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菩薩到長安
The Bodhisattva Reaches Chang'an
他與木吒離了此處，一直東來，不一日就到了長安大唐國。斂霧收雲，師徒們變作兩個疥癩遊僧，入長安城裡，早不覺天晚。行至大市街傍，見一座土地廟祠，二人徑入。諕得那土地心慌，鬼兵膽戰，知是菩薩，叩頭接入。那土地又急跑報與城隍、社令，及滿長安各廟神祗，都知是菩薩，參見告道：「菩薩，恕眾神接遲之罪。」菩薩道：「汝等切不可走漏一毫消息。我奉佛旨，特來此處尋訪取經人。借你廟宇，權住幾日，待訪著真僧即回。」眾神各歸本處，把個土地趕在城隍廟裡暫住，他師徒們隱遁真形。他与木吒离了此处，一直东来，不一日就到了长安大唐国。敛雾收云，师徒们变作两个疥癞游僧，入长安城里，早不觉天晚。行至大市街傍，见一座土地庙祠，二人径入。諕得那土地心慌，鬼兵胆战，知是菩萨，叩头接入。那土地又急跑报与城隍、社令，及满长安各庙神祗，都知是菩萨，参见告道：「菩萨，恕众神接迟之罪。」菩萨道：「汝等切不可走漏一毫消息。我奉佛旨，特来此处寻访取经人。借你庙宇，权住几日，待访著真僧即回。」众神各归本处，把个土地赶在城隍庙里暂住，他师徒们隐遁真形。
逐句解 Line by line
他與木吒離了此處，一直東來，不一日就到了長安大唐國。
他与木吒离了此处，一直东来，不一日就到了长安大唐国。
He and Moksa left that place and came straight east; in less than a day they reached the Great Tang at Chang'an.
一直 takes yì before second-tone 直; 不一日 — “within a day,” with 不 as bù and 一日 taking yí. 長安 — Chang'an, the Tang capital.
斂霧收雲，師徒們變作兩個疥癩遊僧，入長安城裡，早不覺天晚。
敛雾收云，师徒们变作两个疥癞游僧，入长安城里，早不觉天晚。
Drawing in mist and gathering cloud, mistress and disciple turned themselves into two scabby wandering monks and entered the city of Chang'an; before they knew it, evening had fallen.
疥癩遊僧 — mangy itinerant monks, a deliberately lowly disguise. 不覺 — 不 takes bù, 覺 read jué.
行至大市街傍，見一座土地廟祠，二人徑入。
行至大市街傍，见一座土地庙祠，二人径入。
Coming to the side of the great market street, they saw a shrine to the local god, and the two of them went straight in.
一座 takes yí. 土地廟 — a shrine to the tutelary earth-god of the locality.
諕得那土地心慌，鬼兵膽戰，知是菩薩，叩頭接入。
諕得那土地心慌，鬼兵胆战，知是菩萨，叩头接入。
It so frightened the local god that his heart quailed and his ghost-soldiers trembled; knowing it was the Bodhisattva, he kowtowed and received them.
諕得 — “frightened so that”; 諕 is read xià (= 嚇), and the complement 得 is neutral de.
那土地又急跑報與城隍、社令，及滿長安各廟神祗，都知是菩薩，參見告道：「菩薩，恕眾神接遲之罪。」
那土地又急跑报与城隍、社令，及满长安各庙神祗，都知是菩萨，参见告道：「菩萨，恕众神接迟之罪。」
The local god ran in haste to report to the City God, the Earth-Altar Magistrate, and all the temple-spirits throughout Chang'an; and they all, knowing it was the Bodhisattva, came to pay homage, saying: “Bodhisattva, forgive us spirits the offense of our late reception.”
城隍, 社令 — the City God and the altar-magistrate, the local supernatural bureaucracy.
菩薩道：「汝等切不可走漏一毫消息。
菩萨道：「汝等切不可走漏一毫消息。
The Bodhisattva said: “You must on no account let slip the least word of this.
不可 — 不 takes bù before third-tone 可; 一毫 takes yì.
我奉佛旨，特來此處尋訪取經人。
我奉佛旨，特来此处寻访取经人。
I bear the Buddha's command, come expressly to this place to seek out the scripture-pilgrim.
借你廟宇，權住幾日，待訪著真僧即回。」
借你庙宇，权住几日，待访著真僧即回。」
I shall borrow your shrine and lodge a few days, returning as soon as I have found the true monk.”
訪著 — “to find”; the resultative 著 is read zháo.
眾神各歸本處，把個土地趕在城隍廟裡暫住，他師徒們隱遁真形。
众神各归本处，把个土地赶在城隍庙里暂住，他师徒们隐遁真形。
The spirits each returned to their places, and they sent the local god off to lodge a while in the City God's temple; mistress and disciple hid their true forms.
隱遁真形 — to conceal their true shapes, awaiting the pilgrim incognito.
總評 Commentary
With all the disciples gathered or foreseen, Guanyin completes her journey to its true destination: Chang'an, the Tang capital, where the scripture-pilgrim himself must be found. Disguised as two mangy wandering monks, she and Moksa slip into the city and take lodging in a humble earth-god shrine.
The comedy of the local deities — the terrified earth-god, the trembling ghost-soldiers, the whole supernatural bureaucracy scrambling to apologize for their “late reception” — lightens the chapter's close while quietly affirming Guanyin's authority even in disguise. Her injunction to secrecy sets up the incognito search that the next chapter will pursue.
Following Anthony C. Yu, the arrival at Chang'an closes the great arc the chapter has traced: from the Buddha's resolve on Vulture Peak, through the recruitment of the disciples across the breadth of the world, to the very city where the human pilgrim awaits. The mission has come full circle from West to East, and stands poised on the threshold of its human beginning.