第四十八回 · 搬祭回莊 The Sacrifice Carried Back — Journey to the West

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搬祭回莊 The Sacrifice Carried Back

行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù消xiāo趕gǎn他tā了le，這zhè怪guài想xiǎng是shì河hé中zhōng之zhī物wù。且qiě待dài明míng日rì設shè法fǎ拿ná他tā，送sòng我wǒ師shī父fù過guò河hé。」八bā戒jiè依yī言yán，徑jìng回huí廟miào裡lǐ，把bǎ那nà豬zhū羊yáng祭jì醴lǐ，連lián桌zhuō面miàn一yì齊qí搬bān到dào陳chén家jiā。此cǐ時shí唐táng長zhǎng老lǎo、沙shā和hé尚shàng，共gòng陳chén家jiā兄xiōng弟dì，正zhèng在zài廳tīng中zhōng候hòu信xìn，忽hū見jiàn他tā二èr人rén將jiāng豬zhū羊yáng等děng物wù都dōu丟diū在zài天tiān井jǐng裡lǐ。三sān藏zàng迎yíng來lái問wèn道dào：「悟wù空kōng，祭jì賽sài之zhī事shì何hé如rú？」行xíng者zhě將jiāng那nà稱chēng名míng趕gǎn怪guài鑽zuān入rù河hé中zhōng之zhī事shì，說shuō了le一yí遍biàn。二èr老lǎo十shí分fēn歡huān喜xǐ，即jí命mìng打dǎ掃sǎo廂xiāng房fáng，安ān排pái床chuáng鋪pù，請qǐng他tā師shī徒tú就jiù寢qǐn不bù題tí。行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù消xiāo赶gǎn他tā了le，这zhè怪guài想xiǎng是shì河hé中zhōng之zhī物wù。且qiě待dài明míng日rì设shè法fǎ拿ná他tā，送sòng我wǒ师shī父fù过guò河hé。」八bā戒jiè依yī言yán，径jìng回huí庙miào里lǐ，把bǎ那nà猪zhū羊yáng祭jì醴lǐ，连lián桌zhuō面miàn一yì齐qí搬bān到dào陈chén家jiā。此cǐ时shí唐táng长zhǎng老lǎo、沙shā和hé尚shàng，共gòng陈chén家jiā兄xiōng弟dì，正zhèng在zài厅tīng中zhōng候hòu信xìn，忽hū见jiàn他tā二èr人rén将jiāng猪zhū羊yáng等děng物wù都dōu丢diū在zài天tiān井jǐng里lǐ。三sān藏zàng迎yíng来lái问wèn道dào：「悟wù空kōng，祭jì赛sài之zhī事shì何hé如rú？」行xíng者zhě将jiāng那nà称chēng名míng赶gǎn怪guài钻zuān入rù河hé中zhōng之zhī事shì，说shuō了le一yí遍biàn。二èr老lǎo十shí分fēn欢huān喜xǐ，即jí命mìng打dǎ扫sǎo厢xiāng房fáng，安ān排pái床chuáng铺pù，请qǐng他tā师shī徒tú就jiù寝qǐn不bù题tí。

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù消xiāo趕gǎn他tā了le，這zhè怪guài想xiǎng是shì河hé中zhōng之zhī物wù。行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù消xiāo赶gǎn他tā了le，这zhè怪guài想xiǎng是shì河hé中zhōng之zhī物wù。

Pilgrim said: 「No need to chase him — this monster must be a creature of the river.

河中: 中 is zhōng. 不消 is everyday speech for "no need to." Wukong has already read the creature's nature off two fallen scales, and mentions it as if it were obvious.

且qiě待dài明míng日rì設shè法fǎ拿ná他tā，送sòng我wǒ師shī父fù過guò河hé。」且qiě待dài明míng日rì设shè法fǎ拿ná他tā，送sòng我wǒ师shī父fù过guò河hé。」

Wait for tomorrow and we will contrive a way to take him and see our master over the water.」

設法, to contrive a means. And the chapter's real problem is stated right here, in six characters: not the demon, the crossing.

