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原告也去
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原告也去 The Accuser Goes Too

玉yù帝dì又yòu吩fēn咐fu:「原yuán告gào也yě去qù。」行xíng者zhě道dào:「老lǎo孫sūn也yě去qù?」四sì天tiān師shī道dào:「萬wàn歲suì已yǐ出chū了le旨zhǐ意yì,你nǐ可kě同tóng金jīn星xīng去qù來lái。」行xíng者zhě真zhēn個gè隨suí著zhe金jīn星xīng,縱zòng雲yún頭tóu,早zǎo至zhì雲yún樓lóu宮gōng。玉yù帝dì又yòu吩fēn咐fu:「原yuán告gào也yě去qù。」行xíng者zhě道dào:「老lǎo孙sūn也yě去qù?」四sì天tiān师shī道dào:「万wàn岁suì已yǐ出chū了le旨zhǐ意yì,你nǐ可kě同tóng金jīn星xīng去qù来lái。」行xíng者zhě真zhēn个gè随suí着zhe金jīn星xīng,纵zòng云yún头tóu,早zǎo至zhì云yún楼lóu宫gōng。


逐句解 Line by line

玉yù帝dì又yòu吩fēn咐fu:「原yuán告gào也yě去qù。」 玉yù帝dì又yòu吩fēn咐fu:「原yuán告gào也yě去qù。」

The Jade Emperor gave a further instruction: "The accuser goes too."

原告 is the plaintiff, the party who brought the case, and it is still the legal term. Four characters of imperial speech, and they are the ones that put Pilgrim in a room with the man he is accusing.

行xíng者zhě道dào:「老lǎo孫sūn也yě去qù?」 行xíng者zhě道dào:「老lǎo孙sūn也yě去qù?」

Pilgrim said, "Old Monkey goes as well?"

The nerve deserts him for exactly one line. He wanted a summons issued; he did not expect to have to be there when it was served.

四sì天tiān師shī道dào:「萬wàn歲suì已yǐ出chū了le旨zhǐ意yì,你nǐ可kě同tóng金jīn星xīng去qù來lái。」 四sì天tiān师shī道dào:「万wàn岁suì已yǐ出chū了le旨zhǐ意yì,你nǐ可kě同tóng金jīn星xīng去qù来lái。」

The four Celestial Masters said, "His Majesty has issued the edict. You may go along with the Gold Star."

萬歲 is ten thousand years, the standing form of address for an emperor and, by extension, a way of referring to him. The Celestial Masters answer him the way a clerk answers anybody: the order has been made, so there is nothing to discuss.

行xíng者zhě真zhēn個gè隨suí著zhe金jīn星xīng,縱zòng雲yún頭tóu,早zǎo至zhì雲yún樓lóu宮gōng。 行xíng者zhě真zhēn个gè随suí着zhe金jīn星xīng,纵zòng云yún头tóu,早zǎo至zhì云yún楼lóu宫gōng。

Pilgrim did indeed follow the Gold Star. They rode the cloud head and were soon at the Cloud Tower Palace.

著 is zhe, following and going on following — Pilgrim trailing along behind a senior official, which is not a formation this novel puts him in very often.


總評 Commentary

One four-character order changes the whole shape of the chapter. Pilgrim had planned to start a process and watch it work; instead he has to walk into the accused man's house beside the officer serving the summons.

His one moment of hesitation is worth more than a paragraph of characterisation. He will face anything with a weapon in it, and he balks at an awkward conversation.