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五件寶貝
The Five Treasures
如來見了，心中大喜道：「別個是也去不得。須是觀音尊者，神通廣大，方可去得。」菩薩道：「弟子此去東土，有甚言語吩咐？」如來道：「這一去，要踏看路道，不許在霄漢中行。須是要半雲半霧，目過山水，謹記程途遠近之數，叮嚀那取經人。但恐善信難行，我與你五件寶貝。」即命阿儺、迦葉取出錦襴袈裟一領。九環錫杖一根，對菩薩言曰：「這袈裟、錫杖，可與那取經人親用。若肯堅心來此，穿我的袈裟，免墮輪迴；持我的錫杖，不遭毒害。」這菩薩皈依拜領。如來又取出三個箍兒，遞與菩薩道：「此寶喚做緊箍兒，雖是一樣三個，但只是用各不同。我有金緊禁的咒語三篇。假若路上撞見神通廣大的妖魔，你須是勸他學好，跟那取經人做個徒弟。他若不伏使喚，可將此箍兒與他戴在頭上，自然見肉生根。各依所用的咒語念一念，眼脹頭痛，腦門皆裂，管教他入我門來。」如来见了，心中大喜道：「别个是也去不得。须是观音尊者，神通广大，方可去得。」菩萨道：「弟子此去东土，有甚言语吩咐？」如来道：「这一去，要踏看路道，不许在霄汉中行。须是要半云半雾，目过山水，谨记程途远近之数，叮咛那取经人。但恐善信难行，我与你五件宝贝。」即命阿傩、迦叶取出锦襕袈裟一领。九环锡杖一根，对菩萨言曰：「这袈裟、锡杖，可与那取经人亲用。若肯坚心来此，穿我的袈裟，免堕轮回；持我的锡杖，不遭毒害。」这菩萨皈依拜领。如来又取出三个箍儿，递与菩萨道：「此宝唤做紧箍儿，虽是一样三个，但只是用各不同。我有金紧禁的咒语三篇。假若路上撞见神通广大的妖魔，你须是劝他学好，跟那取经人做个徒弟。他若不伏使唤，可将此箍儿与他戴在头上，自然见肉生根。各依所用的咒语念一念，眼胀头痛，脑门皆裂，管教他入我门来。」
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如來見了，心中大喜道：
如来见了，心中大喜道：
The Tathāgata, seeing her, rejoiced in his heart and said:
「別個是也去不得。須是觀音尊者，神通廣大，方可去得。」
「别个是也去不得。须是观音尊者，神通广大，方可去得。」
“No other could make this journey. It must be the Venerable Guanyin, whose spirit-powers are vast, who alone can go.”
菩薩道：「弟子此去東土，有甚言語吩咐？」
菩萨道：「弟子此去东土，有甚言语吩咐？」
The Bodhisattva said: “As your disciple departs for the Eastern Land, what instructions have you to give?”
有甚言語 — “what words,” with 甚 in its interrogative sense, read shèn.
如來道：「這一去，要踏看路道，不許在霄漢中行。
如来道：「这一去，要踏看路道，不许在霄汉中行。
The Tathāgata said: “On this journey you must tread and survey the road, and may not travel high in the empyrean.
霄漢 — the high heavens; the Buddha bids her keep low to learn the route. 這一去 takes yí before fourth-tone 去.
須是要半雲半霧，目過山水，謹記程途遠近之數，叮嚀那取經人。
须是要半云半雾，目过山水，谨记程途远近之数，叮咛那取经人。
You must go half by cloud and half by mist, passing the mountains and rivers with your eyes, carefully noting the distances of the route, that you may instruct the scripture-pilgrim.
程途遠近之數 — the reckoning of the stages, near and far, of the road.
但恐善信難行，我與你五件寶貝。」
但恐善信难行，我与你五件宝贝。」
But lest the devout believer find the way too hard, I give you five treasures.”
難行 — hard to travel; 難 is nán.
