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.

雨夠了
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雨夠了 “Rain Enough”

那nà國guó王wáng傳chuán旨zhǐ道dào:「雨yǔ夠gòu了le,雨yǔ夠gòu了le;十shí分fēn再zài多duō,又yòu渰yǎn壞huài了le禾hé苗miáo,反fǎn為wéi不bù美měi。」五wǔ鳳fèng樓lóu下xià聽tīng事shì官guān策cè馬mǎ冒mào雨yǔ來lái報bào:「聖shèng僧sēng,雨yǔ夠gòu了le。」行xíng者zhě聞wén言yán,將jiāng金jīn箍gū棒bàng往wǎng上shàng又yòu一yì指zhǐ。那nà国guó王wáng传chuán旨zhǐ道dào:「雨yǔ够gòu了le,雨yǔ够gòu了le;十shí分fēn再zài多duō,又yòu渰yǎn坏huài了le禾hé苗miáo,反fǎn为wéi不bù美měi。」五wǔ凤fèng楼lóu下xià听tīng事shì官guān策cè马mǎ冒mào雨yǔ来lái报bào:「圣shèng僧sēng,雨yǔ够gòu了le。」行xíng者zhě闻wén言yán,将jiāng金jīn箍gū棒bàng往wǎng上shàng又yòu一yì指zhǐ。


逐句解 Line by line

那nà國guó王wáng傳chuán旨zhǐ道dào:「雨yǔ夠gòu了le,雨yǔ夠gòu了le; 那nà国guó王wáng传chuán旨zhǐ道dào:「雨yǔ够gòu了le,雨yǔ够gòu了le;

That king passed down a decree: “The rain is enough, the rain is enough;

那國王: 那 = nà. 傳旨 "to pass down a command."

十shí分fēn再zài多duō,又yòu渰yǎn壞huài了le禾hé苗miáo,反fǎn為wéi不bù美měi。」 十shí分fēn再zài多duō,又yòu渰yǎn坏huài了le禾hé苗miáo,反fǎn为wéi不bù美měi。」

any more, and it would drown the young crops, and turn to no good.”

渰壞了 (yǎn) "to flood and ruin." 禾苗 "the seedling grain," the young crop the elders came about. 反為不美: 為 = wéi, to become -- "would turn out badly instead." He is right, and it is the one genuinely competent thing he does all chapter.

五wǔ鳳fèng樓lóu下xià聽tīng事shì官guān策cè馬mǎ冒mào雨yǔ來lái報bào:「聖shèng僧sēng,雨yǔ夠gòu了le。」 五wǔ凤fèng楼lóu下xià听tīng事shì官guān策cè马mǎ冒mào雨yǔ来lái报bào:「圣shèng僧sēng,雨yǔ够gòu了le。」

Below the Five-Phoenix Tower, an attending officer spurred his horse through the rain to report, “Holy monk, the rain is enough.”

聽事官 "the officer in attendance." 策馬冒雨 "whipping his horse on through the rain," which is a nice detail: the messenger gets soaked delivering the news that there has been enough rain.

行xíng者zhě聞wén言yán,將jiāng金jīn箍gū棒bàng往wǎng上shàng又yòu一yì指zhǐ。 行xíng者zhě闻wén言yán,将jiāng金jīn箍gū棒bàng往wǎng上shàng又yòu一yì指zhǐ。

Pilgrim, hearing it, pointed the gold-banded cudgel up once again.

將金箍棒: 將 = jiāng. 往上又一指: 一 = yì.


總評 Commentary

The rain is not merely produced, it is regulated. The king calls a halt because any more would drown the seedlings, and Wukong turns it off with a point of the stick.

That is the real demonstration, and it is easy to read past. Anyone might get lucky with a storm. Starting one on cue, holding it for a morning, and stopping it the moment the crops have had enough is not luck, and the clearing that follows will put the matter beyond argument.