第六十二回 · 兩個燈籠 Two Lanterns Up The Stair — Journey to the West

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兩個燈籠 Two Lanterns Up The Stair

說shuō未wèi了liǎo，只zhǐ見jiàn八bā戒jiè與yǔ兩liǎng三sān個gè小xiǎo和hé尚shàng自zì塔tǎ下xià提tí著zhe兩liǎng個gè燈dēng籠lóng，走zǒu上shàng來lái道dào：「師shī父fù，掃sǎo了le塔tǎ不bú去qù睡shuì覺jiào，在zài這zhè裡lǐ講jiǎng甚shén麼me哩li？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī弟dì，你nǐ來lái正zhèng好hǎo。塔tǎ上shàng的de寶bǎo貝bèi，乃nǎi是shì萬wàn聖shèng老lǎo龍lóng偷tōu了le去qù。今jīn著zhuó這zhè兩liǎng個gè小xiǎo妖yāo巡xún塔tǎ，探tàn聽tīng我wǒ等děng來lái的de消xiāo息xī，卻què才cái被bèi我wǒ拿ná住zhù也yě。」说shuō未wèi了liǎo，只zhǐ见jiàn八bā戒jiè与yǔ两liǎng三sān个gè小xiǎo和hé尚shàng自zì塔tǎ下xià提tí着zhe两liǎng个gè灯dēng笼lóng，走zǒu上shàng来lái道dào：「师shī父fù，扫sǎo了le塔tǎ不bú去qù睡shuì觉jiào，在zài这zhè里lǐ讲jiǎng甚shén么me哩li？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī弟dì，你nǐ来lái正zhèng好hǎo。塔tǎ上shàng的de宝bǎo贝bèi，乃nǎi是shì万wàn圣shèng老lǎo龙lóng偷tōu了le去qù。今jīn着zhuó这zhè两liǎng个gè小xiǎo妖yāo巡xún塔tǎ，探tàn听tīng我wǒ等děng来lái的de消xiāo息xī，却què才cái被bèi我wǒ拿ná住zhù也yě。」

逐句解 Line by line

說shuō未wèi了liǎo，只zhǐ見jiàn八bā戒jiè與yǔ兩liǎng三sān個gè小xiǎo和hé尚shàng自zì塔tǎ下xià提tí著zhe兩liǎng個gè燈dēng籠lóng，走zǒu上shàng來lái道dào：「師shī父fù，掃sǎo了le塔tǎ不bú去qù睡shuì覺jiào，在zài這zhè裡lǐ講jiǎng甚shén麼me哩li？」说shuō未wèi了liǎo，只zhǐ见jiàn八bā戒jiè与yǔ两liǎng三sān个gè小xiǎo和hé尚shàng自zì塔tǎ下xià提tí着zhe两liǎng个gè灯dēng笼lóng，走zǒu上shàng来lái道dào：「师shī父fù，扫sǎo了le塔tǎ不bú去qù睡shuì觉jiào，在zài这zhè里lǐ讲jiǎng甚shén么me哩li？」

Before he had finished speaking, Eight Rules and two or three of the young monks came up from the foot of the pagoda carrying two lanterns. "Master, you have swept the pagoda and are not going to bed — what are you all talking about up here?"

說未了 takes 了 as the verb liǎo, to finish — before he had done speaking. And 睡覺 takes jiào, to sleep, which is the other half of the character entirely from the jué of waking or perceiving. The two sit a few characters apart from each other in the next passage but one, in opposite readings.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī弟dì，你nǐ來lái正zhèng好hǎo。行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī弟dì，你nǐ来lái正zhèng好hǎo。

Pilgrim said, "Brother, you have come just at the right moment.

師弟 is the junior of two disciples of one master — a relation of ordination, not of birth. Nine characters, and the tone is the one Pilgrim uses when he is about to hand somebody a job.

塔tǎ上shàng的de寶bǎo貝bèi，乃nǎi是shì萬wàn聖shèng老lǎo龍lóng偷tōu了le去qù。塔tǎ上shàng的de宝bǎo贝bèi，乃nǎi是shì万wàn圣shèng老lǎo龙lóng偷tōu了le去qù。

"The treasure from the pagoda was stolen by the Myriad Sage Old Dragon.

Fourteen characters to state the thing the kingdom has been unable to establish in three years. The novel does not pause on it for a moment.

今jīn著zhuó這zhè兩liǎng個gè小xiǎo妖yāo巡xún塔tǎ，探tàn聽tīng我wǒ等děng來lái的de消xiāo息xī，卻què才cái被bèi我wǒ拿ná住zhù也yě。」今jīn着zhuó这zhè两liǎng个gè小xiǎo妖yāo巡xún塔tǎ，探tàn听tīng我wǒ等děng来lái的de消xiāo息xī，却què才cái被bèi我wǒ拿ná住zhù也yě。」

"He has now set these two small fiends to patrol the pagoda and get word of our coming, and I have just this moment caught them."

今著 takes 著 as zhuó, the setting-somebody-to-do-something reading — has put them on the job — against the zhe of 提著燈籠 two segments back and of 留著活的 shortly ahead. Three occurrences of one character, and only this one is a dispatch.

總評 Commentary

Eight Rules arrives with lanterns and a complaint, which is his usual entrance. The complaint is also reasonable. It is past the third watch, the sweeping is finished, and the people who were meant to be doing it are standing about on the tenth storey talking.

What he walks into is the answer to the chapter's question, handed to him flat in two sentences. Pilgrim does not build up to it and does not enjoy it. The dragon took the treasure; these two were watching for us; I have them.