第六十一回 · 祥雲滿空 Auspicious Cloud Fills The Sky — Journey to the West

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祥雲滿空 Auspicious Cloud Fills The Sky

卻què說shuō那nà三sān藏zàng與yǔ沙shā僧sēng立lì一yí會huì，坐zuò一yí會huì，盼pàn望wàng行xíng者zhě，許xǔ久jiǔ不bù回huí，何hé等děng憂yōu慮lǜ。忽hū見jiàn祥xiáng雲yún滿mǎn空kōng，瑞ruì光guāng滿mǎn地dì，飄piāo飄piāo颻yáo颻yáo，蓋gài眾zhòng神shén行xíng將jiāng近jìn，這zhè長zhǎng老lǎo害hài怕pà道dào：「悟wù淨jìng，那nà壁bì廂xiāng是shì誰shuí神shén兵bīng來lái也yě？」却què说shuō那nà三sān藏zàng与yǔ沙shā僧sēng立lì一yí会huì，坐zuò一yí会huì，盼pàn望wàng行xíng者zhě，许xǔ久jiǔ不bù回huí，何hé等děng忧yōu虑lǜ。忽hū见jiàn祥xiáng云yún满mǎn空kōng，瑞ruì光guāng满mǎn地dì，飘piāo飘piāo飖yáo飖yáo，盖gài众zhòng神shén行xíng将jiāng近jìn，这zhè长zhǎng老lǎo害hài怕pà道dào：「悟wù净jìng，那nà壁bì厢xiāng是shì谁shuí神shén兵bīng来lái也yě？」

逐句解 Line by line

卻què說shuō那nà三sān藏zàng與yǔ沙shā僧sēng立lì一yí會huì，坐zuò一yí會huì，盼pàn望wàng行xíng者zhě，許xǔ久jiǔ不bù回huí，何hé等děng憂yōu慮lǜ。却què说shuō那nà三sān藏zàng与yǔ沙shā僧sēng立lì一yí会huì，坐zuò一yí会huì，盼pàn望wàng行xíng者zhě，许xǔ久jiǔ不bù回huí，何hé等děng忧yōu虑lǜ。

The tale turns to Tripitaka and Sha Monk, who stood a while and sat a while, watching for Pilgrim; he had not come back this long time, and how anxious they were.

The chapter returns to the master exactly where it left him, and the first thing it reports is that he has been standing up and sitting down. 立一會，坐一會 repeats the phrase to mean an indefinite alternation. (一 shifts to yí at both, before the falling tone of 會.)

忽hū見jiàn祥xiáng雲yún滿mǎn空kōng，瑞ruì光guāng滿mǎn地dì，飄piāo飄piāo颻yáo颻yáo，蓋gài眾zhòng神shén行xíng將jiāng近jìn，這zhè長zhǎng老lǎo害hài怕pà道dào：「悟wù淨jìng，那nà壁bì廂xiāng是shì誰shuí神shén兵bīng來lái也yě？」忽hū见jiàn祥xiáng云yún满mǎn空kōng，瑞ruì光guāng满mǎn地dì，飘piāo飘piāo飖yáo飖yáo，盖gài众zhòng神shén行xíng将jiāng近jìn，这zhè长zhǎng老lǎo害hài怕pà道dào：「悟wù净jìng，那nà壁bì厢xiāng是shì谁shuí神shén兵bīng来lái也yě？」

Of a sudden they saw auspicious cloud filling the sky and lucky light covering the ground, drifting and floating: it was the host of gods drawing near. The elder took fright and said: "Wujing, whose divine soldiers are those coming yonder?"

He cannot tell rescue from threat. 行將近 takes 將 at jiāng marking imminence, about to — against the jiàng of a general that the same character takes at 天將 in the verse. 壁廂 is the everyday word for a side or quarter. 長老 takes 長 at zhǎng, the elder.

總評 Commentary

The chapter returns to Tripitaka exactly where it left him, and the first thing it reports is that he has been standing up and sitting down. 立一會，坐一會 is the whole of what the master has done while a demon king was hunted across four compass points by two celestial establishments.

What he does when the host arrives is take fright. 那壁廂是誰神兵來也 — whose divine soldiers are those? He cannot tell rescue from threat, which is the condition he has been in for the whole journey and which the next passage exists to correct.