第四十五回 · 亂棒闖出 Cudgels and Escape — Journey to the West

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亂棒闖出 Cudgels and Escape

那nà道dào士shì聞wén得dé此cǐ言yán，攔lán住zhù門mén，一yì齊qí動dòng叉chā鈀pá、掃sǎo帚zhǒu、瓦wǎ塊kuài、石shí頭tóu，沒méi頭tóu沒méi臉liǎn，往wǎng裡lǐ面miàn亂luàn打dǎ。好hǎo行xíng者zhě，左zuǒ手shǒu挾xié了le沙shā僧sēng，右yòu手shǒu挾xié了le八bā戒jiè，闖chuǎng出chū門mén，駕jià著zhe雲yún光guāng，徑jìng轉zhuǎn智zhì淵yuān寺sì方fāng丈zhàng。不bù敢gǎn驚jīng動dòng師shī父fù，三sān人rén又yòu復fù睡shuì下xià。那nà道dào士shì闻wén得dé此cǐ言yán，拦lán住zhù门mén，一yì齐qí动dòng叉chā钯pá、扫sǎo帚zhǒu、瓦wǎ块kuài、石shí头tóu，没méi头tóu没méi脸liǎn，往wǎng里lǐ面miàn乱luàn打dǎ。好hǎo行xíng者zhě，左zuǒ手shǒu挟xié了le沙shā僧sēng，右yòu手shǒu挟xié了le八bā戒jiè，闯chuǎng出chū门mén，驾jià着zhe云yún光guāng，径jìng转zhuǎn智zhì渊yuān寺sì方fāng丈zhàng。不bù敢gǎn惊jīng动dòng师shī父fù，三sān人rén又yòu复fù睡shuì下xià。

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那nà道dào士shì聞wén得dé此cǐ言yán，攔lán住zhù門mén，一yì齊qí動dòng叉chā鈀pá、掃sǎo帚zhǒu、瓦wǎ塊kuài、石shí頭tóu，沒méi頭tóu沒méi臉liǎn，往wǎng裡lǐ面miàn亂luàn打dǎ。那nà道dào士shì闻wén得dé此cǐ言yán，拦lán住zhù门mén，一yì齐qí动dòng叉chā钯pá、扫sǎo帚zhǒu、瓦wǎ块kuài、石shí头tóu，没méi头tóu没méi脸liǎn，往wǎng里lǐ面miàn乱luàn打dǎ。

The Daoists, hearing these words, blocked the door and all at once laid on with rake-forks, brooms, roof-tiles and stones, striking blindly, head and face, into the dark within.

那道士: 那 = nà. 聞得: 得 = dé, to hear, to get wind of. The weapons are whatever was to hand: 叉鈀 with 鈀 = pá, a rake; 掃帚 (sǎo zhǒu), a broom; then roof tiles and stones. 沒頭沒臉: 沒 = méi, "over head and face alike," meaning blindly, at anything.

好hǎo行xíng者zhě，左zuǒ手shǒu挾xié了le沙shā僧sēng，右yòu手shǒu挾xié了le八bā戒jiè，闖chuǎng出chū門mén，駕jià著zhe雲yún光guāng，徑jìng轉zhuǎn智zhì淵yuān寺sì方fāng丈zhàng。好hǎo行xíng者zhě，左zuǒ手shǒu挟xié了le沙shā僧sēng，右yòu手shǒu挟xié了le八bā戒jiè，闯chuǎng出chū门mén，驾jià着zhe云yún光guāng，径jìng转zhuǎn智zhì渊yuān寺sì方fāng丈zhàng。

Good Pilgrim! Tucking Friar Sand under his left arm and Bajie under his right, he burst out the door, rode off on a beam of cloud-light, and went straight back to the abbot's quarters of the Zhiyuan Temple.

好行者: 行 = xíng. "Good Pilgrim!" is the storyteller breaking in to admire his own hero, a habit inherited from performance and one of the most likeable tics in the book. 駕著: 著 = zhe. 徑轉 "went straight back." 智淵寺方丈 the abbot's quarters at Zhiyuan Temple.

不bù敢gǎn驚jīng動dòng師shī父fù，三sān人rén又yòu復fù睡shuì下xià。不bù敢gǎn惊jīng动dòng师shī父fù，三sān人rén又yòu复fù睡shuì下xià。

Not daring to disturb their master, the three lay down again to sleep.

不敢: the third tone of 敢 keeps 不 at bù. 又復睡下 "lay down to sleep again" -- and the master never wakes.

總評 Commentary

It ends in farce: the Daoists barricade the door and beat the dark with rakes, brooms and roof tiles, while Wukong picks up a brother under each arm and simply leaves by air.

The last line is the best one. They creep home, take care not to wake Tripitaka, and go back to bed. The whole night is sealed off as though it had not happened -- which matters, because in a few hours the same two parties will meet again in front of the throne, and only one side will know what the other has been doing.