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天宮事發
The alarm breaks in heaven
卻說那七衣仙女自受了大聖的定身法術，一周天方能解脫。各提花籃，回奏王母，說道：「齊天大聖使術法困住我等，故此來遲。」王母問道：「汝等摘了多少蟠桃？」仙女道：「只有兩籃小桃，三籃中桃。至後面，大桃半個也無，想都是大聖偷吃了。及正尋間，不期大聖走將出來，行兇拷打，又問設宴請誰。我等把上會事說了一遍，他就定住我等，不知去向。直到如今，才得醒解回來。」王母聞言，即去見玉帝，備陳前事。說不了，又見那造酒的一班人，同仙官等來奏：「不知甚麼人，攪亂了蟠桃大會，偷吃了玉液瓊漿；其八珍百味，亦俱偷吃了。」又有四個大天師來奏上：「太上道祖來了。」玉帝即同王母出迎。老君朝禮畢，道：「老道宮中煉了些九轉金丹，伺候陛下做丹元大會，不期被賊偷去，特啟陛下知之。」玉帝見奏悚懼。少時，又有齊天府仙吏叩頭道：「孫大聖不守執事，自昨日出遊，至今未轉，更不知去向。」玉帝又添疑思。只見那赤腳大仙又頫顖上奏道：「臣蒙王母詔，昨日赴會，偶遇齊天大聖，對臣言萬歲有旨，著他邀臣等先赴通明殿演禮，方去赴會。臣依他言語，即返至通明殿外，不見萬歲龍車鳳輦，又急來此俟候。」玉帝越發大驚道：「這廝假傳旨意，賺哄賢卿。快著糾察靈官緝訪這廝蹤跡。」却说那七衣仙女自受了大圣的定身法术，一周天方能解脱。各提花篮，回奏王母，说道：「齐天大圣使术法困住我等，故此来迟。」王母问道：「汝等摘了多少蟠桃？」仙女道：「只有两篮小桃，三篮中桃。至后面，大桃半个也无，想都是大圣偷吃了。及正寻间，不期大圣走将出来，行凶拷打，又问设宴请谁。我等把上会事说了一遍，他就定住我等，不知去向。直到如今，才得醒解回来。」王母闻言，即去见玉帝，备陈前事。说不了，又见那造酒的一班人，同仙官等来奏：「不知甚么人，搅乱了蟠桃大会，偷吃了玉液琼浆；其八珍百味，亦俱偷吃了。」又有四个大天师来奏上：「太上道祖来了。」玉帝即同王母出迎。老君朝礼毕，道：「老道宫中炼了些九转金丹，伺候陛下做丹元大会，不期被贼偷去，特启陛下知之。」玉帝见奏悚惧。少时，又有齐天府仙吏叩头道：「孙大圣不守执事，自昨日出游，至今未转，更不知去向。」玉帝又添疑思。只见那赤脚大仙又𫖯顖上奏道：「臣蒙王母诏，昨日赴会，偶遇齐天大圣，对臣言万岁有旨，著他邀臣等先赴通明殿演礼，方去赴会。臣依他言语，即返至通明殿外，不见万岁龙车凤辇，又急来此俟候。」玉帝越发大惊道：「这厮假传旨意，赚哄贤卿。快著纠察灵官缉访这厮踪迹。」
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卻說那七衣仙女自受了大聖的定身法術，一周天方能解脫。
却说那七衣仙女自受了大圣的定身法术，一周天方能解脱。
Now those seven-robed fairies, having been caught in the Great Sage's body-fixing spell, could free themselves only after one full revolution of the heavens.
一周天: one full revolution of the heavens — here a complete day.
各提花籃，回奏王母，說道：「齊天大聖使術法困住我等，故此來遲。」
各提花篮，回奏王母，说道：「齐天大圣使术法困住我等，故此来迟。」
Each took up her flower-basket and returned to report to the Queen Mother, saying: 'The Great Sage Equal to Heaven bound us fast with a spell, and so we are late.'
王母問道：「汝等摘了多少蟠桃？」
王母问道：「汝等摘了多少蟠桃？」
The Queen Mother asked: 'How many peaches did you pick?'
仙女道：「只有兩籃小桃，三籃中桃。至後面，大桃半個也無，想都是大聖偷吃了。及正尋間，不期大聖走將出來，行兇拷打，又問設宴請誰。我等把上會事說了一遍，他就定住我等，不知去向。直到如今，才得醒解回來。」
仙女道：「只有两篮小桃，三篮中桃。至后面，大桃半个也无，想都是大圣偷吃了。及正寻间，不期大圣走将出来，行凶拷打，又问设宴请谁。我等把上会事说了一遍，他就定住我等，不知去向。直到如今，才得醒解回来。」
The fairies said: 'Only two baskets of small peaches and three of medium. As for the rear trees, there was not even half a large peach — we think the Great Sage stole and ate them all. And just as we were searching, the Great Sage came out upon us unawares, dealt us savage blows, and demanded who was invited to the feast. We told over the roster of the former feast, and he fixed us in place and went off, none knew where. Only now have we come to and made our way back.'
