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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

待天將明
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待天將明 When Day Is About to Break

你nǐ將jiāng這zhè衣yī服fú、頭tóu巾jīn、搭dā聯lián都dōu收shōu進jìn去qù,待dài天tiān將jiāng明míng,交jiāo付fù與yǔ我wǒ們men起qǐ身shēn。」那nà王wáng小xiǎo二èr真zhēn個gè把bǎ些xiē衣yī物wù之zhī類lèi,盡jìn情qíng都dōu搬bān進jìn他tā屋wū裡lǐ去qù了le。你nǐ将jiāng这zhè衣yī服fú、头tóu巾jīn、搭dā联lián都dōu收shōu进jìn去qù,待dài天tiān将jiāng明míng,交jiāo付fù与yǔ我wǒ们men起qǐ身shēn。」那nà王wáng小xiǎo二èr真zhēn个gè把bǎ些xiē衣yī物wù之zhī类lèi,尽jìn情qíng都dōu搬bān进jìn他tā屋wū里lǐ去qù了le。


逐句解 Line by line

你nǐ將jiāng這zhè衣yī服fú、頭tóu巾jīn、搭dā聯lián都dōu收shōu進jìn去qù,待dài天tiān將jiāng明míng,交jiāo付fù與yǔ我wǒ們men起qǐ身shēn。」 你nǐ将jiāng这zhè衣yī服fú、头tóu巾jīn、搭dā联lián都dōu收shōu进jìn去qù,待dài天tiān将jiāng明míng,交jiāo付fù与yǔ我wǒ们men起qǐ身shēn。」

Take these clothes and headcloths and saddlebags of ours inside, and when day is about to break, hand them back so we can set out."

將 is jiāng in both its jobs in this line: first the one that puts an object before the verb, take these clothes, and then the one that means about to, as in day about to break. 搭聯 is a long double pouch slung over a shoulder or a saddle, the traveller's standard luggage.

那nà王wáng小xiǎo二èr真zhēn個gè把bǎ些xiē衣yī物wù之zhī類lèi,盡jìn情qíng都dōu搬bān進jìn他tā屋wū裡lǐ去qù了le。 那nà王wáng小xiǎo二èr真zhēn个gè把bǎ些xiē衣yī物wù之zhī类lèi,尽jìn情qíng都dōu搬bān进jìn他tā屋wū里lǐ去qù了le。

And Wang the Second did indeed carry the whole lot of clothes and the rest into his own room.

盡情 here means the whole lot, every last thing — not the modern sense of doing something to the full. 真個 is really, sure enough, and it carries a faint note of the teller shaking his head.


總評 Commentary

This is the innkeeper being scrupulous and it could not be worse for Pilgrim. The clothes are now behind a door, in the room of a man who has just proved he takes security seriously.

Note that nobody in this chapter is doing anything wrong except the pilgrims. The merchants are careful, the innkeeper is honest, the arrangement is sensible. The obstacles from here to the end of the night are made entirely of other people behaving well.