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第五十八回
二èr心xīn攪jiǎo亂luàn大dà乾qián坤kūn
一yì體tǐ難nán修xiū真zhēn寂jì滅miè

Two Minds Throw the Great Cosmos into Confusion · One Body Cannot Cultivate the True Nirvana

駕雲而去
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駕雲而去 Guanyin Brings Him Back

那nà觀guān音yīn在zài傍páng聽tīng說shuō,即jí合hé掌zhǎng謝xiè了le聖shèng恩ēn,領lǐng悟wù空kōng,輒zhé駕jià雲yún而ér去qù。隨suí後hòu木mù叉chā行xíng者zhě、白bái鸚yīng哥gē一yì同tóng趕gǎn上shàng。不bù多duō時shí,到dào了le中zhōng途tú草cǎo舍shè人rén家jiā。沙shā和hé尚shàng看kàn見jiàn,急jí請qǐng師shī父fù拜bài門mén迎yíng接jiē。那nà观guān音yīn在zài傍páng听tīng说shuō,即jí合hé掌zhǎng谢xiè了le圣shèng恩ēn,领lǐng悟wù空kōng,辄zhé驾jià云yún而ér去qù。随suí后hòu木mù叉chā行xíng者zhě、白bái鹦yīng哥gē一yì同tóng赶gǎn上shàng。不bù多duō时shí,到dào了le中zhōng途tú草cǎo舍shè人rén家jiā。沙shā和hé尚shàng看kàn见jiàn,急jí请qǐng师shī父fù拜bài门mén迎yíng接jiē。


逐句解 Line by line

那nà觀guān音yīn在zài傍páng聽tīng說shuō,即jí合hé掌zhǎng謝xiè了le聖shèng恩ēn,領lǐng悟wù空kōng,輒zhé駕jià雲yún而ér去qù。 那nà观guān音yīn在zài傍páng听tīng说shuō,即jí合hé掌zhǎng谢xiè了le圣shèng恩ēn,领lǐng悟wù空kōng,辄zhé驾jià云yún而ér去qù。

Guanyin, standing by and hearing this, joined her palms at once, gave thanks for the holy grace, took charge of Wukong and straightway mounted the clouds and went.

在傍 takes bàng, held that way across the project. 輒 means straightway, without pausing. 領悟空 — she takes charge of him, the word used for escorting somebody in one's keeping.

隨suí後hòu木mù叉chā行xíng者zhě、白bái鸚yīng哥gē一yì同tóng趕gǎn上shàng。 随suí后hòu木mù叉chā行xíng者zhě、白bái鹦yīng哥gē一yì同tóng赶gǎn上shàng。

Behind them Mokṣa the Pilgrim and the white parrot came up together.

The white parrot is Guanyin's attendant, and turns up wherever the novel gives her retinue in full.

不bù多duō時shí,到dào了le中zhōng途tú草cǎo舍shè人rén家jiā。 不bù多duō时shí,到dào了le中zhōng途tú草cǎo舍shè人rén家jiā。

In no great while they came to the thatched cottage of the household midway on the road.

草舍 takes shè, a dwelling, where the automatic reading gives shě, to give up. 中途 takes zhōng. The party is back at the farmhouse it left many passages ago.

沙shā和hé尚shàng看kàn見jiàn,急jí請qǐng師shī父fù拜bài門mén迎yíng接jiē。 沙shā和hé尚shàng看kàn见jiàn,急jí请qǐng师shī父fù拜bài门mén迎yíng接jiē。

Sha Monk saw them, and hurriedly asked his master to come to the door and receive them.

拜門迎接, to bow at the door and receive — the courtesy owed to a Bodhisattva arriving in person.


總評 Commentary

The return is quiet and quick, and the geography closes a circle. The chapter opened with Wukong and Sha Monk leaving Potalaka; it ends with Guanyin personally delivering Wukong to a farmhouse on the westward road. Every court in the cosmos has been visited in between.

領悟空 is the word to notice. Guanyin does not accompany him. She takes charge of him. The Buddha promised 我教觀音送你去 — I shall have Guanyin see you there — and the delivery is carried out as an escort, because Wukong has just said he does not expect to be taken back.