第四十四回 · 路傍相候 Waiting at the Roadside — Journey to the West

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路傍相候 Waiting at the Roadside

卻què說shuō那nà唐táng僧sēng在zài路lù傍páng等děng不bù得de行xíng者zhě回huí話huà，教jiào豬zhū八bā戒jiè引yǐn馬mǎ投tóu西xī，遇yù著zháo些xiē僧sēng人rén奔bēn走zǒu。將jiāng近jìn城chéng邊biān，見jiàn行xíng者zhě還hái與yǔ十shí數shù個gè未wèi散sàn的de和hé尚shàng在zài那nà裡lǐ。三sān藏zàng勒lēi馬mǎ道dào：「悟wù空kōng，你nǐ怎zěn麼me來lái打dǎ聽tīng個gè響xiǎng聲shēng，許xǔ久jiǔ不bù回huí？」行xíng者zhě引yǐn了le十shí數shù個gè和hé尚shàng，對duì唐táng僧sēng馬mǎ前qián施shī禮lǐ，將jiāng上shàng項xiàng事shì說shuō了le一yí遍biàn。三sān藏zàng大dà驚jīng道dào：「這zhè般bān啊a，我wǒ們men怎zěn了le？」却què说shuō那nà唐táng僧sēng在zài路lù傍páng等děng不bù得de行xíng者zhě回huí话huà，教jiào猪zhū八bā戒jiè引yǐn马mǎ投tóu西xī，遇yù着zháo些xiē僧sēng人rén奔bēn走zǒu。将jiāng近jìn城chéng边biān，见jiàn行xíng者zhě还hái与yǔ十shí数shù个gè未wèi散sàn的de和hé尚shàng在zài那nà里lǐ。三sān藏zàng勒lēi马mǎ道dào：「悟wù空kōng，你nǐ怎zěn么me来lái打dǎ听tīng个gè响xiǎng声shēng，许xǔ久jiǔ不bù回huí？」行xíng者zhě引yǐn了le十shí数shù个gè和hé尚shàng，对duì唐táng僧sēng马mǎ前qián施shī礼lǐ，将jiāng上shàng项xiàng事shì说shuō了le一yí遍biàn。三sān藏zàng大dà惊jīng道dào：「这zhè般bān啊a，我wǒ们men怎zěn了le？」

逐句解 Line by line

卻què說shuō那nà唐táng僧sēng在zài路lù傍páng等děng不bù得de行xíng者zhě回huí話huà，教jiào豬zhū八bā戒jiè引yǐn馬mǎ投tóu西xī，遇yù著zháo些xiē僧sēng人rén奔bēn走zǒu。却què说shuō那nà唐táng僧sēng在zài路lù傍páng等děng不bù得de行xíng者zhě回huí话huà，教jiào猪zhū八bā戒jiè引yǐn马mǎ投tóu西xī，遇yù着zháo些xiē僧sēng人rén奔bēn走zǒu。

Now, that Tripitaka, waiting at the roadside and unable to get any word back from Pilgrim, had told Eight Rules to lead the horse westward, and came upon some monks hurrying along.

The narration cuts back to the man who has been sitting by the road this whole time. 著 in 遇著 is zháo, the hitting-the-mark reading, to run into; 得 in 等不得 is the light de of "could not manage to wait," with 不 as bù; 那 is nà; 傍 is páng.

將jiāng近jìn城chéng邊biān，見jiàn行xíng者zhě還hái與yǔ十shí數shù個gè未wèi散sàn的de和hé尚shàng在zài那nà裡lǐ。将jiāng近jìn城chéng边biān，见jiàn行xíng者zhě还hái与yǔ十shí数shù个gè未wèi散sàn的de和hé尚shàng在zài那nà里lǐ。

Drawing near the city, he saw Pilgrim still there with a dozen-odd monks not yet scattered.

將 here is jiāng in a quite different job from its usual one in this chapter: not taking hold of an object but meaning "nearly, on the point of" — drawing near the city. 還 is hái; 數 is shù; 那 is nà, "there."

三sān藏zàng勒lēi馬mǎ道dào：「悟wù空kōng，你nǐ怎zěn麼me來lái打dǎ聽tīng個gè響xiǎng聲shēng，許xǔ久jiǔ不bù回huí？」三sān藏zàng勒lēi马mǎ道dào：「悟wù空kōng，你nǐ怎zěn么me来lái打dǎ听tīng个gè响xiǎng声shēng，许xǔ久jiǔ不bù回huí？」

Tripitaka reined in his horse: "Wukong, how is it you went to find out about a noise and are so long in coming back?"

The reproach is entirely in character: sent to identify a noise, gone half a day. 藏 is zàng; 不 is bù before 回.

行xíng者zhě引yǐn了le十shí數shù個gè和hé尚shàng，對duì唐táng僧sēng馬mǎ前qián施shī禮lǐ，將jiāng上shàng項xiàng事shì說shuō了le一yí遍biàn。行xíng者zhě引yǐn了le十shí数shù个gè和hé尚shàng，对duì唐táng僧sēng马mǎ前qián施shī礼lǐ，将jiāng上shàng项xiàng事shì说shuō了le一yí遍biàn。

Pilgrim, leading the dozen-odd monks, made his salute before Tripitaka's horse and told the whole foregoing matter.

上項事, "the foregoing matter" — a clerk's phrase, the storyteller declining to tell you again what you have just read. 將 is jiāng; 數 is shù; 一 is yí before 遍.

三sān藏zàng大dà驚jīng道dào：「這zhè般bān啊a，我wǒ們men怎zěn了le？」三sān藏zàng大dà惊jīng道dào：「这zhè般bān啊a，我wǒ们men怎zěn了le？」

Tripitaka was greatly alarmed: "If it's like that — what's to become of us?"

And there is the master's note for the whole arc: not "how terrible for them" but "what becomes of us?" 藏 is zàng.

總評 Commentary

Back to Tripitaka, who has grown anxious at the long silence and pressed on westward by himself, only to find his disciple at the city wall in a crowd of freed monks.

His first reaction to the news is the note he sounds all through this arc: not horror at what has been done to these men but alarm at what it might cost the party. Where Wukong sees an injustice to be broken, his master sees a danger to be survived — and the gap between those two responses is much of what the 車遲國 chapters are about.