第八十回 · 劈開大路 A Path Cut Through — Journey to the West

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劈開大路 A Path Cut Through

孫sūn大dà聖shèng公gōng然rán不bú懼jù，使shǐ鐵tiě棒bàng上shàng前qián劈pī開kāi大dà路lù，引yǐn唐táng僧sēng徑jìng入rù深shēn林lín。逍xiāo逍xiāo遙yáo遙yáo，行xíng經jīng半bàn日rì，未wèi見jiàn出chū林lín之zhī路lù。唐táng僧sēng叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì，一yí向xiàng西xī來lái，無wú數shù的de山shān林lín崎qí嶮xiǎn，幸xìng得dé此cǐ間jiān清qīng雅yǎ，一yí路lù太tài平píng。孙sūn大dà圣shèng公gōng然rán不bú惧jù，使shǐ铁tiě棒bàng上shàng前qián劈pī开kāi大dà路lù，引yǐn唐táng僧sēng径jìng入rù深shēn林lín。逍xiāo逍xiāo遥yáo遥yáo，行xíng经jīng半bàn日rì，未wèi见jiàn出chū林lín之zhī路lù。唐táng僧sēng叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì，一yí向xiàng西xī来lái，无wú数shù的de山shān林lín崎qí崄xiǎn，幸xìng得dé此cǐ间jiān清qīng雅yǎ，一yí路lù太tài平píng。

逐句解 Line by line

孫sūn大dà聖shèng公gōng然rán不bú懼jù，使shǐ鐵tiě棒bàng上shàng前qián劈pī開kāi大dà路lù，引yǐn唐táng僧sēng徑jìng入rù深shēn林lín。孙sūn大dà圣shèng公gōng然rán不bú惧jù，使shǐ铁tiě棒bàng上shàng前qián劈pī开kāi大dà路lù，引yǐn唐táng僧sēng径jìng入rù深shēn林lín。

The Great Sage Sun was plainly unafraid. He went ahead with his iron rod and hacked a broad path open, and led the Tang Monk straight into the deep wood.

Pilgrim solves the wood the way he solves everything, by force, and it works. The proverb he quoted at the mountain — a road makes its own way through — has just been carried out with a club.

逍xiāo逍xiāo遙yáo遙yáo，行xíng經jīng半bàn日rì，未wèi見jiàn出chū林lín之zhī路lù。逍xiāo逍xiāo遥yáo遥yáo，行xíng经jīng半bàn日rì，未wèi见jiàn出chū林lín之zhī路lù。

Easy and unhurried, they travelled half a day and still saw no road out of the wood.

Two carefree words open the sentence and the rest of it takes them back. The verse promised a wood you could not walk out of; here it is, in plain prose, half a day later.

唐táng僧sēng叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì，一yí向xiàng西xī來lái，無wú數shù的de山shān林lín崎qí嶮xiǎn，幸xìng得dé此cǐ間jiān清qīng雅yǎ，一yí路lù太tài平píng。唐táng僧sēng叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì，一yí向xiàng西xī来lái，无wú数shù的de山shān林lín崎qí崄xiǎn，幸xìng得dé此cǐ间jiān清qīng雅yǎ，一yí路lù太tài平píng。

The Tang Monk called out, "Disciples, all this way westward, through mountains and forests beyond counting, rough and steep — how fortunate that this place is clean and quiet, and the whole road peaceful.

In 幸得 the 得 is dé, attainment following an adverb — we have been lucky enough to get. Tripitaka has completely changed his mind about the wood, and it took half a day.

總評 Commentary

The reversal here is quick and entirely characteristic. Tripitaka approached this wood in terror and quoted a proverb about hidden malice. Half a day inside it, with no exit in sight, he decides it is charming.

What changed is not the wood but the absence of anything happening in it. His judgement runs on recent events, which is why he can be terrified and delighted by the same place within a page, and why he is about to be persuaded by the first sad story he hears.