第六十八回 · 宣他進來 Summon Him Into The Palace — Journey to the West

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宣他進來 Summon Him Into The Palace

國guó王wáng心xīn中zhōng暗àn想xiǎng道dào：「寡guǎ人rén病bìng了le三sān年nián，未wèi曾céng試shì此cǐ，宣xuān他tā進jìn來lái。」近jìn侍shì的de即jí忙máng傳chuán出chū道dào：「主zhǔ公gōng已yǐ許xǔ他tā懸xuán絲sī診zhěn脈mài，快kuài宣xuān孫sūn長zhǎng老lǎo進jìn宮gōng診zhěn視shì。」国guó王wáng心xīn中zhōng暗àn想xiǎng道dào：「寡guǎ人rén病bìng了le三sān年nián，未wèi曾céng试shì此cǐ，宣xuān他tā进jìn来lái。」近jìn侍shì的de即jí忙máng传chuán出chū道dào：「主zhǔ公gōng已yǐ许xǔ他tā悬xuán丝sī诊zhěn脉mài，快kuài宣xuān孙sūn长zhǎng老lǎo进jìn宫gōng诊zhěn视shì。」

逐句解 Line by line

國guó王wáng心xīn中zhōng暗àn想xiǎng道dào：「寡guǎ人rén病bìng了le三sān年nián，未wèi曾céng試shì此cǐ，宣xuān他tā進jìn來lái。」国guó王wáng心xīn中zhōng暗àn想xiǎng道dào：「寡guǎ人rén病bìng了le三sān年nián，未wèi曾céng试shì此cǐ，宣xuān他tā进jìn来lái。」

The king thought privately, "I have been ill three years and have never tried this. Summon him in."

三年 is the only place in the chapter where the illness is given a length. Everything before this has said 久病 or 多時 and left it at that.

近jìn侍shì的de即jí忙máng傳chuán出chū道dào：「主zhǔ公gōng已yǐ許xǔ他tā懸xuán絲sī診zhěn脈mài，快kuài宣xuān孫sūn長zhǎng老lǎo進jìn宮gōng診zhěn視shì。」近jìn侍shì的de即jí忙máng传chuán出chū道dào：「主zhǔ公gōng已yǐ许xǔ他tā悬xuán丝sī诊zhěn脉mài，快kuài宣xuān孙sūn长zhǎng老lǎo进jìn宫gōng诊zhěn视shì。」

The attendant hurried out with the word: "His Majesty has granted him the taking of the pulse by threads. Summon the Elder Sun into the palace at once to make his examination."

長 is zhǎng for the third time since the king took to his couch. The title has become the man's name.

總評 Commentary

未曾試此 — I have never tried this — is the sentence that decides the chapter. Not belief, not hope: simply that this is one thing he has not tried, and after three years he will try anything.

And the length of the illness arrives only now, in the king's own private thought, at the moment he gives way. He told a monk he was long sick and told his court he was weak; the actual figure he says to nobody.