第六十九回 · 精神抖擻 Spirits Restored And Steps Firm — Journey to the West

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精神抖擻 Spirits Restored And Steps Firm

少shǎo頃qǐng，漸jiàn覺jué胸xiōng心xīn寬kuān泰tài，氣qì血xuè調tiáo和hé，就jiù精jīng神shén抖dǒu擻sǒu，腳jiǎo力lì強qiáng健jiàn。下xià了le龍lóng床chuáng，穿chuān上shàng朝cháo服fú，即jí登dēng寶bǎo殿diàn，見jiàn了le唐táng僧sēng，輒zhé倒dǎo身shēn下xià拜bài。那nà長zhǎng老lǎo忙máng忙máng還huán禮lǐ。少shǎo顷qǐng，渐jiàn觉jué胸xiōng心xīn宽kuān泰tài，气qì血xuè调tiáo和hé，就jiù精jīng神shén抖dǒu擞sǒu，脚jiǎo力lì强qiáng健jiàn。下xià了le龙lóng床chuáng，穿chuān上shàng朝cháo服fú，即jí登dēng宝bǎo殿diàn，见jiàn了le唐táng僧sēng，辄zhé倒dǎo身shēn下xià拜bài。那nà长zhǎng老lǎo忙máng忙máng还huán礼lǐ。

逐句解 Line by line

少shǎo頃qǐng，漸jiàn覺jué胸xiōng心xīn寬kuān泰tài，氣qì血xuè調tiáo和hé，就jiù精jīng神shén抖dǒu擻sǒu，腳jiǎo力lì強qiáng健jiàn。少shǎo顷qǐng，渐jiàn觉jué胸xiōng心xīn宽kuān泰tài，气qì血xuè调tiáo和hé，就jiù精jīng神shén抖dǒu擞sǒu，脚jiǎo力lì强qiáng健jiàn。

In a little while he felt his chest and heart grow easy, his breath and blood come into balance, his spirits rouse themselves, and strength return to his legs.

Four clauses and the cure is reported. After all that preparation, this is all it gets. 調 is tiáo, to bring into balance, and 和 is hé, concord in the abstract — 康熙 glosses that reading 順也，諧也. It is not the huò of stirring substances together that the same character took at the compounding. 強 is qiáng.

下xià了le龍lóng床chuáng，穿chuān上shàng朝cháo服fú，即jí登dēng寶bǎo殿diàn，見jiàn了le唐táng僧sēng，輒zhé倒dǎo身shēn下xià拜bài。下xià了le龙lóng床chuáng，穿chuān上shàng朝cháo服fú，即jí登dēng宝bǎo殿diàn，见jiàn了le唐táng僧sēng，辄zhé倒dǎo身shēn下xià拜bài。

He came down from the dragon couch, put on his court robes, went up into the throne hall, saw the Tang Monk, and at once prostrated himself before him.

Five verbs in a row, and the last of them is the point: a reigning king goes down on the floor in front of a monk. 倒 is dǎo in 倒身, and 朝 is cháo, the court.

那nà長zhǎng老lǎo忙máng忙máng還huán禮lǐ。那nà长zhǎng老lǎo忙máng忙máng还huán礼lǐ。

The elder hurriedly returned the courtesy.

Tripitaka's entire part in the scene, in one short line. He spent last night as a hostage and is now being bowed to by the man who held him. 還 is huán here, to give back — 還禮, to return a courtesy — not the hái of "still".

總評 Commentary

The recovery is reported in four clauses and no more — chest and heart easy, breath and blood in balance, spirits roused, strength back in the legs. After all that preparation the cure itself gets one sentence.

Then five verbs in a row, and the last of them is the point. A reigning king comes down off his couch, dresses, climbs to his throne hall, sees a monk, and goes down on the floor in front of him. Tripitaka's entire part in the scene is one short line of hurried courtesy — he spent last night as a hostage and is now being bowed to by the man who held him.