第四十回 · 回嗔作喜 Wrath Turned to Cheer — Journey to the West

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回嗔作喜 Wrath Turned to Cheer

我wǒ認rèn得dé他tā是shì個gè妖yāo精jīng，你nǐ們men不bù識shí，那nà師shī父fù也yě不bù識shí，認rèn作zuò是shì好hǎo人rén家jiā兒ér女nǚ，教jiào我wǒ馱tuó著zhe他tā走zǒu。是shì老lǎo孫sūn算suàn計jì要yào擺bǎi佈bù他tā，他tā就jiù弄nòng個gè重zhòng身shēn法fǎ壓yā我wǒ。是shì我wǒ將jiāng他tā摜guàn得de粉fěn碎suì。他tā想xiǎng是shì又yòu使shǐ解jiě屍shī之zhī法fǎ，弄nòng陣zhèn旋xuán風fēng，把bǎ我wǒ師shī父fù攝shè去qù也yě。因yīn此cǐ上shàng怪guài他tā每měi每měi不bù聽tīng我wǒ說shuō，故gù我wǒ意yì懶lǎn心xīn灰huī，說shuō各gè人rén散sàn了le。既jì是shì賢xián弟dì有yǒu此cǐ誠chéng意yì，教jiào老lǎo孫sūn進jìn退tuì兩liǎng難nán。──八bā戒jiè，你nǐ端duān的dì要yào怎zěn的de處chù？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ才cái自zì失shī口kǒu亂luàn說shuō了le幾jǐ句jù，其qí實shí也yě不bù該gāi散sàn。哥gē哥ge，沒méi及jí奈nài何hé，還hái信xìn沙shā弟dì之zhī言yán，去qù尋xún那nà妖yāo怪guài救jiù師shī父fù去qù。」行xíng者zhě卻què回huí嗔chēn作zuò喜xǐ道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì們men，還hái要yào來lái結jié同tóng心xīn，收shōu拾shí了le行xíng李lǐ、馬mǎ匹pǐ，上shàng山shān找zhǎo尋xún怪guài物wù，搭dā救jiù師shī父fù去qù。」我wǒ认rèn得dé他tā是shì个gè妖yāo精jīng，你nǐ们men不bù识shí，那nà师shī父fù也yě不bù识shí，认rèn作zuò是shì好hǎo人rén家jiā儿ér女nǚ，教jiào我wǒ驮tuó着zhe他tā走zǒu。是shì老lǎo孙sūn算suàn计jì要yào摆bǎi布bù他tā，他tā就jiù弄nòng个gè重zhòng身shēn法fǎ压yā我wǒ。是shì我wǒ将jiāng他tā掼guàn得de粉fěn碎suì。他tā想xiǎng是shì又yòu使shǐ解jiě尸shī之zhī法fǎ，弄nòng阵zhèn旋xuán风fēng，把bǎ我wǒ师shī父fù摄shè去qù也yě。因yīn此cǐ上shàng怪guài他tā每měi每měi不bù听tīng我wǒ说shuō，故gù我wǒ意yì懒lǎn心xīn灰huī，说shuō各gè人rén散sàn了le。既jì是shì贤xián弟dì有yǒu此cǐ诚chéng意yì，教jiào老lǎo孙sūn进jìn退tuì两liǎng难nán。──八bā戒jiè，你nǐ端duān的dì要yào怎zěn的de处chù？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ才cái自zì失shī口kǒu乱luàn说shuō了le几jǐ句jù，其qí实shí也yě不bù该gāi散sàn。哥gē哥ge，没méi及jí奈nài何hé，还hái信xìn沙shā弟dì之zhī言yán，去qù寻xún那nà妖yāo怪guài救jiù师shī父fù去qù。」行xíng者zhě却què回huí嗔chēn作zuò喜xǐ道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì们men，还hái要yào来lái结jié同tóng心xīn，收shōu拾shí了le行xíng李lǐ、马mǎ匹pǐ，上shàng山shān找zhǎo寻xún怪guài物wù，搭dā救jiù师shī父fù去qù。」

