第八十六回 · 豬牙子 Piglets and Lambs He Stole — Journey to the West

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豬牙子 Piglets and Lambs He Stole

八bā戒jiè上shàng前qián扯chě著zhe腳jiǎo，翻fān過guò來lái看kàn了le道dào：「這zhè廝sī從cóng小xiǎo兒ér也yě不bù知zhī偷tōu了le人rén家jiā多duō少shǎo豬zhū牙yá子zi、羊yáng羔gāo兒ér吃chī了le。」行xíng者zhě將jiāng身shēn一yì抖dǒu，收shōu上shàng毫háo毛máo道dào：「獃dāi子zi，不bù可kě遲chí慢màn，快kuài趕gǎn老lǎo怪guài，討tǎo師shī父fù的de命mìng去qù來lái。」八bā戒jiè上shàng前qián扯chě着zhe脚jiǎo，翻fān过guò来lái看kàn了le道dào：「这zhè厮sī从cóng小xiǎo儿ér也yě不bù知zhī偷tōu了le人rén家jiā多duō少shǎo猪zhū牙yá子zi、羊yáng羔gāo儿ér吃chī了le。」行xíng者zhě将jiāng身shēn一yì抖dǒu，收shōu上shàng毫háo毛máo道dào：「呆dāi子zi，不bù可kě迟chí慢màn，快kuài赶gǎn老lǎo怪guài，讨tǎo师shī父fù的de命mìng去qù来lái。」

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八bā戒jiè上shàng前qián扯chě著zhe腳jiǎo，翻fān過guò來lái看kàn了le道dào：「這zhè廝sī從cóng小xiǎo兒ér也yě不bù知zhī偷tōu了le人rén家jiā多duō少shǎo豬zhū牙yá子zi、羊yáng羔gāo兒ér吃chī了le。」八bā戒jiè上shàng前qián扯chě着zhe脚jiǎo，翻fān过guò来lái看kàn了le道dào：「这zhè厮sī从cóng小xiǎo儿ér也yě不bù知zhī偷tōu了le人rén家jiā多duō少shǎo猪zhū牙yá子zi、羊yáng羔gāo儿ér吃chī了le。」

Bajie came up, dragged him over by the leg, turned him on his back, took a look and said, "There is no telling how many people's piglets and lambs this creature stole and ate from the time he was small."

扯著腳 takes 著 as zhe. The joke is Bajie's species loyalty: of everything a wolf might have eaten in several centuries, the thing he thinks of is piglets. 豬牙子 is a young pig — and in it 子 is zi, the unstressed everyday ending, the same one that has been running through this chapter's vocabulary all along.

行xíng者zhě將jiāng身shēn一yì抖dǒu，收shōu上shàng毫háo毛máo道dào：「獃dāi子zi，不bù可kě遲chí慢màn，快kuài趕gǎn老lǎo怪guài，討tǎo師shī父fù的de命mìng去qù來lái。」行xíng者zhě将jiāng身shēn一yì抖dǒu，收shōu上shàng毫háo毛máo道dào：「呆dāi子zi，不bù可kě迟chí慢màn，快kuài赶gǎn老lǎo怪guài，讨tǎo师shī父fù的de命mìng去qù来lái。」

Pilgrim gave his body a shake, gathered his hairs back in and said, "Idiot, no dawdling. Get after the old fiend quickly and demand the master's life back."

討師父的命 is to demand the master's life back, and it is a strange thing to say over a grave — Wukong is still using the language of recovery rather than revenge, four passages after burying what he believes are the remains. 遲慢 is dawdling.

總評 Commentary

Bajie inspecting a dead wolf and immediately thinking about stolen piglets is the novel at its most affectionate towards him. He has just fought a battle, and his reaction to the corpse is a grudge on behalf of pigs.

Wukong's phrase about demanding the master's life is worth holding on to. He has buried a head and wept over it, and he is still talking as though there is something to get back. The chapter has been quietly keeping that hope alive in his grammar, and it turns out to be right.