第四十五回 · 護持倒換 Escorting the Master — Journey to the West

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護持倒換 Escorting the Master

此cǐ時shí唐táng三sān藏zàng醒xǐng來lái，叫jiào：「徒tú弟dì，徒tú弟dì，伏fú侍shì我wǒ倒dào換huàn關guān文wén去qù來lái。」行xíng者zhě與yǔ沙shā僧sēng、八bā戒jiè急jí起qǐ身shēn，穿chuān了le衣yī服fú，侍shì立lì左zuǒ右yòu道dào：「上shàng告gào師shī父fù。這zhè國guó君jūn信xìn著zhe那nà些xiē道dào士shì，興xīng道dào滅miè僧sēng，恐kǒng言yán語yǔ差chà錯cuò，不bù肯kěn倒dào換huàn關guān文wén，我wǒ等děng護hù持chí師shī父fù，都dōu進jìn朝cháo去qù也yě。」此cǐ时shí唐táng三sān藏zàng醒xǐng来lái，叫jiào：「徒tú弟dì，徒tú弟dì，伏fú侍shì我wǒ倒dào换huàn关guān文wén去qù来lái。」行xíng者zhě与yǔ沙shā僧sēng、八bā戒jiè急jí起qǐ身shēn，穿chuān了le衣yī服fú，侍shì立lì左zuǒ右yòu道dào：「上shàng告gào师shī父fù。这zhè国guó君jūn信xìn着zhe那nà些xiē道dào士shì，兴xīng道dào灭miè僧sēng，恐kǒng言yán语yǔ差chà错cuò，不bù肯kěn倒dào换huàn关guān文wén，我wǒ等děng护hù持chí师shī父fù，都dōu进jìn朝cháo去qù也yě。」

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此cǐ時shí唐táng三sān藏zàng醒xǐng來lái，叫jiào：「徒tú弟dì，徒tú弟dì，伏fú侍shì我wǒ倒dào換huàn關guān文wén去qù來lái。」此cǐ时shí唐táng三sān藏zàng醒xǐng来lái，叫jiào：「徒tú弟dì，徒tú弟dì，伏fú侍shì我wǒ倒dào换huàn关guān文wén去qù来lái。」

Just then Tang Sanzang woke and called, “Disciples, disciples — attend me; let us go and have our travel-rescript re-stamped.”

倒換關文: 倒 = dào, to exchange or get re-endorsed. The 關文 is the travel document the pilgrims carry from the Tang court, and it has to be stamped afresh at each border they cross -- the plot of a great many chapters turns on a visa. 伏侍 "to wait upon, to attend."

行xíng者zhě與yǔ沙shā僧sēng、八bā戒jiè急jí起qǐ身shēn，穿chuān了le衣yī服fú，侍shì立lì左zuǒ右yòu道dào：「上shàng告gào師shī父fù。行xíng者zhě与yǔ沙shā僧sēng、八bā戒jiè急jí起qǐ身shēn，穿chuān了le衣yī服fú，侍shì立lì左zuǒ右yòu道dào：「上shàng告gào师shī父fù。

Pilgrim, with Friar Sand and Bajie, rose in haste, put on their clothes, and stood in attendance to left and right, saying, “We would report to our master.

行者: 行 = xíng. 急起身 "got up in a hurry." 侍立左右 "stood attending on either side."

這zhè國guó君jūn信xìn著zhe那nà些xiē道dào士shì，興xīng道dào滅miè僧sēng，恐kǒng言yán語yǔ差chà錯cuò，不bù肯kěn倒dào換huàn關guān文wén，我wǒ等děng護hù持chí師shī父fù，都dōu進jìn朝cháo去qù也yě。」这zhè国guó君jūn信xìn着zhe那nà些xiē道dào士shì，兴xīng道dào灭miè僧sēng，恐kǒng言yán语yǔ差chà错cuò，不bù肯kěn倒dào换huàn关guān文wén，我wǒ等děng护hù持chí师shī父fù，都dōu进jìn朝cháo去qù也yě。」

This ruler trusts those Daoists, exalting the Way and suppressing the monks; we fear that a slip of the tongue might make him refuse to re-stamp the rescript. So let us guard our master and all go into court together.”

信著: 著 = zhe, trusting them and going on trusting them. 那些: 那 = nà. 興道滅僧: 興 = xīng -- the slogan again, "exalt the Way and wipe out the monks," now in the mouth of the people it is aimed at. 差錯: 差 = chà, a slip or error -- not chāi, to dispatch someone on an errand, which is the reading it takes later in the chapter. 倒換: 倒 = dào. 都進朝: 都 = dōu; 朝 = cháo.

總評 Commentary

Tripitaka wakes with no idea what his disciples have been doing and asks them to help him get the travel document stamped. Wukong, who has an excellent idea what they have been doing, insists that all four go into the palace together.

The stated reason is that a careless word might cost them the stamp. The unstated one is that Wukong knows exactly who they are going to meet there. This is the first time in the chapter he behaves as a strategist rather than a prankster, and it is the mode he will stay in for the rest of it.

興道滅僧 sounds for the third time in eighteen passages, and each time from a different mouth -- first as the Daoists' boast, then as their prayer, now as the pilgrims' warning. The novel is making sure the reader knows what is at stake before the doors open.