第六十六回 · 以為真佛 Taking Them For True Buddhas — Journey to the West

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以為真佛 Taking Them For True Buddhas

我wǒ師shī父fù進jìn得de山shān門mén，見jiàn有yǒu阿ā羅luó、揭jiē諦dì、比bǐ丘qiū、聖shèng僧sēng排pái列liè，以yǐ為wéi真zhēn佛fó，倒dǎo身shēn才cái拜bài，忽hū被bèi他tā拿ná住zhù綁bǎng了le。我wǒ又yòu失shī於yú防fáng閑xián，被bèi他tā拋pāo一yí副fù金jīn鐃náo，將jiāng我wǒ罩zhào在zài裡lǐ面miàn，無wú纖xiān毫háo之zhī縫fèng，口kǒu合hé如rú鉗qián。甚shèn虧kuī金jīn頭tóu揭jiē諦dì請qǐng奏zòu玉yù帝dì，欽qīn差chāi二èr十shí八bā宿xiù，當dāng夜yè下xià界jiè，掀xiān揭jiē不bù起qǐ。幸xìng得dé亢kàng金jīn龍lóng將jiāng角jiǎo透tòu入rù鐃náo內nèi，將jiāng我wǒ度dù出chū，被bèi我wǒ打dǎ碎suì金jīn鐃náo，驚jīng醒xǐng怪guài物wù。趕gǎn戰zhàn之zhī間jiān，又yòu被bèi撒sā一yí個gè白bái布bù搭dā包bāo兒er，將jiāng我wǒ與yǔ二èr十shí八bā宿xiù並bìng五wǔ方fāng揭jiē諦dì，盡jìn皆jiē裝zhuāng去qù，復fù用yòng繩shéng綑kǔn了le。我wǒ师shī父fù进jìn得de山shān门mén，见jiàn有yǒu阿ā罗luó、揭jiē谛dì、比bǐ丘qiū、圣shèng僧sēng排pái列liè，以yǐ为wéi真zhēn佛fó，倒dǎo身shēn才cái拜bài，忽hū被bèi他tā拿ná住zhù绑bǎng了le。我wǒ又yòu失shī于yú防fáng闲xián，被bèi他tā抛pāo一yí副fù金jīn铙náo，将jiāng我wǒ罩zhào在zài里lǐ面miàn，无wú纤xiān毫háo之zhī缝fèng，口kǒu合hé如rú钳qián。甚shèn亏kuī金jīn头tóu揭jiē谛dì请qǐng奏zòu玉yù帝dì，钦qīn差chāi二èr十shí八bā宿xiù，当dāng夜yè下xià界jiè，掀xiān揭jiē不bù起qǐ。幸xìng得dé亢kàng金jīn龙lóng将jiāng角jiǎo透tòu入rù铙náo内nèi，将jiāng我wǒ度dù出chū，被bèi我wǒ打dǎ碎suì金jīn铙náo，惊jīng醒xǐng怪guài物wù。赶gǎn战zhàn之zhī间jiān，又yòu被bèi撒sā一yí个gè白bái布bù搭dā包bāo儿er，将jiāng我wǒ与yǔ二èr十shí八bā宿xiù并bìng五wǔ方fāng揭jiē谛dì，尽jìn皆jiē装zhuāng去qù，复fù用yòng绳shéng捆kǔn了le。

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我wǒ師shī父fù進jìn得de山shān門mén，見jiàn有yǒu阿ā羅luó、揭jiē諦dì、比bǐ丘qiū、聖shèng僧sēng排pái列liè，以yǐ為wéi真zhēn佛fó，倒dǎo身shēn才cái拜bài，忽hū被bèi他tā拿ná住zhù綁bǎng了le。我wǒ师shī父fù进jìn得de山shān门mén，见jiàn有yǒu阿ā罗luó、揭jiē谛dì、比bǐ丘qiū、圣shèng僧sēng排pái列liè，以yǐ为wéi真zhēn佛fó，倒dǎo身shēn才cái拜bài，忽hū被bèi他tā拿ná住zhù绑bǎng了le。

My master, having got in at the mountain gate, saw arhats, guardians, bhikṣus and holy monks ranged in order, and taking them for true Buddhas he had no sooner thrown himself down to worship than he was seized and bound.

得 is unstressed de in 進得, marking the entry as completed — not the full dé meaning to obtain, which turns up three segments further on in 幸得. 為 in 以為 is wéi, to take something as. 倒 is dǎo, to throw oneself down — the reading of 跪倒, kneeling, not the dào of pouring out.

