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.

眾道叩求
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眾道叩求 The Daoists' Entreaty

眾zhòng道dào聞wén言yán,一yì齊qí俯fǔ伏fú叩kòu頭tóu道dào:「萬wàn望wàng天tiān尊zūn念niàn弟dì子zǐ恭gōng敬jìng之zhī意yì,千qiān乞qǐ喜xǐ賜cì些xiē須xū。我wǒ弟dì子zǐ廣guǎng宣xuān道dào德dé,奏zòu國guó王wáng普pǔ敬jìng玄xuán門mén。」行xíng者zhě道dào:「既jì如rú此cǐ,取qǔ器qì皿mǐn來lái。」那nà道dào士shì一yì齊qí頓dùn首shǒu謝xiè恩ēn。众zhòng道dào闻wén言yán,一yì齐qí俯fǔ伏fú叩kòu头tóu道dào:「万wàn望wàng天tiān尊zūn念niàn弟dì子zǐ恭gōng敬jìng之zhī意yì,千qiān乞qǐ喜xǐ赐cì些xiē须xū。我wǒ弟dì子zǐ广guǎng宣xuān道dào德dé,奏zòu国guó王wáng普pǔ敬jìng玄xuán门mén。」行xíng者zhě道dào:「既jì如rú此cǐ,取qǔ器qì皿mǐn来lái。」那nà道dào士shì一yì齐qí顿dùn首shǒu谢xiè恩ēn。


逐句解 Line by line

眾zhòng道dào聞wén言yán,一yì齊qí俯fǔ伏fú叩kòu頭tóu道dào:「萬wàn望wàng天tiān尊zūn念niàn弟dì子zǐ恭gōng敬jìng之zhī意yì,千qiān乞qǐ喜xǐ賜cì些xiē須xū。 众zhòng道dào闻wén言yán,一yì齐qí俯fǔ伏fú叩kòu头tóu道dào:「万wàn望wàng天tiān尊zūn念niàn弟dì子zǐ恭gōng敬jìng之zhī意yì,千qiān乞qǐ喜xǐ赐cì些xiē须xū。

Hearing this, the Daoists all bowed their heads to the ground and knocked them, saying, “We beg the Venerable to regard your disciples' reverent hearts and graciously grant us a little.

一齊: the rising tone of 齊 keeps 一 at yì. 弟子: 子 = zǐ. 千乞 "we beg a thousand times over."

我wǒ弟dì子zǐ廣guǎng宣xuān道dào德dé,奏zòu國guó王wáng普pǔ敬jìng玄xuán門mén。」 我wǒ弟dì子zǐ广guǎng宣xuān道dào德dé,奏zòu国guó王wáng普pǔ敬jìng玄xuán门mén。」

We disciples will broadly proclaim the Way and its Power, and move the king to honour the Daoist gate everywhere.”

弟子: 子 = zǐ. 廣宣道德 "proclaim the Way and its Power far and wide." 玄門 "the Dark Gate" -- Daoism's name for itself.

行xíng者zhě道dào:「既jì如rú此cǐ,取qǔ器qì皿mǐn來lái。」 行xíng者zhě道dào:「既jì如rú此cǐ,取qǔ器qì皿mǐn来lái。」

Pilgrim said, “If that is so, fetch some vessels.”

既如此 "since that is how things stand." 器皿 "vessels, containers."

那nà道dào士shì一yì齊qí頓dùn首shǒu謝xiè恩ēn。 那nà道dào士shì一yì齐qí顿dùn首shǒu谢xiè恩ēn。

The Daoists all knocked their heads in thanks.

那道士: 那 = nà. 一齊頓首: 一 = yì. 謝恩 "to give thanks for a favour granted" -- court language again, the phrase for thanking a sovereign, keeping up the fiction that a god is in the room.


總評 Commentary

The Daoists negotiate. They offer to preach the faith more widely and to work on the king, in exchange for a few drops of elixir -- which is the arc's target in miniature: devotion as a transaction, with terms.

Their word for thanks is 謝恩, the formula for acknowledging a favour from the throne. It is the right register for the imaginary god they think they are dealing with, and quite wrong for the one they have got. When Wukong calls for vessels, the trap is baited and they fetch the bait themselves.