第三十八回 · 屍投禪堂 The Corpse Dumped at the Meditation Hall — Journey to the West

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屍投禪堂 The Corpse Dumped at the Meditation Hall

說shuō不bù了liǎo，卻què到dào了le山shān門mén前qián，徑jìng直zhí進jìn去qù，將jiāng屍shī首shǒu丟diū在zài那nà禪chán堂táng門mén前qián。道dào：「師shī父fù，起qǐ來lái看kàn邪yé。」那nà唐táng僧sēng睡shuì不bù著zháo，正zhèng與yǔ沙shā僧sēng講jiǎng行xíng者zhě哄hǒng了le八bā戒jiè去qù久jiǔ不bù回huí之zhī事shì。忽hū聽tīng得de他tā來lái叫jiào了le一yì聲shēng，唐táng僧sēng連lián忙máng起qǐ身shēn道dào：「徒tú弟dì，看kàn甚shén麼me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「行xíng者zhě的de外wài公gōng，教jiào老lǎo豬zhū馱tuó將jiāng來lái了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ這zhè饢náng糟zāo的de獃dāi子zi，我wǒ那nǎ裡lǐ有yǒu甚shén麼me外wài公gōng？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē，不bú是shì你nǐ外wài公gōng，卻què教jiào老lǎo豬zhū馱tuó他tā來lái怎zěn麼me？也yě不bù知zhī費fèi了le多duō少shǎo力lì了le。」说shuō不bù了liǎo，却què到dào了le山shān门mén前qián，径jìng直zhí进jìn去qù，将jiāng尸shī首shǒu丢diū在zài那nà禅chán堂táng门mén前qián。道dào：「师shī父fù，起qǐ来lái看kàn邪yé。」那nà唐táng僧sēng睡shuì不bù著zháo，正zhèng与yǔ沙shā僧sēng讲jiǎng行xíng者zhě哄hǒng了le八bā戒jiè去qù久jiǔ不bù回huí之zhī事shì。忽hū听tīng得de他tā来lái叫jiào了le一yì声shēng，唐táng僧sēng连lián忙máng起qǐ身shēn道dào：「徒tú弟dì，看kàn甚shén么me？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「行xíng者zhě的de外wài公gōng，教jiào老lǎo猪zhū驮tuó将jiāng来lái了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ这zhè馕náng糟zāo的de呆dāi子zi，我wǒ那nǎ里lǐ有yǒu甚shén么me外wài公gōng？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē，不bú是shì你nǐ外wài公gōng，却què教jiào老lǎo猪zhū驮tuó他tā来lái怎zěn么me？也yě不bù知zhī费fèi了le多duō少shǎo力lì了le。」

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說shuō不bù了liǎo，卻què到dào了le山shān門mén前qián，徑jìng直zhí進jìn去qù，將jiāng屍shī首shǒu丟diū在zài那nà禪chán堂táng門mén前qián。说shuō不bù了liǎo，却què到dào了le山shān门mén前qián，径jìng直zhí进jìn去qù，将jiāng尸shī首shǒu丢diū在zài那nà禅chán堂táng门mén前qián。

Hardly had he spoken when they came to the mountain gate; going straight in, he flung the corpse down before the door of the meditation hall.

說不了: 'hardly had [he] spoken' (了 = liǎo, the resultative in 不了 'unable to finish'; the second 了, 到了, = le, aspect). 將屍首丟: flung the corpse down (將 = jiāng). 那 = nà; 禪堂: the meditation hall.

道dào：「師shī父fù，起qǐ來lái看kàn邪yé。」道dào：「师shī父fù，起qǐ来lái看kàn邪yé。」

and said: 'Master, get up and take a look, will you?'

看邪: 'take a look, will you?' — 邪 read yé, a vernacular final particle (= 耶), not xié ('evil').

