第四十七回 · 招僧榜文 The Proclamation Recalling the Monks — Journey to the West

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招僧榜文 The Proclamation Recalling the Monks

次cì日rì五wǔ更gēng時shí候hòu，國guó王wáng設shè朝cháo，聚jù集jí多duō官guān，傳chuán旨zhǐ：「快kuài出chū招zhāo僧sēng榜bǎng文wén，四sì門mén各gè路lù張zhāng掛guà。」一yí壁bì廂xiāng大dà排pái筵yán宴yàn，擺bǎi駕jià出chū朝cháo，至zhì智zhì淵yuān寺sì門mén外wài，請qǐng了le三sān藏zàng等děng，共gòng入rù東dōng閣gé赴fù宴yàn，不bú在zài話huà下xià。次cì日rì五wǔ更gēng时shí候hòu，国guó王wáng设shè朝cháo，聚jù集jí多duō官guān，传chuán旨zhǐ：「快kuài出chū招zhāo僧sēng榜bǎng文wén，四sì门mén各gè路lù张zhāng挂guà。」一yí壁bì厢xiāng大dà排pái筵yán宴yàn，摆bǎi驾jià出chū朝cháo，至zhì智zhì渊yuān寺sì门mén外wài，请qǐng了le三sān藏zàng等děng，共gòng入rù东dōng阁gé赴fù宴yàn，不bú在zài话huà下xià。

逐句解 Line by line

次cì日rì五wǔ更gēng時shí候hòu，國guó王wáng設shè朝cháo，聚jù集jí多duō官guān，傳chuán旨zhǐ：「快kuài出chū招zhāo僧sēng榜bǎng文wén，四sì門mén各gè路lù張zhāng掛guà。」次cì日rì五wǔ更gēng时shí候hòu，国guó王wáng设shè朝cháo，聚jù集jí多duō官guān，传chuán旨zhǐ：「快kuài出chū招zhāo僧sēng榜bǎng文wén，四sì门mén各gè路lù张zhāng挂guà。」

Next day, at the fifth watch, the king held court, gathered his many officials, and handed down a decree: "Quickly issue a proclamation recalling the monks, and post it at the four gates and along every road."

五更 is the fifth watch, the last before dawn — court began in the dark. 更 is gēng, the watch-word. 招僧榜文 is a public notice calling the monks back: the king who drove them out is now advertising for them.

一yí壁bì廂xiāng大dà排pái筵yán宴yàn，擺bǎi駕jià出chū朝cháo，至zhì智zhì淵yuān寺sì門mén外wài，請qǐng了le三sān藏zàng等děng，共gòng入rù東dōng閣gé赴fù宴yàn，不bú在zài話huà下xià。一yí壁bì厢xiāng大dà排pái筵yán宴yàn，摆bǎi驾jià出chū朝cháo，至zhì智zhì渊yuān寺sì门mén外wài，请qǐng了le三sān藏zàng等děng，共gòng入rù东dōng阁gé赴fù宴yàn，不bú在zài话huà下xià。

Meanwhile a great banquet was laid out; the royal carriage rolled from court to the gate of the Monastery of Wisdom's Depths, where Tripitaka and his fellows were invited into the Eastern Pavilion for the feast — of which no more need be told.

三藏 is Tripitaka's monastic name, the Three Baskets of the canon; 藏 is zàng, a storehouse, not the cáng of hiding. 一壁廂 is "over on the other side, meanwhile." 不在話下 is the storyteller waving a hand — no more need be told of that — and it is still the ordinary way a Chinese narrator skips ahead.

總評 Commentary

A hinge, and a short one. Having repented, the king reverses the persecution that began the whole Cart-Slow episode: he recalls by proclamation, posted at the four gates, the very monks he had enslaved to haul carts, and feasts the pilgrims in thanks. The narrative gives the reversal a single decree and a single banquet and moves straight on — the court business is settled, and the road is waiting.