第七十一回 · 雙喜杯兒 A Cup Of Double Happiness — Journey to the West

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雙喜杯兒 A Cup Of Double Happiness

那nà娘niáng娘niang擎qíng杯bēi，這zhè妖yāo王wáng也yě以yǐ一yì杯bēi奉fèng上shàng，二èr人rén穿chuān換huàn了le酒jiǔ杯bēi。假jiǎ春chūn嬌jiāo在zài旁páng，執zhí著zhe酒jiǔ壺hú道dào：「大dà王wáng、與yǔ娘niáng娘niang今jīn夜yè才cái遞dì交jiāo杯bēi盞zhǎn，請qǐng各gè飲yǐn乾gān，穿chuān個gè雙shuāng喜xǐ杯bēi兒ér。」真zhēn個gè又yòu各gè斟zhēn上shàng，又yòu飲yǐn乾gān了le。那nà娘niáng娘niang擎qíng杯bēi，这zhè妖yāo王wáng也yě以yǐ一yì杯bēi奉fèng上shàng，二èr人rén穿chuān换huàn了le酒jiǔ杯bēi。假jiǎ春chūn娇jiāo在zài旁páng，执zhí着zhe酒jiǔ壶hú道dào：「大dà王wáng、与yǔ娘niáng娘niang今jīn夜yè才cái递dì交jiāo杯bēi盏zhǎn，请qǐng各gè饮yǐn干gān，穿chuān个gè双shuāng喜xǐ杯bēi儿ér。」真zhēn个gè又yòu各gè斟zhēn上shàng，又yòu饮yǐn干gān了le。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà娘niáng娘niang擎qíng杯bēi，這zhè妖yāo王wáng也yě以yǐ一yì杯bēi奉fèng上shàng，二èr人rén穿chuān換huàn了le酒jiǔ杯bēi。那nà娘niáng娘niang擎qíng杯bēi，这zhè妖yāo王wáng也yě以yǐ一yì杯bēi奉fèng上shàng，二èr人rén穿chuān换huàn了le酒jiǔ杯bēi。

The Queen raised a cup, the fiend king offered one in return, and the two of them exchanged cups.

擎 is qíng, to hold something up on a flat hand — the same word used when she raised her palm with a fly on it. 穿換 is to cross and swap, which is the physical action of the nuptial cup ritual.

假jiǎ春chūn嬌jiāo在zài旁páng，執zhí著zhe酒jiǔ壺hú道dào：「大dà王wáng、與yǔ娘niáng娘niang今jīn夜yè才cái遞dì交jiāo杯bēi盞zhǎn，假jiǎ春chūn娇jiāo在zài旁páng，执zhí着zhe酒jiǔ壶hú道dào：「大dà王wáng、与yǔ娘niáng娘niang今jīn夜yè才cái递dì交jiāo杯bēi盏zhǎn，

The false Chunjiao stood by, holding the wine pot, and said, "Great King — tonight is the first time you and the Queen have passed the wedding cup,

著 is zhe, the durative — he is holding the pot while he speaks. 交杯盞 is the cup couples exchange at a wedding, and Wukong is the one who brings it up.

請qǐng各gè飲yǐn乾gān，穿chuān個gè雙shuāng喜xǐ杯bēi兒ér。」请qǐng各gè饮yǐn干gān，穿chuān个gè双shuāng喜xǐ杯bēi儿ér。」

"so please drain them both and cross a cup of double happiness."

乾 is gān, dry — 康熙乙部十畫 files 燥也 at 古寒切, 音干, and keeps the hexagram at 渠焉切, 音虔. To drink a cup 乾 is to drink it dry, which is where the modern toast comes from. 雙喜 is the doubled-joy character pasted up at weddings to this day.

真zhēn個gè又yòu各gè斟zhēn上shàng，又yòu飲yǐn乾gān了le。真zhēn个gè又yòu各gè斟zhēn上shàng，又yòu饮yǐn干gān了le。

And sure enough they filled up again and drained them again.

真個 is the storyteller's aside once more — they really did it. 乾 is gān a second time, fifteen characters after the first.

總評 Commentary

This is the moment the disguise stops being a hiding place and becomes a weapon. Wukong is not merely standing among the maids; he is running the party. He points out that the couple have never exchanged the nuptial cup, proposes they drain them, and invents a second round on the spot with a cheerful name attached to it.

交杯盞 and 雙喜 are wedding vocabulary and they are being used by a burglar to get a monster drunk. The joke is sharper than it looks, because the marriage he is toasting has never been a marriage, as the narrator says outright 123 characters from here. The false maid is proposing a wedding rite for a wedding that did not happen.

And it works instantly. 真個又各斟上，又飲乾了 — ten characters, two more cups gone. Neither of them questions why the wine servant is making speeches.