第五回 · 丹醒逃歸 Sobered by the elixir, fleeing home — Journey to the West

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丹醒逃歸 Sobered by the elixir, fleeing home

一yì時shí間jiān，丹dān滿mǎn酒jiǔ醒xǐng。又yòu自zì己jǐ揣chuǎi度duó道dào：「不bù好hǎo，不bù好hǎo！這zhè場cháng禍huò比bǐ天tiān還hái大dà，若ruò驚jīng動dòng玉yù帝dì，性xìng命mìng難nán存cún。走zǒu，走zǒu，走zǒu，不bù如rú下xià界jiè為wéi王wáng去qù也yě。」他tā就jiù跑pǎo出chū兜dōu率shuài宮gōng，不bù行xíng舊jiù路lù，從cóng西xī天tiān門mén，使shǐ個gè隱yǐn身shēn法fǎ逃táo去qù。即jí按àn雲yún頭tóu，回huí至zhì花huā果guǒ山shān界jiè。但dàn見jiàn那nà旌jīng旗qí閃shǎn灼zhuó，戈gē戟jǐ光guāng輝huī，原yuán來lái是shì四sì健jiàn將jiàng與yǔ七qī十shí二èr洞dòng妖yāo王wáng，在zài那nà裡lǐ演yǎn習xí武wǔ藝yì。大dà聖shèng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「小xiǎo的de們men，我wǒ來lái也yě！」眾zhòng怪guài丟diū了le器qì械xiè，跪guì倒dǎo道dào：「大dà聖shèng好hǎo寬kuān心xīn，丟diū下xià我wǒ等děng許xǔ久jiǔ，不bù來lái相xiāng顧gù。」大dà聖shèng道dào：「沒méi多duō時shí，沒méi多duō時shí。」一yì时shí间jiān，丹dān满mǎn酒jiǔ醒xǐng。又yòu自zì己jǐ揣chuǎi度duó道dào：「不bù好hǎo，不bù好hǎo！这zhè场cháng祸huò比bǐ天tiān还hái大dà，若ruò惊jīng动dòng玉yù帝dì，性xìng命mìng难nán存cún。走zǒu，走zǒu，走zǒu，不bù如rú下xià界jiè为wéi王wáng去qù也yě。」他tā就jiù跑pǎo出chū兜dōu率shuài宫gōng，不bù行xíng旧jiù路lù，从cóng西xī天tiān门mén，使shǐ个gè隐yǐn身shēn法fǎ逃táo去qù。即jí按àn云yún头tóu，回huí至zhì花huā果guǒ山shān界jiè。但dàn见jiàn那nà旌jīng旗qí闪shǎn灼zhuó，戈gē戟jǐ光guāng辉huī，原yuán来lái是shì四sì健jiàn将jiàng与yǔ七qī十shí二èr洞dòng妖yāo王wáng，在zài那nà里lǐ演yǎn习xí武wǔ艺yì。大dà圣shèng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「小xiǎo的de们men，我wǒ来lái也yě！」众zhòng怪guài丢diū了le器qì械xiè，跪guì倒dǎo道dào：「大dà圣shèng好hǎo宽kuān心xīn，丢diū下xià我wǒ等děng许xǔ久jiǔ，不bù来lái相xiāng顾gù。」大dà圣shèng道dào：「没méi多duō时shí，没méi多duō时shí。」

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一yì時shí間jiān，丹dān滿mǎn酒jiǔ醒xǐng。一yì时shí间jiān，丹dān满mǎn酒jiǔ醒xǐng。

In a moment the elixir filled him and the wine wore off.

又yòu自zì己jǐ揣chuǎi度duó道dào：「不bù好hǎo，不bù好hǎo！這zhè場cháng禍huò比bǐ天tiān還hái大dà，若ruò驚jīng動dòng玉yù帝dì，性xìng命mìng難nán存cún。走zǒu，走zǒu，走zǒu，不bù如rú下xià界jiè為wéi王wáng去qù也yě。」又yòu自zì己jǐ揣chuǎi度duó道dào：「不bù好hǎo，不bù好hǎo！这zhè场cháng祸huò比bǐ天tiān还hái大dà，若ruò惊jīng动dòng玉yù帝dì，性xìng命mìng难nán存cún。走zǒu，走zǒu，走zǒu，不bù如rú下xià界jiè为wéi王wáng去qù也yě。」

Again he reckoned to himself: 'No good, no good! This calamity is bigger than heaven itself; if it stirs the Jade Emperor, my life won't be safe. Go, go, go — better go down to the mortal world and be a king there.'

