第三十八回 · 夤夜賺豬 Rousing the Pig by Night — Journey to the West

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夤夜賺豬 Rousing the Pig by Night

行xíng者zhě離lí了le師shī父fù，徑jìng到dào八bā戒jiè床chuáng邊biān，叫jiào：「八bā戒jiè，八bā戒jiè。」那nà獃dāi子zi是shì走zǒu路lù辛xīn苦kǔ的de人rén，丟diū倒dǎo頭tóu，只zhǐ情qíng打dǎ呼hū，那nǎ裡lǐ叫jiào得de醒xǐng。行xíng者zhě揪jiū著zhe耳ěr朵duǒ，抓zhuā著zhe鬃zōng，把bǎ他tā一yì拉lā，拉lā起qǐ來lái，叫jiào聲shēng：「八bā戒jiè。」那nà獃dāi子zi還hái打dǎ棱léng掙zhēng。行xíng者zhě又yòu叫jiào一yì聲shēng，獃dāi子zi道dào：「睡shuì了le罷ba，莫mò頑wán，明míng日rì要yào走zǒu路lù哩li。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bú是shì頑wán，有yǒu一yì樁zhuāng買mǎi賣mài，我wǒ和hé你nǐ做zuò去qù。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「甚shén麼me買mǎi賣mài？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ可kě曾zēng聽tīng得de那nà太tài子zǐ說shuō麼me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ不bù曾céng見jiàn面miàn，不bù曾céng聽tīng見jiàn說shuō甚shén麼me。」行xíng者zhě說shuō：「那nà太tài子zǐ告gào訴sù我wǒ說shuō，那nà妖yāo精jīng有yǒu件jiàn寶bǎo貝bèi，萬wàn夫fū不bù當dāng之zhī勇yǒng。我wǒ們men明míng日rì進jìn城chéng，不bù免miǎn與yǔ他tā爭zhēng敵dí，倘tǎng那nà怪guài執zhí了le寶bǎo貝bèi，降xiáng倒dǎo我wǒ們men，卻què不bù反fǎn成chéng不bù美měi？我wǒ想xiǎng著zhe打dǎ人rén不bú過guò，不bù如rú先xiān下xià手shǒu。我wǒ和hé你nǐ去qù偷tōu他tā的de來lái，卻què不bú是shì好hǎo？」行xíng者zhě离lí了le师shī父fù，径jìng到dào八bā戒jiè床chuáng边biān，叫jiào：「八bā戒jiè，八bā戒jiè。」那nà呆dāi子zi是shì走zǒu路lù辛xīn苦kǔ的de人rén，丢diū倒dǎo头tóu，只zhǐ情qíng打dǎ呼hū，那nǎ里lǐ叫jiào得de醒xǐng。行xíng者zhě揪jiū着zhe耳ěr朵duǒ，抓zhuā着zhe鬃zōng，把bǎ他tā一yì拉lā，拉lā起qǐ来lái，叫jiào声shēng：「八bā戒jiè。」那nà呆dāi子zi还hái打dǎ棱léng挣zhēng。行xíng者zhě又yòu叫jiào一yì声shēng，呆dāi子zi道dào：「睡shuì了le罢ba，莫mò顽wán，明míng日rì要yào走zǒu路lù哩li。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bú是shì顽wán，有yǒu一yì桩zhuāng买mǎi卖mài，我wǒ和hé你nǐ做zuò去qù。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「甚shén么me买mǎi卖mài？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ可kě曾zēng听tīng得de那nà太tài子zǐ说shuō么me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ不bù曾céng见jiàn面miàn，不bù曾céng听tīng见jiàn说shuō甚shén么me。」行xíng者zhě说shuō：「那nà太tài子zǐ告gào诉sù我wǒ说shuō，那nà妖yāo精jīng有yǒu件jiàn宝bǎo贝bèi，万wàn夫fū不bù当dāng之zhī勇yǒng。我wǒ们men明míng日rì进jìn城chéng，不bù免miǎn与yǔ他tā争zhēng敌dí，倘tǎng那nà怪guài执zhí了le宝bǎo贝bèi，降xiáng倒dǎo我wǒ们men，却què不bù反fǎn成chéng不bù美měi？我wǒ想xiǎng着zhe打dǎ人rén不bú过guò，不bù如rú先xiān下xià手shǒu。我wǒ和hé你nǐ去qù偷tōu他tā的de来lái，却què不bú是shì好hǎo？」

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě離lí了le師shī父fù，徑jìng到dào八bā戒jiè床chuáng邊biān，叫jiào：「八bā戒jiè，八bā戒jiè。」行xíng者zhě离lí了le师shī父fù，径jìng到dào八bā戒jiè床chuáng边biān，叫jiào：「八bā戒jiè，八bā戒jiè。」

The Pilgrim left his master, went straight to Bajie's bedside, and called: 'Bajie! Bajie!'

