第六十一回 · 四面圍繞 Ringed On Every Side — Journey to the West

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四面圍繞 Ringed On Every Side

正zhèng遇yù著zháo八bā戒jiè使shǐ鈀pá築zhù門mén，老lǎo牛niú更gèng不bù打dǎ話huà，掣chè劍jiàn劈pī頭tóu便biàn砍kǎn。八bā戒jiè舉jǔ鈀pá迎yíng著zhe，向xiàng後hòu倒dào退tuì了le幾jǐ步bù，出chū門mén來lái，早zǎo有yǒu大dà聖shèng掄lūn棒bàng當dāng頭tóu。那nà牛niú魔mó即jí駕jià狂kuáng風fēng，跳tiào離lí洞dòng府fǔ，又yòu都dōu在zài那nà翠cuì雲yún山shān上shàng相xiāng持chí。眾zhòng多duō神shén四sì面miàn圍wéi繞rào，土tǔ地dì兵bīng左zuǒ右yòu攻gōng擊jī。正zhèng遇yù着zháo八bā戒jiè使shǐ钯pá筑zhù门mén，老lǎo牛niú更gèng不bù打dǎ话huà，掣chè剑jiàn劈pī头tóu便biàn砍kǎn。八bā戒jiè举jǔ钯pá迎yíng着zhe，向xiàng后hòu倒dào退tuì了le几jǐ步bù，出chū门mén来lái，早zǎo有yǒu大dà圣shèng抡lūn棒bàng当dāng头tóu。那nà牛niú魔mó即jí驾jià狂kuáng风fēng，跳tiào离lí洞dòng府fǔ，又yòu都dōu在zài那nà翠cuì云yún山shān上shàng相xiāng持chí。众zhòng多duō神shén四sì面miàn围wéi绕rào，土tǔ地dì兵bīng左zuǒ右yòu攻gōng击jī。

逐句解 Line by line

正zhèng遇yù著zháo八bā戒jiè使shǐ鈀pá築zhù門mén，老lǎo牛niú更gèng不bù打dǎ話huà，掣chè劍jiàn劈pī頭tóu便biàn砍kǎn。正zhèng遇yù着zháo八bā戒jiè使shǐ钯pá筑zhù门mén，老lǎo牛niú更gèng不bù打dǎ话huà，掣chè剑jiàn劈pī头tóu便biàn砍kǎn。

He met Eight Rules pounding at the door with the rake; the old bull did not stop to talk but drew and cut at his head.

更不打話 — no talk this time, after a chapter of nothing but. 遇著 takes 著 at zháo. This edition has no precedent for the frame, and the reading follows the analogy of 搧著 and 燒著, where the character marks that the action connected: to run into somebody is something achieved, not a state kept up, which is what the zhe of 坐著 or 迎著 would say.

八bā戒jiè舉jǔ鈀pá迎yíng著zhe，向xiàng後hòu倒dào退tuì了le幾jǐ步bù，出chū門mén來lái，早zǎo有yǒu大dà聖shèng掄lūn棒bàng當dāng頭tóu。八bā戒jiè举jǔ钯pá迎yíng着zhe，向xiàng后hòu倒dào退tuì了le几jǐ步bù，出chū门mén来lái，早zǎo有yǒu大dà圣shèng抡lūn棒bàng当dāng头tóu。

Eight Rules raised the rake to meet it, gave back a few steps, and came out at the door, where the Great Sage was already swinging the rod overhead.

迎著 takes the zhe that keeps the meeting going, and 倒退 takes 倒 at dào, backwards — the second reading of that character in nine lines, against the dǎo of 築倒. 當頭 takes dāng.

那nà牛niú魔mó即jí駕jià狂kuáng風fēng，跳tiào離lí洞dòng府fǔ，又yòu都dōu在zài那nà翠cuì雲yún山shān上shàng相xiāng持chí。那nà牛niú魔mó即jí驾jià狂kuáng风fēng，跳tiào离lí洞dòng府fǔ，又yòu都dōu在zài那nà翠cuì云yún山shān上shàng相xiāng持chí。

The Bull Demon at once rode a wild wind, sprang clear of the cave, and they were all locked together again on Emerald Cloud Mountain.

相持 takes 相 at xiāng, "each other", not the xiàng of 相貌, appearance. It is the second time in the chapter this character has had to be pulled back from the appearance sense, the other being 苦相求 in the alchemical poem.

眾zhòng多duō神shén四sì面miàn圍wéi繞rào，土tǔ地dì兵bīng左zuǒ右yòu攻gōng擊jī。众zhòng多duō神shén四sì面miàn围wéi绕rào，土tǔ地dì兵bīng左zuǒ右yòu攻gōng击jī。

The many gods ringed him about on four sides, and the local god's troops attacked from left and right.

Four characters against four, and between them they close every direction. The fight has become an operation rather than a duel, and the verse that follows will say so.

總評 Commentary

更不打話 is a small landmark. This chapter has been made of talk — grievances stated, proverbs traded, verses answered with verses, four separate speeches about who wronged whom — and here the Bull King comes out of his door and does not say anything at all.

The fight that follows is no longer a duel. 眾多神四面圍繞，土地兵左右攻擊 puts the celestial host on four sides and the local troops on two more, and the arithmetic that settled the last engagement is simply repeated at larger scale. What the verse has to describe is an operation.