第七十二回 · 也不傷他 They Do Not Hurt Him — Journey to the West

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也不傷他 They Do Not Hurt Him

那nà怪guài物wù卻què將jiāng他tā困kùn住zhù，也yě不bù打dǎ他tā，也yě不bù傷shāng他tā，一yí個gè個gè跳tiào出chū門mén來lái，將jiāng絲sī篷péng遮zhē住zhù天tiān光guāng，各gè回huí本běn洞dòng。到dào了le石shí橋qiáo上shàng站zhàn下xià，念niàn動dòng真zhēn言yán，霎shà時shí間jiān，把bǎ絲sī篷péng收shōu了le，赤chì條tiáo條tiáo的de跑pǎo入rù洞dòng裡lǐ，侮wǔ著zhe那nà話huà，從cóng唐táng僧sēng面miàn前qián笑xiào嘻xī嘻xī的de跑pǎo過guò去qù。那nà怪guài物wù却què将jiāng他tā困kùn住zhù，也yě不bù打dǎ他tā，也yě不bù伤shāng他tā，一yí个gè个gè跳tiào出chū门mén来lái，将jiāng丝sī篷péng遮zhē住zhù天tiān光guāng，各gè回huí本běn洞dòng。到dào了le石shí桥qiáo上shàng站zhàn下xià，念niàn动dòng真zhēn言yán，霎shà时shí间jiān，把bǎ丝sī篷péng收shōu了le，赤chì条tiáo条tiáo的de跑pǎo入rù洞dòng里lǐ，侮wǔ着zhe那nà话huà，从cóng唐táng僧sēng面miàn前qián笑xiào嘻xī嘻xī的de跑pǎo过guò去qù。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà怪guài物wù卻què將jiāng他tā困kùn住zhù，也yě不bù打dǎ他tā，也yě不bù傷shāng他tā，一yí個gè個gè跳tiào出chū門mén來lái，將jiāng絲sī篷péng遮zhē住zhù天tiān光guāng，各gè回huí本běn洞dòng。那nà怪guài物wù却què将jiāng他tā困kùn住zhù，也yě不bù打dǎ他tā，也yě不bù伤shāng他tā，一yí个gè个gè跳tiào出chū门mén来lái，将jiāng丝sī篷péng遮zhē住zhù天tiān光guāng，各gè回huí本běn洞dòng。

Having got him trapped, the creatures did not beat him and did not hurt him. One by one they sprang out of the door, screened off the daylight with the silk tent and went back each to her own cave.

將 is jiāng twice, taking hold of a thing to do something with it. 也不打他，也不傷他 repeats the shape to make the point twice: they had him and they left him alone.

到dào了le石shí橋qiáo上shàng站zhàn下xià，念niàn動dòng真zhēn言yán，霎shà時shí間jiān，把bǎ絲sī篷péng收shōu了le，赤chì條tiáo條tiáo的de跑pǎo入rù洞dòng裡lǐ，侮wǔ著zhe那nà話huà，從cóng唐táng僧sēng面miàn前qián笑xiào嘻xī嘻xī的de跑pǎo過guò去qù。到dào了le石shí桥qiáo上shàng站zhàn下xià，念niàn动dòng真zhēn言yán，霎shà时shí间jiān，把bǎ丝sī篷péng收shōu了le，赤chì条tiáo条tiáo的de跑pǎo入rù洞dòng里lǐ，侮wǔ着zhe那nà话huà，从cóng唐táng僧sēng面miàn前qián笑xiào嘻xī嘻xī的de跑pǎo过guò去qù。

Reaching the stone bridge they stopped, spoke the true words of a spell, and in an instant the silk tent was gathered in. Stark naked they ran into the cave, covering that thing with their hands, and went past in front of the Tang monk giggling as they went.

著 is zhe in 侮著 again, still covering. 那話 — that thing — is a euphemism the book uses when it wants to be coy, and it is being coy in the middle of a sentence about seven naked women running past a bound monk.

總評 Commentary

They had him helpless and they did not hurt him. The book says it twice in the same sentence, which is the only way it could make sure you noticed.

It is worth putting beside what he came to do. He arrived to kill them after they had knelt in the water and begged; they beat him, trapped him, and walked away. Neither the narrator nor any character remarks on the difference.

The detail of them running past the master giggling is the chapter's last comic beat before things turn. They are naked, they are furious, they have just won a fight, and they are laughing — and the man they intend to eat is hanging in the room they run through.