第八回 · 悟能識菩薩 The Boar Knows the Bodhisattva — Journey to the West

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悟能識菩薩 The Boar Knows the Bodhisattva

他tā兩liǎng個gè正zhèng殺shā到dào好hǎo處chù，觀guān世shì音yīn在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng拋pāo下xià蓮lián花huā，隔gé開kāi鈀pá、杖zhàng。怪guài物wù見jiàn了le心xīn驚jīng，便biàn問wèn：「你nǐ是shì那nǎ裡lǐ和hé尚shàng，敢gǎn弄nòng甚shèn麼me眼yǎn前qián花huā兒ér哄hǒng我wǒ？」木mù吒zhā道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ個gè肉ròu眼yǎn凡fán胎tāi的de潑pō物wù！我wǒ是shì南nán海hǎi菩pú薩sà的de徒tú弟dì。這zhè是shì我wǒ師shī父fù拋pāo來lái的de蓮lián花huā，你nǐ也yě不bú認rèn得dé哩li！」那nà怪guài道dào：「南nán海hǎi菩pú薩sà，可kě是shì掃sǎo三sān災zāi救jiù八bā難nàn的de觀guān世shì音yīn麼me？」木mù吒zhā道dào：「不bú是shì他tā是shì誰shuí？」怪guài物wù撇piē了le釘dīng鈀pá，納nà頭tóu下xià禮lǐ道dào：「老lǎo兄xiōng，菩pú薩sà在zài那nǎ裡lǐ？累lèi煩fán你nǐ引yǐn見jiàn一yì引yǐn見jiàn。」木mù吒zhā仰yǎng面miàn指zhǐ道dào：「那nà不bú是shì？」怪guài物wù朝cháo上shàng磕kē頭tóu，厲lì聲shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「菩pú薩sà，恕shù罪zuì，恕shù罪zuì。」他tā两liǎng个gè正zhèng杀shā到dào好hǎo处chù，观guān世shì音yīn在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng抛pāo下xià莲lián花huā，隔gé开kāi钯pá、杖zhàng。怪guài物wù见jiàn了le心xīn惊jīng，便biàn问wèn：「你nǐ是shì那nǎ里lǐ和hé尚shàng，敢gǎn弄nòng甚shèn么me眼yǎn前qián花huā儿ér哄hǒng我wǒ？」木mù咤zhā道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ个gè肉ròu眼yǎn凡fán胎tāi的de泼pō物wù！我wǒ是shì南nán海hǎi菩pú萨sà的de徒tú弟dì。这zhè是shì我wǒ师shī父fù抛pāo来lái的de莲lián花huā，你nǐ也yě不bú认rèn得dé哩li！」那nà怪guài道dào：「南nán海hǎi菩pú萨sà，可kě是shì扫sǎo三sān灾zāi救jiù八bā难nàn的de观guān世shì音yīn么me？」木mù咤zhā道dào：「不bú是shì他tā是shì谁shuí？」怪guài物wù撇piē了le钉dīng钯pá，纳nà头tóu下xià礼lǐ道dào：「老lǎo兄xiōng，菩pú萨sà在zài那nǎ里lǐ？累lèi烦fán你nǐ引yǐn见jiàn一yì引yǐn见jiàn。」木mù咤zhā仰yǎng面miàn指zhǐ道dào：「那nà不bú是shì？」怪guài物wù朝cháo上shàng磕kē头tóu，厉lì声shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「菩pú萨sà，恕shù罪zuì，恕shù罪zuì。」

逐句解 Line by line

他tā兩liǎng個gè正zhèng殺shā到dào好hǎo處chù，觀guān世shì音yīn在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng拋pāo下xià蓮lián花huā，隔gé開kāi鈀pá、杖zhàng。他tā两liǎng个gè正zhèng杀shā到dào好hǎo处chù，观guān世shì音yīn在zài半bàn空kōng中zhōng抛pāo下xià莲lián花huā，隔gé开kāi钯pá、杖zhàng。

Just as the two of them were at the height of their fight, Guanyin, from mid-air, cast down a lotus flower that parted rake and rod.

好處 is the thick of it, the point where a fight is going well. Dropping a lotus between two weapons is Guanyin's standing way of intervening: she does not strike anyone, she simply gets between them.

怪guài物wù見jiàn了le心xīn驚jīng，便biàn問wèn：「你nǐ是shì那nǎ裡lǐ和hé尚shàng，敢gǎn弄nòng甚shèn麼me眼yǎn前qián花huā兒ér哄hǒng我wǒ？」怪guài物wù见jiàn了le心xīn惊jīng，便biàn问wèn：「你nǐ是shì那nǎ里lǐ和hé尚shàng，敢gǎn弄nòng甚shèn么me眼yǎn前qián花huā儿ér哄hǒng我wǒ？」

The monster, startled at the sight, asked: "What sort of monk are you, that you dare conjure flowers before my eyes to fool me?"