八bā戒jiè依yī言yán，徑jìng回huí廟miào裡lǐ，把bǎ那nà豬zhū羊yáng祭jì醴lǐ，連lián桌zhuō面miàn一yì齊qí搬bān到dào陳chén家jiā。八bā戒jiè依yī言yán，径jìng回huí庙miào里lǐ，把bǎ那nà猪zhū羊yáng祭jì醴lǐ，连lián桌zhuō面miàn一yì齐qí搬bān到dào陈chén家jiā。

Eight Rules did as he said, went straight back to the temple, and carried the pigs, the sheep and the sacrificial wine, table and all, over to the Chen house.

把那豬羊 is nà. 一齊 keeps 一 at yì before the rising tone of 齊. Note what Eight Rules does with the sacrifice: the food comes home with him.

此cǐ時shí唐táng長zhǎng老lǎo、沙shā和hé尚shàng，共gòng陳chén家jiā兄xiōng弟dì，正zhèng在zài廳tīng中zhōng候hòu信xìn，忽hū見jiàn他tā二èr人rén將jiāng豬zhū羊yáng等děng物wù都dōu丟diū在zài天tiān井jǐng裡lǐ。此cǐ时shí唐táng长zhǎng老lǎo、沙shā和hé尚shàng，共gòng陈chén家jiā兄xiōng弟dì，正zhèng在zài厅tīng中zhōng候hòu信xìn，忽hū见jiàn他tā二èr人rén将jiāng猪zhū羊yáng等děng物wù都dōu丢diū在zài天tiān井jǐng里lǐ。

At that hour the Tang Elder and Sha Monk, with the Chen brothers, were waiting in the hall for word, when of a sudden they saw the two of them dump the pigs and sheep and the rest of it down in the courtyard.

唐長老: 長 is zhǎng, "elder." 廳中: 中 is zhōng. 將 is jiāng; 都 is dōu, "all."

三sān藏zàng迎yíng來lái問wèn道dào：「悟wù空kōng，祭jì賽sài之zhī事shì何hé如rú？」三sān藏zàng迎yíng来lái问wèn道dào：「悟wù空kōng，祭jì赛sài之zhī事shì何hé如rú？」

Tripitaka came out to meet them and asked: 「Wukong, how went the business of the sacrifice?」

三藏: 藏 is zàng.

行xíng者zhě將jiāng那nà稱chēng名míng趕gǎn怪guài鑽zuān入rù河hé中zhōng之zhī事shì，說shuō了le一yí遍biàn。行xíng者zhě将jiāng那nà称chēng名míng赶gǎn怪guài钻zuān入rù河hé中zhōng之zhī事shì，说shuō了le一yí遍biàn。

Pilgrim told over the whole affair — the giving of the names, the chasing of the monster, his diving into the river.

將 is jiāng; 那 is nà. 稱名: 稱 is chēng, "to state, to name." 說了一遍 lifts 一 to yí before the falling tone of 遍.

二èr老lǎo十shí分fēn歡huān喜xǐ，即jí命mìng打dǎ掃sǎo廂xiāng房fáng，安ān排pái床chuáng鋪pù，請qǐng他tā師shī徒tú就jiù寢qǐn不bù題tí。二èr老lǎo十shí分fēn欢huān喜xǐ，即jí命mìng打dǎ扫sǎo厢xiāng房fáng，安ān排pái床chuáng铺pù，请qǐng他tā师shī徒tú就jiù寝qǐn不bù题tí。

The two old men were greatly delighted and gave orders at once to sweep out the side rooms and make up the beds, and invited master and disciples to their rest; of which no more.

床鋪: 鋪 is pù, the noun — bedstead, bedding. This is the one place in the chapter where that reading is right; the two later appearances of the character are the verb pū, to spread out.

總評 Commentary

A short passage of housekeeping doing three jobs at once. It gets the sacrifice off the altar and into the Chen kitchen, which answers the villagers' problem practically and Eight Rules' comically. And it gives Wukong the line that identifies the enemy — 這怪想是河中之物, this creature must belong to the river — a deduction resting entirely on two scales knocked loose a page earlier.

Then it states the chapter's real difficulty in six characters: 送我師父過河, get our master across the water. The demon can be driven off. The river cannot. From here to the end, every move by either side is about the crossing, and the demon's answer — freeze the water into a road — will turn the obstacle itself into the trap.