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我wǒ認rèn得dé他tā是shì個gè妖yāo精jīng，你nǐ們men不bù識shí，那nà師shī父fù也yě不bù識shí，認rèn作zuò是shì好hǎo人rén家jiā兒ér女nǚ，教jiào我wǒ馱tuó著zhe他tā走zǒu。我wǒ认rèn得dé他tā是shì个gè妖yāo精jīng，你nǐ们men不bù识shí，那nà师shī父fù也yě不bù识shí，认rèn作zuò是shì好hǎo人rén家jiā儿ér女nǚ，教jiào我wǒ驮tuó着zhe他tā走zǒu。

I knew him for a demon; you all didn't see it, and neither did that Master — you took him for the child of a good family and had me carry him along.

The recapitulation begins, and the sting is in 你們不識，那師父也不識 — you did not see it, and neither did he. 認得 takes the full-weight 得, dé; 那師父 the pointing nà; in 兒女 the 兒 keeps its full ér; 教我馱著 has the order-giving 教, jiào, and the ongoing 著, zhe.

是shì老lǎo孫sūn算suàn計jì要yào擺bǎi佈bù他tā，他tā就jiù弄nòng個gè重zhòng身shēn法fǎ壓yā我wǒ。是shì老lǎo孙sūn算suàn计jì要yào摆bǎi布bù他tā，他tā就jiù弄nòng个gè重zhòng身shēn法fǎ压yā我wǒ。

It was old Sun who planned to deal with him, and he then worked a weight-magic to crush me.

弄個重身法 takes 重 as zhòng, weight. He tells it plainly, without embellishment, which is itself unusual for him.

是shì我wǒ將jiāng他tā摜guàn得de粉fěn碎suì。是shì我wǒ将jiāng他tā掼guàn得de粉fěn碎suì。

It was I who smashed him to fragments.

Six characters, and no apology for them. 將他摜得粉碎 uses the object-marking 將, jiāng, and the light hinge 得, de.

他tā想xiǎng是shì又yòu使shǐ解jiě屍shī之zhī法fǎ，弄nòng陣zhèn旋xuán風fēng，把bǎ我wǒ師shī父fù攝shè去qù也yě。他tā想xiǎng是shì又yòu使shǐ解jiě尸shī之zhī法fǎ，弄nòng阵zhèn旋xuán风fēng，把bǎ我wǒ师shī父fù摄shè去qù也yě。

He must then have used a corpse-loosing method — stirred up a whirlwind, and carried my Master off.

And the deduction: he must have shed the body first, then raised the wind. 解屍之法 is the corpse-loosing technique — note the edition writes the character with its full form here and a simpler variant a few passages back, two ways of writing the same word. 攝去 is "snatched away."

因yīn此cǐ上shàng怪guài他tā每měi每měi不bù聽tīng我wǒ說shuō，故gù我wǒ意yì懶lǎn心xīn灰huī，說shuō各gè人rén散sàn了le。因yīn此cǐ上shàng怪guài他tā每měi每měi不bù听tīng我wǒ说shuō，故gù我wǒ意yì懒lǎn心xīn灰huī，说shuō各gè人rén散sàn了le。

For this reason I blamed him for never listening to me, and so, disheartened and low, I said we should each go our separate ways.

The confession, and it is an unusually candid one from the Great Sage: not fear but 意懶心灰, "will slack and heart in ashes." Being right and disbelieved, over and over, is what wore him down. 不 keeps the plain bù before the level tone of 聽; 散 is sàn.

既jì是shì賢xián弟dì有yǒu此cǐ誠chéng意yì，教jiào老lǎo孫sūn進jìn退tuì兩liǎng難nán。既jì是shì贤xián弟dì有yǒu此cǐ诚chéng意yì，教jiào老lǎo孙sūn进jìn退tuì两liǎng难nán。

But since you, worthy brother, have such sincere intent, it puts old Sun in a hard place either way.

進退兩難, "hard to advance and hard to retreat," is still the ordinary Chinese for being caught between two bad options — our "between a rock and a hard place." 難 is nán.

