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有眼無珠
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有眼無珠 Eyes Without Pupils

那nà些xiē妖yāo聞wén此cǐ言yán,魂hún飛fēi魄pò散sàn,就jiù在zài水shuǐ中zhōng跪guì拜bài道dào:「望wàng老lǎo爺yé方fāng便biàn方fāng便biàn!我wǒ等děng有yǒu眼yǎn無wú珠zhū,誤wù捉zhuō了le你nǐ師shī父fù,雖suī然rán吊diào在zài那nà裡lǐ,不bù曾céng敢gǎn加jiā刑xíng受shòu苦kǔ。望wàng慈cí悲bēi饒ráo了le我wǒ的de性xìng命mìng,情qíng願yuàn貼tiē些xiē盤pán費fèi,送sòng你nǐ師shī父fù往wǎng西xī天tiān去qù也yě。」那nà些xiē妖yāo闻wén此cǐ言yán,魂hún飞fēi魄pò散sàn,就jiù在zài水shuǐ中zhōng跪guì拜bài道dào:「望wàng老lǎo爷yé方fāng便biàn方fāng便biàn!我wǒ等děng有yǒu眼yǎn无wú珠zhū,误wù捉zhuō了le你nǐ师shī父fù,虽suī然rán吊diào在zài那nà里lǐ,不bù曾céng敢gǎn加jiā刑xíng受shòu苦kǔ。望wàng慈cí悲bēi饶ráo了le我wǒ的de性xìng命mìng,情qíng愿yuàn贴tiē些xiē盘pán费fèi,送sòng你nǐ师shī父fù往wǎng西xī天tiān去qù也yě。」


逐句解 Line by line

那nà些xiē妖yāo聞wén此cǐ言yán,魂hún飛fēi魄pò散sàn,就jiù在zài水shuǐ中zhōng跪guì拜bài道dào:「望wàng老lǎo爺yé方fāng便biàn方fāng便biàn! 那nà些xiē妖yāo闻wén此cǐ言yán,魂hún飞fēi魄pò散sàn,就jiù在zài水shuǐ中zhōng跪guì拜bài道dào:「望wàng老lǎo爷yé方fāng便biàn方fāng便biàn!

The demons heard this and their souls scattered in terror. There in the water they knelt and bowed: "We beg your lordship to be merciful, be merciful!"

散 is sàn, to scatter. 魂飛魄散 sends both kinds of soul flying — the 魂 that goes up and the 魄 that stays with the body. 方便 is a Buddhist word: expedient means, and by extension an accommodation, a kindness done.

我wǒ等děng有yǒu眼yǎn無wú珠zhū,誤wù捉zhuō了le你nǐ師shī父fù,雖suī然rán吊diào在zài那nà裡lǐ,不bù曾céng敢gǎn加jiā刑xíng受shòu苦kǔ。 我wǒ等děng有yǒu眼yǎn无wú珠zhū,误wù捉zhuō了le你nǐ师shī父fù,虽suī然rán吊diào在zài那nà里lǐ,不bù曾céng敢gǎn加jiā刑xíng受shòu苦kǔ。

"We have eyes without pupils in them. We took your master by mistake, and though we hung him up in there, we never dared put him to torture or make him suffer."

有眼無珠 — eyes but no pupils — is a set phrase for failing to recognise somebody important, still in daily use. 不曾 takes céng, the aspect word: never once did.

望wàng慈cí悲bēi饒ráo了le我wǒ的de性xìng命mìng,情qíng願yuàn貼tiē些xiē盤pán費fèi,送sòng你nǐ師shī父fù往wǎng西xī天tiān去qù也yě。」 望wàng慈cí悲bēi饶ráo了le我wǒ的de性xìng命mìng,情qíng愿yuàn贴tiē些xiē盘pán费fèi,送sòng你nǐ师shī父fù往wǎng西xī天tiān去qù也yě。」

"We beg you in mercy to spare our lives. We will gladly put up something toward your travelling costs and see your master on his way to the Western Heaven."

盤費 is travel money, expenses for the road. They are offering to pay the pilgrimage's costs — which is, precisely, the almsgiving they lectured Tripitaka about at the table.


總評 Commentary

They surrender, and every phrase of it is correct. Eyes without pupils, we took him by mistake, we never tortured him, we will pay your expenses.

The last offer is the one to sit with. They propose to fund the pilgrimage and see the master safely west — which is exactly the act of almsgiving they were lecturing him about when he refused their food. They know the forms perfectly and they always have.

It is also worth noticing that their factual claim is true. They did hang him up and they did not hurt him. What they were going to do was steam him, and that is not torture, it is dinner.