第六十六回 · 敗陣就走 He Broke And Ran — Journey to the West

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敗陣就走 He Broke And Ran

即jí舉jǔ狼láng牙yá棒bàng，上shàng前qián來lái鬥dòu。孫sūn行xíng者zhě迎yíng著zhe面miàn，把bǎ拳quán頭tóu一yí放fàng，雙shuāng手shǒu掄lūn棒bàng。那nà妖yāo精jīng著zháo了le禁jìn，不bù思sī退tuì步bù，果guǒ然rán不bú弄nòng搭dā包bāo，只zhǐ顧gù使shǐ棒bàng來lái趕gǎn。行xíng者zhě虛xū幌huǎng一yí下xià，敗bài陣zhèn就jiù走zǒu。那nà妖yāo精jīng直zhí趕gǎn到dào西xī山shān坡pō下xià。即jí举jǔ狼láng牙yá棒bàng，上shàng前qián来lái斗dòu。孙sūn行xíng者zhě迎yíng着zhe面miàn，把bǎ拳quán头tóu一yí放fàng，双shuāng手shǒu抡lūn棒bàng。那nà妖yāo精jīng着zháo了le禁jìn，不bù思sī退tuì步bù，果guǒ然rán不bú弄nòng搭dā包bāo，只zhǐ顾gù使shǐ棒bàng来lái赶gǎn。行xíng者zhě虚xū幌huǎng一yí下xià，败bài阵zhèn就jiù走zǒu。那nà妖yāo精jīng直zhí赶gǎn到dào西xī山shān坡pō下xià。

逐句解 Line by line

即jí舉jǔ狼láng牙yá棒bàng，上shàng前qián來lái鬥dòu。即jí举jǔ狼láng牙yá棒bàng，上shàng前qián来lái斗dòu。

He raised the wolf-tooth club at once and came forward to fight.

鬥 here is the character for combat, kept distinct throughout this edition from the 斗 of the somersault cloud.

孫sūn行xíng者zhě迎yíng著zhe面miàn，把bǎ拳quán頭tóu一yí放fàng，雙shuāng手shǒu掄lūn棒bàng。孙sūn行xíng者zhě迎yíng着zhe面miàn，把bǎ拳quán头tóu一yí放fàng，双shuāng手shǒu抡lūn棒bàng。

Sun the Pilgrim met him face to face, opened his fist, and swung the rod with both hands.

著 is zhe. 把拳頭一放 is the spell being discharged, and the narrative gives it five characters in the middle of a sentence about swordplay.

那nà妖yāo精jīng著zháo了le禁jìn，不bù思sī退tuì步bù，果guǒ然rán不bú弄nòng搭dā包bāo，只zhǐ顧gù使shǐ棒bàng來lái趕gǎn。那nà妖yāo精jīng着zháo了le禁jìn，不bù思sī退tuì步bù，果guǒ然rán不bú弄nòng搭dā包bāo，只zhǐ顾gù使shǐ棒bàng来lái赶gǎn。

The fiend was caught by the spell: he had no thought of falling back, did not after all play with his bundle, and only pressed on with his club in pursuit.

著 is zháo here — caught by, affected by — a third reading of this character after the zhe of the segment before and the zhuó of the one before that. 禁 returns to jìn, the spell.

行xíng者zhě虛xū幌huǎng一yí下xià，敗bài陣zhèn就jiù走zǒu。行xíng者zhě虚xū幌huǎng一yí下xià，败bài阵zhèn就jiù走zǒu。

Pilgrim made a feint, broke, and ran.

Ten characters carrying out the instruction to lose. The defeat is deliberate and the narrative does not pause over it.

那nà妖yāo精jīng直zhí趕gǎn到dào西xī山shān坡pō下xià。那nà妖yāo精jīng直zhí赶gǎn到dào西xī山shān坡pō下xià。

The fiend chased him straight to the foot of the western hillside.

西山坡 is where Monkey stood weeping a few scenes ago, and where the melon field has since been planted. The chase ends at the place the chapter's lowest moment happened.

總評 Commentary

The spell works and the narrative spends four characters saying so. Caught by the restraint — and thereafter the fiend does none of the three things that have won him every previous engagement: no falling back, no bundle, only the club.

果然 is the word to notice. It means sure enough, and it registers that the bundle staying shut is the outcome Monkey engineered rather than the one Maitreya promised. The spell compelled pursuit; the boast compelled the fiend to leave his advantage behind.

The chase runs to the western hillside, and the chapter has been careful about that ground. It is where Monkey stood alone and wept, and where a Buddha has since put up a hut and planted melons. The fiend is being drawn to the one place in the world prepared for him.