Canonical Classics ← 第八十四回
第八十四回
難nán滅miè伽gā持chí圓yuán大dà覺jué
法fǎ王wáng成chéng正zhèng體tǐ天tiān然rán

Hard to Extinguish, the Sustaining Power Perfects the Great Awakening · The Dharma King Attains the True Body, Natural and Whole

大開著窗子
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原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

大開著窗子 The Windows Wide Open

又yòu去qù樓lóu前qián跌diē跌diē腳jiǎo,寡guǎ婦fù又yòu上shàng來lái道dào:「孫sūn官guān人rén又yòu有yǒu甚shén吩fēn咐fu?」行xíng者zhě道dào:「我wǒ們men在zài那nǎ裡lǐ睡shuì?」婦fù人rén道dào:「樓lóu上shàng好hǎo睡shuì,又yòu沒méi蚊wén子zi,又yòu是shì南nán風fēng,大dà開kāi著zhe窗chuāng子zi,忒tè好hǎo睡shuì覺jiào。」又yòu去qù楼lóu前qián跌diē跌diē脚jiǎo,寡guǎ妇fù又yòu上shàng来lái道dào:「孙sūn官guān人rén又yòu有yǒu甚shén吩fēn咐fu?」行xíng者zhě道dào:「我wǒ们men在zài那nǎ里lǐ睡shuì?」妇fù人rén道dào:「楼lóu上shàng好hǎo睡shuì,又yòu没méi蚊wén子zi,又yòu是shì南nán风fēng,大dà开kāi着zhe窗chuāng子zi,忒tè好hǎo睡shuì觉jiào。」


逐句解 Line by line

又yòu去qù樓lóu前qián跌diē跌diē腳jiǎo,寡guǎ婦fù又yòu上shàng來lái道dào:「孫sūn官guān人rén又yòu有yǒu甚shén吩fēn咐fu?」 又yòu去qù楼lóu前qián跌diē跌diē脚jiǎo,寡guǎ妇fù又yòu上shàng来lái道dào:「孙sūn官guān人rén又yòu有yǒu甚shén吩fēn咐fu?」

He went to the stairhead and stamped again, and up came the widow: "What else do you want, Mr Sun?"

The second summons of the evening, by the same method. 甚 is shén again, the bare interrogative — what.

行xíng者zhě道dào:「我wǒ們men在zài那nǎ裡lǐ睡shuì?」 行xíng者zhě道dào:「我wǒ们men在zài那nǎ里lǐ睡shuì?」

Pilgrim said: "Where are we to sleep?"

那 is nǎ, where. He is asking the landlady the question his master asked him, which is what he should have done first.

婦fù人rén道dào:「樓lóu上shàng好hǎo睡shuì,又yòu沒méi蚊wén子zi,又yòu是shì南nán風fēng,大dà開kāi著zhe窗chuāng子zi,忒tè好hǎo睡shuì覺jiào。」 妇fù人rén道dào:「楼lóu上shàng好hǎo睡shuì,又yòu没méi蚊wén子zi,又yòu是shì南nán风fēng,大dà开kāi着zhe窗chuāng子zi,忒tè好hǎo睡shuì觉jiào。」

The woman said: "Upstairs is good for sleeping — no mosquitoes, a south wind, the windows wide open. Very good sleeping."

Two readings here that the base gets wrong. 著 is zhe, a state held open rather than an act of opening. And 覺 is jiào in 睡覺, to sleep — not the jué of waking or perceiving, which is the reading the same character takes in this chapter's own title, where it means awakening.


總評 Commentary

Her answer is a good landlady's and it is exactly wrong. Airy, cool, well ventilated, windows open — every selling point is a way for somebody to see in.

She is describing the best room in the house to four men who need the worst. The rest of the chapter is a negotiation downwards, and it ends in a box.