那nà唐táng僧sēng睡shuì不bù著zháo，正zhèng與yǔ沙shā僧sēng講jiǎng行xíng者zhě哄hǒng了le八bā戒jiè去qù久jiǔ不bù回huí之zhī事shì。那nà唐táng僧sēng睡shuì不bù著zháo，正zhèng与yǔ沙shā僧sēng讲jiǎng行xíng者zhě哄hǒng了le八bā戒jiè去qù久jiǔ不bù回huí之zhī事shì。

The Tang Monk had not been able to sleep, and was just then talking with Sha Monk about how the Pilgrim had coaxed Bajie off and had been so long in returning.

睡不著: could not fall asleep (著 = zháo, so 不 = bù). 那 = nà; 行 = xíng; Tripitaka and Sha Monk waiting up.

忽hū聽tīng得de他tā來lái叫jiào了le一yì聲shēng，唐táng僧sēng連lián忙máng起qǐ身shēn道dào：「徒tú弟dì，看kàn甚shén麼me？」忽hū听tīng得de他tā来lái叫jiào了le一yì声shēng，唐táng僧sēng连lián忙máng起qǐ身shēn道dào：「徒tú弟dì，看kàn甚shén么me？」

Hearing him come and call out, the Tang Monk rose at once and said: 'Disciple, look at what?'

聽得: hearing (得 = de). 甚麼 = shén me.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「行xíng者zhě的de外wài公gōng，教jiào老lǎo豬zhū馱tuó將jiāng來lái了le。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「行xíng者zhě的de外wài公gōng，教jiào老lǎo猪zhū驮tuó将jiāng来lái了le。」

Bajie said: 'The Pilgrim's grandsire — Old Pig's been made to haul him back.'

外公: maternal grandfather — Bajie's mocking name for the corpse. 馱將來: hauled [him] here (將 = jiāng; 教 = jiào; 行 = xíng).

行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ這zhè饢náng糟zāo的de獃dāi子zi，我wǒ那nǎ裡lǐ有yǒu甚shén麼me外wài公gōng？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ这zhè馕náng糟zāo的de呆dāi子zi，我wǒ那nǎ里lǐ有yǒu甚shén么me外wài公gōng？」

The Pilgrim said: 'You rice-swilling blockhead — where would I have any grandsire?'

饢糟: 'rice-swilling,' i.e. a glutton (a term of abuse). 我那裡有: 'where would I have?' (那 = nǎ, rhetorical). 甚麼 = shén me; 獃子: 子 = zi.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē，不bú是shì你nǐ外wài公gōng，卻què教jiào老lǎo豬zhū馱tuó他tā來lái怎zěn麼me？八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē，不bú是shì你nǐ外wài公gōng，却què教jiào老lǎo猪zhū驮tuó他tā来lái怎zěn么me？

Bajie said: 'Brother, if he's not your grandsire, then why was Old Pig made to haul him here?'

不是你外公: 'not your grandsire' (不 = bú). 卻教: then why made (教 = jiào).

也yě不bù知zhī費fèi了le多duō少shǎo力lì了le。」也yě不bù知zhī费fèi了le多duō少shǎo力lì了le。」

'And you can't think how much labor it cost me.'

費了多少力: 'how much labor it cost' — Bajie's parting complaint.

總評 Commentary

The scene returns to the temple, where the exhausted Tripitaka and Sha Monk have waited up, and Bajie announces his grim delivery with a joke: the corpse is 'the Pilgrim's grandsire,' whom Old Pig has been 'made to haul back.' The gag — casting the dead king as Wukong's relative and himself as the aggrieved porter — is Bajie's revenge in miniature, needling his brother even as he sets down the body.

Wukong's retort ('you rice-swilling blockhead — where would I have any grandsire?') and Bajie's mock-innocent rejoinder keep the bickering alive to the last. The chapter has carried the king's body from the well to the temple entirely on the current of this comic antagonism, and the corpse now lies before the meditation hall, ready to be revealed to Tripitaka — whose lament opens the final movement.