第三十八回 · 負屍出水 Surfacing With the Corpse — Journey to the West

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負屍出水 Surfacing With the Corpse

八bā戒jiè急jí回huí頭tóu看kàn，不bú見jiàn水shuǐ晶jīng宮gōng門mén，一yì把bǎ摸mō著zháo那nà皇huáng帝dì的de屍shī首shǒu，慌huāng得de他tā腳jiǎo軟ruǎn筋jīn麻má，攛cuān出chū水shuǐ面miàn，扳bān著zhe井jǐng牆qiáng，叫jiào道dào：「師shī兄xiōng，伸shēn下xià棒bàng來lái救jiù我wǒ一yí救jiù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「可kě有yǒu寶bǎo貝bèi麼me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「那nǎ裡lǐ有yǒu，只zhǐ是shì水shuǐ底dǐ下xià有yǒu一yí個gè井jǐng龍lóng王wáng，教jiào我wǒ馱tuó死sǐ人rén，我wǒ不bù曾céng馱tuó，他tā就jiù把bǎ我wǒ送sòng出chū門mén來lái，就jiù不bú見jiàn那nà水shuǐ晶jīng宮gōng了le，只zhǐ摸mō著zháo那nà個gè屍shī首shǒu。諕xià得de我wǒ手shǒu軟ruǎn筋jīn麻má，掙zhēng搓cuō不bú動dòng了le。哥gē呀ya，好hǎo歹dǎi救jiù我wǒ救jiù兒er。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「那nà個gè就jiù是shì寶bǎo貝bèi，如rú何hé不bù馱tuó上shàng來lái？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「知zhī他tā死sǐ了le多duō少shǎo時shí了le，我wǒ馱tuó他tā怎zěn的de？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ不bù馱tuó，我wǒ回huí去qù耶yé。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ回huí那nǎ裡lǐ去qù？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ回huí寺sì中zhōng，同tóng師shī父fù睡shuì覺jiào去qù。」八bā戒jiè急jí回huí头tóu看kàn，不bú见jiàn水shuǐ晶jīng宫gōng门mén，一yì把bǎ摸mō著zháo那nà皇huáng帝dì的de尸shī首shǒu，慌huāng得de他tā脚jiǎo软ruǎn筋jīn麻má，撺cuān出chū水shuǐ面miàn，扳bān著zhe井jǐng墙qiáng，叫jiào道dào：「师shī兄xiōng，伸shēn下xià棒bàng来lái救jiù我wǒ一yí救jiù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「可kě有yǒu宝bǎo贝bèi么me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「那nǎ里lǐ有yǒu，只zhǐ是shì水shuǐ底dǐ下xià有yǒu一yí个gè井jǐng龙lóng王wáng，教jiào我wǒ驮tuó死sǐ人rén，我wǒ不bù曾céng驮tuó，他tā就jiù把bǎ我wǒ送sòng出chū门mén来lái，就jiù不bú见jiàn那nà水shuǐ晶jīng宫gōng了le，只zhǐ摸mō著zháo那nà个gè尸shī首shǒu。諕xià得de我wǒ手shǒu软ruǎn筋jīn麻má，挣zhēng搓cuō不bú动dòng了le。哥gē呀ya，好hǎo歹dǎi救jiù我wǒ救jiù儿er。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「那nà个gè就jiù是shì宝bǎo贝bèi，如rú何hé不bù驮tuó上shàng来lái？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「知zhī他tā死sǐ了le多duō少shǎo时shí了le，我wǒ驮tuó他tā怎zěn的de？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ不bù驮tuó，我wǒ回huí去qù耶yé。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ回huí那nǎ里lǐ去qù？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ回huí寺sì中zhōng，同tóng师shī父fù睡shuì觉jiào去qù。」

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八bā戒jiè急jí回huí頭tóu看kàn，不bú見jiàn水shuǐ晶jīng宮gōng門mén，一yì把bǎ摸mō著zháo那nà皇huáng帝dì的de屍shī首shǒu，慌huāng得de他tā腳jiǎo軟ruǎn筋jīn麻má，攛cuān出chū水shuǐ面miàn，扳bān著zhe井jǐng牆qiáng，叫jiào道dào：「師shī兄xiōng，伸shēn下xià棒bàng來lái救jiù我wǒ一yí救jiù。」八bā戒jiè急jí回huí头tóu看kàn，不bú见jiàn水shuǐ晶jīng宫gōng门mén，一yì把bǎ摸mō著zháo那nà皇huáng帝dì的de尸shī首shǒu，慌huāng得de他tā脚jiǎo软ruǎn筋jīn麻má，撺cuān出chū水shuǐ面miàn，扳bān著zhe井jǐng墙qiáng，叫jiào道dào：「师shī兄xiōng，伸shēn下xià棒bàng来lái救jiù我wǒ一yí救jiù。」

Bajie quickly looked back — the gate of the Crystal Palace was gone; his hand fell upon the emperor's corpse, and, flustered till his legs went soft and his sinews numb, he shot up to the surface, clung to the well-wall, and cried: 'Brother! Reach the staff down and save me!'

一把摸著: his hand fell upon [it] (著 = zháo, resultative). 慌得: flustered so that (得 = de). 攛出水面: shot up to the surface. 扳著井牆: clung to the well-wall (扳 = bān; 著 = zhe). 那 = nà; 不見 = bú.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「可kě有yǒu寶bǎo貝bèi麼me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「可kě有yǒu宝bǎo贝bèi么me？」

The Pilgrim said: 'Is there any treasure?'

