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第六十回
牛niú魔mó王wáng罷bà戰zhàn赴fù華huá筵yán
孫sūn行xíng者zhě二èr調tiáo芭bā蕉jiāo扇shàn

The Bull Demon King Breaks Off the Fight for a Splendid Banquet · Sun the Pilgrim Contrives the Second Fetching of the Banana-Leaf Fan

青鋒寶劍
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青鋒寶劍 Two Blue Edged Swords

叫jiào:「拿ná兵bīng器qì來lái。」女nǚ童tóng道dào:「爺yé爺ye的de兵bīng器qì不bú在zài這zhè裡lǐ。」牛niú王wáng道dào:「拿ná你nǐ奶nǎi奶nai的de兵bīng器qì來lái罷ba。」侍shì婢bì將jiāng兩liǎng把bǎ青qīng鋒fēng寶bǎo劍jiàn捧pěng出chū。牛niú王wáng脫tuō了le那nà赴fù宴yàn的de鴉yā青qīng絨róng襖ǎo,束shù一yí束shù貼tiē身shēn的de小xiǎo衣yī,雙shuāng手shǒu綽chāo劍jiàn,走zǒu出chū芭bā蕉jiāo洞dòng,徑jìng奔bèn火huǒ焰yàn山shān上shàng趕gǎn來lái。叫jiào:「拿ná兵bīng器qì来lái。」女nǚ童tóng道dào:「爷yé爷ye的de兵bīng器qì不bú在zài这zhè里lǐ。」牛niú王wáng道dào:「拿ná你nǐ奶nǎi奶nai的de兵bīng器qì来lái罢ba。」侍shì婢bì将jiāng两liǎng把bǎ青qīng锋fēng宝bǎo剑jiàn捧pěng出chū。牛niú王wáng脱tuō了le那nà赴fù宴yàn的de鸦yā青qīng绒róng袄ǎo,束shù一yí束shù贴tiē身shēn的de小xiǎo衣yī,双shuāng手shǒu绰chāo剑jiàn,走zǒu出chū芭bā蕉jiāo洞dòng,径jìng奔bèn火huǒ焰yàn山shān上shàng赶gǎn来lái。


逐句解 Line by line

叫jiào:「拿ná兵bīng器qì來lái。」 叫jiào:「拿ná兵bīng器qì来lái。」

He called, "Bring my weapons."

Five characters, and no explanation offered to anybody. He has decided what he is going to do and is now equipping himself to do it.

女nǚ童tóng道dào:「爺yé爺ye的de兵bīng器qì不bú在zài這zhè裡lǐ。」 女nǚ童tóng道dào:「爷yé爷ye的de兵bīng器qì不bú在zài这zhè里lǐ。」

A serving-maid said, "Your lordship's weapons are not here."

The staff have to tell him that his own weapons are in the other house. It is the quietest humiliation in the chapter and nobody comments on it.

牛niú王wáng道dào:「拿ná你nǐ奶nǎi奶nai的de兵bīng器qì來lái罷ba。」 牛niú王wáng道dào:「拿ná你nǐ奶nǎi奶nai的de兵bīng器qì来lái罢ba。」

The Bull King said, "Then bring your mistress's weapons."

罷 is the imperative ba. And 你奶奶的 — your mistress's — concedes in three characters what the whole scene has been about: he is a guest in his first wife's house.

侍shì婢bì將jiāng兩liǎng把bǎ青qīng鋒fēng寶bǎo劍jiàn捧pěng出chū。 侍shì婢bì将jiāng两liǎng把bǎ青qīng锋fēng宝bǎo剑jiàn捧pěng出chū。

The waiting-women brought out two blue-edged precious swords.

將 is jiāng, fronting the object. These are the Rākṣasī's own swords, the pair she took to the Great Sage at this door in the previous chapter.

牛niú王wáng脫tuō了le那nà赴fù宴yàn的de鴉yā青qīng絨róng襖ǎo,束shù一yí束shù貼tiē身shēn的de小xiǎo衣yī,雙shuāng手shǒu綽chāo劍jiàn,走zǒu出chū芭bā蕉jiāo洞dòng,徑jìng奔bèn火huǒ焰yàn山shān上shàng趕gǎn來lái。 牛niú王wáng脱tuō了le那nà赴fù宴yàn的de鸦yā青qīng绒róng袄ǎo,束shù一yí束shù贴tiē身shēn的de小xiǎo衣yī,双shuāng手shǒu绰chāo剑jiàn,走zǒu出chū芭bā蕉jiāo洞dòng,径jìng奔bèn火huǒ焰yàn山shān上shàng赶gǎn来lái。

The Bull King stripped off the crow-blue velvet jacket he had worn to the banquet, girded his close-fitting under-dress, snatched up the swords in both hands, went out of the Banana-Leaf Cave and made straight for the Mountain of Flames in pursuit.

綽 is chāo here, to snatch up — the other reading of the character, against the chuò of 假綽名聲 earlier in the chapter, where it meant a borrowed nickname. Both readings are now exercised in this one chapter. 奔 is bèn, to make straight for. And the velvet jacket he strips off is the one he put on to go drinking.


總評 Commentary

The arming mirrors the one a few passages into the chapter and shows how far he has fallen in a single day. Then he walked up to his own great hall, took down his own armour and his own iron staff, and came out to see who was making a disturbance at his gate. Now he asks for his weapons, is told they are somewhere else, and goes after the Great Sage with his wife's swords.

The clothing tracks the same descent. He put on golden mail to look at a stranger at the door; he changed into a velvet jacket to go out drinking; and he now strips the jacket off and girds his undershirt because there is nothing else in the house to wear. The chapter opened with a poem about his helm and armour and ends with him in his underclothes.

The swords are the sharpest detail. They are the Rākṣasī's — the same pair she swung at the Great Sage at this door in the previous chapter, and failed with. The Bull King sets out to avenge the theft carrying the weapons that already failed to prevent it.