第六十七回 · 不分內外 Inside And Outside — Journey to the West

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不分內外 Inside And Outside

行xíng者zhě兩liǎng隻zhī手shǒu扯chě住zhù兩liǎng個gè道dào：「你nǐ們men忒tè不bù循xún理lǐ，出chū家jiā人rén怎zěn麼me不bù分fēn內nèi外wài？站zhàn住zhù，不bú要yào走zǒu，跟gēn我wǒ去qù天tiān井jǐng裡lǐ，看kàn看kàn是shì個gè甚shén麼me妖yāo精jīng？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，他tā們men都dōu是shì經jīng過guò帳zhàng的de，風fēng響xiǎng便biàn是shì妖yāo來lái。他tā都dōu去qù躲duǒ，我wǒ們men又yòu不bù與yǔ他tā有yǒu親qīn，又yòu不bù相xiāng識shí，又yòu不bú是shì交jiāo契qì故gù人rén，看kàn他tā做zuò甚shén？」行xíng者zhě两liǎng只zhī手shǒu扯chě住zhù两liǎng个gè道dào：「你nǐ们men忒tè不bù循xún理lǐ，出chū家jiā人rén怎zěn么me不bù分fēn内nèi外wài？站zhàn住zhù，不bú要yào走zǒu，跟gēn我wǒ去qù天tiān井jǐng里lǐ，看kàn看kàn是shì个gè甚shén么me妖yāo精jīng？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，他tā们men都dōu是shì经jīng过guò帐zhàng的de，风fēng响xiǎng便biàn是shì妖yāo来lái。他tā都dōu去qù躲duǒ，我wǒ们men又yòu不bù与yǔ他tā有yǒu亲qīn，又yòu不bù相xiāng识shí，又yòu不bú是shì交jiāo契qì故gù人rén，看kàn他tā做zuò甚shén？」

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行xíng者zhě兩liǎng隻zhī手shǒu扯chě住zhù兩liǎng個gè道dào：「你nǐ們men忒tè不bù循xún理lǐ，出chū家jiā人rén怎zěn麼me不bù分fēn內nèi外wài？行xíng者zhě两liǎng只zhī手shǒu扯chě住zhù两liǎng个gè道dào：「你nǐ们men忒tè不bù循xún理lǐ，出chū家jiā人rén怎zěn么me不bù分fēn内nèi外wài？

Pilgrim caught hold of the pair of them, one in each hand. "You two are quite out of order. How can men who have left the household life fail to tell inside from outside?

忒 is tè, "excessively." 不分內外 is a monastic objection with teeth: a monk has no business in the inner quarters of a lay household, where the women of the family are.

站zhàn住zhù，不bú要yào走zǒu，跟gēn我wǒ去qù天tiān井jǐng裡lǐ，看kàn看kàn是shì個gè甚shén麼me妖yāo精jīng？」站zhàn住zhù，不bú要yào走zǒu，跟gēn我wǒ去qù天tiān井jǐng里lǐ，看kàn看kàn是shì个gè甚shén么me妖yāo精jīng？」

"Stand fast, do not run. Come with me into the courtyard and let us see what sort of demon this is."

天井 — "heaven well" — is the small open courtyard inside a Chinese house, open to the sky and enclosed on all four sides. 甚 is the question-word shén.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，他tā們men都dōu是shì經jīng過guò帳zhàng的de，風fēng響xiǎng便biàn是shì妖yāo來lái。八bā戒jiè道dào：「哥gē啊a，他tā们men都dōu是shì经jīng过guò帐zhàng的de，风fēng响xiǎng便biàn是shì妖yāo来lái。

Eight Rules said, "Brother, they have all been through the accounts on this. When the wind sounds, the demon is coming.

經過帳, "been through the books," is vernacular for having the experience already — they have seen this happen and know the drill. 帳 keeps its fixed zhàng.

他tā都dōu去qù躲duǒ，我wǒ們men又yòu不bù與yǔ他tā有yǒu親qīn，又yòu不bù相xiāng識shí，又yòu不bú是shì交jiāo契qì故gù人rén，看kàn他tā做zuò甚shén？」他tā都dōu去qù躲duǒ，我wǒ们men又yòu不bù与yǔ他tā有yǒu亲qīn，又yòu不bù相xiāng识shí，又yòu不bú是shì交jiāo契qì故gù人rén，看kàn他tā做zuò甚shén？」

"They have all gone to hide. We are no kin of his, we do not know him, we are no old friends bound to him by any tie — what should we look at him for?"

甚 is the question-word shén again, standing on its own at the end as "what for" — automatic transcription gives the shèn that means "extremely" here. 相 is xiāng, "mutually."

總評 Commentary

Pilgrim's rebuke is on a point of discipline rather than of courage. He invoked 出家人, "one who has left the household," three passages back to refuse a thousand mu of land, and he uses it here to stop two disciples bolting through a door — the same appeal, turned to a much smaller purpose.

Eight Rules answers by appealing to local expertise. The villagers have been through this before; the wind is a recognised signal; the people who know are running. It is a sound argument and he delivers it while trying to get through the door.

His second sentence lists the relationships he does not have with the demon — not kin, not acquainted, not old friends — three denials in the same frame. Having established that he owes the creature nothing, he asks what there is to look at. The logic is impeccable and entirely self-serving.