口口稱為 Called Old Buddha And Bodhisattva
國王聞說,愈十分加敬,請唐僧上坐,口口稱為「老佛」,將沙僧等皆稱為「菩薩」。滿朝文武欣然,一國黎民頂禮不題。国王闻说,愈十分加敬,请唐僧上坐,口口称为「老佛」,将沙僧等皆称为「菩萨」。满朝文武欣然,一国黎民顶礼不题。
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Hearing this, the king grew more reverent still. He begged the Tang Monk to take the upper seat, calling him on every tongue the Old Buddha, and styled Sha Monk and the rest, one and all, Bodhisattvas.
稱為 takes 為 at wéi, the copular reading; pypinyin supplies the purposive wèi at both sites here and is wrong at both, so both specs are given by position. 十分 keeps 分 at fēn, a degree or fraction. 將 at 將沙僧等 is the disposal marker jiāng. 菩薩 is a registered transcription and both its graphs are set by that registration rather than by any decision made here.
The whole court, civil and military, was delighted, and the black-haired commons of the entire realm made their prostrations — but of that no more.
滿朝 keeps 朝 at cháo, the court, not the zhāo of morning — the same split the opening segment of this chapter turned on. 黎民 is a classical term for the commons, the black-haired multitude. 不題 is the storyteller's dismissal, we tell no more of it, and it closes the thread so the narrative can go elsewhere. 一國 takes 一 at yì before the rising 國 guó.
The titles the king hands out are a category error and the novel lets it stand. 老佛, Old Buddha, for a monk who has just finished saying he has no powers; 菩薩, Bodhisattva, for Sha Monk and the rest. Neither is accurate. Both are what a grateful layman reaches for when he wants the highest word available and has no way of telling which one fits.
不題 then closes the thread. It is the storyteller's way of putting a scene down rather than finishing it: the court is left bowing, mid-gesture, and the narrative goes off to find the two who actually left.