道dào：「這zhè個gè頑wán皮pí，這zhè早zǎo晚wǎn還hái不bú睡shuì，吆yāo喝hē甚shén麼me？」唐táng僧sēng怒nù道dào：「这zhè个gè顽wán皮pí，这zhè早zǎo晚wǎn还hái不bú睡shuì，吆yāo喝hē甚shén么me？」

The Tang Monk said angrily: 'You mischief — at this hour of night, still not asleep, what are you bawling about?'

這早晚: 'at this hour of night' (a vernacular idiom). 還不睡: still not asleep (還 = hái). 甚麼 = shén me.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù，有yǒu一yì樁zhuāng事shì兒er，和hé你nǐ計jì較jiào計jì較jiào。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù，有yǒu一yì桩zhuāng事shì儿er，和hé你nǐ计jì较jiào计jì较jiào。」

The Pilgrim said: 'Master, there is a matter I would talk over with you.'

一樁事兒: a certain matter (兒 = er, suffix). 計較: to talk over, deliberate. 和你 = 'with you' (和 = hé).

長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「甚shén麼me事shì？」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「甚shén么me事shì？」

The elder said: 'What matter?'

長老: 長 = zhǎng. 甚麼 = shén me.

總評 Commentary

The chapter's third movement opens at the temple, where the tone turns domestic and then comic. The grateful monks feast the pilgrims, but Wukong cannot sleep for the matter weighing on him, and the scene that follows is one of the novel's fond running jokes: the Monkey King rousing his master in the dead of night, and the master pretending to be asleep to avoid him.

Tripitaka's feigned sleep is finely observed. He knows Wukong's temperament — 'given to alarms and demon-startling antics' — and his irritation ('what are you bawling about?') is the exasperation of any tired sleeper roused by an over-eager companion. The exchange humanizes the master-disciple bond, grounding the cosmic quest in the friction of shared quarters.

Formally, the passage is a hinge. The 'matter on his mind' Wukong is about to raise — the legal difficulty of convicting a demon who has ruled convincingly for three years — reframes the coming confrontation as a problem not of force but of proof, and sets up the argument, half doctrinal and half comic, that occupies the next passage.