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第六十三回
二èr僧sēng蕩dàng怪guài鬧nào龍lóng宮gōng
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Two Monks Quell a Fiend and Make Havoc in the Dragon Palace · A Host of Sages Puts Down the Evil and Recovers the Treasure

口口稱為
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拼音 Pinyin Off
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原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

口口稱為 Called Old Buddha And Bodhisattva

國guó王wáng聞wén說shuō,愈yù十shí分fēn加jiā敬jìng,請qǐng唐táng僧sēng上shàng坐zuò,口kǒu口kǒu稱chēng為wéi「老lǎo佛fó」,將jiāng沙shā僧sēng等děng皆jiē稱chēng為wéi「菩pú薩sà」。滿mǎn朝cháo文wén武wǔ欣xīn然rán,一yì國guó黎lí民mín頂dǐng禮lǐ不bù題tí。国guó王wáng闻wén说shuō,愈yù十shí分fēn加jiā敬jìng,请qǐng唐táng僧sēng上shàng坐zuò,口kǒu口kǒu称chēng为wéi「老lǎo佛fó」,将jiāng沙shā僧sēng等děng皆jiē称chēng为wéi「菩pú萨sà」。满mǎn朝cháo文wén武wǔ欣xīn然rán,一yì国guó黎lí民mín顶dǐng礼lǐ不bù题tí。


逐句解 Line by line

國guó王wáng聞wén說shuō,愈yù十shí分fēn加jiā敬jìng,請qǐng唐táng僧sēng上shàng坐zuò,口kǒu口kǒu稱chēng為wéi「老lǎo佛fó」,將jiāng沙shā僧sēng等děng皆jiē稱chēng為wéi「菩pú薩sà」。 国guó王wáng闻wén说shuō,愈yù十shí分fēn加jiā敬jìng,请qǐng唐táng僧sēng上shàng坐zuò,口kǒu口kǒu称chēng为wéi「老lǎo佛fó」,将jiāng沙shā僧sēng等děng皆jiē称chēng为wéi「菩pú萨sà」。

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.

滿mǎn朝cháo文wén武wǔ欣xīn然rán,一yì國guó黎lí民mín頂dǐng禮lǐ不bù題tí。 满mǎn朝cháo文wén武wǔ欣xīn然rán,一yì国guó黎lí民mín顶dǐng礼lǐ不bù题tí。

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.


總評 Commentary

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.