第七十一回 · 遍體如舊 He Takes The Cape Back — Journey to the West

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遍體如舊 He Takes The Cape Back

真zhēn人rén走zǒu向xiàng前qián，對duì娘niáng娘niang用yòng手shǒu一yì指zhǐ，即jí脫tuō下xià那nà件jiàn棕zōng衣yī。那nà娘niáng娘niang遍biàn體tǐ如rú舊jiù。真zhēn人rén將jiāng衣yī抖dǒu一yì抖dǒu，披pī在zài身shēn上shàng，對duì行xíng者zhě道dào：「大dà聖shèng勿wù罪zuì，小xiǎo仙xiān告gào辭cí。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「且qiě住zhù，待dài君jūn王wáng謝xiè謝xiè。」真zhēn人rén走zǒu向xiàng前qián，对duì娘niáng娘niang用yòng手shǒu一yì指zhǐ，即jí脱tuō下xià那nà件jiàn棕zōng衣yī。那nà娘niáng娘niang遍biàn体tǐ如rú旧jiù。真zhēn人rén将jiāng衣yī抖dǒu一yì抖dǒu，披pī在zài身shēn上shàng，对duì行xíng者zhě道dào：「大dà圣shèng勿wù罪zuì，小xiǎo仙xiān告gào辞cí。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「且qiě住zhù，待dài君jūn王wáng谢xiè谢xiè。」

逐句解 Line by line

真zhēn人rén走zǒu向xiàng前qián，對duì娘niáng娘niang用yòng手shǒu一yì指zhǐ，即jí脫tuō下xià那nà件jiàn棕zōng衣yī。真zhēn人rén走zǒu向xiàng前qián，对duì娘niáng娘niang用yòng手shǒu一yì指zhǐ，即jí脱tuō下xià那nà件jiàn棕zōng衣yī。

The Perfected Man stepped forward, pointed once at the queen with his hand, and the palm-fibre cape came off.

One gesture and it is over. 一 takes yì before the rising tone of 指. 脫下 is simply to take a garment off.

那nà娘niáng娘niang遍biàn體tǐ如rú舊jiù。那nà娘niáng娘niang遍biàn体tǐ如rú旧jiù。

The queen's whole body was as it had been.

Seven characters to reverse three years. 如舊 is as before, as it used to be — the same phrase you would use of a repaired roof.

真zhēn人rén將jiāng衣yī抖dǒu一yì抖dǒu，披pī在zài身shēn上shàng，對duì行xíng者zhě道dào：「大dà聖shèng勿wù罪zuì，小xiǎo仙xiān告gào辭cí。」真zhēn人rén将jiāng衣yī抖dǒu一yì抖dǒu，披pī在zài身shēn上shàng，对duì行xíng者zhě道dào：「大dà圣shèng勿wù罪zuì，小xiǎo仙xiān告gào辞cí。」

The Perfected Man shook the cape out, threw it over his own shoulders, and said to Pilgrim, "No offence, Great Sage — this humble immortal takes his leave."

He puts it back on. 抖一抖 is the same gesture Wukong used to recall his vermin and to shed the maid disguise. 勿罪 is a politeness — do not hold it against me.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「且qiě住zhù，待dài君jūn王wáng謝xiè謝xiè。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「且qiě住zhù，待dài君jūn王wáng谢xiè谢xiè。」

Pilgrim said, "Wait a moment — let the king thank you."

Ten characters, and it carries its own attribution and closing quotation, so it stands alone. 且住 is hold on, wait — the same two characters the fiend used to stop the fight and ask for breakfast.

總評 Commentary

The undoing takes one gesture and seven characters. He points, the cape comes off, 遍體如舊 — her whole body as it was. Three years of a decree, an abduction, a war, a Bodhisattva and a stolen set of bells, and the physical damage is reversed by a man pointing at it.

Then he shakes the cape out and puts it on. It is his, after all — he took it out of his own wardrobe, made it look like silk, and lent it to a monster for three years. Getting it back and wearing it home is the most ordinary thing anyone does in this chapter.

且住 is a small echo. The fiend used exactly those two characters to stop the fight and ask for his breakfast; Wukong uses them here to stop an immortal from leaving before he has been thanked. Both times it works.