第七十九回 · 就改了形容 How Has Your Face Changed — Journey to the West

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就改了形容 How Has Your Face Changed

國guó王wáng聞wén言yán，即jí請qǐng行xíng者zhě出chū皇huáng宮gōng，到dào寶bǎo殿diàn，拜bài謝xiè了le，道dào：「長zhǎng老lǎo，你nǐ早zǎo間jiān來lái的de模mú樣yàng那nà般bān俊jùn偉wěi，這zhè時shí如rú何hé就jiù改gǎi了le形xíng容róng？」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「不bù瞞mán陛bì下xià說shuō，早zǎo間jiān來lái者zhě，是shì我wǒ師shī父fù，乃nǎi唐táng朝cháo御yù弟dì三sān藏zàng。国guó王wáng闻wén言yán，即jí请qǐng行xíng者zhě出chū皇huáng宫gōng，到dào宝bǎo殿diàn，拜bài谢xiè了le，道dào：「长zhǎng老lǎo，你nǐ早zǎo间jiān来lái的de模mú样yàng那nà般bān俊jùn伟wěi，这zhè时shí如rú何hé就jiù改gǎi了le形xíng容róng？」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「不bù瞒mán陛bì下xià说shuō，早zǎo间jiān来lái者zhě，是shì我wǒ师shī父fù，乃nǎi唐táng朝cháo御yù弟dì三sān藏zàng。

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國guó王wáng聞wén言yán，即jí請qǐng行xíng者zhě出chū皇huáng宮gōng，到dào寶bǎo殿diàn，拜bài謝xiè了le，道dào：「長zhǎng老lǎo，你nǐ早zǎo間jiān來lái的de模mú樣yàng那nà般bān俊jùn偉wěi，這zhè時shí如rú何hé就jiù改gǎi了le形xíng容róng？」国guó王wáng闻wén言yán，即jí请qǐng行xíng者zhě出chū皇huáng宫gōng，到dào宝bǎo殿diàn，拜bài谢xiè了le，道dào：「长zhǎng老lǎo，你nǐ早zǎo间jiān来lái的de模mú样yàng那nà般bān俊jùn伟wěi，这zhè时shí如rú何hé就jiù改gǎi了le形xíng容róng？」

Hearing this, the king at once invited Pilgrim out of the inner palace to the Treasure Hall, where he bowed his thanks and said, "Elder, this morning when you came your appearance was so handsome and imposing. How is it that your looks have changed now?"

The king still thinks he is talking to the Tang Monk. He has watched the man produce a heap of hearts, transform, fly, and fight a demon in the sky, and his question is why he looks different. 模樣 is mú yàng again — the second of the chapter's three.

行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「不bù瞞mán陛bì下xià說shuō，早zǎo間jiān來lái者zhě，是shì我wǒ師shī父fù，乃nǎi唐táng朝cháo御yù弟dì三sān藏zàng。行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「不bù瞒mán陛bì下xià说shuō，早zǎo间jiān来lái者zhě，是shì我wǒ师shī父fù，乃nǎi唐táng朝cháo御yù弟dì三sān藏zàng。

Pilgrim said with a laugh, "I will not deceive Your Majesty. The one who came this morning was my master, the Tang court's own sworn brother of the emperor, Tripitaka.

御弟, imperial younger brother, is Tripitaka's standing title: Emperor Taizong swore brotherhood with him before he set out, which is why a wandering monk can be received as an equal by foreign kings. 三藏 is sān zàng, the Three Baskets — the sūtras, the monastic rules and the commentaries, the whole Buddhist canon in one name.

總評 Commentary

The king's question is comic and also a little sad. He has just been told his trusted adviser of three years was a monster and his beloved queen has gone with it, and what he reaches for is a remark about somebody's face. He is a man grasping the smallest available fact because the large ones are unbearable.

Wukong's reply begins the chapter's second movement. The first was the trick and the fight; this is the explanation, and it will run for several passages while the novel gets its cast back into one room before sending them out to the willow grove.