第六十一回 · 忽聽喊殺 He Hears The Cry Of Battle — Journey to the West

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忽聽喊殺 He Hears The Cry Of Battle

那nà八bā戒jiè抖dǒu擻sǒu精jīng神shén，束shù一yí束shù皂zào錦jǐn直zhí裰duō，搴qiān著zhe鈀pá，即jí與yǔ土tǔ地dì縱zòng起qǐ雲yún霧wù，徑jìng回huí東dōng方fāng而ér去qù。正zhèng行xíng時shí，忽hū聽tīng得dé喊hǎn殺shā聲shēng高gāo，狂kuáng風fēng滾gǔn滾gǔn。八bā戒jiè按àn住zhù雲yún頭tóu看kàn時shí，原yuán來lái孫sūn行xíng者zhě與yǔ牛niú王wáng廝sī殺shā哩li。那nà八bā戒jiè抖dǒu擞sǒu精jīng神shén，束shù一yí束shù皂zào锦jǐn直zhí裰duō，搴qiān着zhe钯pá，即jí与yǔ土tǔ地dì纵zòng起qǐ云yún雾wù，径jìng回huí东dōng方fāng而ér去qù。正zhèng行xíng时shí，忽hū听tīng得dé喊hǎn杀shā声shēng高gāo，狂kuáng风fēng滚gǔn滚gǔn。八bā戒jiè按àn住zhù云yún头tóu看kàn时shí，原yuán来lái孙sūn行xíng者zhě与yǔ牛niú王wáng厮sī杀shā哩li。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà八bā戒jiè抖dǒu擻sǒu精jīng神shén，束shù一yí束shù皂zào錦jǐn直zhí裰duō，搴qiān著zhe鈀pá，即jí與yǔ土tǔ地dì縱zòng起qǐ雲yún霧wù，徑jìng回huí東dōng方fāng而ér去qù。那nà八bā戒jiè抖dǒu擞sǒu精jīng神shén，束shù一yí束shù皂zào锦jǐn直zhí裰duō，搴qiān着zhe钯pá，即jí与yǔ土tǔ地dì纵zòng起qǐ云yún雾wù，径jìng回huí东dōng方fāng而ér去qù。

Eight Rules roused his spirits, hitched up his black brocade cassock, took up his rake, and rose at once with the local god on cloud and mist, going straight back toward the east.

Small preparatory gestures, and they matter: Eight Rules has spent three chapters commentating rather than fighting. 直裰 is the long single-piece robe worn by monks and Daoists alike, 裰 being duō; 皂 is the black of the dyed cloth. 搴 is qiān, to take up in the hand, and the 著 after it is the zhe that keeps the holding going. The rake is 釘鈀, held at pá throughout this edition rather than bǎ.

正zhèng行xíng時shí，忽hū聽tīng得dé喊hǎn殺shā聲shēng高gāo，狂kuáng風fēng滾gǔn滾gǔn。正zhèng行xíng时shí，忽hū听tīng得dé喊hǎn杀shā声shēng高gāo，狂kuáng风fēng滚gǔn滚gǔn。

As they went they heard of a sudden the noise of battle-cries running high, and a wild wind rolling.

The crossing between the two threads is made by sound. 聽得 takes dé, the settled compound "to catch the sound of" — worth setting beside 認不得 a few lines on, where the same character goes light. Both readings stand within these two passages.

八bā戒jiè按àn住zhù雲yún頭tóu看kàn時shí，原yuán來lái孫sūn行xíng者zhě與yǔ牛niú王wáng廝sī殺shā哩li。八bā戒jiè按àn住zhù云yún头tóu看kàn时shí，原yuán来lái孙sūn行xíng者zhě与yǔ牛niú王wáng厮sī杀shā哩li。

Eight Rules held down his cloud-head and looked, and there were Pilgrim Sun and the Bull King at their killing.

哩 is held at li throughout, the everyday sentence-ending syllable. 看 is kàn, to look, not the kān of keeping watch that the previous chapter introduced at 看守門庭. 原來 marks what Eight Rules discovers, rather than what he expected.

總評 Commentary

The narrative crosses from one thread to the other in three sentences, and the crossing is done by ear. Eight Rules is travelling east with a guide when the noise of the battle reaches him, and the fight the reader left thirteen lines of verse ago is rejoined from outside, as something overheard.

抖擻精神 and the hitching of the cassock are small preparatory gestures, and they matter because Eight Rules has spent three chapters as a commentator rather than a combatant. The chapter title credits him with lending strength, and this is the first movement toward it.