第五十七回 · 從新教導 Training a New Sha Monk — Journey to the West

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從新教導 Training a New Sha Monk

那nà行xíng者zhě惱nǎo了le，掄lūn金jīn箍gū棒bàng，帥shuài眾zhòng猴hóu，把bǎ沙shā僧sēng圍wéi了le。沙shā僧sēng東dōng沖chōng西xī撞zhuàng，打dǎ出chū路lù口kǒu，縱zòng雲yún霧wù逃táo生shēng道dào：「這zhè潑pō猴hóu如rú此cǐ憊bèi懶lǎn，我wǒ告gào菩pú薩sà去qù來lái。」那nà行xíng者zhě見jiàn沙shā僧sēng打dǎ死sǐ一yí個gè猴hóu精jīng，把bǎ沙shā和hé尚shàng逼bī得de走zǒu了le，他tā也yě不bù來lái追zhuī趕gǎn。回huí洞dòng教jiào小xiǎo的de們men把bǎ打dǎ死sǐ的de妖yāo屍shī拖tuō在zài一yì邊biān，剝bō了le皮pí，取qǔ肉ròu煎jiān炒chǎo，將jiāng椰yē子zi酒jiǔ、葡pú萄táo酒jiǔ，同tóng群qún猴hóu都dōu吃chī了le。另lìng選xuǎn一yí個gè會huì變biàn化huà的de妖yāo猴hóu，還hái變biàn一yí個gè沙shā和hé尚shàng，從cóng新xīn教jiào導dǎo，要yào上shàng西xī方fāng不bù題tí。那nà行xíng者zhě恼nǎo了le，抡lūn金jīn箍gū棒bàng，帅shuài众zhòng猴hóu，把bǎ沙shā僧sēng围wéi了le。沙shā僧sēng东dōng冲chōng西xī撞zhuàng，打dǎ出chū路lù口kǒu，纵zòng云yún雾wù逃táo生shēng道dào：「这zhè泼pō猴hóu如rú此cǐ惫bèi懒lǎn，我wǒ告gào菩pú萨sà去qù来lái。」那nà行xíng者zhě见jiàn沙shā僧sēng打dǎ死sǐ一yí个gè猴hóu精jīng，把bǎ沙shā和hé尚shàng逼bī得de走zǒu了le，他tā也yě不bù来lái追zhuī赶gǎn。回huí洞dòng教jiào小xiǎo的de们men把bǎ打dǎ死sǐ的de妖yāo尸shī拖tuō在zài一yì边biān，剥bō了le皮pí，取qǔ肉ròu煎jiān炒chǎo，将jiāng椰yē子zi酒jiǔ、葡pú萄táo酒jiǔ，同tóng群qún猴hóu都dōu吃chī了le。另lìng选xuǎn一yí个gè会huì变biàn化huà的de妖yāo猴hóu，还hái变biàn一yí个gè沙shā和hé尚shàng，从cóng新xīn教jiào导dǎo，要yào上shàng西xī方fāng不bù题tí。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà行xíng者zhě惱nǎo了le，掄lūn金jīn箍gū棒bàng，帥shuài眾zhòng猴hóu，把bǎ沙shā僧sēng圍wéi了le。那nà行xíng者zhě恼nǎo了le，抡lūn金jīn箍gū棒bàng，帅shuài众zhòng猴hóu，把bǎ沙shā僧sēng围wéi了le。

That Pilgrim was enraged. He whirled up the gold-banded rod, led the monkeys on, and had Sha Monk surrounded.

帥眾猴 uses 帥 as a verb, to lead troops. It is the vocabulary of command rather than of a brawl, and it tells you how the cave is now organised.

沙shā僧sēng東dōng沖chōng西xī撞zhuàng，打dǎ出chū路lù口kǒu，縱zòng雲yún霧wù逃táo生shēng道dào：「這zhè潑pō猴hóu如rú此cǐ憊bèi懶lǎn，我wǒ告gào菩pú薩sà去qù來lái。」沙shā僧sēng东dōng冲chōng西xī撞zhuàng，打dǎ出chū路lù口kǒu，纵zòng云yún雾wù逃táo生shēng道dào：「这zhè泼pō猴hóu如rú此cǐ惫bèi懒lǎn，我wǒ告gào菩pú萨sà去qù来lái。」

Sha Monk charged east and battered west, fought his way out at the mouth of the path, and mounting cloud and mist made his escape, saying: “This wretched monkey is past all bearing. I shall go and lay it before the Bodhisattva.”

