Canonical Classics ← 第八十回
第八十回
姹chà女nǚ育yù陽yáng求qiú配pèi偶ǒu
心xīn猿yuán護hù主zhǔ識shí妖yāo邪xié

The Fair Girl, Nursing the Yang, Seeks a Mate · The Mind-Ape, Guarding His Master, Knows a Fiend

這般醜徒弟
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這般醜徒弟 Such a Handsome Master

那nà喇lǎ嘛ma道dào:「爺yé爺ye呀ya!這zhè們men好hǎo俊jùn師shī父fù,怎zěn麼me尋xún這zhè般bān醜chǒu徒tú弟dì?」那nà喇lǎ嘛ma道dào:「爷yé爷ye呀ya!这zhè们men好hǎo俊jùn师shī父fù,怎zěn么me寻xún这zhè般bān丑chǒu徒tú弟dì?」


逐句解 Line by line

那nà喇lǎ嘛ma道dào:「爺yé爺ye呀ya! 那nà喇lǎ嘛ma道dào:「爷yé爷ye呀ya!

The lama said, "Good heavens, sir!

Seven characters of pure exclamation, and the doubled 爺爺 takes an unstressed second syllable, like the other doubled terms of address in the book.

這zhè們men好hǎo俊jùn師shī父fù,怎zěn麼me尋xún這zhè般bān醜chǒu徒tú弟dì?」 这zhè们men好hǎo俊jùn师shī父fù,怎zěn么me寻xún这zhè般bān丑chǒu徒tú弟dì?」

Such a fine handsome master — how did you come to look out disciples as ugly as these?"

尋 is xún, to seek out. He is genuinely baffled that a man with an arhat's face went shopping and came back with these three.


總評 Commentary

The lama's question is a joke and it is also the chapter's question, asked from the outside. Why would somebody who looks like that keep company that looks like this?

Everyone in chapter 80 has been reasoning from faces. The demon knew it and dressed for it. The joke is that the lama, laughing at the mismatch, has just described the one arrangement in the whole party that is exactly what it appears to be.