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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

不許幫丁
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不許幫丁 Stand And Take Three Cuts

我wǒ只zhǐ與yǔ你nǐ一yí個gè對duì一yí個gè,不bù許xǔ幫bāng丁dīng。」行xíng者zhě聞wén言yán,叫jiào:「豬zhū八bā戒jiè走zǒu過guò,看kàn他tā把bǎ老lǎo孫sūn怎zěn的de?」那nà獃dāi子zi真zhēn個gè閃shǎn在zài一yì邊biān。我wǒ只zhǐ与yǔ你nǐ一yí个gè对duì一yí个gè,不bù许xǔ帮bāng丁dīng。」行xíng者zhě闻wén言yán,叫jiào:「猪zhū八bā戒jiè走zǒu过guò,看kàn他tā把bǎ老lǎo孙sūn怎zěn的de?」那nà呆dāi子zi真zhēn个gè闪shǎn在zài一yì边biān。


逐句解 Line by line

我wǒ只zhǐ與yǔ你nǐ一yí個gè對duì一yí個gè,不bù許xǔ幫bāng丁dīng。」 我wǒ只zhǐ与yǔ你nǐ一yí个gè对duì一yí个gè,不bù许xǔ帮bāng丁dīng。」

"I will take you one against one, and no helpers allowed."

幫丁 is a hired hand or assistant — literally a helping able-bodied man. The demon is setting the terms of a duel, and the terms happen to be the ones that suit an opponent who has just brought a companion.

行xíng者zhě聞wén言yán,叫jiào:「豬zhū八bā戒jiè走zǒu過guò,看kàn他tā把bǎ老lǎo孫sūn怎zěn的de?」 行xíng者zhě闻wén言yán,叫jiào:「猪zhū八bā戒jiè走zǒu过guò,看kàn他tā把bǎ老lǎo孙sūn怎zěn的de?」

Hearing this Wukong called out, "Bajie, step aside! Let's see what he makes of old Sun."

He accepts instantly and sends away the companion he spent a whole argument obtaining. Everything he told Xuanzang about one palm not clapping is abandoned the moment a duel is offered.

那nà獃dāi子zi真zhēn個gè閃shǎn在zài一yì邊biān。 那nà呆dāi子zi真zhēn个gè闪shǎn在zài一yì边biān。

The Idiot really did slip off to one side.

真個, really and truly — the narrator is amused. Bajie was promised he would not be made a fool of and has now been posted to the sidelines within a minute of arriving.


總評 Commentary

The whole negotiation of the previous section is undone here in three sentences, and the book does not comment. Wukong argued his way into a companion by citing proverbs about the impossibility of acting alone, and then waved him off at the first opportunity because a solo duel is more fun.

There is a real character point underneath. Bajie was not brought along to fight; Wukong said so himself — he wanted somebody to stiffen his nerve. Having arrived at the door with company, he no longer needs it.