Canonical Classics ← 第五十五回
第五十五回
色sè邪xié淫yín戲xì唐táng三sān藏zàng
性xìng正zhèng修xiū持chí不bú壞huài身shēn

A Lustful Fiend Toys Wantonly with Tang Tripitaka · His Nature Upright, He Holds to His Cultivation and Keeps the Indestructible Body

星官醫治
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星官醫治 The Star Officer Heals Them

大dà聖shèng聞wén言yán,即jí同tóng出chū東dōng天tiān門mén,直zhí至zhì西xī梁liáng國guó,望wàng見jiàn毒dú敵dí山shān不bù遠yuǎn,行xíng者zhě指zhǐ道dào:「此cǐ山shān便biàn是shì。」星xīng官guān按àn下xià雲yún頭tóu,同tóng行xíng者zhě至zhì石shí屏píng前qián山shān坡pō之zhī下xià。沙shā僧sēng見jiàn了le道dào:「二èr哥gē起qǐ來lái,大dà哥gē請qǐng得dé星xīng官guān來lái了le。」那nà獃dāi子zi還hái侮wǔ著zhe嘴zuǐ道dào:「恕shù罪zuì,恕shù罪zuì。有yǒu病bìng在zài身shēn,不bù能néng行xíng禮lǐ。」星xīng官guān道dào:「你nǐ是shì個gè修xiū行xíng之zhī人rén,何hé病bìng之zhī有yǒu?」八bā戒jiè道dào:「早zǎo間jiān與yǔ那nà妖yāo精jīng交jiāo戰zhàn,被bèi他tā著zhuó我wǒ唇chún上shàng扎zhā了le一yí下xià,至zhì今jīn還hái疼téng哩li。」星xīng官guān道dào:「你nǐ上shàng來lái,我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ醫yī治zhì醫yī治zhì。」獃dāi子zi才cái放fàng了le手shǒu,口kǒu裡lǐ哼hēng哼hēng唧jī唧jī道dào:「千qiān萬wàn治zhì治zhì,待dài好hǎo了le謝xiè你nǐ。」大dà圣shèng闻wén言yán,即jí同tóng出chū东dōng天tiān门mén,直zhí至zhì西xī梁liáng国guó,望wàng见jiàn毒dú敌dí山shān不bù远yuǎn,行xíng者zhě指zhǐ道dào:「此cǐ山shān便biàn是shì。」星xīng官guān按àn下xià云yún头tóu,同tóng行xíng者zhě至zhì石shí屏píng前qián山shān坡pō之zhī下xià。沙shā僧sēng见jiàn了le道dào:「二èr哥gē起qǐ来lái,大dà哥gē请qǐng得dé星xīng官guān来lái了le。」那nà呆dāi子zi还hái侮wǔ着zhe嘴zuǐ道dào:「恕shù罪zuì,恕shù罪zuì。有yǒu病bìng在zài身shēn,不bù能néng行xíng礼lǐ。」星xīng官guān道dào:「你nǐ是shì个gè修xiū行xíng之zhī人rén,何hé病bìng之zhī有yǒu?」八bā戒jiè道dào:「早zǎo间jiān与yǔ那nà妖yāo精jīng交jiāo战zhàn,被bèi他tā着zhuó我wǒ唇chún上shàng扎zhā了le一yí下xià,至zhì今jīn还hái疼téng哩li。」星xīng官guān道dào:「你nǐ上shàng来lái,我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ医yī治zhì医yī治zhì。」呆dāi子zi才cái放fàng了le手shǒu,口kǒu里lǐ哼hēng哼hēng唧jī唧jī道dào:「千qiān万wàn治zhì治zhì,待dài好hǎo了le谢xiè你nǐ。」


逐句解 Line by line

大dà聖shèng聞wén言yán,即jí同tóng出chū東dōng天tiān門mén,直zhí至zhì西xī梁liáng國guó,望wàng見jiàn毒dú敵dí山shān不bù遠yuǎn,行xíng者zhě指zhǐ道dào:「此cǐ山shān便biàn是shì。」 大dà圣shèng闻wén言yán,即jí同tóng出chū东dōng天tiān门mén,直zhí至zhì西xī梁liáng国guó,望wàng见jiàn毒dú敌dí山shān不bù远yuǎn,行xíng者zhě指zhǐ道dào:「此cǐ山shān便biàn是shì。」

Hearing this, the Great Sage went out with him at once by the Eastern Gate of Heaven and made straight for the Kingdom of Western Liang. Seeing Poison-Foe Mountain not far off, Pilgrim pointed and said, “That is the mountain.”

望見 is to catch sight of something at a distance.

星xīng官guān按àn下xià雲yún頭tóu,同tóng行xíng者zhě至zhì石shí屏píng前qián山shān坡pō之zhī下xià。 星xīng官guān按àn下xià云yún头tóu,同tóng行xíng者zhě至zhì石shí屏píng前qián山shān坡pō之zhī下xià。

The Star Officer brought his cloud down, and together with Pilgrim came to the foot of the slope before the stone screen.

