七聖稱號 The Seven Great Sages
你看那猴王得勝歸山，那七十二洞妖王與那六弟兄，俱來賀喜，在洞天福地，飲樂無比。他卻對六弟兄說：「小弟既稱齊天大聖，你們亦可以大聖稱之。」內有牛魔王忽然高叫道：「賢弟言之有理，我即稱做平天大聖。」蛟魔王道：「我稱做覆海大聖。」鵬魔王道：「我稱混天大聖。」獅狔王道：「我稱移山大聖。」獼猴王道：「我稱通風大聖。」𤟹狨王道：「我稱驅神大聖。」此時七大聖自作自為，自稱自號，耍樂一日，各散訖。你看那猴王得胜归山，那七十二洞妖王与那六弟兄，俱来贺喜，在洞天福地，饮乐无比。他却对六弟兄说：「小弟既称齐天大圣，你们亦可以大圣称之。」内有牛魔王忽然高叫道：「贤弟言之有理，我即称做平天大圣。」蛟魔王道：「我称做覆海大圣。」鹏魔王道：「我称混天大圣。」狮狔王道：「我称移山大圣。」猕猴王道：「我称通风大圣。」𤟹狨王道：「我称驱神大圣。」此时七大圣自作自为，自称自号，耍乐一日，各散讫。
逐句解 Line by line
See now the Monkey King, victorious, return to his mountain, where the demon-kings of the seventy-two caves and his six sworn brothers all came to offer congratulations, and in the grotto-heaven of blessings they drank and made merry beyond compare.
你看 takes 看 as kàn; 六弟兄, Wukong's six sworn brothers; 飲樂 takes 樂 as lè.
He then said to his six brothers, “Since your little brother styles himself Great Sage Equal to Heaven, you too may each take the title of Great Sage.”
稱 throughout this passage is chēng (“to style, call oneself”). Wukong extends his self-titling to his brothers — the assertion of grandeur is now collective.
Among them the Bull Demon King suddenly cried out, “Worthy brother, what you say is right — I shall style myself Great Sage Pacifying Heaven.”
牛魔王 (the Bull Demon King), who will become Wukong's great adversary much later in the novel, takes the lead: 平天大聖, “Great Sage Pacifying Heaven.”
The Flood-Dragon Demon King said, “I shall style myself Great Sage Overturning the Sea.”
蛟魔王, the Flood-Dragon Demon King — 覆海大聖.
The Roc Demon King said, “I shall style myself Great Sage Confounding Heaven.”
鵬魔王, the Roc Demon King — 混天大聖.
The Lion-Lynx King said, “I shall style myself Great Sage Moving Mountains.”
獅狔王 — 世德堂本 writes 狔 (read nǐ) where the brother is widely known as 獅駝王, the Lion-Camel King (移山大聖); the graph likely stands for the lion-element 猊 (ní).
The Macaque King said, “I shall style myself Great Sage Penetrating the Winds.”
獼猴王, the Macaque King — 通風大聖.
The Snub-Nosed-Monkey King said, “I shall style myself Great Sage Driving the Spirits.”
𤟹狨王 — the rare graph 𤟹 (U+247F9, read yú) prefixes 狨 (róng, a snub-nosed monkey); his title is 驅神大聖, “Great Sage Driving the Spirits.”
At this the Seven Great Sages did just as they pleased, named and titled themselves at will, made merry for a day, and then each dispersed.
自作自為，自稱自號 — “did as they pleased, named themselves at will” (為 = wéi); the 七大聖, Seven Great Sages, complete the picture of self-conferred grandeur. 耍樂 takes 樂 as lè, 一日 yí, 散 sàn.
The brief celebration scene generalizes the chapter's theme of self-conferred title into a whole fellowship. Flush with victory, Wukong invites his six sworn brothers to do as he has done — and each, in turn, claims a 大聖 title of cosmic reach: Pacifying Heaven, Overturning the Sea, Confounding Heaven, Moving Mountains, Penetrating the Winds, Driving the Spirits. The narrator's dry summary — 自作自為，自稱自號, “they did as they pleased and named themselves at will” — quietly underlines what the titles are worth: nothing is conferred, everything is asserted; the grandeur is entirely self-generated.
Two of the brothers repay a second glance. The 牛魔王 who takes the lead here will return, many chapters on, as one of the pilgrimage's most formidable enemies — a seed planted in passing. And the list itself is a study in the chapter's logic: where Heaven's hierarchy assigns rank from above, this brotherhood mints it from below, a parody-court of seven self-made “Great Sages.” For the inner-alchemical reader the proliferation is the point — the inflated 心猿 does not stay singular but breeds likenesses of itself, ego ratifying ego. The day's revelry is the high-water mark of Wukong's self-assertion; from here the chapter turns toward how Heaven will absorb, rather than break, this riot of names.