第七十六回 · 顧盼吉凶 The Chair Goes Up The Mountain — Journey to the West

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顧盼吉凶 The Chair Goes Up The Mountain

即jí命mìng八bā戒jiè將jiāng行xíng李lǐ捎shāo在zài馬mǎ上shàng，與yǔ沙shā僧sēng緊jǐn隨suí。他tā使shǐ鐵tiě棒bàng向xiàng前qián開kāi路lù，顧gù盼pàn吉jí凶xiōng。八bā個gè擡tái起qǐ轎jiào子zi，八bā個gè一yí遞dì一yì聲shēng喝hè道dào，三sān個gè妖yāo扶fú著zhe轎jiào扛káng。師shī父fù喜xǐ喜xǐ歡huān歡huān的de端duān坐zuò轎jiào上shàng。上shàng了le高gāo山shān，依yī大dà路lù而ér行xíng。即jí命mìng八bā戒jiè将jiāng行xíng李lǐ捎shāo在zài马mǎ上shàng，与yǔ沙shā僧sēng紧jǐn随suí。他tā使shǐ铁tiě棒bàng向xiàng前qián开kāi路lù，顾gù盼pàn吉jí凶xiōng。八bā个gè抬tái起qǐ轿jiào子zi，八bā个gè一yí递dì一yì声shēng喝hè道dào，三sān个gè妖yāo扶fú着zhe轿jiào扛káng。师shī父fù喜xǐ喜xǐ欢huān欢huān的de端duān坐zuò轿jiào上shàng。上shàng了le高gāo山shān，依yī大dà路lù而ér行xíng。

逐句解 Line by line

即jí命mìng八bā戒jiè將jiāng行xíng李lǐ捎shāo在zài馬mǎ上shàng，與yǔ沙shā僧sēng緊jǐn隨suí。即jí命mìng八bā戒jiè将jiāng行xíng李lǐ捎shāo在zài马mǎ上shàng，与yǔ沙shā僧sēng紧jǐn随suí。

He told Bajie at once to strap the baggage on the horse and keep close with Sha Wujing,

將 reads jiāng, the object carried before the verb. 行 keeps xíng in 行李.

他tā使shǐ鐵tiě棒bàng向xiàng前qián開kāi路lù，顧gù盼pàn吉jí凶xiōng。他tā使shǐ铁tiě棒bàng向xiàng前qián开kāi路lù，顾gù盼pàn吉jí凶xiōng。

while he himself went ahead with the iron cudgel to open the road, looking about him for good or ill.

顧盼 — to look round and about. 吉凶 pairs the lucky with the unlucky: he is watching for either.

八bā個gè擡tái起qǐ轎jiào子zi，八bā個gè一yí遞dì一yì聲shēng喝hè道dào，三sān個gè妖yāo扶fú著zhe轎jiào扛káng。八bā个gè抬tái起qǐ轿jiào子zi，八bā个gè一yí递dì一yì声shēng喝hè道dào，三sān个gè妖yāo扶fú着zhe轿jiào扛káng。

Eight of them lifted the chair, eight cried the way in turn, one after another, and three demons steadied the poles.

一遞一聲 — one taking it up after another, the cry passed along the line. 著 reads zhe, the steadying kept up.

師shī父fù喜xǐ喜xǐ歡huān歡huān的de端duān坐zuò轎jiào上shàng。师shī父fù喜xǐ喜xǐ欢huān欢huān的de端duān坐zuò轿jiào上shàng。

The master sat up in the chair, thoroughly pleased.

喜喜歡歡 — both characters doubled, the fullest form of the word.

上shàng了le高gāo山shān，依yī大dà路lù而ér行xíng。上shàng了le高gāo山shān，依yī大dà路lù而ér行xíng。

They went up the high mountain and along the main road.

依大路 — keeping to the main road, following it.

總評 Commentary

Wukong takes the front and watches for good or ill, which is exactly the right precaution and exactly the wrong direction. The danger is not on the road ahead; it is carrying the chair. He has positioned himself where he can see everything except the thing that matters.

The formation is worth picturing. Wukong far in front with the cudgel; then eight criers and eight bearers with the master up in the chair; then three demon lords steadying the poles; and Bajie and Sha Wujing behind with the horse. The pilgrims are strung out along a road with monsters between them, which is the arrangement the third fiend described as making it so they cannot look to one another front and rear.

And in the middle of it the master, sat up on his cushions, thoroughly pleased. The novel gives him the doubled form of the word — the fullest, most childlike version of being happy — and then sends the procession up the mountain.