我wǒ又yòu失shī於yú防fáng閑xián，被bèi他tā拋pāo一yí副fù金jīn鐃náo，將jiāng我wǒ罩zhào在zài裡lǐ面miàn，無wú纖xiān毫háo之zhī縫fèng，口kǒu合hé如rú鉗qián。我wǒ又yòu失shī于yú防fáng闲xián，被bèi他tā抛pāo一yí副fù金jīn铙náo，将jiāng我wǒ罩zhào在zài里lǐ面miàn，无wú纤xiān毫háo之zhī缝fèng，口kǒu合hé如rú钳qián。

I, for my part, failed of my guard, and he flung out a pair of golden cymbals and clapped me inside them: not a hair's crack anywhere, and their mouths closed like pincers.

將 is jiāng, the little word that shunts an object in front of its verb — English has nothing like it, so the translation just rearranges. 縫 is fèng, a crack or seam, not the féng of sewing.

甚shèn虧kuī金jīn頭tóu揭jiē諦dì請qǐng奏zòu玉yù帝dì，欽qīn差chāi二èr十shí八bā宿xiù，當dāng夜yè下xià界jiè，掀xiān揭jiē不bù起qǐ。甚shèn亏kuī金jīn头tóu揭jiē谛dì请qǐng奏zòu玉yù帝dì，钦qīn差chāi二èr十shí八bā宿xiù，当dāng夜yè下xià界jiè，掀xiān揭jiē不bù起qǐ。

It was much owing to the Golden-Headed Guardian that a memorial was laid before the Jade Emperor, who commissioned the Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions to come down that very night; and still they could not prise the things apart.

欽差 is qīn chāi, to commission by imperial authority — a sending-out, not the chà meaning a difference, which is what this character usually means. 宿 is xiù, a lunar lodge: the twenty-eight constellations the sky is divided into, here summoned as a rescue party.

幸xìng得dé亢kàng金jīn龍lóng將jiāng角jiǎo透tòu入rù鐃náo內nèi，將jiāng我wǒ度dù出chū，被bèi我wǒ打dǎ碎suì金jīn鐃náo，驚jīng醒xǐng怪guài物wù。幸xìng得dé亢kàng金jīn龙lóng将jiāng角jiǎo透tòu入rù铙náo内nèi，将jiāng我wǒ度dù出chū，被bèi我wǒ打dǎ碎suì金jīn铙náo，惊jīng醒xǐng怪guài物wù。

Happily Kang the Golden Dragon got his horn through into the cymbals and delivered me out; but I smashed the cymbals and startled the monster awake.

亢金龍 is Kàng the Golden Dragon, one of those twenty-eight, and 亢 is kàng, the lodge's own name. The two 將 are both jiāng and do different jobs — the first is with, as in with his horn, the second the object-shunter of the segment before.

趕gǎn戰zhàn之zhī間jiān，又yòu被bèi撒sā一yí個gè白bái布bù搭dā包bāo兒er，將jiāng我wǒ與yǔ二èr十shí八bā宿xiù並bìng五wǔ方fāng揭jiē諦dì，盡jìn皆jiē裝zhuāng去qù，復fù用yòng繩shéng綑kǔn了le。赶gǎn战zhàn之zhī间jiān，又yòu被bèi撒sā一yí个gè白bái布bù搭dā包bāo儿er，将jiāng我wǒ与yǔ二èr十shí八bā宿xiù并bìng五wǔ方fāng揭jiē谛dì，尽jìn皆jiē装zhuāng去qù，复fù用yòng绳shéng捆kǔn了le。

In the thick of the pursuit he cast out a white cloth bundle and bagged the whole of us — myself, the Twenty-Eight Mansions and the Guardians of the Five Quarters — and roped us up besides.

兒 here is an unstressed ending tacked onto 搭包, making it a small carrying-bag — much as English says booklet. It is not the full ér that stands as a syllable of its own.

總評 Commentary

The account is built on one repeated shape: a defence fails, a rescue is mounted, and the rescue is captured in its turn. Tripitaka is taken because he bowed. Monkey is taken because he did not guard. The Twenty-Eight Lunar Mansions come down and cannot lift the cymbals. Kang the Golden Dragon frees Monkey, and the freeing wakes the monster. The heavenly host arrives and is bagged whole.

Every escalation makes things worse, which is unusual for this novel. The ordinary pattern is that Monkey fails and a higher power then succeeds. Here the higher power is simply added to the pile of captives, and the bag holding them is a piece of white cloth.

The counterfeit that starts it all is a counterfeit of arrangement rather than of appearance. Arhats, guardians, monks and holy men 排列 — ranged in order — is exactly what a real monastery would show, and Tripitaka reads the arrangement instead of the beings standing in it. He is undone by his own competence at recognising a holy place.