那裡 is a question here, 那 read nǎ.

木mù吒zhā道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ個gè肉ròu眼yǎn凡fán胎tāi的de潑pō物wù！我wǒ是shì南nán海hǎi菩pú薩sà的de徒tú弟dì。木mù咤zhā道dào：「我wǒ把bǎ你nǐ个gè肉ròu眼yǎn凡fán胎tāi的de泼pō物wù！我wǒ是shì南nán海hǎi菩pú萨sà的de徒tú弟dì。

Moksa said: "You fleshly-eyed, mortal-bodied wretch! I am the disciple of the Bodhisattva of the Southern Sea.

肉眼凡胎 — meat eyes and a common womb. It means someone who cannot recognise a god when one is standing in front of him, which is exactly the boar's problem this minute.

這zhè是shì我wǒ師shī父fù拋pāo來lái的de蓮lián花huā，你nǐ也yě不bú認rèn得dé哩li！」这zhè是shì我wǒ师shī父fù抛pāo来lái的de莲lián花huā，你nǐ也yě不bú认rèn得dé哩li！」

This is the lotus my mistress cast down, and you do not even know it!"

In 不認得 the 不 takes bú before the falling tone of 認, and 得 is the light de.

那nà怪guài道dào：「南nán海hǎi菩pú薩sà，可kě是shì掃sǎo三sān災zāi救jiù八bā難nàn的de觀guān世shì音yīn麼me？」那nà怪guài道dào：「南nán海hǎi菩pú萨sà，可kě是shì扫sǎo三sān灾zāi救jiù八bā难nàn的de观guān世shì音yīn么me？」

The monster said: "The Bodhisattva of the Southern Sea — is that the Guanyin who sweeps away the Three Calamities and saves from the Eight Disasters?"

三災 and 八難 are the Three Calamities and the Eight Disasters of Buddhist cosmology; 難 is read nàn. He knows her by her advertised services before he knows her by sight.

木mù吒zhā道dào：「不bú是shì他tā是shì誰shuí？」木mù咤zhā道dào：「不bú是shì他tā是shì谁shuí？」

Moksa said: "Who else but she?"

In 不是 the 不 takes bú before 是.

怪guài物wù撇piē了le釘dīng鈀pá，納nà頭tóu下xià禮lǐ道dào：「老lǎo兄xiōng，菩pú薩sà在zài那nǎ裡lǐ？累lèi煩fán你nǐ引yǐn見jiàn一yì引yǐn見jiàn。」怪guài物wù撇piē了le钉dīng钯pá，纳nà头tóu下xià礼lǐ道dào：「老lǎo兄xiōng，菩pú萨sà在zài那nǎ里lǐ？累lèi烦fán你nǐ引yǐn见jiàn一yì引yǐn见jiàn。」

The monster flung down his rake, bowed his head in salute, and said: "Elder brother, where is the Bodhisattva? Trouble yourself to present me, I beg."

那裡 is again the question word, 那 read nǎ; in 一引見 the 一 takes yì before the dipping tone of 引. He has gone from swinging a rake to asking for an introduction inside one line.

木mù吒zhā仰yǎng面miàn指zhǐ道dào：「那nà不bú是shì？」木mù咤zhā仰yǎng面miàn指zhǐ道dào：「那nà不bú是shì？」

Moksa, looking up, pointed and said: "Is that not she?"

Here 那 is the pointing one, that, read nà; 不是 takes bú. Moksa answers by pointing upward, and does not bother to get off the sarcasm.

怪guài物wù朝cháo上shàng磕kē頭tóu，厲lì聲shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「菩pú薩sà，恕shù罪zuì，恕shù罪zuì。」怪guài物wù朝cháo上shàng磕kē头tóu，厉lì声shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「菩pú萨sà，恕shù罪zuì，恕shù罪zuì。」

The monster kowtowed upward and cried aloud: "Bodhisattva, forgive my sin, forgive my sin!"

朝上 is facing upward, 朝 read cháo.

總評 Commentary

As at the river, the fight is broken off by a flower and turns into a recognition scene. The boar's question — is this the Guanyin who sweeps away the Three Calamities and saves from the Eight Disasters? — quotes her advertised titles back at her, and his instant collapse into reverence completes a pattern the reader now knows by heart.

The comedy is already unmistakably Bajie's: the bluster, the flat about-face, the eager request for an introduction from the man he was trying to brain a moment ago. Underneath it runs the same theology as the river-crossing. The demon recognises in Guanyin not an enemy but the one power that rescues, and asking her forgiveness is the first movement of his conversion. As Anthony C. Yu observes, the repetition across both monster-encounters is deliberate: the chapter assembles its band by a single repeatable rite of beating, recognising and submitting.