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第八十一回
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黑hēi松sōng林lín三sān眾zhòng尋xún師shī

At the Sea-Calming Monastery the Mind-Ape Knows the Fiend · In the Black Pine Wood the Three Seek Their Master

一縱狂風
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一縱狂風 They Take To The Clouds

好hǎo獃dāi子zi,一yí縱zòng狂kuáng風fēng先xiān起qǐ;隨suí後hòu是shì沙shā僧sēng駕jià雲yún;那nà白bái馬mǎ原yuán是shì龍lóng子zǐ出chū身shēn,馱tuó了le行xíng李lǐ,也yě踏tà了le風fēng霧wù;大dà聖shèng即jí起qǐ觔jīn斗dǒu:一yì直zhí南nán來lái。好hǎo呆dāi子zi,一yí纵zòng狂kuáng风fēng先xiān起qǐ;随suí后hòu是shì沙shā僧sēng驾jià云yún;那nà白bái马mǎ原yuán是shì龙lóng子zǐ出chū身shēn,驮tuó了le行xíng李lǐ,也yě踏tà了le风fēng雾wù;大dà圣shèng即jí起qǐ觔jīn斗dǒu:一yì直zhí南nán来lái。


逐句解 Line by line

好hǎo獃dāi子zi,一yí縱zòng狂kuáng風fēng先xiān起qǐ; 好hǎo呆dāi子zi,一yí纵zòng狂kuáng风fēng先xiān起qǐ;

That fine idiot — with one bound he raised a wild wind and went first;

子 takes the everyday unstressed zi in the nickname. Bajie leads, which he has not done once in this chapter.

隨suí後hòu是shì沙shā僧sēng駕jià雲yún; 随suí后hòu是shì沙shā僧sēng驾jià云yún;

after him came Sha Monk riding his cloud;

Seven characters. The order of the company, given without comment.

那nà白bái馬mǎ原yuán是shì龍lóng子zǐ出chū身shēn,馱tuó了le行xíng李lǐ,也yě踏tà了le風fēng霧wù; 那nà白bái马mǎ原yuán是shì龙lóng子zǐ出chū身shēn,驮tuó了le行xíng李lǐ,也yě踏tà了le风fēng雾wù;

and the white horse, being a dragon prince by birth, carried the baggage and trod the wind and mist as well;

那 is nà, and 子 takes the literary zǐ in the word for a prince — a compound of high register, against the everyday zi in the idiot's nickname one line above. The horse is the third son of the Dragon King of the Western Sea.

大dà聖shèng即jí起qǐ觔jīn斗dǒu:一yì直zhí南nán來lái。 大dà圣shèng即jí起qǐ觔jīn斗dǒu:一yì直zhí南nán来lái。

and the Great Sage at once rose on his somersault, and came straight south.

斗 is dǒu in the word for a somersault, not the dòu of fighting.


總評 Commentary

Four clauses, one for each traveller, and the whole company is airborne in forty-four characters.

The horse gets his moment. He has been luggage for the entire chapter — Bajie proposed selling him for coffin money — and here the narrator reminds us that he is a dragon prince who can fly perfectly well and has simply been carrying the bags.

The same character names the idiot and the prince within three lines of each other, and takes a different ending each time. Register decides it, not what is being named.