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着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。」

逐句解 Line by line

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: before he had finished speaking — 了 here is liǎo, the verb 'to finish,' while the 了 of 到了 two words later is the ordinary le. One character, two jobs, one line. 將屍首丟: flung the corpse down (將 = jiāng). 那 = nà; 禪堂 is 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: 'have a look, will you.' The 邪 is read yé, an everyday sentence-ending sound standing in for 耶 — not xié, 'evil,' which is the reading the character usually carries and would make nonsense of a pig calling his master to the door.

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着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 get to sleep (著 = zháo, so 不 takes the tone bù). The two who stayed behind have been sitting up worrying, which is a nice domestic touch after all the burglary. 那 = nà; 行 = xíng.

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?'

Up at once, and asking what he is meant to look at. 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 is your mother's father, specifically — the outside grandfather, since a married woman's family counted as outside the household. So the joke is not just 'your grandad' but a needling piece of mock-genealogy, and Bajie delivers it while setting a dead king down on the doorstep. 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: 'swill-stuffer,' a term of abuse for a glutton — you can hear the eating in the word. 我那裡有: 'where would I have one?' (那 = nǎ, the questioning reading). 甚麼 = shén me; 獃子: 子 the light ending.

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?'

He will not let it drop: if he isn't your grandfather, why have I been carrying him? 不是你外公 (不 = bú). 卻教: then why have me (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: the labor it cost. His last word on the subject, and not his last complaint.

總評 Commentary

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

Wukong's retort and Bajie's mock-innocent comeback keep the bickering going to the last line. The chapter has carried a king's body from the bottom of a well to a temple doorstep entirely on the current of this comic antagonism, and now the corpse lies before the meditation hall, waiting to be seen — and it is Tripitaka's reaction, not Bajie's, that opens the final movement.