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走上石崖
模式 Mode Read Study
拼音 Pinyin Off
字體 Script 繁
原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

走上石崖 Pilgrim on the Stone Crag

師shī徒tú正zhèng說shuō,不bù覺jué的de到dào了le山shān腳jiǎo下xià。行xíng者zhě取qǔ出chū金jīn箍gū棒bàng,走zǒu上shàng石shí崖yá,叫jiào道dào:「師shī父fù,此cǐ間jiān乃nǎi轉zhuǎn山shān的de路lù兒ér,忒tè好hǎo走zǒu。快kuài來lái,快kuài來lái。」师shī徒tú正zhèng说shuō,不bù觉jué的de到dào了le山shān脚jiǎo下xià。行xíng者zhě取qǔ出chū金jīn箍gū棒bàng,走zǒu上shàng石shí崖yá,叫jiào道dào:「师shī父fù,此cǐ间jiān乃nǎi转zhuǎn山shān的de路lù儿ér,忒tè好hǎo走zǒu。快kuài来lái,快kuài来lái。」


逐句解 Line by line

師shī徒tú正zhèng說shuō,不bù覺jué的de到dào了le山shān腳jiǎo下xià。 师shī徒tú正zhèng说shuō,不bù觉jué的de到dào了le山shān脚jiǎo下xià。

Master and disciples were still talking when, before they knew it, they arrived at the foot of the mountain.

不覺的 is "before they knew it" — the writer's way of covering ground while the characters argue.

行xíng者zhě取qǔ出chū金jīn箍gū棒bàng,走zǒu上shàng石shí崖yá,叫jiào道dào:「師shī父fù,此cǐ間jiān乃nǎi轉zhuǎn山shān的de路lù兒ér,忒tè好hǎo走zǒu。 行xíng者zhě取qǔ出chū金jīn箍gū棒bàng,走zǒu上shàng石shí崖yá,叫jiào道dào:「师shī父fù,此cǐ间jiān乃nǎi转zhuǎn山shān的de路lù儿ér,忒tè好hǎo走zǒu。

Pilgrim brought out his gold-hooped rod, walked up onto the stone crag and called, "Master, this is the path that goes round the mountain, and it is very easy going.

The little 兒 on 路兒 is a diminutive that makes the path sound friendly — Pilgrim is selling it. It is read ér throughout this edition; the modern reduction to a mere r-colouring is a later development, not a neutral syllable.

快kuài來lái,快kuài來lái。」 快kuài来lái,快kuài来lái。」

Come on, come on!"

Doubled again, and from a different mouth. Pilgrim is hurrying his master along before he can start worrying.


總評 Commentary

Pilgrim's technique for managing his master is on display here and it is pure showmanship: get out in front, get up high, announce that the road is easy, and call him on before he can start worrying. It works.

It is worth noticing that Pilgrim takes out the rod before he climbs the crag. He has not seen anything yet. The rod comes out because they are at the foot of a mountain, and that is simply what you do at the foot of a mountain.