第六十七回 · 分手兩別 They Parted Two Ways — Journey to the West

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分手兩別 They Parted Two Ways

那nà獃dāi子zi拱gǒng了le兩liǎng日rì，正zhèng在zài饑jī餓è之zhī際jì，那nà許xǔ多duō人rén何hé止zhǐ有yǒu七qī八bā石shí飯fàn食shí，他tā也yě不bú論lùn米mǐ飯fàn、麵miàn飯fàn，收shōu積jī來lái一yí澇lào用yòng之zhī，飽bǎo餐cān一yí頓dùn，卻què又yòu上shàng前qián拱gǒng路lù。三sān藏zàng與yǔ行xíng者zhě、沙shā僧sēng謝xiè了le眾zhòng人rén，分fēn手shǒu兩liǎng別bié。那nà呆dāi子zi拱gǒng了le两liǎng日rì，正zhèng在zài饥jī饿è之zhī际jì，那nà许xǔ多duō人rén何hé止zhǐ有yǒu七qī八bā石shí饭fàn食shí，他tā也yě不bú论lùn米mǐ饭fàn、面miàn饭fàn，收shōu积jī来lái一yí涝lào用yòng之zhī，饱bǎo餐cān一yí顿dùn，却què又yòu上shàng前qián拱gǒng路lù。三sān藏zàng与yǔ行xíng者zhě、沙shā僧sēng谢xiè了le众zhòng人rén，分fēn手shǒu两liǎng别bié。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà獃dāi子zi拱gǒng了le兩liǎng日rì，正zhèng在zài饑jī餓è之zhī際jì，那nà許xǔ多duō人rén何hé止zhǐ有yǒu七qī八bā石shí飯fàn食shí，他tā也yě不bú論lùn米mǐ飯fàn、麵miàn飯fàn，收shōu積jī來lái一yí澇lào用yòng之zhī，飽bǎo餐cān一yí頓dùn，卻què又yòu上shàng前qián拱gǒng路lù。那nà呆dāi子zi拱gǒng了le两liǎng日rì，正zhèng在zài饥jī饿è之zhī际jì，那nà许xǔ多duō人rén何hé止zhǐ有yǒu七qī八bā石shí饭fàn食shí，他tā也yě不bú论lùn米mǐ饭fàn、面miàn饭fàn，收shōu积jī来lái一yí涝lào用yòng之zhī，饱bǎo餐cān一yí顿dùn，却què又yòu上shàng前qián拱gǒng路lù。

The idiot had been rooting for two days and was just at the pitch of hunger. Those many people had brought no less than seven or eight shí of food, and without distinguishing rice from wheat he gathered it up, swallowed it at a sweep, ate his fill at a sitting, and went forward again to root the road.

石 is shí: the 1716 dictionary files every measuring sense of this character under one spelling, "ten dǒu make a shí" among them, and records no other reading for it. Seven or eight shí is a startling quantity of food. 論 is lùn.

三sān藏zàng與yǔ行xíng者zhě、沙shā僧sēng謝xiè了le眾zhòng人rén，分fēn手shǒu兩liǎng別bié。三sān藏zàng与yǔ行xíng者zhě、沙shā僧sēng谢xiè了le众zhòng人rén，分fēn手shǒu两liǎng别bié。

Tripitaka, Pilgrim and Sha Monk thanked them all, and the two parties parted.

分 is fēn. The three named here are the three who are not doing the work.

總評 Commentary

Two days of rooting are summarised in three characters, and then the passage goes back to the eating and gives that eight clauses. Seven or eight shí of food, rice and wheat together, taken at a sweep. This chapter measures effort in meals from beginning to end.

The parting names three of the four travellers. Eight Rules is at the head of the column in the shape of a pig and does not appear in the sentence at all — the last small indignity the chapter pays him.