第八回 · 豬悟能歸真 Zhu Wuneng Returns to the True — Journey to the West

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豬悟能歸真 Zhu Wuneng Returns to the True

怪guài物wù聞wén言yán，似sì夢mèng方fāng覺jué，向xiàng菩pú薩sà道dào：「我wǒ欲yù從cóng正zhèng，奈nài何hé『獲huò罪zuì於yú天tiān，無wú所suǒ禱dǎo也yě』。」菩pú薩sà道dào：「我wǒ領lǐng了le佛fó旨zhǐ，上shàng東dōng土tǔ尋xún取qǔ經jīng人rén。你nǐ可kě跟gēn他tā做zuò個gè徒tú弟dì，往wǎng西xī天tiān走zǒu一yì遭zāo來lái，將jiāng功gōng折zhé罪zuì，管guǎn教jiào你nǐ脫tuō離lí災zāi瘴zhàng。」那nà怪guài滿mǎn口kǒu道dào：「願yuàn隨suí，願yuàn隨suí。」菩pú薩sà才cái與yǔ他tā摩mó頂dǐng受shòu戒jiè，指zhǐ身shēn為wéi姓xìng，就jiù姓xìng了le豬zhū；替tì他tā起qǐ了le法fǎ名míng，就jiù叫jiào做zuò豬zhū悟wù能néng。遂suì此cǐ領lǐng命mìng歸guī真zhēn，持chí齋zhāi把bǎ素sù，斷duàn絕jué了le五wǔ葷hūn三sān厭yàn，專zhuān候hòu那nà取qǔ經jīng人rén。怪guài物wù闻wén言yán，似sì梦mèng方fāng觉jué，向xiàng菩pú萨sà道dào：「我wǒ欲yù从cóng正zhèng，奈nài何hé『获huò罪zuì于yú天tiān，无wú所suǒ祷dǎo也yě』。」菩pú萨sà道dào：「我wǒ领lǐng了le佛fó旨zhǐ，上shàng东dōng土tǔ寻xún取qǔ经jīng人rén。你nǐ可kě跟gēn他tā做zuò个gè徒tú弟dì，往wǎng西xī天tiān走zǒu一yì遭zāo来lái，将jiāng功gōng折zhé罪zuì，管guǎn教jiào你nǐ脱tuō离lí灾zāi瘴zhàng。」那nà怪guài满mǎn口kǒu道dào：「愿yuàn随suí，愿yuàn随suí。」菩pú萨sà才cái与yǔ他tā摩mó顶dǐng受shòu戒jiè，指zhǐ身shēn为wéi姓xìng，就jiù姓xìng了le猪zhū；替tì他tā起qǐ了le法fǎ名míng，就jiù叫jiào做zuò猪zhū悟wù能néng。遂suì此cǐ领lǐng命mìng归guī真zhēn，持chí斋zhāi把bǎ素sù，断duàn绝jué了le五wǔ荤hūn三sān厌yàn，专zhuān候hòu那nà取qǔ经jīng人rén。

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怪guài物wù聞wén言yán，似sì夢mèng方fāng覺jué，向xiàng菩pú薩sà道dào：「我wǒ欲yù從cóng正zhèng，奈nài何hé『獲huò罪zuì於yú天tiān，無wú所suǒ禱dǎo也yě』。」怪guài物wù闻wén言yán，似sì梦mèng方fāng觉jué，向xiàng菩pú萨sà道dào：「我wǒ欲yù从cóng正zhèng，奈nài何hé『获huò罪zuì于yú天tiān，无wú所suǒ祷dǎo也yě』。」

The monster, hearing this, as if waking from a dream, said to the Bodhisattva: "I wish to follow the right, yet what of 'He who offends against Heaven has none to pray to'?"

似夢方覺 is like waking from a dream — 似 read sì, 覺 read jué. Then he quotes the Analects (3.13): he who offends against Heaven has nobody left to pray to. A pig-demon on a mountainside citing Confucius at a bodhisattva is the sort of thing this novel does with a straight face.

菩pú薩sà道dào：「我wǒ領lǐng了le佛fó旨zhǐ，上shàng東dōng土tǔ尋xún取qǔ經jīng人rén。菩pú萨sà道dào：「我wǒ领lǐng了le佛fó旨zhǐ，上shàng东dōng土tǔ寻xún取qǔ经jīng人rén。

The Bodhisattva said: "I bear the Buddha's command, to go up to the Eastern Land and seek a scripture-pilgrim.

