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即勒馬叫
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即勒馬叫 The Master Reins In

唐táng僧sēng在zài馬mǎ上shàng聽tīng得dé又yòu這zhè般bān叫jiào喚huàn,即jí勒lè馬mǎ叫jiào:「悟wù空kōng,去qù救jiù那nà女nǚ子zǐ下xià來lái罷ba。」行xíng者zhě道dào:「師shī父fù走zǒu路lù,怎zěn麼me又yòu想xiǎng起qǐ他tā來lái了le?」唐táng僧sēng在zài马mǎ上shàng听tīng得dé又yòu这zhè般bān叫jiào唤huàn,即jí勒lè马mǎ叫jiào:「悟wù空kōng,去qù救jiù那nà女nǚ子zǐ下xià来lái罢ba。」行xíng者zhě道dào:「师shī父fù走zǒu路lù,怎zěn么me又yòu想xiǎng起qǐ他tā来lái了le?」


逐句解 Line by line

唐táng僧sēng在zài馬mǎ上shàng聽tīng得dé又yòu這zhè般bān叫jiào喚huàn,即jí勒lè馬mǎ叫jiào:「悟wù空kōng,去qù救jiù那nà女nǚ子zǐ下xià來lái罷ba。」 唐táng僧sēng在zài马mǎ上shàng听tīng得dé又yòu这zhè般bān叫jiào唤huàn,即jí勒lè马mǎ叫jiào:「悟wù空kōng,去qù救jiù那nà女nǚ子zǐ下xià来lái罢ba。」

The Tang Monk, up on his horse, heard the calling come again in this fashion, and at once reined in and cried, "Wukong, go and get that girl down and save her."

勒 is lè here, to rein a horse in — the same word as in the proverb about reining up at the cliff edge. The 罷 is the light ba that softens an order into a request, which is the only softening in the sentence.

行xíng者zhě道dào:「師shī父fù走zǒu路lù,怎zěn麼me又yòu想xiǎng起qǐ他tā來lái了le?」 行xíng者zhě道dào:「师shī父fù走zǒu路lù,怎zěn么me又yòu想xiǎng起qǐ他tā来lái了le?」

Pilgrim said, "Master, you are on the road. How have you come to be thinking about her again?"

He is genuinely baffled. The argument was settled, the party moved on, and his master has stopped the horse.


總評 Commentary

Twelve characters of peace and it is over. The demon's calculation was right: she did not have to defeat Pilgrim, only to reach one ear.

Notice that Tripitaka gives no reason at all. He does not report hearing a voice or having second thoughts. He simply issues the order again, as though the earlier conversation had not happened, and that is what makes Pilgrim's puzzled question the right one.