第七十八回 · 三藏帽兒上 He Flew Onto The Elders Hat — Journey to the West

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三藏帽兒上 He Flew Onto The Elders Hat

那nà驛yì丞chéng相xiāng見jiàn禮lǐ畢bì，附fù耳ěr低dī言yán，只zhǐ教jiào莫mò管guǎn閑xián事shì。三sān藏zàng點diǎn頭tóu應yìng聲shēng。大dà聖shèng閃shǎn在zài門mén傍páng，念niàn個gè咒zhòu語yǔ，搖yáo身shēn一yí變biàn，變biàn做zuò個gè蟭jiāo蟟liáo蟲chóng兒ér，嚶yīng的de一yì聲shēng，飛fēi在zài三sān藏zàng帽mào兒ér上shàng。出chū了le館guǎn驛yì，徑jìng奔bēn朝cháo中zhōng。那nà驿yì丞chéng相xiāng见jiàn礼lǐ毕bì，附fù耳ěr低dī言yán，只zhǐ教jiào莫mò管guǎn闲xián事shì。三sān藏zàng点diǎn头tóu应yìng声shēng。大dà圣shèng闪shǎn在zài门mén傍páng，念niàn个gè咒zhòu语yǔ，摇yáo身shēn一yí变biàn，变biàn做zuò个gè蟭jiāo蟟liáo虫chóng儿ér，嘤yīng的de一yì声shēng，飞fēi在zài三sān藏zàng帽mào儿ér上shàng。出chū了le馆guǎn驿yì，径jìng奔bēn朝cháo中zhōng。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà驛yì丞chéng相xiāng見jiàn禮lǐ畢bì，附fù耳ěr低dī言yán，只zhǐ教jiào莫mò管guǎn閑xián事shì。那nà驿yì丞chéng相xiāng见jiàn礼lǐ毕bì，附fù耳ěr低dī言yán，只zhǐ教jiào莫mò管guǎn闲xián事shì。

When the courier chief had made his bows he put his lips to Tripitaka's ear and only told him not to meddle with what did not concern him.

相 is xiāng here, mutual — they greeted each other — even though the character immediately after the courier chief's title makes it look otherwise. And the warning comes for the third time, again spoken into the ear. He knows what Tripitaka is walking into.

三sān藏zàng點diǎn頭tóu應yìng聲shēng。三sān藏zàng点diǎn头tóu应yìng声shēng。

Tripitaka nodded and answered him.

應 is yìng, to answer — the reading all five of the chapter's take. Six characters, and Tripitaka does not promise anything.

大dà聖shèng閃shǎn在zài門mén傍páng，念niàn個gè咒zhòu語yǔ，搖yáo身shēn一yí變biàn，變biàn做zuò個gè蟭jiāo蟟liáo蟲chóng兒ér，嚶yīng的de一yì聲shēng，飛fēi在zài三sān藏zàng帽mào兒ér上shàng。大dà圣shèng闪shǎn在zài门mén傍páng，念niàn个gè咒zhòu语yǔ，摇yáo身shēn一yí变biàn，变biàn做zuò个gè蟭jiāo蟟liáo虫chóng儿ér，嘤yīng的de一yì声shēng，飞fēi在zài三sān藏zàng帽mào儿ér上shàng。

The Great Sage slipped aside by the door, said a spell, shook himself and changed into a tiny gnat, gave a thin whine and flew up onto Tripitaka's hat.

傍 is páng, beside — beside the door. And here are two more suffixed 兒, in 蟲兒 and 帽兒, doing what the little bee's did in the market and read ér like every other. 蕂蟟蟲 is a very small biting fly. 嘣的一聲 is the whine it makes, written down.

出chū了le館guǎn驛yì，徑jìng奔bēn朝cháo中zhōng。出chū了le馆guǎn驿yì，径jìng奔bēn朝cháo中zhōng。

They left the posting house and went straight to the court.

Eight characters. 朝 is cháo, the court.

總評 Commentary

The courier chief's third warning is the measure of how frightened he is, and of how little he trusts the promise he is getting. Tripitaka nods. He does not agree.

Wukong's disguise is chosen with some care. A gnat is the one creature that can sit on a man's hat in a throne room without anybody brushing it off, and the sound the novel gives it — a thin whine, written straight down as a syllable — is the last thing anyone would attend to.