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山下賭鬥
The Battle Below the Mountain
他撞上來，不分好歹，望菩薩舉釘鈀就築。被木吒行者擋住，大喝一聲道：「那潑怪，休得無禮，看棒。」妖魔道：「這和尚不知死活。看鈀。」兩個在山底下一衝一撞，賭鬥輸贏，真個好殺：他撞上来，不分好歹，望菩萨举钉钯就筑。被木咤行者挡住，大喝一声道：「那泼怪，休得无礼，看棒。」妖魔道：「这和尚不知死活。看钯。」两个在山底下一冲一撞，赌斗输赢，真个好杀：
妖魔兇猛，惠岸威能。妖魔凶猛，惠岸威能。
鐵棒分心搗，釘鈀劈面迎。铁棒分心捣，钉钯劈面迎。
播土揚塵天地暗，飛砂走石鬼神驚。播土扬尘天地暗，飞砂走石鬼神惊。
九齒鈀，光耀耀，雙環響喨；一條棒，黑悠悠，兩手飛騰。九齿钯，光耀耀，双环响喨；一条棒，黑悠悠，两手飞腾。
這個是天王太子，那個是元帥精靈。这个是天王太子，那个是元帅精灵。
一個在普陀為護法，一個在山洞作妖精。一个在普陀为护法，一个在山洞作妖精。
這場相遇爭高下，不知那個虧輸那個贏。这场相遇争高下，不知那个亏输那个赢。
逐句解 Line by line
他撞上來，不分好歹，望菩薩舉釘鈀就築。
他撞上来，不分好歹，望菩萨举钉钯就筑。
He charged up, heedless of right or wrong, and swung his rake at the Bodhisattva to strike.
分 is fēn. 不分好歹, unable to tell good from bad, is still the everyday phrase for someone who lashes out without looking — and it settles who is at fault before the fight has even started.
被木吒行者擋住，大喝一聲道：「那潑怪，休得無禮，看棒。」
被木咤行者挡住，大喝一声道：「那泼怪，休得无礼，看棒。」
Moksa blocked him and shouted aloud: "Vile demon, mind your manners — look to my rod!"
In 一聲 the 一 takes yì before the level tone of 聲.
妖魔道：「這和尚不知死活。看鈀。」
妖魔道：「这和尚不知死活。看钯。」
The demon said: "This monk knows not life from death — look to my rake!"
和 is hé in 和尚 and 看 is kàn. 看鈀, look out for the rake, is the standard shout before a blow: half warning, half taunt, and entirely conventional.
兩個在山底下一衝一撞，賭鬥輸贏，真個好殺：
两个在山底下一冲一撞，赌斗输赢，真个好杀：
The two of them, at the foot of the mountain, lunged and clashed, gambling on victory or defeat, in a truly splendid fight:
In 一衝 the 一 takes yì before the level tone of 衝, and in 一撞 it takes yí before the falling tone of 撞. 真個好殺 is the cue for the fight set-piece.
妖魔兇猛，惠岸威能。
妖魔凶猛，惠岸威能。
The demon fierce and savage, Huian mighty in power.
Four characters each, ferocity against capability. The couplet weighs the two of them before showing a single blow.
鐵棒分心搗，釘鈀劈面迎。
铁棒分心捣，钉钯劈面迎。
The iron rod stabs at the heart; the rake meets it full in the face.
分 is fēn. 分心 is the middle of the chest, so the rod goes for the body and the rake comes back at the face.
播土揚塵天地暗，飛砂走石鬼神驚。
播土扬尘天地暗，飞砂走石鬼神惊。
Scattering earth and raising dust, heaven and earth go dark; flying sand and hurtling stones, gods and ghosts take fright.
石 is shí. Earth, dust, sand, stone: the fight is measured by what it throws into the air rather than by what it does to the fighters.
九齒鈀，光耀耀，雙環響喨；一條棒，黑悠悠，兩手飛騰。
九齿钯，光耀耀，双环响喨；一条棒，黑悠悠，两手飞腾。
The nine-toothed rake, gleaming bright, its twin rings ringing; the single rod, dark and deep, both hands in flying motion.
In 一條 the 一 takes yì before the rising tone of 條.
這個是天王太子，那個是元帥精靈。
这个是天王太子，那个是元帅精灵。
This one the Heavenly King's prince; that one the marshal's sprite.
The couplet names both fighters at last, which the verse has withheld until now. 子 keeps the literary zǐ in 太子 — the reading that title takes at 161 of its 188 occurrences across the corpus — and 那 is nà.
一個在普陀為護法，一個在山洞作妖精。
一个在普陀为护法，一个在山洞作妖精。
The one at Potalaka a guardian of the Dharma; the other in a mountain cave a demon-spirit.
Each 一個 takes yí. 為護法 is serving as a guardian of the Dharma, 為 read wéi.
這場相遇爭高下，不知那個虧輸那個贏。
这场相遇争高下，不知那个亏输那个赢。
This encounter contends for high and low; who knows which shall lose and which shall win?
相遇 is to meet; 相 is xiāng.
總評 Commentary
The boar swings at the Bodhisattva, Moksa steps in a second time, and the chapter gets its other big fight, again as a battle 賦. The verse mirrors the river-fight almost move for move, pairing rake against rod through the balanced 這個 and 那個.
It is built to be read against its twin. Where the river-battle rose into churning water, this one raises dust and flings stones, darkening the sky and frightening the spirits. The symmetry is structural: two future disciples, two subduing fights, two nearly identical set-pieces. The chapter is repeating itself on purpose.
Yu points to the closing couplet as the statement of what is really at stake — a guardian of the Dharma against a cave-bound demon. As with Sha Wujing, the fight is not an end but a preliminary to recognition and conversion, which the lotus flower of the next passage sets going.