了 is the light le. Word for word the sentence she gave the river-monster, which is how the chapter tells you this recruitment has become routine.

你nǐ可kě跟gēn他tā做zuò個gè徒tú弟dì，往wǎng西xī天tiān走zǒu一yì遭zāo來lái，將jiāng功gōng折zhé罪zuì，管guǎn教jiào你nǐ脫tuō離lí災zāi瘴zhàng。」你nǐ可kě跟gēn他tā做zuò个gè徒tú弟dì，往wǎng西xī天tiān走zǒu一yì遭zāo来lái，将jiāng功gōng折zhé罪zuì，管guǎn教jiào你nǐ脱tuō离lí灾zāi瘴zhàng。」

You may follow him as a disciple, make the journey to the Western Heaven, and offset your sin by merit; that will surely free you from calamity."

將功折罪 is working a sentence off by merit — still the standard phrase for it. 將 is the disposal jiāng, and 一遭 takes yì.

那nà怪guài滿mǎn口kǒu道dào：「願yuàn隨suí，願yuàn隨suí。」那nà怪guài满mǎn口kǒu道dào：「愿yuàn随suí，愿yuàn随suí。」

The monster said with a full heart: "I will follow, I will follow!"

那 is nà. 願隨願隨 doubles the yes, and the eagerness is the whole character in advance: this is the disciple who will need holding back, not talking round.

菩pú薩sà才cái與yǔ他tā摩mó頂dǐng受shòu戒jiè，指zhǐ身shēn為wéi姓xìng，就jiù姓xìng了le豬zhū；替tì他tā起qǐ了le法fǎ名míng，就jiù叫jiào做zuò豬zhū悟wù能néng。菩pú萨sà才cái与yǔ他tā摩mó顶dǐng受shòu戒jiè，指zhǐ身shēn为wéi姓xìng，就jiù姓xìng了le猪zhū；替tì他tā起qǐ了le法fǎ名míng，就jiù叫jiào做zuò猪zhū悟wù能néng。

The Bodhisattva then laid her hand on his crown and gave him the precepts, taking his body for a surname; so he was named Zhu, and given the religious name Zhu Wuneng.

She looks at him, and that settles the surname. 指身為姓 is pointing at his body for a family name — the body being a pig, the name is 豬. 為 is wéi. 豬悟能 is Swine, Awakened to Ability, second in seniority of the three 悟 disciples.

遂suì此cǐ領lǐng命mìng歸guī真zhēn，持chí齋zhāi把bǎ素sù，斷duàn絕jué了le五wǔ葷hūn三sān厭yàn，專zhuān候hòu那nà取qǔ經jīng人rén。遂suì此cǐ领lǐng命mìng归guī真zhēn，持chí斋zhāi把bǎ素sù，断duàn绝jué了le五wǔ荤hūn三sān厌yàn，专zhuān候hòu那nà取qǔ经jīng人rén。

Thereupon he received the command and returned to the true, kept to fasting and a vegetarian diet, cut off the five pungent roots and the three forbidden meats, and waited single-mindedly for the scripture-pilgrim.

五葷三厭 are the five pungent vegetables and the three forbidden meats that a serious devotee gives up. The creature who has spent this whole passage explaining that he eats people is now sworn off garlic.

總評 Commentary

The boar gives in, and the surrender is sealed with a name: 豬悟能, Swine, Awakened to Ability, second in seniority of the three 悟 disciples, below Wukong and above Wujing. His parting quotation — the line from the Analects about the man who offends Heaven having nobody left to pray to — lends the moment an unexpected Confucian weight underneath the comedy.

The vow is quietly funny. A creature of undiluted appetite binds himself to fasting, and to giving up the five pungent vegetables and the three forbidden meats. The novel is planting the tension that will define Bajie for the rest of the book: the glutton under oath, straining against his own discipline in every chapter he appears in.

As Anthony C. Yu observes, this completes the chapter's second recruitment and confirms the assembling pattern — a fallen marshal drilled back into service. Three of the band are now gathered or in view: the monkey under the mountain, Sha Wujing at the river, Bajie on his hill, each waiting for the master the final passages will send Guanyin to find.