第八十三回 · 敗陣的仇氣 The Grudge Of A Lost Battle — Journey to the West

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敗陣的仇氣 The Grudge Of A Lost Battle

當dāng年nián行xíng者zhě大dà鬧nào天tiān宮gōng時shí，玉yù帝dì曾céng封fēng天tiān王wáng為wéi降xiáng魔mó大dà元yuán帥shuài，封fēng哪né吒zhā太tài子zǐ為wéi三sān壇tán海hǎi會huì之zhī神shén，帥shuài領lǐng天tiān兵bīng，收shōu降xiáng行xíng者zhě，屢lǚ戰zhàn不bù能néng取qǔ勝shèng。還hái是shì五wǔ百bǎi年nián前qián敗bài陣zhèn的de仇chóu氣qì，有yǒu些xiē惱nǎo他tā，故gù此cǐ作zuò怒nù。当dāng年nián行xíng者zhě大dà闹nào天tiān宫gōng时shí，玉yù帝dì曾céng封fēng天tiān王wáng为wéi降xiáng魔mó大dà元yuán帅shuài，封fēng哪né咤zhā太tài子zǐ为wéi三sān坛tán海hǎi会huì之zhī神shén，帅shuài领lǐng天tiān兵bīng，收shōu降xiáng行xíng者zhě，屡lǚ战zhàn不bù能néng取qǔ胜shèng。还hái是shì五wǔ百bǎi年nián前qián败bài阵zhèn的de仇chóu气qì，有yǒu些xiē恼nǎo他tā，故gù此cǐ作zuò怒nù。

逐句解 Line by line

當dāng年nián行xíng者zhě大dà鬧nào天tiān宮gōng時shí，玉yù帝dì曾céng封fēng天tiān王wáng為wéi降xiáng魔mó大dà元yuán帥shuài，封fēng哪né吒zhā太tài子zǐ為wéi三sān壇tán海hǎi會huì之zhī神shén，帥shuài領lǐng天tiān兵bīng，收shōu降xiáng行xíng者zhě，屢lǚ戰zhàn不bù能néng取qǔ勝shèng。当dāng年nián行xíng者zhě大dà闹nào天tiān宫gōng时shí，玉yù帝dì曾céng封fēng天tiān王wáng为wéi降xiáng魔mó大dà元yuán帅shuài，封fēng哪né咤zhā太tài子zǐ为wéi三sān坛tán海hǎi会huì之zhī神shén，帅shuài领lǐng天tiān兵bīng，收shōu降xiáng行xíng者zhě，屡lǚ战zhàn不bù能néng取qǔ胜shèng。

In the year when Pilgrim made his great uproar in heaven, the Jade Emperor had appointed the Heavenly King Grand Marshal Demon-Queller, and appointed Prince Nezha God of the Three Altars and the Assembly of the Sea, to lead the heavenly host and take Pilgrim in. They fought repeatedly and could not win.

Here is the history the Great Sage boasted of in his own self-portrait earlier in the chapter, now told from the losing side. Both 為 are wéi, to be appointed as — not the wèi of purpose. Both 降 are xiáng, to subdue or force into submission, not the jiàng of coming down: 降魔 is demon-quelling and 收降 is taking a rebel in. 太子 takes zǐ again.

還hái是shì五wǔ百bǎi年nián前qián敗bài陣zhèn的de仇chóu氣qì，有yǒu些xiē惱nǎo他tā，故gù此cǐ作zuò怒nù。还hái是shì五wǔ百bǎi年nián前qián败bài阵zhèn的de仇chóu气qì，有yǒu些xiē恼nǎo他tā，故gù此cǐ作zuò怒nù。

It was still the sore feeling of that defeat five hundred years ago; he had some resentment of him, and that was why he turned angry.

仇氣 is the breath of a grudge, resentment carried as a physical thing, and it is a fine word for a five-century sulk. 還是 keeps 還 at hái, still, as against the huán of giving back that Pilgrim used when he demanded his master returned.

總評 Commentary

The novel gives the Heavenly King a motive and refuses to make it dignified. He is not angry on principle or for heaven's sake; he lost a fight in front of everybody and has been carrying it about ever since.

It also quietly sets the terms of everything that follows. A man nursing an old defeat has just been handed a summons brought by the person who defeated him, and he is about to do something unwise.