第三十八回 · 破門入園 Breaking the Gate, Entering the Garden — Journey to the West

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破門入園 Breaking the Gate, Entering the Garden

正zhèng行xíng時shí，只zhǐ見jiàn有yǒu一yí座zuò三sān簷yán白bái簇cù的de門mén樓lóu，上shàng有yǒu三sān個gè亮liàng灼zhuó灼zhuó的de大dà字zì，映yìng著zhe那nà星xīng月yuè光guāng輝huī，乃nǎi是shì「御yù花huā園yuán」。行xíng者zhě近jìn前qián看kàn了le，有yǒu幾jǐ重chóng封fēng皮pí，公gōng然rán將jiāng鎖suǒ門mén鏽xiù住zhù了le，即jí命mìng八bā戒jiè動dòng手shǒu。那nà獃dāi子zi掣chè鐵tiě鈀pá，盡jìn力lì一yí築zhù，把bǎ門mén築zhù得de粉fěn碎suì。行xíng者zhě先xiān舉jǔ步bù䟕chà入rù，忍rěn不bú住zhù跳tiào將jiāng起qǐ來lái，大dà呼hū小xiǎo叫jiào。諕xià得de八bā戒jiè上shàng前qián扯chě住zhù道dào：「哥gē呀ya，害hài殺shā我wǒ也yě。那nǎ見jiàn做zuò賊zéi的de這zhè般bān吆yāo喝hē？驚jīng醒xǐng了le人rén，把bǎ我wǒ們men拿ná住zhù，發fā到dào官guān司sī，就jiù不bù該gāi死sǐ罪zuì，也yě要yào解jiè回huí原yuán籍jí充chōng軍jūn。」正zhèng行xíng时shí，只zhǐ见jiàn有yǒu一yí座zuò三sān簷yán白bái簇cù的de门mén楼lóu，上shàng有yǒu三sān个gè亮liàng灼zhuó灼zhuó的de大dà字zì，映yìng著zhe那nà星xīng月yuè光guāng辉huī，乃nǎi是shì「御yù花huā园yuán」。行xíng者zhě近jìn前qián看kàn了le，有yǒu几jǐ重chóng封fēng皮pí，公gōng然rán将jiāng锁suǒ门mén锈xiù住zhù了le，即jí命mìng八bā戒jiè动dòng手shǒu。那nà呆dāi子zi掣chè铁tiě钯pá，尽jìn力lì一yí筑zhù，把bǎ门mén筑zhù得de粉fěn碎suì。行xíng者zhě先xiān举jǔ步bù䟕chà入rù，忍rěn不bú住zhù跳tiào将jiāng起qǐ来lái，大dà呼hū小xiǎo叫jiào。諕xià得de八bā戒jiè上shàng前qián扯chě住zhù道dào：「哥gē呀ya，害hài杀shā我wǒ也yě。那nǎ见jiàn做zuò贼zéi的de这zhè般bān吆yāo喝hē？惊jīng醒xǐng了le人rén，把bǎ我wǒ们men拿ná住zhù，发fā到dào官guān司sī，就jiù不bù该gāi死sǐ罪zuì，也yě要yào解jiè回huí原yuán籍jí充chōng军jūn。」

逐句解 Line by line

正zhèng行xíng時shí，只zhǐ見jiàn有yǒu一yí座zuò三sān簷yán白bái簇cù的de門mén樓lóu，上shàng有yǒu三sān個gè亮liàng灼zhuó灼zhuó的de大dà字zì，映yìng著zhe那nà星xīng月yuè光guāng輝huī，乃nǎi是shì「御yù花huā園yuán」。正zhèng行xíng时shí，只zhǐ见jiàn有yǒu一yí座zuò三sān簷yán白bái簇cù的de门mén楼lóu，上shàng有yǒu三sān个gè亮liàng灼zhuó灼zhuó的de大dà字zì，映yìng著zhe那nà星xīng月yuè光guāng辉huī，乃nǎi是shì「御yù花huā园yuán」。

As they went along, they saw a three-eaved gate-tower, clean-white and bright, bearing three great gleaming characters lit by the light of the stars and moon — it read 'Imperial Garden.'

三簷白簇: a three-eaved [tower], white and clean-clustered. 御花園: 'Imperial Garden.' 映著 = zhe (lit by); 那 = nà; 行 = xíng.

