Canonical Classics ← 第六十九回
第六十九回
心xīn主zhǔ夜yè間jiān修xiū藥yào物wù
君jūn王wáng筵yán上shàng論lùn妖yāo邪xié

The Mind-Lord by Night Compounds the Medicines · The Sovereign at the Banquet Discourses on the Demon

生熟藥鋪
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生熟藥鋪 Every Drug Shop In The City

那nà醫yī官guān不bú復fù再zài言yán,即jí出chū朝cháo門mén之zhī外wài,差chāi本běn衙yá當dāng值zhí之zhī人rén,遍biàn曉xiǎo滿mǎn城chéng生shēng熟shú藥yào鋪pù,即jí將jiāng藥yào品pǐn。每měi味wèi各gè辦bàn三sān斤jīn,送sòng與yǔ行xíng者zhě。那nà医yī官guān不bú复fù再zài言yán,即jí出chū朝cháo门mén之zhī外wài,差chāi本běn衙yá当dāng值zhí之zhī人rén,遍biàn晓xiǎo满mǎn城chéng生shēng熟shú药yào铺pù,即jí将jiāng药yào品pǐn。每měi味wèi各gè办bàn三sān斤jīn,送sòng与yǔ行xíng者zhě。


逐句解 Line by line

那nà醫yī官guān不bú復fù再zài言yán,即jí出chū朝cháo門mén之zhī外wài,差chāi本běn衙yá當dāng值zhí之zhī人rén,遍biàn曉xiǎo滿mǎn城chéng生shēng熟shú藥yào鋪pù,即jí將jiāng藥yào品pǐn。 那nà医yī官guān不bú复fù再zài言yán,即jí出chū朝cháo门mén之zhī外wài,差chāi本běn衙yá当dāng值zhí之zhī人rén,遍biàn晓xiǎo满mǎn城chéng生shēng熟shú药yào铺pù,即jí将jiāng药yào品pǐn。

The medical officer said no more. He went straight out beyond the gate of the court and sent the duty men of his own office to give notice through the whole city, to every shop dealing in drugs raw or prepared, that the stock was to be made ready.

He loses the argument and does not argue further — he simply executes, and the order runs outward through the machinery of a working state: out of the court gate, into the duty office, and from there to every drug seller in the capital. 差 is chāi, to send somebody on an errand, not the chà of falling short. 朝 in 朝門 is cháo, the royal court — the same character turns up shortly as zhāo, morning. 那 is the pointing nà: this officer has been on stage since the diagnosis.

每měi味wèi各gè辦bàn三sān斤jīn,送sòng與yǔ行xíng者zhě。 每měi味wèi各gè办bàn三sān斤jīn,送sòng与yǔ行xíng者zhě。

Three catties of each flavour were to be provided and sent to Pilgrim.

A 斤 is a catty, a little over half a kilogram. Hold on to the number: somebody is going to do the multiplication.


總評 Commentary

The officer loses and does not argue further. He simply executes, and the narrator follows the order outward through a functioning bureaucracy: out of the court, into the duty office, and from there to every drug seller in the city.

不復再言 — he said no more — is doing quiet work. A stranger with a monkey's face has told him something professionally absurd, and he goes and does it. What that records is not agreement. It is the weight of the king's interest standing behind the request.