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第四十一回
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徑到東洋
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徑到東洋 Straight to the Eastern Ocean

好hǎo大dà聖shèng,縱zòng雲yún離lí此cǐ地dì,頃qǐng刻kè到dào東dōng洋yáng,卻què也yě無wú心xīn看kàn玩wán海hǎi景jǐng,使shǐ個gè逼bī水shuǐ法fǎ,分fēn開kāi波bō浪làng。正zhèng行xíng時shí,見jiàn一yí個gè巡xún海hǎi夜yè叉chā相xiāng撞zhuàng,看kàn見jiàn是shì孫sūn大dà聖shèng,急jí回huí到dào水shuǐ晶jīng宮gōng裡lǐ,報bào知zhī那nà老lǎo龍lóng王wáng。敖áo廣guǎng即jí率shuài龍lóng子zǐ、龍lóng孫sūn、蝦xiā兵bīng、蟹xiè卒zú一yì齊qí出chū門mén迎yíng接jiē,請qǐng裡lǐ面miàn坐zuò。坐zuò定dìng,禮lǐ畢bì,告gào茶chá。好hǎo大dà圣shèng,纵zòng云yún离lí此cǐ地dì,顷qǐng刻kè到dào东dōng洋yáng,却què也yě无wú心xīn看kàn玩wán海hǎi景jǐng,使shǐ个gè逼bī水shuǐ法fǎ,分fēn开kāi波bō浪làng。正zhèng行xíng时shí,见jiàn一yí个gè巡xún海hǎi夜yè叉chā相xiāng撞zhuàng,看kàn见jiàn是shì孙sūn大dà圣shèng,急jí回huí到dào水shuǐ晶jīng宫gōng里lǐ,报bào知zhī那nà老lǎo龙lóng王wáng。敖áo广guǎng即jí率shuài龙lóng子zǐ、龙lóng孙sūn、虾xiā兵bīng、蟹xiè卒zú一yì齐qí出chū门mén迎yíng接jiē,请qǐng里lǐ面miàn坐zuò。坐zuò定dìng,礼lǐ毕bì,告gào茶chá。


逐句解 Line by line

好hǎo大dà聖shèng,縱zòng雲yún離lí此cǐ地dì,頃qǐng刻kè到dào東dōng洋yáng,卻què也yě無wú心xīn看kàn玩wán海hǎi景jǐng,使shǐ個gè逼bī水shuǐ法fǎ,分fēn開kāi波bō浪làng。 好hǎo大dà圣shèng,纵zòng云yún离lí此cǐ地dì,顷qǐng刻kè到dào东dōng洋yáng,却què也yě无wú心xīn看kàn玩wán海hǎi景jǐng,使shǐ个gè逼bī水shuǐ法fǎ,分fēn开kāi波bō浪làng。

Fine Great Sage! He loosed his cloud, left the spot, and in a moment reached the Eastern Ocean; but with no mind to enjoy the sea-prospect, he worked a water-repelling spell and parted the waves.

好大聖, "Fine Great Sage!", is the narrator cheering from the sidelines, a formula used to launch a burst of action. The nice touch is what follows: he has no interest whatever in the view. Wukong sightseeing under the ocean would be entirely in character, and the line pointedly says he does not. 逼水法 is the spell that pushes water aside so he can walk down.

正zhèng行xíng時shí,見jiàn一yí個gè巡xún海hǎi夜yè叉chā相xiāng撞zhuàng,看kàn見jiàn是shì孫sūn大dà聖shèng,急jí回huí到dào水shuǐ晶jīng宮gōng裡lǐ,報bào知zhī那nà老lǎo龍lóng王wáng。 正zhèng行xíng时shí,见jiàn一yí个gè巡xún海hǎi夜yè叉chā相xiāng撞zhuàng,看kàn见jiàn是shì孙sūn大dà圣shèng,急jí回huí到dào水shuǐ晶jīng宫gōng里lǐ,报bào知zhī那nà老lǎo龙lóng王wáng。

As he went, a sea-patrolling yaksha ran into him; seeing it was the Great Sage Sun, it hurried back into the crystal palace and reported to the old Dragon King.

A sea-patrolling yaksha blunders into him. A yaksha in Buddhist writing is a fierce spirit, often in service to a greater power, and here they work as the dragon court's coastguard. It recognises him instantly and runs, which tells you something about Wukong's standing down here.

敖áo廣guǎng即jí率shuài龍lóng子zǐ、龍lóng孫sūn、蝦xiā兵bīng、蟹xiè卒zú一yì齊qí出chū門mén迎yíng接jiē,請qǐng裡lǐ面miàn坐zuò。 敖áo广guǎng即jí率shuài龙lóng子zǐ、龙lóng孙sūn、虾xiā兵bīng、蟹xiè卒zú一yì齐qí出chū门mén迎yíng接jiē,请qǐng里lǐ面miàn坐zuò。

Ao Guang at once led out his dragon-sons and dragon-grandsons, his shrimp-soldiers and crab-troops, all together to meet him at the gate, and invited him within to sit.

Ao Guang, Dragon King of the Eastern Ocean, comes out personally with the entire household. 率 is read shuài, to lead, not the lǜ that means a rate or ratio. 蝦兵蟹卒, shrimp-soldiers and crab-troops, is a set phrase for a dragon king's retinue and, outside the novel, a mildly dismissive term for a rabble of underlings.

坐zuò定dìng,禮lǐ畢bì,告gào茶chá。 坐zuò定dìng,礼lǐ毕bì,告gào茶chá。

When they were seated and the courtesies done, tea was called for.

Three formal beats in six characters: seated, courtesies completed, tea called for. The prose slows to walking pace to perform the protocol, and that formality is the whole content of the line.


總評 Commentary

The reception follows the novel's fixed choreography for arriving at a dragon court: waves parted, alarmed sea-herald, the king out at the gate with his whole household, then seating, courtesies and tea.

The formality is the point, and it is worth measuring against history. Wukong's last notable visit to this palace, back in Chapter 3, was to bully Ao Guang out of the iron cudgel he still carries and a suit of armour besides. He left having effectively robbed the place. Now the same king comes out to meet him with full ceremony. Nothing is said about the earlier business, and the courtesy is either genuine respect or a very long memory being carefully managed.