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.

留個名罷
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原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition 含詞賦 With rhapsody

留個名罷 Leaving a Name

行xíng者zhě坐zuò在zài上shàng面miàn,聽tīng見jiàn說shuō出chū這zhè話huà兒er來lái,已yǐ此cǐ識shí破pò了le,道dào:「我wǒ弄nòng個gè手shǒu段duàn,索suǒ性xìng留liú個gè名míng罷ba。」大dà叫jiào云yún:行xíng者zhě坐zuò在zài上shàng面miàn,听tīng见jiàn说shuō出chū这zhè话huà儿er来lái,已yǐ此cǐ识shí破pò了le,道dào:「我wǒ弄nòng个gè手shǒu段duàn,索suǒ性xìng留liú个gè名míng罢ba。」大dà叫jiào云yún:

「道dào號hào道dào號hào,你nǐ好hǎo胡hú思sī。「道dào号hào道dào号hào,你nǐ好hǎo胡hú思sī。
那nǎ個gè三sān清qīng,肯kěn降jiàng凡fán基jī?那nǎ个gè三sān清qīng,肯kěn降jiàng凡fán基jī?
吾wú將jiāng真zhēn姓xìng,說shuō與yǔ你nǐ知zhī。吾wú将jiāng真zhēn姓xìng,说shuō与yǔ你nǐ知zhī。
大dà唐táng僧sēng眾zhòng,奉fèng旨zhǐ來lái西xī。大dà唐táng僧sēng众zhòng,奉fèng旨zhǐ来lái西xī。
良liáng宵xiāo無wú事shì,下xià降jiàng宮gōng闈wéi。良liáng宵xiāo无wú事shì,下xià降jiàng宫gōng闱wéi。
吃chī了le供gòng養yǎng,閑xián坐zuò嬉xī嬉xī。吃chī了le供gòng养yǎng,闲xián坐zuò嬉xī嬉xī。
蒙méng你nǐ叩kòu拜bài,何hé以yǐ答dá之zhī?蒙méng你nǐ叩kòu拜bài,何hé以yǐ答dá之zhī?
那nǎ裡lǐ是shì甚shén麼me聖shèng水shuǐ,你nǐ們men吃chī的de都dōu是shì我wǒ一yí溺nì之zhī尿niào。」那nǎ里lǐ是shì甚shén么me圣shèng水shuǐ,你nǐ们men吃chī的de都dōu是shì我wǒ一yí溺nì之zhī尿niào。」

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě坐zuò在zài上shàng面miàn,聽tīng見jiàn說shuō出chū這zhè話huà兒er來lái,已yǐ此cǐ識shí破pò了le,道dào:「我wǒ弄nòng個gè手shǒu段duàn,索suǒ性xìng留liú個gè名míng罷ba。」 行xíng者zhě坐zuò在zài上shàng面miàn,听tīng见jiàn说shuō出chū这zhè话huà儿er来lái,已yǐ此cǐ识shí破pò了le,道dào:「我wǒ弄nòng个gè手shǒu段duàn,索suǒ性xìng留liú个gè名míng罢ba。」

Pilgrim, seated up above and hearing these words spoken out, saw the game was up and said, “Let me work a little trick — I may as well leave them a name.”

話兒: 兒 = er. 已此識破 "by now the trick had been seen through." 索性留個名罷: 罷 = ba, the softener at the end of a sentence; 索性 is "might as well, and be done with it." He is not cornered -- he has decided to sign his work.

大dà叫jiào云yún: 大dà叫jiào云yún:

He cried out in a loud voice:

大叫云 "he called out aloud" -- the tag that introduces the taunt in verse.

「道dào號hào道dào號hào,你nǐ好hǎo胡hú思sī。 「道dào号hào道dào号hào,你nǐ好hǎo胡hú思sī。

“You reverend Daoists, you Daoists — how foolish are your fancies!

道號道號 "O Daoist reverences, Daoist reverences" -- calling them by their titles and making the titles ridiculous. 你好胡思: 好 = hǎo, "how, so"; 胡思 "wild, groundless notions."

那nǎ個gè三sān清qīng,肯kěn降jiàng凡fán基jī? 那nǎ个gè三sān清qīng,肯kěn降jiàng凡fán基jī?

What Three Pure Ones would ever stoop to this mortal ground?

那個: 那 = nǎ, the questioning reading -- "which Three Pure Ones?" 肯降凡基: 降 = jiàng, to stoop down to the mortal ground.

吾wú將jiāng真zhēn姓xìng,說shuō與yǔ你nǐ知zhī。 吾wú将jiāng真zhēn姓xìng,说shuō与yǔ你nǐ知zhī。

I'll take my true surname and make it known to you:

吾將真姓: 將 = jiāng, taking hold of the thing named -- "I take my true surname and..."

大dà唐táng僧sēng眾zhòng,奉fèng旨zhǐ來lái西xī。 大dà唐táng僧sēng众zhòng,奉fèng旨zhǐ来lái西xī。

the monks of Great Tang, come west by imperial command.

大唐僧眾 "the company of monks from Great Tang." 奉旨 "by imperial command."

良liáng宵xiāo無wú事shì,下xià降jiàng宮gōng闈wéi。 良liáng宵xiāo无wú事shì,下xià降jiàng宫gōng闱wéi。

On a fine night, with nothing to do, we came down to your temple halls,

良宵無事 "a fine night, nothing to do." 下降宮闈: 降 = jiàng, came down to the temple chambers. He is parodying the language of a divine visitation while describing a burglary.

吃chī了le供gòng養yǎng,閑xián坐zuò嬉xī嬉xī。 吃chī了le供gòng养yǎng,闲xián坐zuò嬉xī嬉xī。

ate up your offerings, and sat about idle and amused.

吃了供養: 供 = gòng, the offerings. 閑坐嬉嬉 "sat about idle, laughing."

蒙méng你nǐ叩kòu拜bài,何hé以yǐ答dá之zhī? 蒙méng你nǐ叩kòu拜bài,何hé以yǐ答dá之zhī?

You have knocked your heads to us in worship — how are we to repay it?

蒙你叩拜 "favoured with your kowtows." 何以答之 "and how shall we repay it?" -- the last courtesy before the punchline.

那nǎ裡lǐ是shì甚shén麼me聖shèng水shuǐ,你nǐ們men吃chī的de都dōu是shì我wǒ一yí溺nì之zhī尿niào。」 那nǎ里lǐ是shì甚shén么me圣shèng水shuǐ,你nǐ们men吃chī的de都dōu是shì我wǒ一yí溺nì之zhī尿niào。」

What holy water was that, then? What you drank was every drop my piss!”

那裡是甚麼聖水: 那 = nǎ, the questioning reading again, and 甚 = shén in 甚麼, "what" -- worth setting beside 不甚 a few lines back, where the same character is shèn and means "very." 都是: 都 = dōu. 一溺之尿: the falling tone of 溺 pulls 一 to yí.


總評 Commentary

Wukong ends the trick by confessing it in verse -- and in the same tidy four-character parallel lines the immortals used for their prayers. The form that carried their reverence now carries his jeer, which is a neater piece of mockery than anything he could have said in prose.

He observes every courtesy on the way down. What Three Pure Ones would come to a place like this? Let me tell you my real name. We came down on a quiet evening, ate your food, and sat about enjoying ourselves. You have bowed to us -- how shall we repay you? And then the last line, which repays them.

The passage also puts the two readings of 甚 within a few lines of each other: 不甚 "not very," where it is shèn, and 甚麼 "what," where it is shén. The same character doing two unrelated jobs, in one small scene.