That Great Sage went straight up onto the sand-flat, worked a spell, hauled the carts over the two passes and through the ridge, lifted them up, and dashed them to pieces.

He does with one spell what has broken these men for years: hauls the carts over both passes, through the ridge-path, and smashes them. 將 is jiāng, taking hold of the carts; 脊 is jǐ; 拽 is zhuài; 那 is nà; 兒 is the light er; 得 in 摔得 is the light de.

He flung all the brick and tile and timber down the slope.

And the load after them. 盡 is jìn, the whole lot; 那 is nà.

He shouted an order to the monks: "Scatter — don't stay under my hands and feet.

喝 is hè, to shout, the reading this edition uses for the bellow — not the hē that means to drink. 教 is jiào, to order; 散 is sàn, the verb, to scatter.

Wait till tomorrow, when I see this emperor and destroy those Daoists."

A plan stated as a timetable. 那 is nà.

The monks said: "Ah, Grandfather!

The cry of men who can see the flaw in it.

We dare not go far off, for we fear that officials on duty will seize us and haul us in, and then we'll be beaten and made to pay ransom, bringing fresh calamity on ourselves."

And here is the flaw. Freedom is no use while the posters are still up: they will be taken, beaten, and made to buy themselves back. 打發贖, beaten and ransomed; 在官人, men on official duty. 不 is bù before 敢.

Pilgrim said: "If that's so, I'll give each of you a body-guarding charm."

護身法兒, a charm to guard the body. 兒 is the light er.