第八十四回 · 星光月皎 Starlight and a Bright Moon — Journey to the West

原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

星光月皎 Starlight and a Bright Moon

那nà大dà聖shèng使shǐ個gè攝shè法fǎ，早zǎo已yǐ駕jià雲yún出chū去qù。復fù翻fān身shēn，徑jìng至zhì路lù下xià坑kēng坎kǎn邊biān前qián。三sān藏zàng見jiàn星xīng光guāng月yuè皎jiǎo，探tàn身shēn凝níng望wàng，見jiàn是shì行xíng者zhě來lái至zhì近jìn前qián，即jí開kāi口kǒu叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì，可kě過guò得de滅miè法fǎ國guó麼me？」那nà大dà圣shèng使shǐ个gè摄shè法fǎ，早zǎo已yǐ驾jià云yún出chū去qù。复fù翻fān身shēn，径jìng至zhì路lù下xià坑kēng坎kǎn边biān前qián。三sān藏zàng见jiàn星xīng光guāng月yuè皎jiǎo，探tàn身shēn凝níng望wàng，见jiàn是shì行xíng者zhě来lái至zhì近jìn前qián，即jí开kāi口kǒu叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì，可kě过guò得de灭miè法fǎ国guó么me？」

逐句解 Line by line

那nà大dà聖shèng使shǐ個gè攝shè法fǎ，早zǎo已yǐ駕jià雲yún出chū去qù。那nà大dà圣shèng使shǐ个gè摄shè法fǎ，早zǎo已yǐ驾jià云yún出chū去qù。

The Great Sage worked a spell of gathering and was already away on a cloud.

攝法 is a technique of drawing or gathering things in — the same character used for a regent gathering the powers of a throne. Here it is the trick that lets him leave with an armful of stolen clothes.

復fù翻fān身shēn，徑jìng至zhì路lù下xià坑kēng坎kǎn邊biān前qián。复fù翻fān身shēn，径jìng至zhì路lù下xià坑kēng坎kǎn边biān前qián。

He turned over once more and came straight down to the edge of the hollow below the road.

徑至 is went straight to, without deviating. The hollow is where he left the others, and the story has been away from them for eleven passages.

三sān藏zàng見jiàn星xīng光guāng月yuè皎jiǎo，探tàn身shēn凝níng望wàng，見jiàn是shì行xíng者zhě來lái至zhì近jìn前qián，即jí開kāi口kǒu叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì，可kě過guò得de滅miè法fǎ國guó麼me？」三sān藏zàng见jiàn星xīng光guāng月yuè皎jiǎo，探tàn身shēn凝níng望wàng，见jiàn是shì行xíng者zhě来lái至zhì近jìn前qián，即jí开kāi口kǒu叫jiào道dào：「徒tú弟dì，可kě过guò得de灭miè法fǎ国guó么me？」

Tripitaka, seeing the starlight and the bright moon, leaned out and stared, and when he saw it was Pilgrim coming up close, he called: "Disciple! Can we get past the Dharma-Destroying Kingdom?"

過得 puts 得 between the verb and its outcome and reads de — can get past, as against cannot. It is the same shape Pilgrim used to himself at the inn window, and Tripitaka is now using it as a question.

總評 Commentary

Tripitaka has been sitting in a ditch in the dark for the whole of the last episode, and the first thing he does is lean out and ask about the road. Whatever else he is, he is not idle about the mission.

The question is also the only one he could usefully ask, and it is exactly the wrong shape for the answer. He wants to know whether they can get past. What Pilgrim has brought back is not a route but a wardrobe.