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第八十八回
禪chán到dào玉yù華huá施shī法fǎ會huì
心xīn猿yuán木mù土tǔ授shòu門mén人rén

Chan Reaches Yuhua and a Dharma Assembly Is Held · The Mind-Ape and the Wood and the Earth Take Disciples

鋪設床幃
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原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition

鋪設床幃 Beds Made Up in the Pavilion

不bù覺jué天tiān晚wǎn,散sàn了le酒jiǔ席xí。又yòu叫jiào即jí於yú暴bào紗shā亭tíng鋪pù設shè床chuáng幃wéi,請qǐng師shī安ān宿sù。待dài明míng早zǎo竭jié誠chéng焚fén香xiāng,再zài拜bài求qiú傳chuán武wǔ藝yì。不bù觉jué天tiān晚wǎn,散sàn了le酒jiǔ席xí。又yòu叫jiào即jí于yú暴bào纱shā亭tíng铺pù设shè床chuáng帏wéi,请qǐng师shī安ān宿sù。待dài明míng早zǎo竭jié诚chéng焚fén香xiāng,再zài拜bài求qiú传chuán武wǔ艺yì。


逐句解 Line by line

不bù覺jué天tiān晚wǎn,散sàn了le酒jiǔ席xí。 不bù觉jué天tiān晚wǎn,散sàn了le酒jiǔ席xí。

Before they knew it evening had come, and the banquet broke up.

不覺, without noticing, is the standard way this novel ends a good day — the same phrase it used for the prince's fright coming over him unawares. Time slips past when nobody is being chased.

又yòu叫jiào即jí於yú暴bào紗shā亭tíng鋪pù設shè床chuáng幃wéi,請qǐng師shī安ān宿sù。 又yòu叫jiào即jí于yú暴bào纱shā亭tíng铺pù设shè床chuáng帏wéi,请qǐng师shī安ān宿sù。

He gave further orders to make up beds and hangings in the Gauze-Airing Pavilion at once, and invited the masters to rest for the night.

床幃 is the bed together with its curtains — a proper bed, hung, rather than a mat on the floor. The pilgrims are being lodged where they ate, which by now has stopped being a slight and become a household arrangement. 安宿 is to pass the night in peace.

待dài明míng早zǎo竭jié誠chéng焚fén香xiāng,再zài拜bài求qiú傳chuán武wǔ藝yì。 待dài明míng早zǎo竭jié诚chéng焚fén香xiāng,再zài拜bài求qiú传chuán武wǔ艺yì。

The plan was to burn incense early next morning with all sincerity, and bow again to ask that the martial arts be transmitted.

竭誠 is to exhaust one's sincerity, to hold nothing back. The prince has already been told yes, and he is arranging a formal ceremony anyway, because in his world an agreement is not a thing until it has been performed. 傳 is the specific verb for handing on a teaching from master to pupil.


總評 Commentary

The day ends in the most domestic way possible: beds are made, and everyone plans to get up early.

The detail worth keeping is that the ceremony is being scheduled after the agreement rather than before it. The prince has his answer and still wants the incense and the bowing, and the novel treats that as entirely sensible.