第八十五回 · 你知那三個 Do You Know the Three — Journey to the West

你知那三個 Do You Know the Three

老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「你nǐ知zhī那nǎ三sān個gè？」小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「他tā大dà徒tú弟dì是shì孫sūn行xíng者zhě，三sān徒tú弟dì是shì沙shā和hé尚shàng，這zhè個gè是shì他tā二èr徒tú弟dì豬zhū八bā戒jiè。」老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「你nǐ知zhī那nǎ三sān个gè？」小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「他tā大dà徒tú弟dì是shì孙sūn行xíng者zhě，三sān徒tú弟dì是shì沙shā和hé尚shàng，这zhè个gè是shì他tā二èr徒tú弟dì猪zhū八bā戒jiè。」

逐句解 Line by line

老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「你nǐ知zhī那nǎ三sān個gè？」老lǎo妖yāo道dào：「你nǐ知zhī那nǎ三sān个gè？」

The old fiend said, "Do you know which three?"

那 is nǎ, which. The commander is now being led question by question, and he has stopped noticing.

小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「他tā大dà徒tú弟dì是shì孫sūn行xíng者zhě，三sān徒tú弟dì是shì沙shā和hé尚shàng，這zhè個gè是shì他tā二èr徒tú弟dì豬zhū八bā戒jiè。」小xiǎo妖yāo道dào：「他tā大dà徒tú弟dì是shì孙sūn行xíng者zhě，三sān徒tú弟dì是shì沙shā和hé尚shàng，这zhè个gè是shì他tā二èr徒tú弟dì猪zhū八bā戒jiè。」

The imp said, "His first disciple is Sun Wukong, his third is Sha Monk, and this one is his second, Zhu Bajie."

The roster in order of seniority, with the one they have just fought identified by position rather than by name — 這個, this one. He is ranking the threat as he speaks, and Bajie comes second.

總評 Commentary

The imp knows all three by name and rank. The commander who has been patrolling this mountain for years knows none of them.

Note the order he chooses: first, third, then second. He puts the one they met in the middle, between two unknowns, which is where he wants the fiend's attention to go next.