──八bā戒jiè，你nǐ端duān的dì要yào怎zěn的de處chù？」 ──八bā戒jiè，你nǐ端duān的dì要yào怎zěn的de处chù？」

— Eight Rules, what in truth do you mean to do about it?"

He puts the decision to the one who is likeliest to bolt. 端的 is "in truth, really," a Ming intensifier; 處 is chù, to deal with a thing.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ才cái自zì失shī口kǒu亂luàn說shuō了le幾jǐ句jù，其qí實shí也yě不bù該gāi散sàn。八bā戒jiè道dào：「我wǒ才cái自zì失shī口kǒu乱luàn说shuō了le几jǐ句jù，其qí实shí也yě不bù该gāi散sàn。

Eight Rules said: "Just now I spoke recklessly out of turn — in truth we shouldn't break up.

And Pigsy, to his credit, takes it back. 失口 is to let something slip; 了 is the completed le; 不 keeps the plain bù before the level tone of 該.

哥gē哥ge，沒méi及jí奈nài何hé，還hái信xìn沙shā弟dì之zhī言yán，去qù尋xún那nà妖yāo怪guài救jiù師shī父fù去qù。」哥gē哥ge，没méi及jí奈nài何hé，还hái信xìn沙shā弟dì之zhī言yán，去qù寻xún那nà妖yāo怪guài救jiù师shī父fù去qù。」

Brother, there's no help for it — let's take Brother Sha's advice, and go find that monster and rescue the Master."

He even credits Sha Monk, which is rarer still. 沒及奈何 is "there is nothing else for it"; 沒 is méi; 還信 takes 還 as hái; 那妖怪 the pointing nà.

行xíng者zhě卻què回huí嗔chēn作zuò喜xǐ道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì們men，還hái要yào來lái結jié同tóng心xīn，收shōu拾shí了le行xíng李lǐ、馬mǎ匹pǐ，上shàng山shān找zhǎo尋xún怪guài物wù，搭dā救jiù師shī父fù去qù。」行xíng者zhě却què回huí嗔chēn作zuò喜xǐ道dào：「兄xiōng弟dì们men，还hái要yào来lái结jié同tóng心xīn，收shōu拾shí了le行xíng李lǐ、马mǎ匹pǐ，上shàng山shān找zhǎo寻xún怪guài物wù，搭dā救jiù师shī父fù去qù。」

Pilgrim then turned his anger to cheer and said: "Brothers, let's join our hearts as one again, gather up the luggage and horse, go up the mountain to find the monster, and rescue the Master."

回嗔作喜, "turning anger into gladness," is a set phrase and it does a lot of work here — the whole recovery of the chapter in four characters. 結同心 is to knot hearts together. 還要 takes 還 as hái, "again"; 收拾了行李 takes the completed 了, le, and 行 in 行李 is xíng.

總評 Commentary

Wukong's account to his brothers is the chapter's own recapitulation — the false child, the weighing, the smashing, the corpse-loosing and the abduction, laid out plainly at last from the one vantage that understood all of it. And in telling it he confesses the real source of his talk of parting: not fear but discouragement, the accumulated hurt of being right and disbelieved, blamed and threatened with the headband for exactly the perceptions that would have saved the Master. 意懶心灰, "will slack and heart in ashes," is an unusually candid admission from the Great Sage, and it humanises the flare of despair that opened the scene.

The turn from despair to resolve is completed by Pigsy's retraction and Wukong's 回嗔作喜, his anger turning to cheer. Pigsy, whose appetite helped spring the trap and whose readiness to quit nearly ended the quest, owns his reckless talk and comes round to Sha Monk's counsel; Wukong, his mood restored, calls them to knot their hearts together again and take up the search. The little arc — proposed dissolution, covenantal reminder, candid confession, restored unity — re-forges the band for the rescue ahead, and the chapter turns decisively from the loss of the Master to the hunt for the one who took him. The reunion is the necessary hinge: only a party made whole can mount the assault the coming chapters will demand.