Canonical Classics ← 第四十五回
第四十五回
三sān清qīng觀guàn大dà聖shèng留liú名míng
車chē遲chí國guó猴hóu王wáng顯xiǎn法fǎ

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.

攔住大仙
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原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

攔住大仙 Intercepting the Immortal

那nà虎hǔ力lì大dà仙xiān欠qiàn身shēn拱gǒng手shǒu,辭cí了le國guó王wáng,徑jìng下xià樓lóu來lái。行xíng者zhě向xiàng前qián攔lán住zhù道dào:「先xiān生shēng那nǎ裡lǐ去qù?」大dà仙xiān道dào:「登dēng壇tán祈qí雨yǔ。」行xíng者zhě道dào:「你nǐ也yě忒tè自zì重zhòng了le,更gèng不bú讓ràng我wǒ遠yuǎn鄉xiāng之zhī僧sēng。那nà虎hǔ力lì大dà仙xiān欠qiàn身shēn拱gǒng手shǒu,辞cí了le国guó王wáng,径jìng下xià楼lóu来lái。行xíng者zhě向xiàng前qián拦lán住zhù道dào:「先xiān生shēng那nǎ里lǐ去qù?」大dà仙xiān道dào:「登dēng坛tán祈qí雨yǔ。」行xíng者zhě道dào:「你nǐ也yě忒tè自zì重zhòng了le,更gèng不bú让ràng我wǒ远yuǎn乡xiāng之zhī僧sēng。


逐句解 Line by line

那nà虎hǔ力lì大dà仙xiān欠qiàn身shēn拱gǒng手shǒu,辭cí了le國guó王wáng,徑jìng下xià樓lóu來lái。 那nà虎hǔ力lì大dà仙xiān欠qiàn身shēn拱gǒng手shǒu,辞cí了le国guó王wáng,径jìng下xià楼lóu来lái。

Tiger-Power the Immortal rose with a slight bow and cupped his hands, took his leave of the king, and came straight down from the tower.

那虎力大仙: 那 = nà. 欠身拱手 "half-rising, hands cupped" -- a courteous salute, done sitting down. 辭 "to take leave."

行xíng者zhě向xiàng前qián攔lán住zhù道dào:「先xiān生shēng那nǎ裡lǐ去qù?」 行xíng者zhě向xiàng前qián拦lán住zhù道dào:「先xiān生shēng那nǎ里lǐ去qù?」

Pilgrim stepped forward, blocked his way, and said, “Sir, where are you off to?”

行者: 行 = xíng. 攔住 "to block the way." 那裡去: 那 = nǎ, the questioning reading -- "where are you off to?"

大dà仙xiān道dào:「登dēng壇tán祈qí雨yǔ。」 大dà仙xiān道dào:「登dēng坛tán祈qí雨yǔ。」

The immortal said, “To mount the altar and pray for rain.”

登壇祈雨 "to go up the altar and pray for rain."

行xíng者zhě道dào:「你nǐ也yě忒tè自zì重zhòng了le,更gèng不bú讓ràng我wǒ遠yuǎn鄉xiāng之zhī僧sēng。 行xíng者zhě道dào:「你nǐ也yě忒tè自zì重zhòng了le,更gèng不bú让ràng我wǒ远yuǎn乡xiāng之zhī僧sēng。

Pilgrim said, “You are far too full of yourself, giving no way at all to me, a monk from a distant land.

忒自重: 重 = zhòng in 自重, to think a lot of yourself. 更不讓: 更 = gèng; the falling tone of 讓 pulls 不 to bú.


總評 Commentary

Wukong steps in front of Tiger-Power before he can reach the altar. What follows looks like a squabble about manners and is in fact the decisive manoeuvre of the contest.

His opening complaint -- you are far too full of yourself, giving no way to a monk from far off -- is mock-injured etiquette, the outsider claiming his turn. It puts the immortal on the back foot over something trivial, which is the ideal position from which to ask him for something important.