第六十八回 · 送支應來 The Provisions Are Sent In — Journey to the West

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送支應來 The Provisions Are Sent In

正zhèng說shuō處chù，有yǒu管guǎn事shì的de送sòng支zhī應yìng來lái，乃nǎi是shì一yì盤pán白bái米mǐ、一yì盤pán白bái麵miàn、兩liǎng把bǎ青qīng菜cài、四sì塊kuài豆dòu腐fǔ、兩liǎng個gè麵miàn觔jīn、一yì盤pán乾gān筍sǔn、一yì盤pán木mù耳ěr。三sān藏zàng教jiào徒tú弟dì收shōu了le，謝xiè了le管guǎn事shì的de。正zhèng说shuō处chù，有yǒu管guǎn事shì的de送sòng支zhī应yìng来lái，乃nǎi是shì一yì盘pán白bái米mǐ、一yì盘pán白bái面miàn、两liǎng把bǎ青qīng菜cài、四sì块kuài豆dòu腐fǔ、两liǎng个gè面miàn觔jīn、一yì盘pán干gān笋sǔn、一yì盘pán木mù耳ěr。三sān藏zàng教jiào徒tú弟dì收shōu了le，谢xiè了le管guǎn事shì的de。

逐句解 Line by line

正zhèng說shuō處chù，有yǒu管guǎn事shì的de送sòng支zhī應yìng來lái，乃nǎi是shì一yì盤pán白bái米mǐ、一yì盤pán白bái麵miàn、兩liǎng把bǎ青qīng菜cài、四sì塊kuài豆dòu腐fǔ、兩liǎng個gè麵miàn觔jīn、一yì盤pán乾gān筍sǔn、一yì盤pán木mù耳ěr。正zhèng说shuō处chù，有yǒu管guǎn事shì的de送sòng支zhī应yìng来lái，乃nǎi是shì一yì盘pán白bái米mǐ、一yì盘pán白bái面miàn、两liǎng把bǎ青qīng菜cài、四sì块kuài豆dòu腐fǔ、两liǎng个gè面miàn觔jīn、一yì盘pán干gān笋sǔn、一yì盘pán木mù耳ěr。

Just as they were speaking, the steward brought in their allowance: a tray of white rice, a tray of white flour, two bundles of green vegetables, four cakes of beancurd, two rolls of wheat gluten, a tray of dried bamboo shoots and a tray of tree-ear fungus.

乾 is gān, dried — not the qián of the trigram, which is what the machine reaches for here and again at the stove in the next passage. 應 is yìng in 支應, to furnish or supply.

三sān藏zàng教jiào徒tú弟dì收shōu了le，謝xiè了le管guǎn事shì的de。三sān藏zàng教jiào徒tú弟dì收shōu了le，谢xiè了le管guǎn事shì的de。

Tripitaka had his disciples take the things in, and thanked the steward.

教 is jiào, to bid somebody do something — the everyday spoken sense, not the jiāo of teaching.

總評 Commentary

Seven items, each with its measure, and the list is the whole substance of the passage. Nothing is described and nothing is praised. The effect comes from the plainness of the inventory, which is exactly what a government office issuing rations against a schedule would produce.

It is also entirely vegetarian, and nobody had to ask. The office knows what a monk eats, and the kingdom's courtesy shows itself in a form the pilgrims will not have to negotiate.