行xíng者zhě近jìn前qián看kàn了le，有yǒu幾jǐ重chóng封fēng皮pí，公gōng然rán將jiāng鎖suǒ門mén鏽xiù住zhù了le，即jí命mìng八bā戒jiè動dòng手shǒu。行xíng者zhě近jìn前qián看kàn了le，有yǒu几jǐ重chóng封fēng皮pí，公gōng然rán将jiāng锁suǒ门mén锈xiù住zhù了le，即jí命mìng八bā戒jiè动dòng手shǒu。

The Pilgrim went up to look: there were several layers of sealing-paper, and the lock had plainly rusted the door fast; so he bade Bajie set to.

幾重封皮: several layers of sealing-paper (重 = chóng, 'layers'). 將鎖門鏽住: the lock had rusted the door shut (將 = jiāng). 了 = le.

那nà獃dāi子zi掣chè鐵tiě鈀pá，盡jìn力lì一yí築zhù，把bǎ門mén築zhù得de粉fěn碎suì。那nà呆dāi子zi掣chè铁tiě钯pá，尽jìn力lì一yí筑zhù，把bǎ门mén筑zhù得de粉fěn碎suì。

The blockhead drew out his iron rake and, with all his strength, struck once and smashed the door to powder.

鐵鈀: the iron rake, Bajie's weapon (鈀 = pá). 盡力一築: struck once with all his force (盡 = jìn). 築得粉碎: smashed to powder (得 = de). 那 = nà.

行xíng者zhě先xiān舉jǔ步bù䟕chà入rù，忍rěn不bú住zhù跳tiào將jiāng起qǐ來lái，大dà呼hū小xiǎo叫jiào。行xíng者zhě先xiān举jǔ步bù䟕chà入rù，忍rěn不bú住zhù跳tiào将jiāng起qǐ来lái，大dà呼hū小xiǎo叫jiào。

The Pilgrim, stepping in first, could not hold back but leapt up with a great shout and cry.

舉步䟕入: raised his foot and strode in — 䟕 (U+47D5, an Ext-A graph in this edition) read provisionally chà, a stepping/entering verb (reading not yet confirmed). 跳將起來: leapt up (將 = jiāng, directional). 忍不住: could not restrain himself (不 = bú).

諕xià得de八bā戒jiè上shàng前qián扯chě住zhù道dào：「哥gē呀ya，害hài殺shā我wǒ也yě。諕xià得de八bā戒jiè上shàng前qián扯chě住zhù道dào：「哥gē呀ya，害hài杀shā我wǒ也yě。

Startled, Bajie came forward, clutched him, and said: 'Brother! You'll be the death of me.'

諕得: startled, frightened (諕 = xià, = 嚇; 得 = de). 害殺我也: 'you'll be the death of me' — Bajie's alarm.

那nǎ見jiàn做zuò賊zéi的de這zhè般bān吆yāo喝hē？那nǎ见jiàn做zuò贼zéi的de这zhè般bān吆yāo喝hē？

'Whoever saw a thief bawl like this?'

那見做賊的這般吆喝: 'whoever saw a thief shout like this?' — 那 = nǎ (rhetorical); Bajie scolds Wukong for the racket.

驚jīng醒xǐng了le人rén，把bǎ我wǒ們men拿ná住zhù，發fā到dào官guān司sī，就jiù不bù該gāi死sǐ罪zuì，也yě要yào解jiè回huí原yuán籍jí充chōng軍jūn。」惊jīng醒xǐng了le人rén，把bǎ我wǒ们men拿ná住zhù，发fā到dào官guān司sī，就jiù不bù该gāi死sǐ罪zuì，也yě要yào解jiè回huí原yuán籍jí充chōng军jūn。」

'Wake people up, and we'll be seized and haled before the magistrate; even if it's no capital crime, we'll still be sent back to our native place for military service.'

發到官司: haled before the authorities. 解回原籍充軍: escorted back to one's native district for penal military service (解 = jiè, 'to escort under guard'). 了 = le; 不該 = bù.

總評 Commentary

The pair reach the imperial garden, and the caper's momentum carries into a burst of physical comedy: Bajie shatters the sealed and rusted gate at a single blow, and Wukong — first through the breach — cannot help crying out at the sight within. The gate-tower's bright characters, lit by starlight, set the scene with a novelist's eye before the ruin behind them is revealed.

Bajie's panic reverses the pair's usual roles for comic effect: it is the timid pig, not the reckless monkey, who counsels stealth, scolding Wukong for bawling like no proper thief and spelling out the legal consequences — arrest, the magistrate, penal exile. The would-be grave-robber frets over the statutes even here.

The passage also carries the chapter's one textual crux: the rare graph 䟕 (U+47D5) in 舉步䟕入. Encoded exactly as it stands in the 世德堂本, its reading is given provisionally as chà (a stepping verb) pending confirmation; the sense — 'strode in' — is secure from context even where the precise pronunciation is not.