第八十回 · 樓臺殿閣 Towers and Halls at Dusk — Journey to the West

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樓臺殿閣 Towers and Halls at Dusk

三sān藏zàng撩liāo前qián走zǒu，沙shā僧sēng挑tiāo擔dàn，八bā戒jiè牽qiān著zhe空kōng馬mǎ，引yǐn著zhe女nǚ子zǐ，行xíng者zhě拿ná鐵tiě棒bàng，一yì行xíng前qián進jìn。不bú上shàng二èr三sān十shí里lǐ，天tiān色sè將jiāng晚wǎn，又yòu見jiàn一yí座zuò樓lóu臺tái殿diàn閣gé。三sān藏zàng撩liāo前qián走zǒu，沙shā僧sēng挑tiāo担dàn，八bā戒jiè牵qiān着zhe空kōng马mǎ，引yǐn着zhe女nǚ子zǐ，行xíng者zhě拿ná铁tiě棒bàng，一yì行xíng前qián进jìn。不bú上shàng二èr三sān十shí里lǐ，天tiān色sè将jiāng晚wǎn，又yòu见jiàn一yí座zuò楼lóu台tái殿diàn阁gé。

逐句解 Line by line

三sān藏zàng撩liāo前qián走zǒu，沙shā僧sēng挑tiāo擔dàn，八bā戒jiè牽qiān著zhe空kōng馬mǎ，引yǐn著zhe女nǚ子zǐ，行xíng者zhě拿ná鐵tiě棒bàng，一yì行xíng前qián進jìn。三sān藏zàng撩liāo前qián走zǒu，沙shā僧sēng挑tiāo担dàn，八bā戒jiè牵qiān着zhe空kōng马mǎ，引yǐn着zhe女nǚ子zǐ，行xíng者zhě拿ná铁tiě棒bàng，一yì行xíng前qián进jìn。

Tripitaka strode out in front, Sha Monk shouldered the load, Bajie led the empty horse and brought the girl along, and Pilgrim carried the iron rod; and so the whole party went forward.

The 擔 is dàn, the load, and both instances of 著 are the sustained zhe — leading and going on leading, bringing and going on bringing. In 一行 the 行 stays xíng: a party travelling together, not a rank.

不bú上shàng二èr三sān十shí里lǐ，天tiān色sè將jiāng晚wǎn，又yòu見jiàn一yí座zuò樓lóu臺tái殿diàn閣gé。不bú上shàng二èr三sān十shí里lǐ，天tiān色sè将jiāng晚wǎn，又yòu见jiàn一yí座zuò楼lóu台tái殿diàn阁gé。

Before they had gone twenty or thirty lǐ, the light was failing, and they saw towers and terraces, halls and pavilions.

Twenty or thirty lǐ is eleven to seventeen kilometres, walked at the pace of somebody with bound feet, which is why the light has gone.

總評 Commentary

The marching order is given in full for the first time since the foot of the mountain, and every position has changed. The master is on foot at the front, the horse is empty, and Pilgrim is at the back with the rod.

Note who is with the girl. Bajie leads the horse and brings her along, which is the job he refused a few passages ago in a different form. He would not carry her on his back; he will walk beside her.