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哭笑報仇
Weeping, laughing, vowing revenge
大聖得勝，收了毫毛，急轉身回洞，早又見鐵板橋頭，四個健將領眾叩迎，那大眾，哽哽咽咽大哭三聲，又唏唏哈哈大笑三聲。大聖道：「汝等見了我，又哭又笑，何也？」四健將道：「今早帥眾將與天王交戰，把七十二洞妖王與獨角鬼王盡被眾神捉了，我等逃生，故此該哭。這見大聖得勝回來，未曾傷損，故此該笑。」大聖道：「勝負乃兵家之常。古人云：『殺人一萬，自損三千。』況捉了去的頭目乃是虎豹狼蟲、獾獐狐狢之類，我同類者未傷一個，何須煩惱？他雖被我使個分身法殺退，他還要安營在我山腳下。我等且緊緊防守，飽食一頓，安心睡覺，養養精神。天明看我使個大神通，拿這些天將，與眾報仇。」四將與眾猴將椰酒吃了幾碗，安心睡覺不題。大圣得胜，收了毫毛，急转身回洞，早又见铁板桥头，四个健将领众叩迎，那大众，哽哽咽咽大哭三声，又唏唏哈哈大笑三声。大圣道：「汝等见了我，又哭又笑，何也？」四健将道：「今早帅众将与天王交战，把七十二洞妖王与独角鬼王尽被众神捉了，我等逃生，故此该哭。这见大圣得胜回来，未曾伤损，故此该笑。」大圣道：「胜负乃兵家之常。古人云：『杀人一万，自损三千。』况捉了去的头目乃是虎豹狼虫、獾獐狐狢之类，我同类者未伤一个，何须烦恼？他虽被我使个分身法杀退，他还要安营在我山脚下。我等且紧紧防守，饱食一顿，安心睡觉，养养精神。天明看我使个大神通，拿这些天将，与众报仇。」四将与众猴将椰酒吃了几碗，安心睡觉不题。
逐句解 Line by line
大聖得勝，收了毫毛，急轉身回洞，早又見鐵板橋頭，四個健將領眾叩迎，那大眾，哽哽咽咽大哭三聲，又唏唏哈哈大笑三聲。
大圣得胜，收了毫毛，急转身回洞，早又见铁板桥头，四个健将领众叩迎，那大众，哽哽咽咽大哭三声，又唏唏哈哈大笑三声。
The Great Sage, victorious, withdrew his hairs and hurried back to the cave; and there at the head of the Iron-Plank Bridge the four Generals, leading the host, knelt in welcome — and the whole company first wept three great choking sobs, then laughed three great roaring laughs.
大聖道：「汝等見了我，又哭又笑，何也？」
大圣道：「汝等见了我，又哭又笑，何也？」
The Great Sage said: 'You see me and both weep and laugh — why is that?'
四健將道：「今早帥眾將與天王交戰，把七十二洞妖王與獨角鬼王盡被眾神捉了，我等逃生，故此該哭。這見大聖得勝回來，未曾傷損，故此該笑。」
四健将道：「今早帅众将与天王交战，把七十二洞妖王与独角鬼王尽被众神捉了，我等逃生，故此该哭。这见大圣得胜回来，未曾伤损，故此该笑。」
The Four Generals said: 'This morning, when we led the host of generals to fight the Heavenly Kings, the kings of the seventy-two caves and the One-Horned Demon King were all taken captive by the gods, and we escaped with our lives — that is why we wept. And now, seeing the Great Sage come back victorious and unharmed, that is why we laugh.'
大聖道：「勝負乃兵家之常。古人云：『殺人一萬，自損三千。』況捉了去的頭目乃是虎豹狼蟲、獾獐狐狢之類，我同類者未傷一個，何須煩惱？他雖被我使個分身法殺退，他還要安營在我山腳下。我等且緊緊防守，飽食一頓，安心睡覺，養養精神。天明看我使個大神通，拿這些天將，與眾報仇。」
大圣道：「胜负乃兵家之常。古人云：『杀人一万，自损三千。』况捉了去的头目乃是虎豹狼虫、獾獐狐狢之类，我同类者未伤一个，何须烦恼？他虽被我使个分身法杀退，他还要安营在我山脚下。我等且紧紧防守，饱食一顿，安心睡觉，养养精神。天明看我使个大神通，拿这些天将，与众报仇。」
The Great Sage said: 'Victory and defeat are the soldier’s common lot. The ancients said: “Kill ten thousand of the enemy, and lose three thousand of your own.” Besides, the captains taken were tigers, leopards, wolves, and vermin, badgers, river-deer, foxes, and raccoon-dogs and the like — not one of my own kind was hurt, so why fret? Though I drove them off with a body-dividing spell, they mean to camp still at the foot of our mountain. Let us keep close guard, eat a good meal, sleep with easy hearts, and nourish our spirits. At daybreak you shall see me work a great magic, seize these celestial generals, and avenge you all.'
殺人一萬，自損三千 ("kill ten thousand of the foe and lose three thousand of your own") — a proverb on the mutual cost of battle; 睡覺 = shuì jiào, to sleep.
四將與眾猴將椰酒吃了幾碗，安心睡覺不題。
四将与众猴将椰酒吃了几碗，安心睡觉不题。
The four Generals and the monkeys drank a few bowls of coconut wine, and slept with easy hearts — of which no more.
四將 = sì jiàng (the four generals); 將椰酒 = jiāng (the object-marker).
總評 Commentary
The captains’ weeping-and-laughing welcome (大哭三聲…大笑三聲) gives the chapter its first note of consequence felt as loss. For all the comedy of the siege, beings have now been captured — the seventy-two cave-kings, the One-Horned Demon King — and the cave grieves even as it rejoices at Monkey’s safe return. The 心猿’s havoc has begun to cost others, and the narrative lets that cost register, briefly, before Monkey reasons it away.
Monkey’s consolation is a small masterpiece of the unrefined mind’s moral arithmetic. He cites the soldier’s proverb (殺人一萬，自損三千) and then discounts the loss on a technicality of kind: 我同類者未傷一個 ("not one of my own kind was hurt") — the captured being mere beasts. The mind that distributed stolen immortality to its followers now divides sharply between "my own kind" and the expendable rest. In the 丹 reading this is the ego’s instinct to externalize all damage: the self is intact, so the calamity is no calamity. His plan — eat, sleep, and avenge at dawn — closes the cave’s day on a vow, while the encircling host keeps its watch.