第六十八回 · 招醫的皇榜 You Took Down The Notice — Journey to the West

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招醫的皇榜 You Took Down The Notice

他tā卻què轉zhuǎn身shēn要yào走zǒu，又yòu被bèi面miàn前qián幾jǐ個gè膽dǎn大dà的de扯chě住zhù道dào：「你nǐ揭jiē了le招zhāo醫yī的de皇huáng榜bǎng，還hái不bú進jìn朝cháo醫yī治zhì我wǒ萬wàn歲suì去qù，卻què待dài何hé往wǎng？」那nà獃dāi子zi慌huāng慌huāng張zhāng張zhāng道dào：「你nǐ兒ér子zi便biàn揭jiē了le皇huáng榜bǎng，你nǐ孫sūn子zi便biàn會huì醫yī治zhì。」他tā却què转zhuǎn身shēn要yào走zǒu，又yòu被bèi面miàn前qián几jǐ个gè胆dǎn大dà的de扯chě住zhù道dào：「你nǐ揭jiē了le招zhāo医yī的de皇huáng榜bǎng，还hái不bú进jìn朝cháo医yī治zhì我wǒ万wàn岁suì去qù，却què待dài何hé往wǎng？」那nà呆dāi子zi慌huāng慌huāng张zhāng张zhāng道dào：「你nǐ儿ér子zi便biàn揭jiē了le皇huáng榜bǎng，你nǐ孙sūn子zi便biàn会huì医yī治zhì。」

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他tā卻què轉zhuǎn身shēn要yào走zǒu，又yòu被bèi面miàn前qián幾jǐ個gè膽dǎn大dà的de扯chě住zhù道dào：「你nǐ揭jiē了le招zhāo醫yī的de皇huáng榜bǎng，還hái不bú進jìn朝cháo醫yī治zhì我wǒ萬wàn歲suì去qù，卻què待dài何hé往wǎng？」他tā却què转zhuǎn身shēn要yào走zǒu，又yòu被bèi面miàn前qián几jǐ个gè胆dǎn大dà的de扯chě住zhù道dào：「你nǐ揭jiē了le招zhāo医yī的de皇huáng榜bǎng，还hái不bú进jìn朝cháo医yī治zhì我wǒ万wàn岁suì去qù，却què待dài何hé往wǎng？」

He turned to go, but several of the bolder men in front of him caught hold of him and said, "You have taken down the royal notice calling for a physician. Why do you not go into court and treat His Majesty, instead of making off?"

還 is hái, still or yet. Read huán the same character means to give something back, which would be apt enough for a stolen notice and is not what it is doing here — this is the chapter's only site where that other reading is in play.

那nà獃dāi子zi慌huāng慌huāng張zhāng張zhāng道dào：「你nǐ兒ér子zi便biàn揭jiē了le皇huáng榜bǎng，你nǐ孫sūn子zi便biàn會huì醫yī治zhì。」那nà呆dāi子zi慌huāng慌huāng张zhāng张zhāng道dào：「你nǐ儿ér子zi便biàn揭jiē了le皇huáng榜bǎng，你nǐ孙sūn子zi便biàn会huì医yī治zhì。」

The Idiot said in a great fluster, "It is your son who took down the notice, and your grandson who knows medicine!"

兒 keeps its full tone ér in 兒子, a son. Of the chapter's seven occurrences of this character it is the only one that does; the other six are the weak little er that softens a word.

總評 Commentary

The accusation is put as a reproach rather than a charge. Nobody suspects him of theft; they assume the notice was taken by somebody who meant to answer it, and the only puzzle is why he is walking away.

Eight Rules denies it in the coarsest form available. Attaching the deed to the other man's son and the skill to his grandson is a way of saying not I, and an insult to two generations he has never met at the same time. It is also, unluckily for him, not a denial anybody will take at face value.