第七十九回 · 你只拜他 Bow To The Deer Instead — Journey to the West

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你只拜他 Bow To The Deer Instead

又yòu只zhǐ見jiàn孫sūn大dà聖shèng引yǐn著zhe壽shòu星xīng，牽qiān著zhe白bái鹿lù，都dōu到dào殿diàn前qián，諕xià得de那nà國guó裡lǐ君jūn臣chén妃fēi后hòu一yì齊qí下xià拜bài。行xíng者zhě近jìn前qián，攙chān住zhù國guó王wáng，笑xiào道dào：「且qiě休xiū拜bài我wǒ。這zhè鹿lù兒ér卻què是shì國guó丈zhàng，你nǐ只zhǐ拜bài他tā便biàn是shì。」又yòu只zhǐ见jiàn孙sūn大dà圣shèng引yǐn着zhe寿shòu星xīng，牵qiān着zhe白bái鹿lù，都dōu到dào殿diàn前qián，諕xià得de那nà国guó里lǐ君jūn臣chén妃fēi后hòu一yì齐qí下xià拜bài。行xíng者zhě近jìn前qián，搀chān住zhù国guó王wáng，笑xiào道dào：「且qiě休xiū拜bài我wǒ。这zhè鹿lù儿ér却què是shì国guó丈zhàng，你nǐ只zhǐ拜bài他tā便biàn是shì。」

逐句解 Line by line

又yòu只zhǐ見jiàn孫sūn大dà聖shèng引yǐn著zhe壽shòu星xīng，牽qiān著zhe白bái鹿lù，都dōu到dào殿diàn前qián，諕xià得de那nà國guó裡lǐ君jūn臣chén妃fēi后hòu一yì齊qí下xià拜bài。又yòu只zhǐ见jiàn孙sūn大dà圣shèng引yǐn着zhe寿shòu星xīng，牵qiān着zhe白bái鹿lù，都dōu到dào殿diàn前qián，諕xià得de那nà国guó里lǐ君jūn臣chén妃fēi后hòu一yì齐qí下xià拜bài。

Then they saw the Great Sage Sun bringing the Longevity Star along and leading the white deer, and all of them came to the front of the hall; and the ruler, ministers, consorts and queens of that kingdom were so frightened that they bowed down together.

諕得 for the last time in the chapter, with 諕 as xià and 得 as de. Five occurrences, and this is the fifth. 引著 — zhe, still going on.

行xíng者zhě近jìn前qián，攙chān住zhù國guó王wáng，笑xiào道dào：「且qiě休xiū拜bài我wǒ。行xíng者zhě近jìn前qián，搀chān住zhù国guó王wáng，笑xiào道dào：「且qiě休xiū拜bài我wǒ。

Pilgrim came forward, held the king up and said with a laugh, "Never mind bowing to me.

攙住國王 — the same verb the eunuchs used when they carried the king out from behind the Hall of Prudence. He is being held up again, this time by the person he tried to have killed.

這zhè鹿lù兒ér卻què是shì國guó丈zhàng，你nǐ只zhǐ拜bài他tā便biàn是shì。」这zhè鹿lù儿ér却què是shì国guó丈zhàng，你nǐ只zhǐ拜bài他tā便biàn是shì。」

This little deer is your Royal Father-in-Law. He is the one you should bow to."

鹿兒, with 兒 as ér — a diminutive, "this little deer." The joke is exact and merciless. The king spent three years bowing to this creature and taking its advice; Wukong tells him to go on doing it.

總評 Commentary

The scene is arranged as a tableau: a god, a monkey, a tethered deer and a whole court on its face. Wukong stands the king up and points at the animal.

Refusing the bow is the second time he has done it — he waved off the officers' thanks in almost the same words earlier in the chapter. Both times the refusal is brisk rather than modest, and both times he immediately redirects everyone to something more useful.