第七十六回 · 丟開解數 Fighting Out Through The Gates — Journey to the West

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丟開解數 Fighting Out Through The Gates

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，把bǎ鐵tiě棒bàng一yí路lù丟diū開kāi解xiè數shù，打dǎ將jiāng出chū去qù。那nà獃dāi子zi忍rěn著zhe麻má，只zhǐ得dé跟gēn定dìng他tā。只zhǐ看kàn見jiàn二èr門mén下xià靠kào著zhe的de是shì他tā的de釘dīng鈀pá，走zǒu上shàng前qián，推tuī開kāi小xiǎo妖yāo，撈lāo過guò來lái往wǎng前qián亂luàn築zhù，與yǔ行xíng者zhě打dǎ出chū三sān四sì層céng門mén，不bù知zhī打dǎ殺shā了le多duō少shǎo小xiǎo妖yāo。好hǎo大dà圣shèng，把bǎ铁tiě棒bàng一yí路lù丢diū开kāi解xiè数shù，打dǎ将jiāng出chū去qù。那nà呆dāi子zi忍rěn着zhe麻má，只zhǐ得dé跟gēn定dìng他tā。只zhǐ看kàn见jiàn二èr门mén下xià靠kào着zhe的de是shì他tā的de钉dīng钯pá，走zǒu上shàng前qián，推tuī开kāi小xiǎo妖yāo，捞lāo过guò来lái往wǎng前qián乱luàn筑zhù，与yǔ行xíng者zhě打dǎ出chū三sān四sì层céng门mén，不bù知zhī打dǎ杀shā了le多duō少shǎo小xiǎo妖yāo。

逐句解 Line by line

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，把bǎ鐵tiě棒bàng一yí路lù丟diū開kāi解xiè數shù，打dǎ將jiāng出chū去qù。好hǎo大dà圣shèng，把bǎ铁tiě棒bàng一yí路lù丢diū开kāi解xiè数shù，打dǎ将jiāng出chū去qù。

Good Great Sage: he set the iron cudgel going through its whole repertoire and fought his way out.

解數 — the set moves of a fighting style, its repertoire. 將 reads jiāng, carrying the verb toward its direction.

那nà獃dāi子zi忍rěn著zhe麻má，只zhǐ得dé跟gēn定dìng他tā。那nà呆dāi子zi忍rěn着zhe麻má，只zhǐ得dé跟gēn定dìng他tā。

The fool bore the numbness and could only keep close behind him.

著 reads zhe, the enduring kept up. 得 keeps dé in 只得 — could do no other.

只zhǐ看kàn見jiàn二èr門mén下xià靠kào著zhe的de是shì他tā的de釘dīng鈀pá，走zǒu上shàng前qián，推tuī開kāi小xiǎo妖yāo，撈lāo過guò來lái往wǎng前qián亂luàn築zhù，與yǔ行xíng者zhě打dǎ出chū三sān四sì層céng門mén，不bù知zhī打dǎ殺shā了le多duō少shǎo小xiǎo妖yāo。只zhǐ看kàn见jiàn二èr门mén下xià靠kào着zhe的de是shì他tā的de钉dīng钯pá，走zǒu上shàng前qián，推tuī开kāi小xiǎo妖yāo，捞lāo过guò来lái往wǎng前qián乱luàn筑zhù，与yǔ行xíng者zhě打dǎ出chū三sān四sì层céng门mén，不bù知zhī打dǎ杀shā了le多duō少shǎo小xiǎo妖yāo。

Then he caught sight of his own muckrake propped inside the second gate. He went forward, shoved the little demons aside, scooped it up and set about laying into them, and with Wukong fought out through three or four sets of gates, killing more of the small demons than anyone could count.

著 is again zhe, the rake leaning and staying leant. 撈過來 — to scoop or snatch something across.

總評 Commentary

Bajie's transformation is instant and it is entirely about the rake. A moment ago he could not run; now he is shoving demons out of the way and laying about him. Getting his weapon back has done more for his legs than the untying did.

The muckrake matters more than it looks. It is a nine-toothed farming implement, and the novel treats it as a proper divine weapon on a par with the cudgel — it was forged in Heaven, and Bajie fights well with it when he can be bothered. Propped inside the second gate, it is also evidence that the demons filed him away as provisions and did not think the tool worth guarding.

Three or four sets of gates, and the dead beyond counting. The novel does not give a number here, and the refusal is deliberate: it uses exact figures when it wants the reader to feel a fact, and vagueness when it wants the reader to feel a rout.