他tā就jiù跑pǎo出chū兜dōu率shuài宮gōng，不bù行xíng舊jiù路lù，從cóng西xī天tiān門mén，使shǐ個gè隱yǐn身shēn法fǎ逃táo去qù。他tā就jiù跑pǎo出chū兜dōu率shuài宫gōng，不bù行xíng旧jiù路lù，从cóng西xī天tiān门mén，使shǐ个gè隐yǐn身shēn法fǎ逃táo去qù。

So he ran out of the Tushita Palace, took not the old road but went by the Western Heaven Gate, worked an invisibility spell, and fled.

即jí按àn雲yún頭tóu，回huí至zhì花huā果guǒ山shān界jiè。即jí按àn云yún头tóu，回huí至zhì花huā果guǒ山shān界jiè。

He pressed down his cloud and came back to the bounds of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit.

但dàn見jiàn那nà旌jīng旗qí閃shǎn灼zhuó，戈gē戟jǐ光guāng輝huī，原yuán來lái是shì四sì健jiàn將jiàng與yǔ七qī十shí二èr洞dòng妖yāo王wáng，在zài那nà裡lǐ演yǎn習xí武wǔ藝yì。但dàn见jiàn那nà旌jīng旗qí闪shǎn灼zhuó，戈gē戟jǐ光guāng辉huī，原yuán来lái是shì四sì健jiàn将jiàng与yǔ七qī十shí二èr洞dòng妖yāo王wáng，在zài那nà里lǐ演yǎn习xí武wǔ艺yì。

There he saw banners flashing and spears agleam — it was the Four Stalwart Generals and the kings of the seventy-two caves, drilling at arms.

四健將: the Four Stalwart Generals, captains of Monkey’s host (將 = jiàng).

大dà聖shèng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「小xiǎo的de們men，我wǒ來lái也yě！」大dà圣shèng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「小xiǎo的de们men，我wǒ来lái也yě！」

The Great Sage called out loud: 'My little ones, I am back!'

眾zhòng怪guài丟diū了le器qì械xiè，跪guì倒dǎo道dào：「大dà聖shèng好hǎo寬kuān心xīn，丟diū下xià我wǒ等děng許xǔ久jiǔ，不bù來lái相xiāng顧gù。」众zhòng怪guài丢diū了le器qì械xiè，跪guì倒dǎo道dào：「大dà圣shèng好hǎo宽kuān心xīn，丢diū下xià我wǒ等děng许xǔ久jiǔ，不bù来lái相xiāng顾gù。」

The throng of fiends dropped their weapons, knelt, and said: 'How easy-hearted the Great Sage is — leaving us so long, never coming to look in on us!'

大dà聖shèng道dào：「沒méi多duō時shí，沒méi多duō時shí。」大dà圣shèng道dào：「没méi多duō时shí，没méi多duō时shí。」

The Great Sage said: 'Not long at all, not long at all.'

總評 Commentary

Sobered by the elixir, the 心猿 at last grasps the scale of what it has done — 這場禍比天還大 ("this calamity is bigger than heaven itself") — but the response is again flight, not repentance: 不如下界為王去也. The pattern of the whole sequence holds to its end: at each theft the mind registers the danger and reasons only about escape; not once does it reconsider the taking. This is the unrefined mind-monkey exactly — quick, clever, alive to consequence, and wholly without the self-correction that cultivation would install.

The return to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit closes the heavenly arc and reopens the earthly one. The drilling host (演習武藝) and the captains’ easy welcome restore Monkey to the one place where his rank is real — among beings who answer to him. His airy "not long at all" (沒多時), to followers who have missed him for what was, in heaven’s reckoning, a span of years, sets up the next passage’s play on the gulf between celestial and mortal time. The mind that could win no seat in heaven resumes its throne below.