王母聞言，即去見玉帝，備陳前事。
王母闻言，即去见玉帝，备陈前事。
Hearing this, the Queen Mother went straight to see the Jade Emperor and laid the whole matter before him.
說不了，又見那造酒的一班人，同仙官等來奏：「不知甚麼人，攪亂了蟠桃大會，偷吃了玉液瓊漿；其八珍百味，亦俱偷吃了。」
说不了，又见那造酒的一班人，同仙官等来奏：「不知甚么人，搅乱了蟠桃大会，偷吃了玉液琼浆；其八珍百味，亦俱偷吃了。」
Before she had finished, the wine-brewing company too, with the immortal officers and the rest, came to report: 'We know not what person threw the Grand Peach Feast into confusion and stole and drank the jade-fluid and jasper-broth; and the eight delicacies and hundred flavours were all stolen and eaten as well.'
又有四個大天師來奏上：「太上道祖來了。」
又有四个大天师来奏上：「太上道祖来了。」
Then four Grand Celestial Masters came to report up: 'The Most High Patriarch of the Way is here.'
玉帝即同王母出迎。
玉帝即同王母出迎。
The Jade Emperor went out with the Queen Mother to receive him.
老君朝禮畢，道：「老道宮中煉了些九轉金丹，伺候陛下做丹元大會，不期被賊偷去，特啟陛下知之。」
老君朝礼毕，道：「老道宫中炼了些九转金丹，伺候陛下做丹元大会，不期被贼偷去，特启陛下知之。」
When Lord Lao had made his obeisance, he said: 'In this old Daoist's palace I had refined some nine-cycle golden elixir, in readiness for Your Majesty's Grand Elixir-Prime Assembly; but unexpectedly it has been stolen by a thief, and I come expressly to inform Your Majesty.'
九轉金丹: the nine-cycle golden elixir, refined through nine transmutations — the highest grade of Daoist alchemy.
玉帝見奏悚懼。
玉帝见奏悚惧。
The Jade Emperor, hearing the report, was struck with dread.
少時，又有齊天府仙吏叩頭道：「孫大聖不守執事，自昨日出遊，至今未轉，更不知去向。」
少时，又有齐天府仙吏叩头道：「孙大圣不守执事，自昨日出游，至今未转，更不知去向。」
In a little while an immortal clerk of the Equal-to-Heaven residence came kowtowing: 'Sun the Great Sage has not kept to his duties; he went off roaming yesterday and has not returned to this hour, and none knows where he has gone.'
玉帝又添疑思。
玉帝又添疑思。
The Jade Emperor's misgivings grew the deeper.
只見那赤腳大仙又頫顖上奏道：「臣蒙王母詔，昨日赴會，偶遇齊天大聖，對臣言萬歲有旨，著他邀臣等先赴通明殿演禮，方去赴會。臣依他言語，即返至通明殿外，不見萬歲龍車鳳輦，又急來此俟候。」
只见那赤脚大仙又𫖯顖上奏道：「臣蒙王母诏，昨日赴会，偶遇齐天大圣，对臣言万岁有旨，著他邀臣等先赴通明殿演礼，方去赴会。臣依他言语，即返至通明殿外，不见万岁龙车凤辇，又急来此俟候。」
Then the Barefoot Immortal too, bowing low, reported: 'Your servant, summoned by the Queen Mother, went yesterday to the feast, and chanced to meet the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who told your servant that Your Majesty had a command bidding him invite us first to the Hall of Penetrating Brightness to rehearse the rite before going to the feast. Your servant followed his words and returned at once outside the Hall of Penetrating Brightness; but seeing no sign of Your Majesty's dragon-car and phoenix-carriage, I hastened here to attend.'
頫顖 (世德堂; cf. passage 2), read fǔ xìn: bowing low.
玉帝越發大驚道：「這廝假傳旨意，賺哄賢卿。快著糾察靈官緝訪這廝蹤跡。」
玉帝越发大惊道：「这厮假传旨意，赚哄贤卿。快著纠察灵官缉访这厮踪迹。」
The Jade Emperor, more alarmed than ever, said: 'This wretch has forged a decree and gulled my worthy minister. Quickly order the Inspecting Numinous Officer to track down this wretch's trail.'
總評 Commentary
The discovery unfolds as a procession of injured parties, each a rung of the order the 心猿 has disordered: the fairies (the rite), the brewers (the feast), Lord Lao (the elixir), the Equal-to-Heaven clerks (his office), and at last the Barefoot Immortal (the forged decree). The narrative lets the damage accumulate as testimony, so that the single drunken spree of the previous passages is reassembled, from heaven’s side, into a catalogue of violations spanning the whole celestial hierarchy.
The Jade Emperor’s mounting alarm — 悚懼, then 又添疑思, then 越發大驚 — traces the order’s slow recognition that it has been not merely robbed but deceived: 這廝假傳旨意，賺哄賢卿 ("this wretch has forged a decree and gulled my worthy minister"). The gravest offence, in the end, is not the eaten elixir but the counterfeited command — the mind’s power to make heaven’s own machinery serve a lie. The order to track him down turns that apparatus, at last, against the mind that has been hiding inside it; the siege to come is the cosmos closing ranks.