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第七十五回
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The Mind-Monkey Bores Through the Body of Yin and Yang · The Demon Lord Returns to the True Great Way

做個樁兒
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做個樁兒 Three Cuts At The Bald Head

老lǎo魔mó道dào:「你nǐ過guò來lái,先xiān與yǔ我wǒ做zuò個gè樁zhuāng兒ér,讓ràng我wǒ盡jìn力lì氣qì著zhe光guāng頭tóu砍kǎn上shàng三sān刀dāo,就jiù讓ràng你nǐ唐táng僧sēng過guò去qù;假jiǎ若ruò禁jīn不bù得de,快kuài送sòng你nǐ唐táng僧sēng來lái,與yǔ我wǒ做zuò一yí頓dùn下xià飯fàn。」老lǎo魔mó道dào:「你nǐ过guò来lái,先xiān与yǔ我wǒ做zuò个gè桩zhuāng儿ér,让ràng我wǒ尽jìn力lì气qì着zhe光guāng头tóu砍kǎn上shàng三sān刀dāo,就jiù让ràng你nǐ唐táng僧sēng过guò去qù;假jiǎ若ruò禁jīn不bù得de,快kuài送sòng你nǐ唐táng僧sēng来lái,与yǔ我wǒ做zuò一yí顿dùn下xià饭fàn。」


逐句解 Line by line

老lǎo魔mó道dào:「你nǐ過guò來lái,先xiān與yǔ我wǒ做zuò個gè樁zhuāng兒ér,讓ràng我wǒ盡jìn力lì氣qì著zhe光guāng頭tóu砍kǎn上shàng三sān刀dāo,就jiù讓ràng你nǐ唐táng僧sēng過guò去qù; 老lǎo魔mó道dào:「你nǐ过guò来lái,先xiān与yǔ我wǒ做zuò个gè桩zhuāng儿ér,让ràng我wǒ尽jìn力lì气qì着zhe光guāng头tóu砍kǎn上shàng三sān刀dāo,就jiù让ràng你nǐ唐táng僧sēng过guò去qù;

The old fiend said, "Come here and stand for me like a post first. Let me put my whole strength into three cuts at that bald head of yours, and I will let your Tang monk pass;

樁兒 is a stake driven into the ground — the demon is asking him to stand still and be a chopping stump. 著光頭 takes the light zhe, aiming the blow at a place.

假jiǎ若ruò禁jīn不bù得de,快kuài送sòng你nǐ唐táng僧sēng來lái,與yǔ我wǒ做zuò一yí頓dùn下xià飯fàn。」 假jiǎ若ruò禁jīn不bù得de,快kuài送sòng你nǐ唐táng僧sēng来lái,与yǔ我wǒ做zuò一yí顿dùn下xià饭fàn。」

"and if you cannot bear it, then bring your Tang monk along smartly and let him make me a meal."

禁 is jīn, to endure — not the jìn of forbidding. It is the same reading as the 難禁 of the fire dragons in the bottle, and the opposite of the one an earlier chapter uses for parents unable to restrain a son. 下飯 is what goes with the rice — a dish, a side. He is offering to eat the monk as an accompaniment.


總評 Commentary

The bargain is grotesque and completely serious. Three free cuts at a stationary head, and the pilgrimage passes or ends on the result. It is the kind of wager that only works in a book where one party has an indestructible skull, which is precisely why Wukong is about to accept with enthusiasm.

下飯 is the detail that gives the passage its edge. Not a feast, not a sacrifice — a side dish to go with rice. The demon has spent two chapters organising a conspiracy to obtain the holiest man on the road, and he thinks of him as something to put on the table beside the staple.