第八十五回 · 無慮無憂 Something Drops From the Roadside — Journey to the West

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無慮無憂 Something Drops From the Roadside

卻què說shuō這zhè唐táng長zhǎng老lǎo無wú慮lǜ無wú憂yōu，相xiāng隨suí八bā戒jiè上shàng大dà路lù。行xíng夠gòu多duō時shí，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà路lù傍páng邊biān撲pū落luò的de一yì聲shēng響xiǎng喨liàng，跳tiào出chū一yí個gè小xiǎo妖yāo，奔bēn向xiàng前qián邊biān，要yào捉zhuō長zhǎng老lǎo。却què说shuō这zhè唐táng长zhǎng老lǎo无wú虑lǜ无wú忧yōu，相xiāng随suí八bā戒jiè上shàng大dà路lù。行xíng够gòu多duō时shí，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà路lù傍páng边biān扑pū落luò的de一yì声shēng响xiǎng喨liàng，跳tiào出chū一yí个gè小xiǎo妖yāo，奔bēn向xiàng前qián边biān，要yào捉zhuō长zhǎng老lǎo。

逐句解 Line by line

卻què說shuō這zhè唐táng長zhǎng老lǎo無wú慮lǜ無wú憂yōu，相xiāng隨suí八bā戒jiè上shàng大dà路lù。却què说shuō这zhè唐táng长zhǎng老lǎo无wú虑lǜ无wú忧yōu，相xiāng随suí八bā戒jiè上shàng大dà路lù。

Now this elder of Tang, without a care or a worry, followed Bajie up the high road.

無慮無憂 — no cares, no worries — is the state Pilgrim argued him into on the mountain, and the novel puts it in the sentence immediately before the ambush. He was right the first time and has been talked out of it twice.

行xíng夠gòu多duō時shí，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà路lù傍páng邊biān撲pū落luò的de一yì聲shēng響xiǎng喨liàng，跳tiào出chū一yí個gè小xiǎo妖yāo，奔bēn向xiàng前qián邊biān，要yào捉zhuō長zhǎng老lǎo。行xíng够gòu多duō时shí，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà路lù傍páng边biān扑pū落luò的de一yì声shēng响xiǎng喨liàng，跳tiào出chū一yí个gè小xiǎo妖yāo，奔bēn向xiàng前qián边biān，要yào捉zhuō长zhǎng老lǎo。

They had gone a good while when, at the side of the road, something came down with a loud thump and an imp sprang out, rushed to the front and made to seize the elder.

傍 is páng, at the side — the same character is bàng when it means to lean against something. 撲落 and 響喨 are both sound words: the thud of the landing and the loudness of it. The first petal comes off.

總評 Commentary

Four characters of peace and then the ambush. The novel has been arranging this for two thousand characters and springs it in one sentence.

Note who it goes for. Not Bajie in front — straight past him, to the elder. The three decoys are not there to fight; they are there to be fought.