第五十回 · 叫門索師 He Calls at the Gate for His Master — Journey to the West

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叫門索師 He Calls at the Gate for His Master

這zhè大dà聖shèng觀guān看kàn不bú盡jìn，拽zhuài開kāi步bù徑jìng至zhì門mén前qián，厲lì聲shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà小xiǎo妖yāo，你nǐ快kuài進jìn去qù與yǔ你nǐ那nà洞dòng主zhǔ說shuō，我wǒ本běn是shì唐táng朝cháo聖shèng僧sēng徒tú弟dì齊qí天tiān大dà聖shèng孫sūn悟wù空kōng。快kuài教jiào他tā送sòng我wǒ師shī父fù出chū來lái，免miǎn教jiào你nǐ等děng喪sàng了le性xìng命mìng。」这zhè大dà圣shèng观guān看kàn不bú尽jìn，拽zhuài开kāi步bù径jìng至zhì门mén前qián，厉lì声shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà小xiǎo妖yāo，你nǐ快kuài进jìn去qù与yǔ你nǐ那nà洞dòng主zhǔ说shuō，我wǒ本běn是shì唐táng朝cháo圣shèng僧sēng徒tú弟dì齐qí天tiān大dà圣shèng孙sūn悟wù空kōng。快kuài教jiào他tā送sòng我wǒ师shī父fù出chū来lái，免miǎn教jiào你nǐ等děng丧sàng了le性xìng命mìng。」

逐句解 Line by line

這zhè大dà聖shèng觀guān看kàn不bú盡jìn，拽zhuài開kāi步bù徑jìng至zhì門mén前qián，厲lì聲shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà小xiǎo妖yāo，你nǐ快kuài進jìn去qù與yǔ你nǐ那nà洞dòng主zhǔ說shuō，我wǒ本běn是shì唐táng朝cháo聖shèng僧sēng徒tú弟dì齊qí天tiān大dà聖shèng孫sūn悟wù空kōng。这zhè大dà圣shèng观guān看kàn不bú尽jìn，拽zhuài开kāi步bù径jìng至zhì门mén前qián，厉lì声shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà小xiǎo妖yāo，你nǐ快kuài进jìn去qù与yǔ你nǐ那nà洞dòng主zhǔ说shuō，我wǒ本běn是shì唐táng朝cháo圣shèng僧sēng徒tú弟dì齐qí天tiān大dà圣shèng孙sūn悟wù空kōng。

The Great Sage could not look his fill. He strode up to the gate and called out in a ringing voice: "You little demons there — go in quickly and tell your cave lord that I am Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, disciple of the holy monk of the house of Tang."

觀看不盡 — he cannot look his fill. There is a small point of pronunciation worth having here: 盡 is jìn, a falling tone, and 不 before a falling tone lifts to bú instead of the usual bù, so that two falling tones do not collide. Chinese does this automatically and speakers do not notice they are doing it. 拽開步 is again zhuài. Both instances of 那 are the pointing nà. 唐朝 takes 朝 as cháo, a dynasty.

快kuài教jiào他tā送sòng我wǒ師shī父fù出chū來lái，免miǎn教jiào你nǐ等děng喪sàng了le性xìng命mìng。」快kuài教jiào他tā送sòng我wǒ师shī父fù出chū来lái，免miǎn教jiào你nǐ等děng丧sàng了le性xìng命mìng。」

Tell him to send my master out at once, and save the lot of you from losing your lives."

Both instances of 教 are jiào, to make someone do something. The demand is dressed up as a favour to the demons — do this and save your lives — which is how Wukong opens every negotiation in the book, and why not one of them has ever gone well.

總評 Commentary

Two segments, and the whole challenge. He gives his full style and title, states the demand, and hangs the threat on the end as an afterthought.

The chapter has now put him at the door of a cave whose master has spent an entire passage preparing for him. Both sides know exactly who the other is, which is unusual, and it makes what follows a meeting rather than an ambush.