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第九回
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Chen Guangrui, Going to His Post, Meets Disaster · The River-Float Monk Avenges the Wrong and Requites His Origin

光蕊還魂
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光蕊還魂 Guangrui Returns to Life

quèshuōyīnxiǎojiědiànzhàngfānyòujiāngshēnshuǐérhuāngdexuánzàngpīnmìngchězhùzhèngzàicānghuángzhījiànshuǐmiànshàngshīláikàojìnjiāngànzhībàngxiǎojiěmángxiàngqiánrènkànrèndeshìzhàngdeshīshǒuháotáozhòngrénláiguānkànzhǐjiànguāngruǐshūquánshēnjiǎoshēnzijiànjiànzhǎndòngjiāngláizuòxiàzhòngrénshèngjīnghàiguāngruǐzhēngkāiyǎnzǎojiànyīnxiǎojiězhàngrényīnchéngxiàngtóngzhexiