Canonical Classics ← 第六十八回
第六十八回
zhūguótángsēnglùnqiánshì
sūnxíngzhěshīwéisānzhégōng

At Purpuria the Tang Monk Discourses on a Former Life · Pilgrim Sun Practises as a Thrice-Broken Arm

與你壯觀
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與你壯觀 You Say I Have Harmed You

xíngzhěquèjiùshànglebǎo殿diàntángsēngyíngzhedào:「zhèhóuhàile。」xíngzhěxiàodào:「hǎoshīdàozhuàngguānfǎnshuōhài?」xíngzhěquèjiùshànglebǎo殿diàntángsēngyíngzhedào:「zhèhóuhàile。」xíngzhěxiàodào:「hǎoshīdàozhuàngguānfǎnshuōhài?」


逐句解 Line by line

xíngzhěquèjiùshànglebǎo殿diàn xíngzhěquèjiùshànglebǎo殿diàn

Pilgrim went straight up onto the precious hall.

Six characters. He climbs to the throne hall without being announced and without stopping — which is how he has entered every room in this chapter.

tángsēngyíngzhedào:「zhèhóuhàile。」 tángsēngyíngzhedào:「zhèhóuhàile。」

The Tang Monk met him with a curse: "You wretched ape — you have been the ruin of me!"

is the weak zhe in 迎著, meeting him as he comes. 害了我也 is the same accusation Eight Rules made when he opened the proclamation at the drum tower — master and disciple reach for the identical phrase.

xíngzhěxiàodào:「hǎoshīdàozhuàngguānfǎnshuōhài?」 xíngzhěxiàodào:「hǎoshīdàozhuàngguānfǎnshuōhài?」

Pilgrim laughed. "My good master — I have got you a fine spectacle, and you tell me I have harmed you?"

is dào, the adverb that flags a contrary turn. is guān, to look at — 壯觀 is an imposing sight, and this is the second and last of the chapter's two occurrences, the other being the stolen glance at the sick king.


總評 Commentary

The chapter's two accusations of ruin are made in the same four characters by the two people Pilgrim has used. Eight Rules said it with a stolen notice in his shirt; Tripitaka says it in a throne room he was brought to for a stamp on a document.

壯觀 is superbly chosen and entirely shameless. He is not denying anything — he is claiming credit, on the grounds that his master now has something impressive to look at.