行 = xíng. Wukong, who knows the game, keeps up the pretense of 'treasure.'

八bā戒jiè道dào：「那nǎ裡lǐ有yǒu，只zhǐ是shì水shuǐ底dǐ下xià有yǒu一yí個gè井jǐng龍lóng王wáng，教jiào我wǒ馱tuó死sǐ人rén，我wǒ不bù曾céng馱tuó，他tā就jiù把bǎ我wǒ送sòng出chū門mén來lái，就jiù不bú見jiàn那nà水shuǐ晶jīng宮gōng了le，只zhǐ摸mō著zháo那nà個gè屍shī首shǒu。八bā戒jiè道dào：「那nǎ里lǐ有yǒu，只zhǐ是shì水shuǐ底dǐ下xià有yǒu一yí个gè井jǐng龙lóng王wáng，教jiào我wǒ驮tuó死sǐ人rén，我wǒ不bù曾céng驮tuó，他tā就jiù把bǎ我wǒ送sòng出chū门mén来lái，就jiù不bú见jiàn那nà水shuǐ晶jīng宫gōng了le，只zhǐ摸mō著zháo那nà个gè尸shī首shǒu。

Bajie said: 'Where's any treasure? There's only a Well Dragon-King at the bottom, who'd have me haul a dead man; I wouldn't do it, so he sent me packing out the gate, the crystal palace vanished, and now I've only got hold of this corpse.'

教我馱死人: would have me haul a dead man (教 = jiào). 那裡有: 'where is there [any]?' (那 = nǎ, rhetorical); the other 那 (那水晶宮, 那個屍首) = nà. 摸著 = zháo.

諕xià得de我wǒ手shǒu軟ruǎn筋jīn麻má，掙zhēng搓cuō不bú動dòng了le。諕xià得de我wǒ手shǒu软ruǎn筋jīn麻má，挣zhēng搓cuō不bú动dòng了le。

'It's frightened me till my hands are soft and my sinews numb — I can't struggle free.'

諕得: frightened so that (諕 = xià; 得 = de). 掙搓不動: cannot struggle free (不 = bú).

哥gē呀ya，好hǎo歹dǎi救jiù我wǒ救jiù兒er。」哥gē呀ya，好hǎo歹dǎi救jiù我wǒ救jiù儿er。」

'Brother, come what may, save me, save me!'

好歹: come what may, at all costs. 救我救兒: 'save me, save me!' (兒 = er, an emphatic colloquial suffix).

行xíng者zhě道dào：「那nà個gè就jiù是shì寶bǎo貝bèi，如rú何hé不bù馱tuó上shàng來lái？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「那nà个gè就jiù是shì宝bǎo贝bèi，如rú何hé不bù驮tuó上shàng来lái？」

The Pilgrim said: 'That's the very treasure — why don't you haul it up?'

那個就是寶貝: 'that is the very treasure' (那 = nà). Wukong reveals — the corpse is what they came for.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「知zhī他tā死sǐ了le多duō少shǎo時shí了le，我wǒ馱tuó他tā怎zěn的de？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「知zhī他tā死sǐ了le多duō少shǎo时shí了le，我wǒ驮tuó他tā怎zěn的de？」

Bajie said: 'Who knows how long he's been dead — what do I want with hauling him?'

死了多少時: dead how long. Bajie, disgusted, balks at hauling a corpse.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ不bù馱tuó，我wǒ回huí去qù耶yé。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ不bù驮tuó，我wǒ回huí去qù耶yé。」

The Pilgrim said: 'If you won't carry him, I'm going back.'

行 = xíng. Wukong's threat to abandon him.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ回huí那nǎ裡lǐ去qù？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「你nǐ回huí那nǎ里lǐ去qù？」

Bajie said: 'Go back where?'

回那裡去: 'go back where?' (那 = nǎ, interrogative).

行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ回huí寺sì中zhōng，同tóng師shī父fù睡shuì覺jiào去qù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「我wǒ回huí寺sì中zhōng，同tóng师shī父fù睡shuì觉jiào去qù。」

The Pilgrim said: 'Back to the temple, to sleep with the Master.'

寺中: 中 = zhōng. 睡覺: to sleep (覺 = jiào). Wukong's casual threat to leave the pig clinging to the wall with a corpse.

總評 Commentary

The trap closes with a jolt of the marvelous: the crystal palace vanishes, the well-water returns, and Bajie surfaces to find the emperor's corpse in his own arms. His panic — legs soft, sinews numb, clinging to the well-wall and crying for rescue — is broad physical comedy, and his account of the dragon-king's ruse is the aggrieved report of one comprehensively outmaneuvered.

Wukong, of course, has known all along, and his deadpan questions — 'Is there any treasure?' — turn the screw. When Bajie balks at the corpse, Wukong reveals the truth ('that's the very treasure') and, meeting the pig's disgust, deploys his surest weapon: the threat to go back to the temple and sleep, leaving Bajie stranded in the well with a body he cannot escape.

The exchange is a distilled instance of the pair's dynamic and of the chapter's method. Every stage of the corpse's recovery has been achieved not by force but by manipulating Bajie — through greed, then fear, and now the threat of abandonment. The comedy of the reluctant corpse-bearer, bargaining on the well-wall for his rescue, will carry through the haul to the surface and back to the temple.