第五十八回 · 膽戰心驚 The Macaque Bolts — Journey to the West

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膽戰心驚 The Macaque Bolts

那nà獼mí猴hóu聞wén得dé如rú來lái說shuō出chū他tā的de本běn像xiàng，膽dǎn戰zhàn心xīn驚jīng，急jí縱zòng身shēn，跳tiào起qǐ來lái就jiù走zǒu。如rú來lái見jiàn他tā走zǒu時shí，即jí令lìng大dà眾zhòng下xià手shǒu。早zǎo有yǒu四sì菩pú薩sà、八bā金jīn剛gāng、五wǔ百bǎi阿ā羅luó、三sān千qiān揭jiē諦dì、比bǐ丘qiū僧sēng、比bǐ丘qiū尼ní、優yōu婆pó塞sāi、優yōu婆pó夷yí、觀guān音yīn、木mù叉chā，一yì齊qí圍wéi繞rào。孫sūn大dà聖shèng也yě要yào上shàng前qián，如rú來lái道dào：「悟wù空kōng休xiū動dòng手shǒu，待dài我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ擒qín他tā。」那nà猕mí猴hóu闻wén得dé如rú来lái说shuō出chū他tā的de本běn像xiàng，胆dǎn战zhàn心xīn惊jīng，急jí纵zòng身shēn，跳tiào起qǐ来lái就jiù走zǒu。如rú来lái见jiàn他tā走zǒu时shí，即jí令lìng大dà众zhòng下xià手shǒu。早zǎo有yǒu四sì菩pú萨sà、八bā金jīn刚gāng、五wǔ百bǎi阿ā罗luó、三sān千qiān揭jiē谛dì、比bǐ丘qiū僧sēng、比bǐ丘qiū尼ní、优yōu婆pó塞sāi、优yōu婆pó夷yí、观guān音yīn、木mù叉chā，一yì齐qí围wéi绕rào。孙sūn大dà圣shèng也yě要yào上shàng前qián，如rú来lái道dào：「悟wù空kōng休xiū动dòng手shǒu，待dài我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ擒qín他tā。」

逐句解 Line by line

那nà獼mí猴hóu聞wén得dé如rú來lái說shuō出chū他tā的de本běn像xiàng，膽dǎn戰zhàn心xīn驚jīng，急jí縱zòng身shēn，跳tiào起qǐ來lái就jiù走zǒu。那nà猕mí猴hóu闻wén得dé如rú来lái说shuō出chū他tā的de本běn像xiàng，胆dǎn战zhàn心xīn惊jīng，急jí纵zòng身shēn，跳tiào起qǐ来lái就jiù走zǒu。

When that macaque heard the Tathāgata declare his original form, his gall shook and his heart quailed. He sprang up in haste, leapt to his feet and made to run.

聞得 takes dé, managing to hear. 本像 is the original form — precisely the thing the demon mirror was built to show and could not.

如rú來lái見jiàn他tā走zǒu時shí，即jí令lìng大dà眾zhòng下xià手shǒu。如rú来lái见jiàn他tā走zǒu时shí，即jí令lìng大dà众zhòng下xià手shǒu。

The Tathāgata, seeing him go, at once ordered the assembly to lay hands on him.

The Buddha does not act himself; he deputes. That will matter two segments on.

早zǎo有yǒu四sì菩pú薩sà、八bā金jīn剛gāng、五wǔ百bǎi阿ā羅luó、三sān千qiān揭jiē諦dì、比bǐ丘qiū僧sēng、比bǐ丘qiū尼ní、優yōu婆pó塞sāi、優yōu婆pó夷yí、觀guān音yīn、木mù叉chā，一yì齊qí圍wéi繞rào。早zǎo有yǒu四sì菩pú萨sà、八bā金jīn刚gāng、五wǔ百bǎi阿ā罗luó、三sān千qiān揭jiē谛dì、比bǐ丘qiū僧sēng、比bǐ丘qiū尼ní、优yōu婆pó塞sāi、优yōu婆pó夷yí、观guān音yīn、木mù叉chā，一yì齐qí围wéi绕rào。

At once there were the four Bodhisattvas, the eight Vajrapāṇis, the five hundred Arhats, the three thousand Guardians, the bhikṣus and bhikṣuṇīs, the upāsakas and upāsikās, Guanyin and Mokṣa — all in one ring about him.

The roll of the assembly comes back entire, now closing round him as a cordon rather than sitting as a congregation. 優婆塞 takes sāi.

孫sūn大dà聖shèng也yě要yào上shàng前qián，如rú來lái道dào：「悟wù空kōng休xiū動dòng手shǒu，待dài我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ擒qín他tā。」孙sūn大dà圣shèng也yě要yào上shàng前qián，如rú来lái道dào：「悟wù空kōng休xiū动dòng手shǒu，待dài我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ擒qín他tā。」

The Great Sage Sun made to go forward as well, but the Tathāgata said: "Wukong, stay your hand. Wait, and I shall take him for you."

待我與你擒他 — wait, and I shall take him for you. The Buddha reserves the capture to himself and tells Wukong to stand down. Hold on to that instruction.

總評 Commentary

The reveal works instantly and the chapter's whole problem evaporates in a single sentence: 聞得如來說出他的本像. It is not that the macaque is caught out in a lie. Nothing about him has changed. His original form is simply named, and naming turns out to be enough. Everything the five courts attempted was an effort to see. What defeats him is being classified.

膽戰心驚 is also the first time in the chapter that the two figures have behaved differently in any way that means anything. Through five tribunals they matched each other move for move, spoke in unison, gave thanks in unison. Here one of them runs.

The Buddha's instruction to Wukong — 悟空休動手，待我與你擒他 — is worth holding on to. He is told plainly to keep his hands off, and given a reason: the Tathāgata will do it for him. What follows turns on whether he obeys.