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東海龍王
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東海龍王 The Dragon King Of The Eastern Ocean

好hǎo大dà聖shèng,步bù了le罡gāng訣jué,念niàn聲shēng咒zhòu語yǔ,早zǎo見jiàn那nà正zhèng東dōng上shàng一yì朵duǒ烏wū雲yún,漸jiàn近jìn於yú頭tóu頂dǐng上shàng。叫jiào道dào:「大dà聖shèng,東dōng海hǎi龍lóng王wáng敖áo廣guǎng來lái見jiàn。」行xíng者zhě道dào:「無wú事shì不bù敢gǎn捻niǎn煩fán,請qǐng你nǐ來lái助zhù些xiē無wú根gēn水shuǐ與yǔ國guó王wáng下xià藥yào。」好hǎo大dà圣shèng,步bù了le罡gāng诀jué,念niàn声shēng咒zhòu语yǔ,早zǎo见jiàn那nà正zhèng东dōng上shàng一yì朵duǒ乌wū云yún,渐jiàn近jìn于yú头tóu顶dǐng上shàng。叫jiào道dào:「大dà圣shèng,东dōng海hǎi龙lóng王wáng敖áo广guǎng来lái见jiàn。」行xíng者zhě道dào:「无wú事shì不bù敢gǎn捻niǎn烦fán,请qǐng你nǐ来lái助zhù些xiē无wú根gēn水shuǐ与yǔ国guó王wáng下xià药yào。」


逐句解 Line by line

好hǎo大dà聖shèng,步bù了le罡gāng訣jué,念niàn聲shēng咒zhòu語yǔ,早zǎo見jiàn那nà正zhèng東dōng上shàng一yì朵duǒ烏wū雲yún,漸jiàn近jìn於yú頭tóu頂dǐng上shàng。 好hǎo大dà圣shèng,步bù了le罡gāng诀jué,念niàn声shēng咒zhòu语yǔ,早zǎo见jiàn那nà正zhèng东dōng上shàng一yì朵duǒ乌wū云yún,渐jiàn近jìn于yú头tóu顶dǐng上shàng。

The excellent Great Sage paced out the Dipper steps and recited a spell, and at once a black cloud appeared in the due east and came gradually up overhead.

The whole summoning takes one sentence. 罡訣 is the ritual pacing of the Dipper — the officiant treads out the pattern of the constellation on the ground — and it is a standard Daoist procedure, not an invention. 那 is nà.

叫jiào道dào:「大dà聖shèng,東dōng海hǎi龍lóng王wáng敖áo廣guǎng來lái見jiàn。」 叫jiào道dào:「大dà圣shèng,东dōng海hǎi龙lóng王wáng敖áo广guǎng来lái见jiàn。」

A voice called, "Great Sage — Ao Guang, Dragon King of the Eastern Ocean, comes to see you."

The cloud announces itself. Nobody has told him yet why he was called.

行xíng者zhě道dào:「無wú事shì不bù敢gǎn捻niǎn煩fán,請qǐng你nǐ來lái助zhù些xiē無wú根gēn水shuǐ與yǔ國guó王wáng下xià藥yào。」 行xíng者zhě道dào:「无wú事shì不bù敢gǎn捻niǎn烦fán,请qǐng你nǐ来lái助zhù些xiē无wú根gēn水shuǐ与yǔ国guó王wáng下xià药yào。」

Pilgrim said, "I would not presume to trouble you without cause. I have asked you here to help with a little rootless water, to get a medicine down a king."

捻煩 is the everyday phrase for putting somebody to trouble. The request is beautifully courteous and is, in substance, a summons already obeyed.


總評 Commentary

The actual summoning takes one sentence: pace out the Dipper steps, recite a spell, and a black cloud comes up in the east. After all the elaborate positioning of the previous scene, the working of it is dispatched in a line.

Ao Guang announces himself from inside the cloud before anyone has told him why he was called, and Pilgrim frames the request as a courtesy — he would not presume to trouble him without cause. Both parties are being extremely polite about what is, underneath, a Dragon King ordered across the sky to help a monkey get a pill down.