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宣上金殿
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宣上金殿 Summoned Up To The Golden Hall

三sān藏zàng即jí禮lǐ拜bài俯fǔ伏fú。國guó王wáng又yòu宣xuān上shàng金jīn殿diàn賜cì坐zuò,命mìng光guāng祿lù寺sì辦bàn齋zhāi。三sān藏zàng謝xiè了le恩ēn,將jiāng關guān文wén獻xiàn上shàng。三sān藏zàng即jí礼lǐ拜bài俯fǔ伏fú。国guó王wáng又yòu宣xuān上shàng金jīn殿diàn赐cì坐zuò,命mìng光guāng禄lù寺sì办bàn斋zhāi。三sān藏zàng谢xiè了le恩ēn,将jiāng关guān文wén献xiàn上shàng。


逐句解 Line by line

三sān藏zàng即jí禮lǐ拜bài俯fǔ伏fú。 三sān藏zàng即jí礼lǐ拜bài俯fǔ伏fú。

Tripitaka at once made his obeisance and prostrated himself.

俯伏 is to lie face down — the fullest form of the prostration, more than the bow that 禮拜 on its own would name.

國guó王wáng又yòu宣xuān上shàng金jīn殿diàn賜cì坐zuò,命mìng光guāng祿lù寺sì辦bàn齋zhāi。 国guó王wáng又yòu宣xuān上shàng金jīn殿diàn赐cì坐zuò,命mìng光guāng禄lù寺sì办bàn斋zhāi。

The king summoned him further up onto the golden hall, bestowed a seat on him, and ordered the Court of Banqueting to prepare a vegetarian meal.

光祿寺 was the office in charge of imperial provisioning and feasts. Purpuria is being given the machinery of a Chinese court rather than a foreign one.

三sān藏zàng謝xiè了le恩ēn,將jiāng關guān文wén獻xiàn上shàng。 三sān藏zàng谢xiè了le恩ēn,将jiāng关guān文wén献xiàn上shàng。

Tripitaka gave thanks for the favour and presented the rescript.

將 is jiāng, the little word that pushes the object in front of its verb — the first of this chapter's nine occurrences, and not the jiàng of a general.


總評 Commentary

The reception escalates in three moves: summoned to the steps, summoned onto the hall, given a seat. A seat in front of a king is a considerable thing, and it is granted to a travelling monk who has produced no credentials yet.

Only then does Tripitaka hand over the document he came for. The order is polite and also disadvantageous — he has accepted hospitality before stating his business, which is exactly the position that makes it hard to leave.