A trap worth naming. 同行者 here is 同 plus 行者 — together with the Pilgrim — and is not the two-character word for a fellow-traveller in a trade, which reads tóng háng. The automatic tools take it for that word and give 行 the reading háng; it is xíng, and is supplied by hand. This is one of two such traps in the chapter.

沙shā僧sēng見jiàn了le道dào:「二èr哥gē起qǐ來lái,大dà哥gē請qǐng得dé星xīng官guān來lái了le。」 沙shā僧sēng见jiàn了le道dào:「二èr哥gē起qǐ来lái,大dà哥gē请qǐng得dé星xīng官guān来lái了le。」

Sha Monk saw them and said, “Second brother, get up! Eldest brother has managed to fetch the Star Officer.”

請得 takes the attainment dé. Both 了 are the completed-action marker.

那nà獃dāi子zi還hái侮wǔ著zhe嘴zuǐ道dào:「恕shù罪zuì,恕shù罪zuì。有yǒu病bìng在zài身shēn,不bù能néng行xíng禮lǐ。」 那nà呆dāi子zi还hái侮wǔ着zhe嘴zuǐ道dào:「恕shù罪zuì,恕shù罪zuì。有yǒu病bìng在zài身shēn,不bù能néng行xíng礼lǐ。」

The idiot, still with a hand over his mouth, said, “Pardon me, pardon me. I have a sickness upon me and cannot make my bow.”

侮著 is the ongoing-action zhe, 侮 again standing for the character meaning to cover with the hand. 行禮 takes 行 as xíng, to perform a rite. The 不 stays bù before the second tone of 能.

星xīng官guān道dào:「你nǐ是shì個gè修xiū行xíng之zhī人rén,何hé病bìng之zhī有yǒu?」 星xīng官guān道dào:「你nǐ是shì个gè修xiū行xíng之zhī人rén,何hé病bìng之zhī有yǒu?」

The Star Officer said, “You are a man in religious practice. What sickness should you have?”

修行 takes 行 as xíng. 何病之有 is a bookish inversion, the object pulled in front of the verb — and it makes the line drier than a plain question would be.

八bā戒jiè道dào:「早zǎo間jiān與yǔ那nà妖yāo精jīng交jiāo戰zhàn,被bèi他tā著zhuó我wǒ唇chún上shàng扎zhā了le一yí下xià,至zhì今jīn還hái疼téng哩li。」 八bā戒jiè道dào:「早zǎo间jiān与yǔ那nà妖yāo精jīng交jiāo战zhàn,被bèi他tā着zhuó我wǒ唇chún上shàng扎zhā了le一yí下xià,至zhì今jīn还hái疼téng哩li。」

Bajie said, “This morning I fought with that fiend, and she jabbed me once upon the lip with it, and it aches to this hour.”

早間 takes 間 as jiān. 著我唇上 uses 著 in its contact sense, zhuó, built exactly as Pilgrim's account of his own wound was. Same clause, same weapon, different lip.

星xīng官guān道dào:「你nǐ上shàng來lái,我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ醫yī治zhì醫yī治zhì。」 星xīng官guān道dào:「你nǐ上shàng来lái,我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ医yī治zhì医yī治zhì。」

The Star Officer said, “Come up here, and let me physic it for you.”

醫治醫治 doubles the verb to make it casual — "let me have a look at it".

獃dāi子zi才cái放fàng了le手shǒu,口kǒu裡lǐ哼hēng哼hēng唧jī唧jī道dào:「千qiān萬wàn治zhì治zhì,待dài好hǎo了le謝xiè你nǐ。」 呆dāi子zi才cái放fàng了le手shǒu,口kǒu里lǐ哼hēng哼hēng唧jī唧jī道dào:「千qiān万wàn治zhì治zhì,待dài好hǎo了le谢xiè你nǐ。」

Only then did the idiot take his hand away; and mumbling and whimpering he said, “By all means physic it — and when it is better I shall thank you.”

哼哼唧唧 is a doubled sound-word for whimpering and keeps its ordinary reading. And note 待好了謝你: the gratitude is made conditional on the cure working, which is the joke.


總評 Commentary

Bajie's excuse for not bowing is that he has a sickness on him, and the Star Officer's reply is the driest line in the chapter: 你是個修行之人,何病之有 — you are a man in religious practice; what sickness should you have? It is a theological objection raised as small talk. The novel does not have Bajie answer it. He simply describes what happened to his lip, which is its own kind of answer.

The cure, when it comes, has no machinery whatever. The officer passes a hand once across the place and blows on it, and the pain is gone. No spell, no medicine, nothing fetched from heaven. After four thousand characters in which a rod, a rake, a Bodhisattva and the entire celestial bureaucracy have made no impression on this poison, it is undone by a touch — because the creature doing the touching is the natural enemy of scorpions and always was.

Bajie's gratitude is characteristically hedged. 待好了謝你 — when it is better, I shall thank you — which reserves the thanks until the treatment has been shown to work. He has just been whimpering with his hand over his mouth, and he still finds room for a condition.