第四十回 · 心猿受謗 The Mind-Monkey Reviled — Journey to the West

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心猿受謗 The Mind-Monkey Reviled

卻què說shuō那nà孫sūn大dà聖shèng擡tái頭tóu再zài看kàn，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà紅hóng雲yún又yòu散sàn，復fù請qǐng師shī父fù上shàng馬mǎ前qián行xíng。三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ說shuō妖yāo精jīng又yòu來lái，如rú何hé又yòu請qǐng走zǒu路lù？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「這zhè還hái是shì個gè過guò路lù的de妖yāo精jīng，不bù敢gǎn惹rě我wǒ們men。」長zhǎng老lǎo又yòu懷huái怒nù道dào：「這zhè個gè潑pō猴hóu，十shí分fēn弄nòng我wǒ。正zhèng當dāng有yǒu妖yāo魔mó處chù，卻què說shuō無wú事shì；似sì這zhè般bān清qīng平píng之zhī所suǒ，卻què又yòu恐kǒng嚇xià我wǒ，不bù時shí的de嚷rǎng道dào有yǒu甚shén麼me妖yāo精jīng。虛xū多duō實shí少shǎo，不bù管guǎn輕qīng重zhòng，將jiāng我wǒ搊chōu著zhe腳jiǎo，捽zuó下xià馬mǎ來lái，如rú今jīn卻què解jiě說shuō甚shén麼me過guò路lù的de妖yāo精jīng。假jiǎ若ruò跌diē傷shāng了le我wǒ，卻què也yě過guò意yì不bú去qù，這zhè等děng這zhè等děng……」行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù莫mò怪guài，若ruò是shì跌diē傷shāng了le你nǐ的de手shǒu足zú，卻què還hái好hǎo醫yī治zhì；若ruò是shì被bèi妖yāo精jīng撈lāo了le去qù，卻què何hé處chù跟gēn尋xún？」三sān藏zàng大dà怒nù，哏gén哏gén的de，要yào念niàn緊jǐn箍gū兒er咒zhòu。卻què是shì沙shā僧sēng苦kǔ勸quàn，只zhǐ得dé上shàng馬mǎ又yòu行xíng。却què说shuō那nà孙sūn大dà圣shèng抬tái头tóu再zài看kàn，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà红hóng云yún又yòu散sàn，复fù请qǐng师shī父fù上shàng马mǎ前qián行xíng。三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ说shuō妖yāo精jīng又yòu来lái，如rú何hé又yòu请qǐng走zǒu路lù？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「这zhè还hái是shì个gè过guò路lù的de妖yāo精jīng，不bù敢gǎn惹rě我wǒ们men。」长zhǎng老lǎo又yòu怀huái怒nù道dào：「这zhè个gè泼pō猴hóu，十shí分fēn弄nòng我wǒ。正zhèng当dāng有yǒu妖yāo魔mó处chù，却què说shuō无wú事shì；似sì这zhè般bān清qīng平píng之zhī所suǒ，却què又yòu恐kǒng吓xià我wǒ，不bù时shí的de嚷rǎng道dào有yǒu甚shén么me妖yāo精jīng。虚xū多duō实shí少shǎo，不bù管guǎn轻qīng重zhòng，将jiāng我wǒ搊chōu着zhe脚jiǎo，捽zuó下xià马mǎ来lái，如rú今jīn却què解jiě说shuō甚shén么me过guò路lù的de妖yāo精jīng。假jiǎ若ruò跌diē伤shāng了le我wǒ，却què也yě过guò意yì不bú去qù，这zhè等děng这zhè等děng……」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù莫mò怪guài，若ruò是shì跌diē伤shāng了le你nǐ的de手shǒu足zú，却què还hái好hǎo医yī治zhì；若ruò是shì被bèi妖yāo精jīng捞lāo了le去qù，却què何hé处chù跟gēn寻xún？」三sān藏zàng大dà怒nù，哏gén哏gén的de，要yào念niàn紧jǐn箍gū儿er咒zhòu。却què是shì沙shā僧sēng苦kǔ劝quàn，只zhǐ得dé上shàng马mǎ又yòu行xíng。

