第五回 · 日落收兵 Battle to dusk; the cloned host — Journey to the West

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日落收兵 Battle to dusk; the cloned host

這zhè一yì場cháng自zì辰chén時shí佈bù陣zhèn，混hùn殺shā到dào日rì落luò西xī山shān。那nà獨dú角jiǎo鬼guǐ王wáng與yǔ七qī十shí二èr洞dòng妖yāo怪guài，盡jǐn被bèi眾zhòng天tiān神shén捉zhuō拿ná去qù了le。止zhǐ走zǒu了le四sì健jiàn將jiàng與yǔ那nà群qún猴hóu，深shēn藏cáng在zài水shuǐ簾lián洞dòng底dǐ。這zhè大dà聖shèng一yì條tiáo棒bàng，抵dǐ住zhù了le四sì大dà天tiān神shén與yǔ李lǐ托tuō塔tǎ、哪né吒zhā太tài子zǐ，俱jù在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng，殺shā勾gōu多duō時shí，大dà聖shèng見jiàn天tiān色sè將jiāng晚wǎn，即jí拔bá毫háo毛máo一yì把bǎ，丟diū在zài口kǒu中zhōng，嚼jué碎suì了le，噴pēn將jiāng出chū去qù，叫jiào聲shēng：「變biàn！」就jiù變biàn了le千qiān百bǎi個gè大dà聖shèng，都dōu使shǐ的de是shì金jīn箍gū棒bàng，打dǎ退tuì了le哪né吒zhā太tài子zǐ，戰zhàn敗bài了le五wǔ個gè天tiān王wáng。这zhè一yì场cháng自zì辰chén时shí布bù阵zhèn，混hùn杀shā到dào日rì落luò西xī山shān。那nà独dú角jiǎo鬼guǐ王wáng与yǔ七qī十shí二èr洞dòng妖yāo怪guài，尽jǐn被bèi众zhòng天tiān神shén捉zhuō拿ná去qù了le。止zhǐ走zǒu了le四sì健jiàn将jiàng与yǔ那nà群qún猴hóu，深shēn藏cáng在zài水shuǐ帘lián洞dòng底dǐ。这zhè大dà圣shèng一yì条tiáo棒bàng，抵dǐ住zhù了le四sì大dà天tiān神shén与yǔ李lǐ托tuō塔tǎ、哪né吒zhā太tài子zǐ，俱jù在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng，杀shā勾gōu多duō时shí，大dà圣shèng见jiàn天tiān色sè将jiāng晚wǎn，即jí拔bá毫háo毛máo一yì把bǎ，丢diū在zài口kǒu中zhōng，嚼jué碎suì了le，喷pēn将jiāng出chū去qù，叫jiào声shēng：「变biàn！」就jiù变biàn了le千qiān百bǎi个gè大dà圣shèng，都dōu使shǐ的de是shì金jīn箍gū棒bàng，打dǎ退tuì了le哪né吒zhā太tài子zǐ，战zhàn败bài了le五wǔ个gè天tiān王wáng。

逐句解 Line by line

這zhè一yì場cháng自zì辰chén時shí佈bù陣zhèn，混hùn殺shā到dào日rì落luò西xī山shān。这zhè一yì场cháng自zì辰chén时shí布bù阵zhèn，混hùn杀shā到dào日rì落luò西xī山shān。

This battle, with ranks drawn up from the hour of the Dragon, raged in confusion until the sun set behind the western hills.

辰時: the double-hour of the Dragon, roughly 7–9 a.m. — the battle has run all day.

那nà獨dú角jiǎo鬼guǐ王wáng與yǔ七qī十shí二èr洞dòng妖yāo怪guài，盡jǐn被bèi眾zhòng天tiān神shén捉zhuō拿ná去qù了le。那nà独dú角jiǎo鬼guǐ王wáng与yǔ七qī十shí二èr洞dòng妖yāo怪guài，尽jǐn被bèi众zhòng天tiān神shén捉zhuō拿ná去qù了le。

The One-Horned Demon King and the fiends of the seventy-two caves were all taken captive by the host of gods.

止zhǐ走zǒu了le四sì健jiàn將jiàng與yǔ那nà群qún猴hóu，深shēn藏cáng在zài水shuǐ簾lián洞dòng底dǐ。止zhǐ走zǒu了le四sì健jiàn将jiàng与yǔ那nà群qún猴hóu，深shēn藏cáng在zài水shuǐ帘lián洞dòng底dǐ。

Only the Four Stalwart Generals and the band of monkeys escaped, hiding deep at the bottom of the Water-Curtain Cave.

這zhè大dà聖shèng一yì條tiáo棒bàng，抵dǐ住zhù了le四sì大dà天tiān神shén與yǔ李lǐ托tuō塔tǎ、哪né吒zhā太tài子zǐ，俱jù在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng，殺shā勾gōu多duō時shí，大dà聖shèng見jiàn天tiān色sè將jiāng晚wǎn，即jí拔bá毫háo毛máo一yì把bǎ，丟diū在zài口kǒu中zhōng，嚼jué碎suì了le，噴pēn將jiāng出chū去qù，叫jiào聲shēng：「變biàn！」这zhè大dà圣shèng一yì条tiáo棒bàng，抵dǐ住zhù了le四sì大dà天tiān神shén与yǔ李lǐ托tuō塔tǎ、哪né吒zhā太tài子zǐ，俱jù在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng，杀shā勾gōu多duō时shí，大dà圣shèng见jiàn天tiān色sè将jiāng晚wǎn，即jí拔bá毫háo毛máo一yì把bǎ，丢diū在zài口kǒu中zhōng，嚼jué碎suì了le，喷pēn将jiāng出chū去qù，叫jiào声shēng：「变biàn！」

This Great Sage, with his one cudgel, held off the Four Great Gods, Li the Pagoda-bearer, and Prince Nezha, all in mid-air. When he had fought a good while and saw the day growing late, the Great Sage plucked a handful of hairs, threw them into his mouth, chewed them to bits, spat them out, and cried: 'Change!'

就jiù變biàn了le千qiān百bǎi個gè大dà聖shèng，都dōu使shǐ的de是shì金jīn箍gū棒bàng，打dǎ退tuì了le哪né吒zhā太tài子zǐ，戰zhàn敗bài了le五wǔ個gè天tiān王wáng。就jiù变biàn了le千qiān百bǎi个gè大dà圣shèng，都dōu使shǐ的de是shì金jīn箍gū棒bàng，打dǎ退tuì了le哪né吒zhā太tài子zǐ，战zhàn败bài了le五wǔ个gè天tiān王wáng。

They turned into a thousand, a hundred Great Sages, all wielding gold-banded cudgels, who beat back Prince Nezha and routed the five Heavenly Kings.

總評 Commentary

Dusk brings the first real reckoning: the One-Horned Demon King and all seventy-two cave-kings are taken, and only the Four Stalwart Generals and the monkeys survive, hidden deep in the Water-Curtain Cave. The 心猿’s followers — the energies it had gathered to itself — are scattered and captured, and the mind is left essentially alone against the massed cosmos. This is the turning the whole siege has driven toward: defiance has cost Monkey everything but himself.

His answer is the 分身法 — plucking his hairs to spawn "a thousand, a hundred Great Sages" who beat back Nezha and the five Kings. The trick is pure self-multiplication: facing an army, the mind replies by becoming an army of itself. In the inner-alchemical reading this is the 心猿’s signature evasion — not transformation into something higher but proliferation of the same, the unrefined self answering every challenge by making more of itself. It buys the day but resolves nothing; the cloned legions are still only Monkey, and the next passage opens on the cost.