第六十九回 · 走了消息 The Secret Nearly Escapes — Journey to the West

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走了消息 The Secret Nearly Escapes

八bā戒jiè在zài旁páng，見jiàn酒jiǔ不bú到dào他tā，忍rěn得de他tā嘓guō嘓guō嚥yàn唾tuò。又yòu見jiàn那nà國guó王wáng苦kǔ勸quàn行xíng者zhě，他tā就jiù叫jiào將jiāng起qǐ來lái道dào：「陛bì下xià，吃chī的de藥yào也yě虧kuī了le我wǒ，那nà藥yào裡lǐ有yǒu馬mǎ……」這zhè行xíng者zhě聽tīng說shuō，恐kǒng怕pà獃dāi子zi走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī，卻què將jiāng手shǒu中zhōng酒jiǔ遞dì與yǔ八bā戒jiè。八bā戒jiè接jiē著zhe就jiù吃chī，卻què不bù言yán語yǔ。八bā戒jiè在zài旁páng，见jiàn酒jiǔ不bú到dào他tā，忍rěn得de他tā啯guō啯guō咽yàn唾tuò。又yòu见jiàn那nà国guó王wáng苦kǔ劝quàn行xíng者zhě，他tā就jiù叫jiào将jiāng起qǐ来lái道dào：「陛bì下xià，吃chī的de药yào也yě亏kuī了le我wǒ，那nà药yào里lǐ有yǒu马mǎ……」这zhè行xíng者zhě听tīng说shuō，恐kǒng怕pà呆dāi子zi走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī，却què将jiāng手shǒu中zhōng酒jiǔ递dì与yǔ八bā戒jiè。八bā戒jiè接jiē着zhe就jiù吃chī，却què不bù言yán语yǔ。

逐句解 Line by line

八bā戒jiè在zài旁páng，見jiàn酒jiǔ不bú到dào他tā，忍rěn得de他tā嘓guō嘓guō嚥yàn唾tuò。八bā戒jiè在zài旁páng，见jiàn酒jiǔ不bú到dào他tā，忍rěn得de他tā啯guō啯guō咽yàn唾tuò。

Eight Rules, standing by and seeing the wine not come round to him, was reduced to gulping his own saliva.

嘓嘓 is the sound of swallowing. He has not said anything yet. 忍得 takes the light de before its result.

又yòu見jiàn那nà國guó王wáng苦kǔ勸quàn行xíng者zhě，他tā就jiù叫jiào將jiāng起qǐ來lái道dào：「陛bì下xià，吃chī的de藥yào也yě虧kuī了le我wǒ，那nà藥yào裡lǐ有yǒu馬mǎ……」這zhè行xíng者zhě聽tīng說shuō，恐kǒng怕pà獃dāi子zi走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī，卻què將jiāng手shǒu中zhōng酒jiǔ遞dì與yǔ八bā戒jiè。又yòu见jiàn那nà国guó王wáng苦kǔ劝quàn行xíng者zhě，他tā就jiù叫jiào将jiāng起qǐ来lái道dào：「陛bì下xià，吃chī的de药yào也yě亏kuī了le我wǒ，那nà药yào里lǐ有yǒu马mǎ……」这zhè行xíng者zhě听tīng说shuō，恐kǒng怕pà呆dāi子zi走zǒu了le消xiāo息xī，却què将jiāng手shǒu中zhōng酒jiǔ递dì与yǔ八bā戒jiè。

Then, seeing the king pressing wine on Pilgrim so earnestly, he burst out: "Your Majesty! The medicine you took — I had a hand in that too. There was horse in that medicine —" Pilgrim, hearing him, was afraid the idiot would let the secret out, and passed him the cup that was in his own hand.

The dash is in the source. He is cut off mid-word, and what he was about to say is the one fact this entire chapter has kept out of this room. 將 is jiāng twice here — once pushing the verb along in 叫將起來, once taking an object in 卻將手中酒. 的 is the light de.

八bā戒jiè接jiē著zhe就jiù吃chī，卻què不bù言yán語yǔ。八bā戒jiè接jiē着zhe就jiù吃chī，却què不bù言yán语yǔ。

Eight Rules took it and drank, and said nothing more.

The bribe works instantly, and it is the most efficient thing Pilgrim does all evening. 著 marks the taking as ongoing.

總評 Commentary

Eight Rules has been standing there watching the wine go past him, reduced to swallowing his own saliva. Then he breaks out, and the sentence runs on and on: he had a hand in the medicine too, and there was horse in it —

The source cuts him off mid-word. What he was about to say is the single fact this whole chapter has kept out of this room, and it is about to be said at a banquet given in thanks for it.

Pilgrim's response is the most efficient thing he does all evening. He does not argue or explain or hush him. He puts the cup that is in his own hand into Eight Rules', and Eight Rules drinks and stops talking. The problem and the bribe turn out to be the same object.