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第八十五回
心xīn猿yuán妒dù木mù母mǔ
魔mó主zhǔ計jì吞tūn禪chán

The Mind-Ape Envies the Wood Mother · The Fiend Lord Plots to Swallow the Chan

快去快來
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快去快來 Go Quickly and Come Back

幸xìng如rú今jīn風fēng霧wù明míng淨jìng,你nǐ們men且qiě略lüè坐zuò坐zuò,等děng我wǒ去qù尋xún些xiē嫩nèn草cǎo兒ér,先xiān喂wèi喂wèi馬mǎ,然rán後hòu再zài往wǎng那nà家jiā子zi化huà齋zhāi去qù罷ba。」唐táng僧sēng歡huān喜xǐ道dào:「好hǎo啊a,你nǐ今jīn日rì卻què怎zěn肯kěn這zhè等děng勤qín謹jǐn?快kuài去qù快kuài來lái。」幸xìng如rú今jīn风fēng雾wù明míng净jìng,你nǐ们men且qiě略lüè坐zuò坐zuò,等děng我wǒ去qù寻xún些xiē嫩nèn草cǎo儿ér,先xiān喂wèi喂wèi马mǎ,然rán后hòu再zài往wǎng那nà家jiā子zi化huà斋zhāi去qù罢ba。」唐táng僧sēng欢huān喜xǐ道dào:「好hǎo啊a,你nǐ今jīn日rì却què怎zěn肯kěn这zhè等děng勤qín谨jǐn?快kuài去qù快kuài来lái。」


逐句解 Line by line

幸xìng如rú今jīn風fēng霧wù明míng淨jìng,你nǐ們men且qiě略lüè坐zuò坐zuò,等děng我wǒ去qù尋xún些xiē嫩nèn草cǎo兒ér,先xiān喂wèi喂wèi馬mǎ,然rán後hòu再zài往wǎng那nà家jiā子zi化huà齋zhāi去qù罷ba。」 幸xìng如rú今jīn风fēng雾wù明míng净jìng,你nǐ们men且qiě略lüè坐zuò坐zuò,等děng我wǒ去qù寻xún些xiē嫩nèn草cǎo儿ér,先xiān喂wèi喂wèi马mǎ,然rán后hòu再zài往wǎng那nà家jiā子zi化huà斋zhāi去qù罢ba。」

Luckily the wind and fog have cleared now. Sit down a while, the rest of you, and let me go and find some tender grass to feed the horse first. After that I can go to that household and beg a meal."

罷 is ba, the soft word that turns a proposal into a suggestion — not the bà that means to have done with a thing. He cites the clear weather as his good fortune, which is his brother's lie coming back round as evidence for his own.

唐táng僧sēng歡huān喜xǐ道dào:「好hǎo啊a,你nǐ今jīn日rì卻què怎zěn肯kěn這zhè等děng勤qín謹jǐn?快kuài去qù快kuài來lái。」 唐táng僧sēng欢huān喜xǐ道dào:「好hǎo啊a,你nǐ今jīn日rì却què怎zěn肯kěn这zhè等děng勤qín谨jǐn?快kuài去qù快kuài来lái。」

The Tang Monk said with pleasure, "Good, good. What has made you so diligent today? Go quickly and come back quickly."

勤謹 is diligent and careful — the last word anyone has ever applied to Bajie, and his master says it with delight. The question is meant fondly and is the only sharp thing in the passage: what indeed has come over him.


總評 Commentary

Tripitaka is pleased. He has been lied to twice in twenty lines, by both disciples in turn, and what he takes from it is that Bajie is showing initiative about the horse.

His parting words are the ordinary thing anyone says. Go quickly and come back quickly. Bajie will come back, hours later, covered in his own slobber and unable to prove a word of what happened.