即命阿儺、迦葉取出錦襴袈裟一領。九環錫杖一根，對菩薩言曰：
即命阿傩、迦叶取出锦襕袈裟一领。九环锡杖一根，对菩萨言曰：
At once he ordered Ānanda and Kāśyapa to bring out a brocade cassock and a nine-ringed staff, and said to the Bodhisattva:
迦葉 — Mahākāśyapa, 葉 read shè. 錦襴袈裟 is the brocaded kaṣāya; each measure-word 一 (一領, 一根) takes yì.
「這袈裟、錫杖，可與那取經人親用。
「这袈裟、锡杖，可与那取经人亲用。
“This cassock and staff may be given to the scripture-pilgrim for his own use.
若肯堅心來此，穿我的袈裟，免墮輪迴；持我的錫杖，不遭毒害。」
若肯坚心来此，穿我的袈裟，免堕轮回；持我的锡杖，不遭毒害。」
If he will steadfastly come hither, then wearing my cassock he shall escape the wheel of rebirth, and bearing my staff he shall meet with no poisonous harm.”
輪迴 — saṃsāra, the round of rebirth; the cassock confers release from it.
這菩薩皈依拜領。
这菩萨皈依拜领。
The Bodhisattva received them with reverent obeisance.
如來又取出三個箍兒，遞與菩薩道：
如来又取出三个箍儿，递与菩萨道：
The Tathāgata then brought out three fillets and handed them to the Bodhisattva, saying:
箍兒 — the metal fillet or head-band, the future instrument of Sun Wukong's discipline.
「此寶喚做緊箍兒，雖是一樣三個，但只是用各不同。
「此宝唤做紧箍儿，虽是一样三个，但只是用各不同。
“These treasures are called the Tightening Fillets; though all three are alike, each is used to a different end.
一樣 takes yí before fourth-tone 樣.
我有金緊禁的咒語三篇。
我有金紧禁的咒语三篇。
I have three spells — the Gold, the Tight, and the Ban.
金緊禁 — the three head-band spells; only the 緊箍兒 (Tightening Fillet) will fall to Wukong, the others to Black Bear and Red Boy later in the novel.
假若路上撞見神通廣大的妖魔，你須是勸他學好，跟那取經人做個徒弟。
假若路上撞见神通广大的妖魔，你须是劝他学好，跟那取经人做个徒弟。
Should you meet upon the road a demon of vast spirit-power, you must exhort him to mend his ways and follow the scripture-pilgrim as a disciple.
學好 — to learn to be good; 好 is hǎo.
他若不伏使喚，可將此箍兒與他戴在頭上，自然見肉生根。
他若不伏使唤，可将此箍儿与他戴在头上，自然见肉生根。
And if he will not submit to command, set this fillet upon his head, and of itself it will take root in the flesh.
將 here is the disposal jiāng; 見肉生根 — it grows roots the moment it touches flesh, never to be removed.
各依所用的咒語念一念，眼脹頭痛，腦門皆裂，管教他入我門來。」
各依所用的咒语念一念，眼胀头痛，脑门皆裂，管教他入我门来。」
Recite the spell proper to each, and his eyes will swell, his head will throb, his very skull will split — that will surely bring him into my fold.”
念一念 — “give it a recitation”; 一 takes yí before fourth-tone 念. 管教 — “it is guaranteed that.”
總評 Commentary
The Buddha equips Guanyin for her mission with five treasures: the brocade cassock, the nine-ringed staff, and the three tightening fillets. The scene is quietly momentous — nearly every object named here will prove decisive scores of chapters later, so that the passage functions as a careful planting of narrative seed.
The instructions are practical and grounded: keep low, mark the road, note the distances. This insistence on terrestrial travel — 不許在霄漢中行 — reflects the novel's logic that salvation must be earned step by arduous step, not flown to; the pilgrimage's hardship is doctrinally required, not incidental.
Most pointed is the introduction of the 緊箍兒. The Buddha frames it not as punishment but as a tool of conversion: the demon of “vast spirit-power” is to be exhorted to goodness first, the fillet applied only on refusal. Following Anthony C. Yu, this is the chapter's clearest statement of its governing theme — that even the most ungovernable power (the xīnyuán, the mind-monkey now pinned beneath the mountain) is meant to be disciplined into service, not destroyed.