第三十八回 · 黃金動心 Yellow Gold Stirs the Heart — Journey to the West

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黃金動心 Yellow Gold Stirs the Heart

八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥ge，你nǐ哄hǒng我wǒ去qù做zuò賊zéi哩li。這zhè個gè買mǎi賣mài，我wǒ也yě去qù得de。果guǒ是shì曉xiǎo得dé實shí實shí的de幫bāng寸cùn，我wǒ也yě與yǔ你nǐ講jiǎng個gè明míng白bái：偷tōu了le寶bǎo貝bèi，降xiáng了le妖yāo精jīng，我wǒ卻què不bú奈nài煩fán甚shén麼me小xiǎo家jiā罕hǎn氣qì的de分fēn寶bǎo貝bèi，我wǒ就jiù要yào了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ要yào作zuò甚shén？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ不bù如rú你nǐ們men乖guāi巧qiǎo能néng言yán，人rén面miàn前qián化huà得de出chū齋zhāi來lái。老lǎo豬zhū身shēn子zi又yòu夯hāng，言yán語yǔ又yòu粗cū，不bù能néng念niàn經jīng，若ruò到dào那nà無wú濟jì無wú生shēng處chù，可kě好hǎo換huàn齋zhāi吃chī麼me。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孫sūn只zhǐ要yào圖tú名míng，那nǎ裡lǐ圖tú甚shén寶bǎo貝bèi？就jiù與yǔ你nǐ便biàn了le。」那nà獃dāi子zi聽tīng見jiàn說shuō都dōu與yǔ他tā，他tā就jiù滿mǎn心xīn歡huān喜xǐ，一yì轂gū轆lu爬pá將jiāng起qǐ來lái，套tào上shàng衣yī服fú，就jiù和hé行xíng者zhě走zǒu路lù。這zhè是shì清qīng酒jiǔ紅hóng人rén面miàn，黃huáng金jīn動dòng道dào心xīn。八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥ge，你nǐ哄hǒng我wǒ去qù做zuò贼zéi哩li。这zhè个gè买mǎi卖mài，我wǒ也yě去qù得de。果guǒ是shì晓xiǎo得dé实shí实shí的de帮bāng寸cùn，我wǒ也yě与yǔ你nǐ讲jiǎng个gè明míng白bái：偷tōu了le宝bǎo贝bèi，降xiáng了le妖yāo精jīng，我wǒ却què不bú奈nài烦fán甚shén么me小xiǎo家jiā罕hǎn气qì的de分fēn宝bǎo贝bèi，我wǒ就jiù要yào了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ要yào作zuò甚shén？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ不bù如rú你nǐ们men乖guāi巧qiǎo能néng言yán，人rén面miàn前qián化huà得de出chū斋zhāi来lái。老lǎo猪zhū身shēn子zi又yòu夯hāng，言yán语yǔ又yòu粗cū，不bù能néng念niàn经jīng，若ruò到dào那nà无wú济jì无wú生shēng处chù，可kě好hǎo换huàn斋zhāi吃chī么me。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孙sūn只zhǐ要yào图tú名míng，那nǎ里lǐ图tú甚shén宝bǎo贝bèi？就jiù与yǔ你nǐ便biàn了le。」那nà呆dāi子zi听tīng见jiàn说shuō都dōu与yǔ他tā，他tā就jiù满mǎn心xīn欢huān喜xǐ，一yì毂gū辘lu爬pá将jiāng起qǐ来lái，套tào上shàng衣yī服fú，就jiù和hé行xíng者zhě走zǒu路lù。这zhè是shì清qīng酒jiǔ红hóng人rén面miàn，黄huáng金jīn动dòng道dào心xīn。

逐句解 Line by line

八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥ge，你nǐ哄hǒng我wǒ去qù做zuò賊zéi哩li。八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē哥ge，你nǐ哄hǒng我wǒ去qù做zuò贼zéi哩li。

Bajie said: 'Brother, you're coaxing me into playing the thief.'

He is not fooled for a second — 哄我去做賊, 'you're coaxing me into thieving' — and he is going anyway. That combination is the whole of Bajie's character in one line.

這zhè個gè買mǎi賣mài，我wǒ也yě去qù得de。这zhè个gè买mǎi卖mài，我wǒ也yě去qù得de。

'This piece of business — I'll go along with it too.'

去得: I can go, I'm willing (得 = de). And then the terms.

果guǒ是shì曉xiǎo得dé實shí實shí的de幫bāng寸cùn，我wǒ也yě與yǔ你nǐ講jiǎng個gè明míng白bái：偷tōu了le寶bǎo貝bèi，降xiáng了le妖yāo精jīng，我wǒ卻què不bú奈nài煩fán甚shén麼me小xiǎo家jiā罕hǎn氣qì的de分fēn寶bǎo貝bèi，我wǒ就jiù要yào了le。」果guǒ是shì晓xiǎo得dé实shí实shí的de帮bāng寸cùn，我wǒ也yě与yǔ你nǐ讲jiǎng个gè明míng白bái：偷tōu了le宝bǎo贝bèi，降xiáng了le妖yāo精jīng，我wǒ却què不bú奈nài烦fán甚shén么me小xiǎo家jiā罕hǎn气qì的de分fēn宝bǎo贝bèi，我wǒ就jiù要yào了le。」

'But if it's a real, solid job of teamwork, let me have it plain with you: once we've stolen the treasure and subdued the demon, I've no patience for any petty, stingy dividing up of the spoils — I'll just take it.'

