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舉眼無親
Seated On The Golden Throne
眾妖都歡天喜地邀三藏，控背躬身接主僧。把唐僧一轎子擡上金鑾殿，請他坐在當中，一壁廂獻茶獻飯，左右旋繞。那長老昏昏沉沉，舉眼無親。众妖都欢天喜地邀三藏，控背躬身接主僧。把唐僧一轿子抬上金銮殿，请他坐在当中，一壁厢献茶献饭，左右旋绕。那长老昏昏沉沉，举眼无亲。
逐句解 Line by line
眾妖都歡天喜地邀三藏，控背躬身接主僧。
众妖都欢天喜地邀三藏，控背躬身接主僧。
The demons all invited Tripitaka in with every show of delight, bending their backs and bowing to receive the master they had gone to fetch.
都 reads dōu, all of them. 控背躬身 — the back drawn in and the body bent, a deep salute.
把唐僧一轎子擡上金鑾殿，請他坐在當中，一壁廂獻茶獻飯，左右旋繞。
把唐僧一轿子抬上金銮殿，请他坐在当中，一壁厢献茶献饭，左右旋绕。
They carried the Tang monk, chair and all, up into the golden throne hall and asked him to be seated in the middle, and on one side and the other they offered tea and offered food, circling him about.
當 reads dāng in 當中, in the very middle. 一壁廂 is on the one side.
那長老昏昏沉沉，舉眼無親。
那长老昏昏沉沉，举眼无亲。
And that old master sat there dazed and heavy, and lifted his eyes and saw not one friendly face.
長 reads zhǎng in 長老, an elder. 舉眼無親 — to raise the eyes and find nobody of one's own.
總評 Commentary
They put him on the throne. Not in a cage, not in a pot — up in the golden hall, in the seat of honour, with tea and food brought from both sides and attendants circling. The demons are keeping their promise to the letter while breaking it entirely, and this is the last and best example of the chapter's method.
The four characters the chapter leaves him with are the ones that stay with a reader. He raises his eyes and there is nobody of his own. Every face in the hall is bowing to him and not one of them is a friend. His three disciples are on a mountain some distance off, each pinned by a separate opponent, and he has no way of knowing it.
It is worth setting this beside where he was at the start of the chapter — lying on the ground weeping because he thought Wukong was dead. Then he was wrong and safe. Now he is comfortable, honoured, seated in the middle of the room, and in more danger than he has been all journey.