He leaves his master and goes straight to the next mark. 行 = xíng; 了 = le.

那nà獃dāi子zi是shì走zǒu路lù辛xīn苦kǔ的de人rén，丟diū倒dǎo頭tóu，只zhǐ情qíng打dǎ呼hū，那nǎ裡lǐ叫jiào得de醒xǐng。那nà呆dāi子zi是shì走zǒu路lù辛xīn苦kǔ的de人rén，丢diū倒dǎo头tóu，只zhǐ情qíng打dǎ呼hū，那nǎ里lǐ叫jiào得de醒xǐng。

That blockhead, being a fellow worn out from the road, had flung himself down headlong and was snoring away with a will — how could he be roused by calling?

丟倒頭: flung himself down head-first (倒 = dǎo, to topple). 只情打呼: snoring away with a will. 那裡叫得醒 — 'however could he be called awake?' — uses the questioning nǎ, while the 那 of 那獃子 at the head of the line is the pointing nà: two readings of the character in a single sentence. 得 = de.

行xíng者zhě揪jiū著zhe耳ěr朵duǒ，抓zhuā著zhe鬃zōng，把bǎ他tā一yì拉lā，拉lā起qǐ來lái，叫jiào聲shēng：「八bā戒jiè。」行xíng者zhě揪jiū着zhe耳ěr朵duǒ，抓zhuā着zhe鬃zōng，把bǎ他tā一yì拉lā，拉lā起qǐ来lái，叫jiào声shēng：「八bā戒jiè。」

The Pilgrim grabbed him by the ear, seized him by the bristles, gave him a heave, hauled him upright, and called: 'Bajie!'

揪著耳朵，抓著鬃: by the ear and by the mane-bristles (著 twice = zhe). The novel never lets you forget that Bajie is a pig, and it reaches for his ears and bristles whenever a scene needs livening up.

那nà獃dāi子zi還hái打dǎ棱léng掙zhēng。那nà呆dāi子zi还hái打dǎ棱léng挣zhēng。

The blockhead was still groggily struggling.

打棱掙: thrashing about half-awake, the way anyone does when hauled upright out of deep sleep. 那 = nà; 還 = hái.

行xíng者zhě又yòu叫jiào一yì聲shēng，獃dāi子zi道dào：「睡shuì了le罷ba，莫mò頑wán，明míng日rì要yào走zǒu路lù哩li。」行xíng者zhě又yòu叫jiào一yì声shēng，呆dāi子zi道dào：「睡shuì了le罢ba，莫mò顽wán，明míng日rì要yào走zǒu路lù哩li。」

The Pilgrim called once more, and the blockhead said: 'Let's sleep — no fooling; tomorrow we've the road to walk.'

睡了罷: 'let's just sleep' (罷 = ba). 莫頑: stop messing about (頑 = wán). Tomorrow, he points out reasonably, there is walking to do.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bú是shì頑wán，有yǒu一yì樁zhuāng買mǎi賣mài，我wǒ和hé你nǐ做zuò去qù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bú是shì顽wán，有yǒu一yì桩zhuāng买mǎi卖mài，我wǒ和hé你nǐ做zuò去qù。」

The Pilgrim said: 'It's no fooling — there's a piece of business you and I are going to do.'

一樁買賣 — a piece of business, a deal. Calling it a 'venture' rather than an errand is the first move of the con, and it is aimed precisely where Bajie lives. 和 = hé.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「甚shén麼me買mǎi賣mài？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「甚shén么me买mǎi卖mài？」

Bajie said: 'What business?'

One word, and he is awake. 甚麼 = shén me.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ可kě曾zēng聽tīng得de那nà太tài子zǐ說shuō麼me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ可kě曾zēng听tīng得de那nà太tài子zǐ说shuō么me？」

The Pilgrim said: 'Did you happen to hear what that prince said?'