實實的幫寸: a genuine, solid piece of teamwork. 降了妖精: once the demon is subdued (降 = xiáng). 小家罕氣 is 'small-household stinginess,' the pettiness of people who count the spoons; 不奈煩, he cannot be bothered with it (不 = bú). 曉得: 得 = dé; 甚麼 = shén me. No dividing up, he says: I take the lot.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ要yào作zuò甚shén？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ要yào作zuò甚shén？」

The Pilgrim said: 'And what would you want it for?'

Wukong, amused, asks what a monk would even do with it. 甚 in 作甚 is shén, 'for what.'

八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ不bù如rú你nǐ們men乖guāi巧qiǎo能néng言yán，人rén面miàn前qián化huà得de出chū齋zhāi來lái。八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ不bù如rú你nǐ们men乖guāi巧qiǎo能néng言yán，人rén面miàn前qián化huà得de出chū斋zhāi来lái。

Bajie said: 'I'm not clever and glib like you others, able to beg alms to people's faces.'

乖巧能言: quick-witted and good with words. 化得出齋來: able to beg a meal successfully off strangers (得 = de). The self-deprecation is real and it is also a bid.

老lǎo豬zhū身shēn子zi又yòu夯hāng，言yán語yǔ又yòu粗cū，不bù能néng念niàn經jīng，若ruò到dào那nà無wú濟jì無wú生shēng處chù，可kě好hǎo換huàn齋zhāi吃chī麼me。」老lǎo猪zhū身shēn子zi又yòu夯hāng，言yán语yǔ又yòu粗cū，不bù能néng念niàn经jīng，若ruò到dào那nà无wú济jì无wú生shēng处chù，可kě好hǎo换huàn斋zhāi吃chī么me。」

'Old Pig is thick of body and coarse of speech, and can't chant the scriptures; so if we come to some place of no help and no living, it would be handy to trade the thing for a meal.'

身子又夯: thick and clumsy of build (身子 takes 子 as the light ending zi; 夯 = hāng). 無濟無生處 is a place with no relief and no living to be had (處 = chù, 'place'). 那 = nà. He wants the treasure as a meal fund, which is both mercenary and rather touching.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孫sūn只zhǐ要yào圖tú名míng，那nǎ裡lǐ圖tú甚shén寶bǎo貝bèi？行xíng者zhě道dào：「老lǎo孙sūn只zhǐ要yào图tú名míng，那nǎ里lǐ图tú甚shén宝bǎo贝bèi？

The Pilgrim said: 'Old Sun is only after renown — what would I want with any treasure?'

圖名: to be after a reputation. 那裡圖甚寶貝: 'what would I want with treasure?' — the questioning nǎ again, and 甚 = shén. It is true, and it costs him nothing to say.

就jiù與yǔ你nǐ便biàn了le。」就jiù与yǔ你nǐ便biàn了le。」

'It's yours, and there's an end of it.'

就與你便了: 'yours, and there's an end of it' (了 = le). The most generous gift in the book, since there is nothing to give.

那nà獃dāi子zi聽tīng見jiàn說shuō都dōu與yǔ他tā，他tā就jiù滿mǎn心xīn歡huān喜xǐ，一yì轂gū轆lu爬pá將jiāng起qǐ來lái，套tào上shàng衣yī服fú，就jiù和hé行xíng者zhě走zǒu路lù。那nà呆dāi子zi听tīng见jiàn说shuō都dōu与yǔ他tā，他tā就jiù满mǎn心xīn欢huān喜xǐ，一yì毂gū辘lu爬pá将jiāng起qǐ来lái，套tào上shàng衣yī服fú，就jiù和hé行xíng者zhě走zǒu路lù。

When the blockhead heard that it would all be his, his heart was filled with delight; he rolled over and scrambled up, pulled on his clothes, and set off along with the Pilgrim.

都與他: all of it his. 一轂轆爬將起來: rolls over and scrambles up (轂 = gū; 將 = jiāng) — the same rolling word used of Wukong getting out of bed a few scenes ago, now applied to a pig who could not be woken by shouting and is dressed in a second at the word 'gold.' 那 = nà; 都 = dōu; 和 = hé; 行 = xíng.

這zhè是shì清qīng酒jiǔ紅hóng人rén面miàn，黃huáng金jīn動dòng道dào心xīn。这zhè是shì清qīng酒jiǔ红hóng人rén面miàn，黄huáng金jīn动dòng道dào心xīn。

This is a case of: clear wine reddens a man's face; yellow gold stirs even the Daoist heart.

清酒紅人面，黃金動道心 — 'clear wine reddens a man's face; yellow gold stirs the Daoist heart.' A proverbial pair, quoted here as prose and aimed squarely at the pig who just leapt out of bed. 道心 is the mind of someone on the Way, which is precisely the thing that is supposed to be beyond stirring.

總評 Commentary

Bajie's negotiation completes the con, and he negotiates with his eyes open. He sees straight through the 'business' — you're coaxing me into thieving — and signs on anyway, on one condition: he keeps the treasure. His justification is pure Bajie. Unlike his glib companions he cannot talk a meal out of strangers, so he needs the loot as insurance against hungry days. Self-interest, frankly avowed, is his abiding note.

Wukong closes the deal with a truth that costs him nothing: he is after reputation, not spoils, so Bajie may have the treasure and welcome. The exchange sets the two disciples neatly against each other — one indifferent to reward, the other governed entirely by his appetites — and the promise of gold turns the immovable sleeper into an eager accomplice, up and dressed in a single line.

The scene closes on a proverbial couplet that supplies the moral in miniature: as wine flushes the face, so gold moves even a would-be adept's heart. It gently satirizes the pig's cupidity while sealing the partnership, and the two of them set off — toward the well, and the grim, funny labor waiting at the bottom of it.