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卻què說shuō那nà孫sūn大dà聖shèng擡tái頭tóu再zài看kàn，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà紅hóng雲yún又yòu散sàn，復fù請qǐng師shī父fù上shàng馬mǎ前qián行xíng。却què说shuō那nà孙sūn大dà圣shèng抬tái头tóu再zài看kàn，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà红hóng云yún又yòu散sàn，复fù请qǐng师shī父fù上shàng马mǎ前qián行xíng。

Now the Great Sage, lifting his head to look again, saw that the red cloud had scattered once more, and again invited the Master to mount up and ride on ahead.

The second all-clear, and it is one too many. Two pointing 那, both nà; 前行 takes xíng.

三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ說shuō妖yāo精jīng又yòu來lái，如rú何hé又yòu請qǐng走zǒu路lù？」三sān藏zàng道dào：「你nǐ说shuō妖yāo精jīng又yòu来lái，如rú何hé又yòu请qǐng走zǒu路lù？」

Tripitaka said: "You said the demon had come again — how is it you now invite me to travel on?"

The same question as before, asked with less patience. 藏 is zàng.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「這zhè還hái是shì個gè過guò路lù的de妖yāo精jīng，不bù敢gǎn惹rě我wǒ們men。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「这zhè还hái是shì个gè过guò路lù的de妖yāo精jīng，不bù敢gǎn惹rě我wǒ们men。」

Pilgrim said: "This is still just a demon passing by, that dares not provoke us."

And the same answer, which is what breaks him. 還是 takes hái; 不 keeps the plain bù before the dipping tone of 敢.

長zhǎng老lǎo又yòu懷huái怒nù道dào：「這zhè個gè潑pō猴hóu，十shí分fēn弄nòng我wǒ。长zhǎng老lǎo又yòu怀huái怒nù道dào：「这zhè个gè泼pō猴hóu，十shí分fēn弄nòng我wǒ。

The elder, harboring anger once more, said: "This wretched ape, making a great fool of me!

潑猴, "wretched ape," is the Master's standard term when Wukong has exhausted him. 長 is zhǎng; in 十分弄我 the 分 is fēn and 十分 means "utterly."

正zhèng當dāng有yǒu妖yāo魔mó處chù，卻què說shuō無wú事shì；正zhèng当dāng有yǒu妖yāo魔mó处chù，却què说shuō无wú事shì；

Just when there really are demons about, you say there's nothing wrong;

The charge sheet begins, and every count of it is fair from where Tripitaka is standing. 當 is dāng, "just when"; 處 is chù.

似sì這zhè般bān清qīng平píng之zhī所suǒ，卻què又yòu恐kǒng嚇xià我wǒ，不bù時shí的de嚷rǎng道dào有yǒu甚shén麼me妖yāo精jīng。似sì这zhè般bān清qīng平píng之zhī所suǒ，却què又yòu恐kǒng吓xià我wǒ，不bù时shí的de嚷rǎng道dào有yǒu甚shén么me妖yāo精jīng。

and in a clear, peaceful spot like this you go and frighten me, forever bawling out that there's some demon or other.

似這般 has 似 as sì, "in a place like this" — not the 似的 pairing. 甚 is shén.

虛xū多duō實shí少shǎo，不bù管guǎn輕qīng重zhòng，將jiāng我wǒ搊chōu著zhe腳jiǎo，捽zuó下xià馬mǎ來lái，如rú今jīn卻què解jiě說shuō甚shén麼me過guò路lù的de妖yāo精jīng。虚xū多duō实shí少shǎo，不bù管guǎn轻qīng重zhòng，将jiāng我wǒ搊chōu着zhe脚jiǎo，捽zuó下xià马mǎ来lái，如rú今jīn却què解jiě说shuō甚shén么me过guò路lù的de妖yāo精jīng。

All show and little substance, taking no heed of consequence, you seize me by the leg and fling me down off the horse — and now you go explaining it away as some demon passing by.

