Canonical Classics ← 第四十五回
第四十五回
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At the Abbey of the Three Pure Ones the Great Sage leaves his name; in the Kingdom of Cart-Slow the Monkey King displays his magic.

第一指刮風
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第一指刮風 First Point: Wind

léigōngjīngdào:「yeyamenzěnchīdezhègùnzi?」xíngzhědào:「shìmendànkànzhègùnziwǎngshàngzhǐjiùyàoguāfēng。」fēngpoxùnèrlángméikǒudeyìngdào:「jiùfàngfēng。」léigōngjīngdào:「yeyamenzěnchīdezhègùnzi?」xíngzhědào:「shìmendànkànzhègùnziwǎngshàngzhǐjiùyàoguāfēng。」fēngpoxùnèrlángméikǒudeyìngdào:「jiùfàngfēng。」


逐句解 Line by line

léigōngjīngdào:「yeya léigōngjīngdào:「yeya

That Thunder Lord said in great alarm, “Venerable Father!

那雷公: = . 大驚 "greatly startled" -- the god of thunder, alarmed, by a stick.

menzěnchīdezhègùnzi?」 menzěnchīdezhègùnzi?」

How could we ever bear that cudgel?”

怎吃得: = de, marking whether the thing can be borne at all -- "how could we possibly take that?" 棍子: = zi.

xíngzhědào:「shìmendànkànzhègùnziwǎngshàngzhǐjiùyàoguāfēng。」 xíngzhědào:「shìmendànkànzhègùnziwǎngshàngzhǐjiùyàoguāfēng。」

Pilgrim said, “It is not to strike you — only watch this cudgel of mine: when I point it once upward, then the wind must blow.”

但看: = kàn. 棍子: = zi. 往上一指: the third tone of keeps at . 不是: the falling tone of pulls to . "It is not to strike you" -- he has to reassure them first, which tells you what the cudgel usually means.

fēngpoxùnèrlángméikǒudeyìngdào:「jiùfàngfēng。」 fēngpoxùnèrlángméikǒudeyìngdào:「jiùfàngfēng。」

Granny Wind and Xun the Second assented without stint: “We'll loose the wind at once.”

那風婆婆: = . 沒口的答應: = méi; = yìng, to answer. Literally "agreed without a mouth" -- agreeing so fast and so often the words run together.


總評 Commentary

The Thunder Lord takes one look at the cudgel and assumes he is about to be beaten with it, which is a reasonable assumption given its history. Wukong has to explain that this time it is a baton, not a weapon.

The comedy of the god of thunder flinching from a stick does the ranking better than any amount of assertion could. And with that settled, the drill begins: one point upward, and the wind blows.