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第七十五回
心xīn猿yuán鑽zuān透tòu陰yīn陽yáng體tǐ
魔mó主zhǔ還huán歸guī大dà道dào真zhēn

The Mind-Monkey Bores Through the Body of Yin and Yang · The Demon Lord Returns to the True Great Way

逃遁之法
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原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

逃遁之法 Not Yet He Slips Away

既jì拿ná倒dǎo了le孫sūn行xíng者zhě,唐táng僧sēng坐zuò定dìng是shì我wǒ們men口kǒu裡lǐ食shí也yě。」三sān怪guài道dào:「且qiě不bú要yào吃chī酒jiǔ。孫sūn行xíng者zhě溜liū撒sā,他tā會huì逃táo遁dùn之zhī法fǎ,只zhǐ怕pà走zǒu了le。教jiào小xiǎo的de們men擡tái出chū瓶píng來lái,把bǎ孫sūn行xíng者zhě裝zhuāng在zài瓶píng裡lǐ,我wǒ們men才cái好hǎo吃chī酒jiǔ。」既jì拿ná倒dǎo了le孙sūn行xíng者zhě,唐táng僧sēng坐zuò定dìng是shì我wǒ们men口kǒu里lǐ食shí也yě。」三sān怪guài道dào:「且qiě不bú要yào吃chī酒jiǔ。孙sūn行xíng者zhě溜liū撒sā,他tā会huì逃táo遁dùn之zhī法fǎ,只zhǐ怕pà走zǒu了le。教jiào小xiǎo的de们men抬tái出chū瓶píng来lái,把bǎ孙sūn行xíng者zhě装zhuāng在zài瓶píng里lǐ,我wǒ们men才cái好hǎo吃chī酒jiǔ。」


逐句解 Line by line

既jì拿ná倒dǎo了le孫sūn行xíng者zhě,唐táng僧sēng坐zuò定dìng是shì我wǒ們men口kǒu裡lǐ食shí也yě。」 既jì拿ná倒dǎo了le孙sūn行xíng者zhě,唐táng僧sēng坐zuò定dìng是shì我wǒ们men口kǒu里lǐ食shí也yě。」

Now that Sun Wukong is brought down, the Tang monk is as good as food in our mouths."

倒 is dǎo, to fall or bring down — not the dào of pouring or of on-the-contrary. Two sites in this scene take it: 扳翻倒 gets there unaided and this one does not, which is a fair warning about trusting one site to speak for its neighbour.

三sān怪guài道dào:「且qiě不bú要yào吃chī酒jiǔ。 三sān怪guài道dào:「且qiě不bú要yào吃chī酒jiǔ。

The third monster said, "Don't drink yet.

Third time he has interrupted the celebration, and third time he is right.

孫sūn行xíng者zhě溜liū撒sā,他tā會huì逃táo遁dùn之zhī法fǎ,只zhǐ怕pà走zǒu了le。 孙sūn行xíng者zhě溜liū撒sā,他tā会huì逃táo遁dùn之zhī法fǎ,只zhǐ怕pà走zǒu了le。

Sun Wukong is quick and slippery. He knows the arts of escape. I am afraid he will get away.

溜撒 is vernacular for nimble, quick off the mark — an admiring word, and the roc uses it without any apparent difficulty. He is the only one of the three who has correctly estimated what they have caught.

教jiào小xiǎo的de們men擡tái出chū瓶píng來lái,把bǎ孫sūn行xíng者zhě裝zhuāng在zài瓶píng裡lǐ,我wǒ們men才cái好hǎo吃chī酒jiǔ。」 教jiào小xiǎo的de们men抬tái出chū瓶píng来lái,把bǎ孙sūn行xíng者zhě装zhuāng在zài瓶píng里lǐ,我wǒ们men才cái好hǎo吃chī酒jiǔ。」

Have the little ones carry out the bottle, put Sun Wukong inside it, and then we can drink."

And there is the chapter's second half arriving. The whole title — 心猿鑽透陰陽體, the Mind-Monkey bores through the body of yin and yang — is about what happens inside that bottle.


總評 Commentary

Three warnings, three corrections, and every one of them accurate. The roc has now identified Wukong, ordered him tied, refused the celebration and specified the containment. He is doing the work of the entire cave.

What he says about escape is also a piece of straight literary criticism. The novel has a hundred chapters and Wukong has been captured in a great many of them; the reason he is never held is precisely the arts of escape. The roc has read the book. His brothers have not.