第五十九回 · 不論親情 No Kinship Only The Grudge — Journey to the West

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不論親情 No Kinship Only The Grudge

好hǎo猴hóu王wáng，一yì隻zhī手shǒu扯chě住zhù，一yì隻zhī手shǒu去qù耳ěr內nèi掣chè出chū棒bàng來lái，幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，有yǒu碗wǎn來lái粗cū細xì。那nà羅luó剎chà掙zhèng脫tuō手shǒu，舉jǔ劍jiàn來lái迎yíng。行xíng者zhě隨suí又yòu掄lūn棒bàng便biàn打dǎ。兩liǎng個gè在zài翠cuì雲yún山shān前qián，不bú論lùn親qīn情qíng，卻què只zhǐ講jiǎng仇chóu隙xì。這zhè一yì場cháng好hǎo殺shā：好hǎo猴hóu王wáng，一yì只zhī手shǒu扯chě住zhù，一yì只zhī手shǒu去qù耳ěr内nèi掣chè出chū棒bàng来lái，幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，有yǒu碗wǎn来lái粗cū细xì。那nà罗luó刹chà挣zhèng脱tuō手shǒu，举jǔ剑jiàn来lái迎yíng。行xíng者zhě随suí又yòu抡lūn棒bàng便biàn打dǎ。两liǎng个gè在zài翠cuì云yún山shān前qián，不bú论lùn亲qīn情qíng，却què只zhǐ讲jiǎng仇chóu隙xì。这zhè一yì场cháng好hǎo杀shā：

逐句解 Line by line

好hǎo猴hóu王wáng，一yì隻zhī手shǒu扯chě住zhù，一yì隻zhī手shǒu去qù耳ěr內nèi掣chè出chū棒bàng來lái，幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，有yǒu碗wǎn來lái粗cū細xì。好hǎo猴hóu王wáng，一yì只zhī手shǒu扯chě住zhù，一yì只zhī手shǒu去qù耳ěr内nèi掣chè出chū棒bàng来lái，幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，有yǒu碗wǎn来lái粗cū细xì。

Fine Monkey King! With one hand he held her fast, and with the other he reached into his ear and drew out the cudgel; he gave it a shake, and it was as thick as a rice-bowl.

好猴王 is the storyteller's round of applause, marking the turn into action. 幌一幌, "gave it a shake," is the standing formula for the cudgel changing size; 有碗來粗細, "about the thickness of a bowl," is the standing measure.

那nà羅luó剎chà掙zhèng脫tuō手shǒu，舉jǔ劍jiàn來lái迎yíng。那nà罗luó刹chà挣zhèng脱tuō手shǒu，举jǔ剑jiàn来lái迎yíng。

The Rākṣasī wrenched her hand free and raised her sword to meet him.

掙 is zhèng, to break free by main force, not the zhēng of 掙扎, struggling — 康熙 gives it a rhyme landing on the falling tone. This reading was settled at the close of the previous chapter and meets its first test here.

行xíng者zhě隨suí又yòu掄lūn棒bàng便biàn打dǎ。行xíng者zhě随suí又yòu抡lūn棒bàng便biàn打dǎ。

Pilgrim at once swung up his cudgel and struck.

隨又, "thereupon, at once." Eight characters, and the negotiation that has occupied two long stretches of the chapter is over.

兩liǎng個gè在zài翠cuì雲yún山shān前qián，不bú論lùn親qīn情qíng，卻què只zhǐ講jiǎng仇chóu隙xì。两liǎng个gè在zài翠cuì云yún山shān前qián，不bú论lùn亲qīn情qíng，却què只zhǐ讲jiǎng仇chóu隙xì。

The two of them, before Mount Cuiyun, spoke no more of kinship but only of the grudge.

One line sets the whole scene's two terms against each other: 親情, the relationship being claimed, against 仇隙, the crack of enmity. Pilgrim has spent the entire conversation arguing the first, and the fight concedes the second.

這zhè一yì場cháng好hǎo殺shā：这zhè一yì场cháng好hǎo杀shā：

And a fine fight it was:

The tag stands as its own five-character unit at the end of a long prose line, so it alone opens the poem. What follows is the chapter's battle set-piece, ten couplets long.

總評 Commentary

好猴王 — fine Monkey King — is the storyteller's applause, and it marks the turn from talk to action as reliably as a change of key. What follows is the familiar sequence: one hand holding her, the other into the ear, the cudgel out and shaken to the thickness of a rice-bowl.

Her escape from his grip is the chapter's first live test of a reading settled only at the previous chapter's close: 掙脫, to wrench free, where 掙 takes the falling tone against the level tone of struggling. The difference is invisible in the character and audible only in the pinyin, and a good deal of work went into that one syllable.

The line that closes the prose is the chapter in miniature. Before Mount Cuiyun the two of them 不論親情，卻只講仇隙 — spoke no more of kinship but only of the grudge. Pilgrim has been arguing the sworn brotherhood since the moment the door opened; the fight is his admission that it was never going to be enough.