第七十七回 · 我認得他 I Know That Monster — Journey to the West

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我認得他 I Know That Monster

如rú來lái聞wén言yán道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū恨hèn，那nà妖yāo精jīng我wǒ認rèn得dé他tā。」行xíng者zhě猛měng然rán失shī聲shēng道dào：「如rú來lái，我wǒ聽tīng見jiàn人rén講jiǎng說shuō，那nà妖yāo精jīng與yǔ你nǐ有yǒu親qīn哩li。」如rú來lái道dào：「這zhè個gè刁diāo猢hú猻sūn，怎zěn麼me個gè妖yāo精jīng與yǔ我wǒ有yǒu親qīn？」如rú来lái闻wén言yán道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū恨hèn，那nà妖yāo精jīng我wǒ认rèn得dé他tā。」行xíng者zhě猛měng然rán失shī声shēng道dào：「如rú来lái，我wǒ听tīng见jiàn人rén讲jiǎng说shuō，那nà妖yāo精jīng与yǔ你nǐ有yǒu亲qīn哩li。」如rú来lái道dào：「这zhè个gè刁diāo猢hú狲sūn，怎zěn么me个gè妖yāo精jīng与yǔ我wǒ有yǒu亲qīn？」

逐句解 Line by line

如rú來lái聞wén言yán道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū恨hèn，那nà妖yāo精jīng我wǒ認rèn得dé他tā。」如rú来lái闻wén言yán道dào：「你nǐ且qiě休xiū恨hèn，那nà妖yāo精jīng我wǒ认rèn得dé他tā。」

When the Tathagata heard this he said, "Do not go on hating so. That monster — I know him."

認得 takes dé, as it does everywhere in this book. Sixteen characters, and the second half of them changes the chapter.

行xíng者zhě猛měng然rán失shī聲shēng道dào：「如rú來lái，我wǒ聽tīng見jiàn人rén講jiǎng說shuō，那nà妖yāo精jīng與yǔ你nǐ有yǒu親qīn哩li。」行xíng者zhě猛měng然rán失shī声shēng道dào：「如rú来lái，我wǒ听tīng见jiàn人rén讲jiǎng说shuō，那nà妖yāo精jīng与yǔ你nǐ有yǒu亲qīn哩li。」

Pilgrim blurted out, "Tathagata! I have heard people say that that monster is a relation of yours."

猛然失聲 is to let something out before you have decided to say it. He is repeating gossip to the Buddha's face, and the sentence admits as much.

如rú來lái道dào：「這zhè個gè刁diāo猢hú猻sūn，怎zěn麼me個gè妖yāo精jīng與yǔ我wǒ有yǒu親qīn？」如rú来lái道dào：「这zhè个gè刁diāo猢hú狲sūn，怎zěn么me个gè妖yāo精jīng与yǔ我wǒ有yǒu亲qīn？」

The Tathagata said, "You artful ape! How should a monster be a relation of mine?"

刁 is crafty or tricky, said half in rebuke and half in amusement. Note that this is a question and not a denial, which turns out to matter a great deal.

總評 Commentary

The Buddha says he knows the monster and Wukong immediately says something unforgivable, and the passage does not pretend otherwise: he blurts it, which means it was out before he weighed it.

The gossip he is repeating has been circulating in the story. Somebody has told him the third fiend is related to the Buddha, and he brings it into the throne room of Vulture Peak as a challenge.

And the reply is the giveaway. How should a monster be a relation of mine is a rhetorical question, not a no. Within a page the Buddha will explain, at length, exactly how.