縫在衣領 Sewn Into His Collar
這定風丹尚未曾見用，如今送了大聖，管教那廝搧你不動，你卻要了扇子，搧息火，卻不就立此功也？」行者低頭作禮，感謝不盡。那菩薩即於衣袖中取出一個錦袋兒，將那一粒定風丹，與行者安在衣領裡邊，將針線緊緊縫了。送行者出門道：「不及留款。往西北上去，就是羅剎的山場也。」这定风丹尚未曾见用，如今送了大圣，管教那厮扇你不动，你却要了扇子，扇息火，却不就立此功也？」行者低头作礼，感谢不尽。那菩萨即于衣袖中取出一个锦袋儿，将那一粒定风丹，与行者安在衣领里边，将针线紧紧缝了。送行者出门道：「不及留款。往西北上去，就是罗刹的山场也。」
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'This Wind-Stilling Pill has never yet been used. I shall give it to the Great Sage now, and I warrant that creature will not be able to fan you an inch. Then you may take the fan, fan out the fire — and would that not be your merit established?'
管教, "I warrant, I guarantee," with 教 as jiào. 那廝, "that creature," is contemptuous, and it is worth noting that a Bodhisattva is the one using it. 立此功, "to establish this merit," frames the whole enterprise as the accumulation of spiritual credit, which is how the pilgrimage keeps score.
Pilgrim bowed his head in salutation, thanking him without end.
感謝不盡, thanking without end. The phrase will come back at the close of the chapter in Tripitaka's mouth, and both times the thanks are for a gift that has not yet been tested.
The Bodhisattva then took from his sleeve a little brocade bag, put that one Wind-Stilling Pill in it for Pilgrim, set it inside his collar, and sewed it fast with needle and thread.
縫 is féng, the verb "to sew," not the fèng that names a seam. 錦袋兒 takes 兒 as the curled-back ending. Both 將 are the handling word jiāng.
He saw Pilgrim to the gate and said, 'I cannot detain you with hospitality.'
不及留款, "there is no time to press refreshment on you," is a formula of leave-taking. 款 is kuǎn, to entertain. The courtesy is perfunctory and the information that follows is not.
'Go to the northwest, and there is the Rākṣasī's mountain domain.'
山場 is a mountain estate or domain. Lingji gives the bearing in five characters, which is what Pilgrim came for; the pill, which is what he needed, was given without being asked for.
The gift is made with a practical care that is worth noticing. Lingji does not hand over the pill; he puts it in a little brocade bag, sets the bag inside Pilgrim's collar, and sews it in with needle and thread. A Bodhisattva doing needlework is not an image the novel dwells on, and it does not need to.
The sewing is also a precaution against the recipient. Pilgrim has swallowed, stolen and lost a great many things in this novel, and an object stitched into your clothing cannot be dropped, eaten by mistake or blown away. Lingji has clearly given some thought to who he is dealing with.
His parting instruction runs to five characters — go northwest, that is her domain — and the courtesy before it is perfunctory. What Pilgrim came for was the bearing; what he leaves with is the thing that will win him the fan, given unasked and with no explanation whatever of how it works.