第六十四回 · 月明星朗 Three Elders In The Moonlight — Journey to the West

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月明星朗 Three Elders In The Moonlight

三sān藏zàng正zhèng自zì點diǎn看kàn，漸jiàn覺jué月yuè明míng星xīng朗lǎng，只zhǐ聽tīng得dé人rén語yǔ相xiāng談tán。都dōu道dào：「十shí八bā公gōng請qǐng得de聖shèng僧sēng來lái也yě。」長zhǎng老lǎo擡tái頭tóu觀guān看kàn，乃nǎi是shì三sān個gè老lǎo者zhě：前qián一yí個gè霜shuāng姿zī丰fēng采cǎi，第dì二èr個gè綠lǜ鬢bìn婆pó娑suō，第dì三sān個gè虛xū心xīn黛dài色sè。各gè各gè面miàn貌mào、衣yī服fú俱jù不bù相xiāng同tóng，都dōu來lái與yǔ三sān藏zàng作zuò禮lǐ。三sān藏zàng正zhèng自zì点diǎn看kàn，渐jiàn觉jué月yuè明míng星xīng朗lǎng，只zhǐ听tīng得dé人rén语yǔ相xiāng谈tán。都dōu道dào：「十shí八bā公gōng请qǐng得de圣shèng僧sēng来lái也yě。」长zhǎng老lǎo擡tái头tóu观guān看kàn，乃nǎi是shì三sān个gè老lǎo者zhě：前qián一yí个gè霜shuāng姿zī丰fēng采cǎi，第dì二èr个gè绿lǜ鬓bìn婆pó娑suō，第dì三sān个gè虚xū心xīn黛dài色sè。各gè各gè面miàn貌mào、衣yī服fú俱jù不bù相xiāng同tóng，都dōu来lái与yǔ三sān藏zàng作zuò礼lǐ。

逐句解 Line by line

三sān藏zàng正zhèng自zì點diǎn看kàn，漸jiàn覺jué月yuè明míng星xīng朗lǎng，只zhǐ聽tīng得dé人rén語yǔ相xiāng談tán。三sān藏zàng正zhèng自zì点diǎn看kàn，渐jiàn觉jué月yuè明míng星xīng朗lǎng，只zhǐ听tīng得dé人rén语yǔ相xiāng谈tán。

Tripitaka was still taking it in when he grew aware that the moon had brightened and the stars come clear, and he heard voices talking together.

聽得 takes dé, heading a clause of its own, as it does in 聞得 and 認得. 覺 is jué, to become aware, not the jiào of sleep.

都dōu道dào：「十shí八bā公gōng請qǐng得de聖shèng僧sēng來lái也yě。」都dōu道dào：「十shí八bā公gōng请qǐng得de圣shèng僧sēng来lái也yě。」

All of them were saying, "The Eighteenth Duke has got the holy monk here!"

請得 takes the light de, linking the verb to the result after it — invited, and so here. It stands against the dé of the previous segment, and the two sit eleven characters apart in the source.

長zhǎng老lǎo擡tái頭tóu觀guān看kàn，乃nǎi是shì三sān個gè老lǎo者zhě：前qián一yí個gè霜shuāng姿zī丰fēng采cǎi，第dì二èr個gè綠lǜ鬢bìn婆pó娑suō，第dì三sān個gè虛xū心xīn黛dài色sè。长zhǎng老lǎo擡tái头tóu观guān看kàn，乃nǎi是shì三sān个gè老lǎo者zhě：前qián一yí个gè霜shuāng姿zī丰fēng采cǎi，第dì二èr个gè绿lǜ鬓bìn婆pó娑suō，第dì三sān个gè虚xū心xīn黛dài色sè。

The elder lifted his head and looked. They were three old men: the first of a frosty bearing and a fine presence, the second with green temples and a swaying grace, the third hollow of heart and dark blue in colour.

Each of the three gets a two-character token and a two-character manner. The tokens are botanical — a frosty look, green temples, a hollow heart — and every one is picked up again in the next passage but one, where the names are supplied.

各gè各gè面miàn貌mào、衣yī服fú俱jù不bù相xiāng同tóng，都dōu來lái與yǔ三sān藏zàng作zuò禮lǐ。各gè各gè面miàn貌mào、衣yī服fú俱jù不bù相xiāng同tóng，都dōu来lái与yǔ三sān藏zàng作zuò礼lǐ。

Each differed from the others in face and in dress, and all came forward to pay their respects to Tripitaka.

相 is the mutual xiāng — they differed from one another. The tone rule computes 不 against its level neighbour and reaches bù.

總評 Commentary

Tripitaka has been carried off by a wind and set down in a stone house, and what he now notices is that the moon has come out. The novel gives him no fear to register at all. He takes in the room, hears voices, looks up, and finds three old men who bow to him — and the passage treats the whole thing as a social occasion, because that is what it is about to become.

The three are described by tokens rather than faces. A frosty bearing, green temples, a hollow heart: each is a botanical fact stated as a physical impression, and each is attached to a name two passages further on. The reader is being given the answers before the questions.

The line the crowd speaks is worth noting for what it assumes. The Eighteenth Duke has got the holy monk here — as though the difficulty had been the invitation rather than the abduction, and as though everyone present had been waiting on the outcome. Whatever this gathering is, it was arranged in advance.