The physical grievance surfaces: he was grabbed by the leg and thrown off a horse, twice, by a disciple who then explained it away. 虛多實少, "much show and little substance," has 少 as shǎo; 不管輕重 has 重 as zhòng, weight or seriousness; 將我搊著腳 uses the object-marking 將, jiāng, and the ongoing 著, zhe; 甚 is shén.

假jiǎ若ruò跌diē傷shāng了le我wǒ，卻què也yě過guò意yì不bú去qù，這zhè等děng這zhè等děng……」行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù莫mò怪guài，若ruò是shì跌diē傷shāng了le你nǐ的de手shǒu足zú，卻què還hái好hǎo醫yī治zhì；假jiǎ若ruò跌diē伤shāng了le我wǒ，却què也yě过guò意yì不bú去qù，这zhè等děng这zhè等děng……」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù莫mò怪guài，若ruò是shì跌diē伤shāng了le你nǐ的de手shǒu足zú，却què还hái好hǎo医yī治zhì；

Suppose you'd hurt me in the fall — that would be too much to bear, this and this and this…" Pilgrim said: "Master, don't blame me; if you'd hurt a hand or foot in the fall, that could still be cured;

The Master sputters into ellipsis — 這等這等, "this and this and this" — and Wukong answers with the only argument he has, which is that a broken bone can be set and an eaten master cannot. Both 了 are the completed le; 還 is hái.

若ruò是shì被bèi妖yāo精jīng撈lāo了le去qù，卻què何hé處chù跟gēn尋xún？」若ruò是shì被bèi妖yāo精jīng捞lāo了le去qù，却què何hé处chù跟gēn寻xún？」

but if you were carried off by a demon, where would we track you down?"

The whole of Wukong's case, in nine characters. 了 is the completed le; 處 is chù.

三sān藏zàng大dà怒nù，哏gén哏gén的de，要yào念niàn緊jǐn箍gū兒er咒zhòu。三sān藏zàng大dà怒nù，哏gén哏gén的de，要yào念niàn紧jǐn箍gū儿er咒zhòu。

Tripitaka, greatly enraged, grinding out his fury, was about to recite the Tight-Fillet Spell.

And here is the threat that decides the chapter. 藏 is zàng. 哏哏的 is a sound-word for teeth-grinding fury, with 的 read de attaching it to the verb. The 緊箍兒咒 is the Tight-Fillet Spell, the golden band around Wukong's head that tightens agonisingly whenever the Master recites it — the one instrument of control Tripitaka has over a disciple who could otherwise kill him with a finger. Its 兒 is the weightless curl, er.

卻què是shì沙shā僧sēng苦kǔ勸quàn，只zhǐ得dé上shàng馬mǎ又yòu行xíng。却què是shì沙shā僧sēng苦kǔ劝quàn，只zhǐ得dé上shàng马mǎ又yòu行xíng。

But Sha Monk earnestly remonstrated, and the Master had no choice but to mount and ride on again.

Sha Monk, as usual, is the one who stops things going over the edge. 只得 takes the full-weight 得, dé; 又行 takes xíng.

總評 Commentary

The war of nerves breaks on the Master's side. Wukong's second dismissal of the demon as a mere passer-by, coming after he had again hauled Tripitaka off the horse, is one reversal too many, and the exasperation comes out all at once: he cries wolf where there is no wolf, terrifies an old man in peaceful country, throws him from the saddle without a thought for his bones, and then blandly explains it away. Every charge is entirely fair from where Tripitaka stands. He cannot see the demon Wukong sees, and Wukong's behaviour, unexplained, looks exactly like malice.

The threat that closes the passage is the chapter's cruellest irony coming into focus. The headband spell is the one thing that can hurt Wukong, and it is about to be used against the one disciple who has perceived the danger and twice acted to avert it — his competence punished because it could not be made legible in time. Sha Monk's intervention defers the spell, but the damage is done: Wukong has been reduced to silence and compliance, and the next time the crying child appears he will be too intimidated to act. Which completes the demon's groundwork. He never needed to beat Wukong in a fight; he needed only to let the Master's compassion and the Master's temper disarm him, and by the end of this passage both have been brought to exactly the pitch required.