第六十六回 · 慧眼高明 Eyes Of Wisdom Clear And High — Journey to the West

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慧眼高明 Eyes Of Wisdom Clear And High

行xíng者zhě道dào：「此cǐ計jì雖suī妙miào，你nǐ卻què怎zěn麼me認rèn得dé變biàn的de熟shú瓜guā？他tā怎zěn麼me就jiù肯kěn跟gēn我wǒ來lái此cǐ？」彌mí勒lè笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ為wéi治zhì世shì之zhī尊zūn，慧huì眼yǎn高gāo明míng，豈qǐ不bú認rèn得dé你nǐ？憑píng你nǐ變biàn作zuò甚shén物wù，我wǒ皆jiē知zhī之zhī。但dàn恐kǒng那nà怪guài不bù肯kěn跟gēn來lái耳ěr，我wǒ卻què教jiào你nǐ一yí個gè法fǎ術shù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「此cǐ计jì虽suī妙miào，你nǐ却què怎zěn么me认rèn得dé变biàn的de熟shú瓜guā？他tā怎zěn么me就jiù肯kěn跟gēn我wǒ来lái此cǐ？」弥mí勒lè笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ为wéi治zhì世shì之zhī尊zūn，慧huì眼yǎn高gāo明míng，岂qǐ不bú认rèn得dé你nǐ？凭píng你nǐ变biàn作zuò甚shén物wù，我wǒ皆jiē知zhī之zhī。但dàn恐kǒng那nà怪guài不bù肯kěn跟gēn来lái耳ěr，我wǒ却què教jiào你nǐ一yí个gè法fǎ术shù。」

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě道dào：「此cǐ計jì雖suī妙miào，你nǐ卻què怎zěn麼me認rèn得dé變biàn的de熟shú瓜guā？行xíng者zhě道dào：「此cǐ计jì虽suī妙miào，你nǐ却què怎zěn么me认rèn得dé变biàn的de熟shú瓜guā？

Pilgrim said, "The plan is a fine one, but how will you know the ripe melon I have turned into?

得 is the full dé in 認得, to recognise.

他tā怎zěn麼me就jiù肯kěn跟gēn我wǒ來lái此cǐ？」他tā怎zěn么me就jiù肯kěn跟gēn我wǒ来lái此cǐ？」

And how will he consent to follow me here?"

Two objections, and both are practical. Monkey does not doubt the plan's cleverness — he asks how its two hardest steps are to be managed.

彌mí勒lè笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ為wéi治zhì世shì之zhī尊zūn，慧huì眼yǎn高gāo明míng，豈qǐ不bú認rèn得dé你nǐ？弥mí勒lè笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ为wéi治zhì世shì之zhī尊zūn，慧huì眼yǎn高gāo明míng，岂qǐ不bú认rèn得dé你nǐ？

Maitreya laughed and said, "I am an Honoured One who governs the age, and my eyes of wisdom are clear and high — should I not know you?

為 is wéi, to be. 慧眼 is the eye of wisdom, one of the five kinds of sight a buddha is held to possess.

憑píng你nǐ變biàn作zuò甚shén物wù，我wǒ皆jiē知zhī之zhī。凭píng你nǐ变biàn作zuò甚shén物wù，我wǒ皆jiē知zhī之zhī。

Into whatever thing you change, I shall know it.

甚 is shén. Ten characters answering the first objection completely, and without argument.

但dàn恐kǒng那nà怪guài不bù肯kěn跟gēn來lái耳ěr，我wǒ卻què教jiào你nǐ一yí個gè法fǎ術shù。」但dàn恐kǒng那nà怪guài不bù肯kěn跟gēn来lái耳ěr，我wǒ却què教jiào你nǐ一yí个gè法fǎ术shù。」

I fear only that the monster will not consent to follow; so I shall teach you a spell."

The sentence frames the worry with 但 and 恐 at the front — I fear only that — and closes it on 耳, a full stop with a shrug in it. That concedes the second objection as the real one: the Buddha's own sight is not in question, the fiend's behaviour is.

總評 Commentary

Monkey questions a Buddha's plan to his face and the Buddha answers both points rather than pulling rank. The first objection is dismissed by capability — a buddha sees through any disguise — and the second is conceded outright, which is the more interesting of the two answers.

What Maitreya cannot do is make the fiend behave. He can see through any transformation and cannot compel an approach, so the plan needs a compulsion added to it, and that compulsion is the one piece of the scheme that is not agricultural.