The question is bait, since Wukong knows perfectly well he was asleep for all of it. 聽得: to have heard (得 = de). 那 = nà; 太子: 子 = zǐ.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ不bù曾céng見jiàn面miàn，不bù曾céng聽tīng見jiàn說shuō甚shén麼me。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ不bù曾céng见jiàn面miàn，不bù曾céng听tīng见jiàn说shuō甚shén么me。」

Bajie said: 'I never saw his face, and never heard him say anything.'

He never met the prince, which is exactly why the story about to be told him cannot be checked. 甚麼 = shén me.

行xíng者zhě說shuō：「那nà太tài子zǐ告gào訴sù我wǒ說shuō，那nà妖yāo精jīng有yǒu件jiàn寶bǎo貝bèi，萬wàn夫fū不bù當dāng之zhī勇yǒng。行xíng者zhě说shuō：「那nà太tài子zǐ告gào诉sù我wǒ说shuō，那nà妖yāo精jīng有yǒu件jiàn宝bǎo贝bèi，万wàn夫fū不bù当dāng之zhī勇yǒng。

The Pilgrim said: 'That prince told me the fiend has a treasure whose might ten thousand men could not withstand.'

萬夫不當之勇: a might that ten thousand men could not stand against (當 = dāng, 'to withstand'). It is a standard heroic formula, deployed here for a treasure that does not exist. 那, twice, = nà; 太子: 子 = zǐ.

我wǒ們men明míng日rì進jìn城chéng，不bù免miǎn與yǔ他tā爭zhēng敵dí，倘tǎng那nà怪guài執zhí了le寶bǎo貝bèi，降xiáng倒dǎo我wǒ們men，卻què不bù反fǎn成chéng不bù美měi？我wǒ们men明míng日rì进jìn城chéng，不bù免miǎn与yǔ他tā争zhēng敌dí，倘tǎng那nà怪guài执zhí了le宝bǎo贝bèi，降xiáng倒dǎo我wǒ们men，却què不bù反fǎn成chéng不bù美měi？

'Tomorrow when we enter the city we can hardly avoid a fight with him; and should that fiend wield the treasure and beat us down, would that not turn out badly indeed?'

不免: we can hardly avoid it. 降倒我們: subdue us and knock us flat (降 = xiáng, to subdue; 倒 = dǎo). 那 = nà. Fear is the second hook, and it goes in after greed.

我wǒ想xiǎng著zhe打dǎ人rén不bú過guò，不bù如rú先xiān下xià手shǒu。我wǒ想xiǎng着zhe打dǎ人rén不bú过guò，不bù如rú先xiān下xià手shǒu。

'I've been thinking: if we can't out-fight a man, better to strike first.'

打人不過: can't out-fight him (不過 = bú). 先下手, strike first — the front half of the proverb 先下手為強, which everyone hearing it would finish silently. 著 = zhe.

我wǒ和hé你nǐ去qù偷tōu他tā的de來lái，卻què不bú是shì好hǎo？」我wǒ和hé你nǐ去qù偷tōu他tā的de来lái，却què不bú是shì好hǎo？」

'You and I will go and steal it away from him — wouldn't that be the thing?'

偷他的來: steal it off him. 卻不是好: wouldn't that be the thing? (不 = bú). 和 = hé. The pitch is complete, and every word of it is false except the danger.

總評 Commentary

The recruitment of Bajie is one of the chapter's comic centerpieces, and it opens with pure slapstick. The exhausted pig snores with a will, impervious to shouting, and has to be hauled upright by the ear and the bristles. The physical comedy establishes the pair's dynamic — the tireless schemer and the immovable sleeper — before a word of the con is spoken.

Wukong's manipulation is a small masterclass. He frames the grave-robbing not as unpleasant duty but as a piece of business, then baits the hook with treasure: the demon has an invincible weapon, and they had better steal it before it is used on them. Every step is calibrated to Bajie's two great motives, greed and self-preservation, and taken in that order.

The lie works because it is half true. There really is danger in facing the demon, and there really is a treasure of a sort — but the errand Wukong is recruiting for is the recovery of a corpse, not the theft of a weapon. That gap between the venture as pitched and the venture as it will actually unfold is the engine of everything comic still to come.