幸而獲愈 Cured By Good Fortune
行者聞得此言,滿心喜悅,將那巨觥之酒,兩口吞之,笑問國王曰:「陛下原來是這般驚憂。今遇老孫,幸而獲愈。但不知可要金聖宮回國?」行者闻得此言,满心喜悦,将那巨觥之酒,两口吞之,笑问国王曰:「陛下原来是这般惊忧。今遇老孙,幸而获愈。但不知可要金圣宫回国?」
逐句解 Line by line
Hearing this, Pilgrim was filled with delight. He swallowed the wine in the great goblet at two gulps, and asked the king with a laugh, "So this is the fright Your Majesty has been carrying.
The great goblet that took a whole passage to offer goes down in two gulps. 聞得 keeps the full dé, and 將 is jiāng, taking an object forward.
"Now you have met Old Sun, and by good fortune you are cured.
Self-congratulation, placed neatly between the confession and the question he actually wants to ask.
"But I do not know — would you have the Golden Sage Palace back in the kingdom?"
Put as though the answer were in doubt — and everything before this line has been a cure, while everything after it is a rescue.
Pilgrim's reaction to the confession is delight, and the great goblet that took an entire passage to offer goes down in two gulps. He has been given exactly what he bargained for — the story behind the diagnosis — and he wastes no time on it.
The question at the end is the hinge of the chapter. Everything before it has been a cure; everything after it is a rescue. And it is put as though the answer were in doubt, which lets the king say the thing out loud rather than be told it.