第七十二回 · 我的頭可腫 Is My Head Swollen — Journey to the West

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我的頭可腫 Is My Head Swollen

卻què說shuō八bā戒jiè跌diē得dé昏hūn頭tóu昏hūn腦nǎo，猛měng擡tái頭tóu，見jiàn絲sī篷péng絲sī索suǒ俱jù無wú，他tā才cái一yí步bù一yí探tàn，爬pá將jiāng起qǐ來lái，忍rěn著zhe疼téng，找zhǎo回huí原yuán路lù。見jiàn了le行xíng者zhě，用yòng手shǒu扯chě住zhù道dào：「哥gē哥ge，我wǒ的de頭tóu可kě腫zhǒng，臉liǎn可kě青qīng麼me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn的de來lái？」却què说shuō八bā戒jiè跌diē得dé昏hūn头tóu昏hūn脑nǎo，猛měng抬tái头tóu，见jiàn丝sī篷péng丝sī索suǒ俱jù无wú，他tā才cái一yí步bù一yí探tàn，爬pá将jiāng起qǐ来lái，忍rěn着zhe疼téng，找zhǎo回huí原yuán路lù。见jiàn了le行xíng者zhě，用yòng手shǒu扯chě住zhù道dào：「哥gē哥ge，我wǒ的de头tóu可kě肿zhǒng，脸liǎn可kě青qīng么me？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn的de来lái？」

逐句解 Line by line

卻què說shuō八bā戒jiè跌diē得dé昏hūn頭tóu昏hūn腦nǎo，猛měng擡tái頭tóu，見jiàn絲sī篷péng絲sī索suǒ俱jù無wú，他tā才cái一yí步bù一yí探tàn，爬pá將jiāng起qǐ來lái，忍rěn著zhe疼téng，找zhǎo回huí原yuán路lù。却què说shuō八bā戒jiè跌diē得dé昏hūn头tóu昏hūn脑nǎo，猛měng抬tái头tóu，见jiàn丝sī篷péng丝sī索suǒ俱jù无wú，他tā才cái一yí步bù一yí探tàn，爬pá将jiāng起qǐ来lái，忍rěn着zhe疼téng，找zhǎo回huí原yuán路lù。

Now Eight Rules had fallen till his head was thick and his wits were dull. He looked up sharply, saw that silk tent and silk cords were both gone, and only then went a step and a feel, a step and a feel, crawled up onto his feet, bore the pain and found his way back the way he had come.

得 takes dé in 跌得 — fell until, with the result that. 著 is zhe in 忍著, the durative — bearing it and keeping on. 一步一探 doubles a step and a probe: feeling his way.

見jiàn了le行xíng者zhě，用yòng手shǒu扯chě住zhù道dào：「哥gē哥ge，我wǒ的de頭tóu可kě腫zhǒng，臉liǎn可kě青qīng麼me？」见jiàn了le行xíng者zhě，用yòng手shǒu扯chě住zhù道dào：「哥gē哥ge，我wǒ的de头tóu可kě肿zhǒng，脸liǎn可kě青qīng么me？」

Seeing Pilgrim, he caught hold of him and said, "Elder brother — is my head swollen? Is my face black and blue?"

可 twice, asking for confirmation: is it, then. He does not report the fight or the outcome. He asks after his own face.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn的de來lái？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「你nǐ怎zěn的de来lái？」

Pilgrim said, "What happened to you?"

Seven characters, flat. Pilgrim declined this errand, watched his brother go alone, and asks the question without a word of I-told-you-so.

總評 Commentary

He comes back feeling his way a step at a time, and the first thing he says is a question about his own face.

That is the character in one line. Not what happened, not the master is still in there, not they beat me — is my head swollen? Anybody who has come off a bicycle and immediately checked a mirror knows the instinct.

Pilgrim's reply is worth noticing for what it leaves out. He argued against this, lost the argument, and refused to go along. He now has every opening for a told-you-so and asks instead what happened.