東沖西撞 is a four-character formula for fighting free in every direction at once. 憊懶 -- worn out and shameless, and so past all decency -- is the strongest word Sha Monk uses in the whole chapter, and he uses it while running away.

那nà行xíng者zhě見jiàn沙shā僧sēng打dǎ死sǐ一yí個gè猴hóu精jīng，把bǎ沙shā和hé尚shàng逼bī得de走zǒu了le，他tā也yě不bù來lái追zhuī趕gǎn。那nà行xíng者zhě见jiàn沙shā僧sēng打dǎ死sǐ一yí个gè猴hóu精jīng，把bǎ沙shā和hé尚shàng逼bī得de走zǒu了le，他tā也yě不bù来lái追zhuī赶gǎn。

That Pilgrim, seeing that Sha Monk had killed a monkey-spirit and that the Sha Monk had been forced to flee, did not come after him.

逼得走了 takes 得 as the link hanging a consequence off the verb, de. The refusal to give chase is the coldest detail in the passage: he has what he needs, and the intruder no longer figures in the calculation.

回huí洞dòng教jiào小xiǎo的de們men把bǎ打dǎ死sǐ的de妖yāo屍shī拖tuō在zài一yì邊biān，剝bō了le皮pí，取qǔ肉ròu煎jiān炒chǎo，將jiāng椰yē子zi酒jiǔ、葡pú萄táo酒jiǔ，同tóng群qún猴hóu都dōu吃chī了le。回huí洞dòng教jiào小xiǎo的de们men把bǎ打dǎ死sǐ的de妖yāo尸shī拖tuō在zài一yì边biān，剥bō了le皮pí，取qǔ肉ròu煎jiān炒chǎo，将jiāng椰yē子zi酒jiǔ、葡pú萄táo酒jiǔ，同tóng群qún猴hóu都dōu吃chī了le。

He went back into the cave and had the little ones drag the dead monster's carcass to one side, skin it, take the flesh and fry it, and bring out coconut wine and grape wine, and he and the troop of monkeys ate it all together.

剝 is bō, the literary reading, which is the only one recorded here. 椰子 takes 子 as the worn-down ending, zi. The feast is reported in exactly the same flat tone as the frying: the monkeys eat one of their own and the narrator does not pause.

另lìng選xuǎn一yí個gè會huì變biàn化huà的de妖yāo猴hóu，還hái變biàn一yí個gè沙shā和hé尚shàng，從cóng新xīn教jiào導dǎo，要yào上shàng西xī方fāng不bù題tí。另lìng选xuǎn一yí个gè会huì变biàn化huà的de妖yāo猴hóu，还hái变biàn一yí个gè沙shā和hé尚shàng，从cóng新xīn教jiào导dǎo，要yào上shàng西xī方fāng不bù题tí。

Then he picked out another demon monkey skilled in transformation, had him change into a Sha Monk once more, and set about training him afresh, meaning to go west; and of this no more.

還變一個沙和尚 takes 還 at hái, again. 從新教導 takes 教 at jiào. 不題 is the storyteller's formula for setting a thread down, the second such moment in the chapter after Wukong was left standing at Potalaka.

總評 Commentary

The fight takes two segments and the aftermath takes three, which is the right proportion: what happens after the fight is the point. The false king does not pursue. He has the rescript, he has a plan with a date on it, and a fleeing disciple is simply not part of the calculation.

The feast is the coldest stroke in the chapter. The dead counterfeit is skinned, fried and eaten by the troop with coconut and grape wine, and the narrator does not pause over it. These are monkeys eating a monkey; the figure who ordered it is wearing the shape of the Monkey King. Nothing in the sentence flags any of that.

And then he simply picks another one and starts the training over. 從新教導 -- teach him from the beginning again -- treats a person as a part to be replaced from stock, which is the same logic that produced the counterfeit party in the first place. The chapter sets the thread down here, and the imposture is running on schedule.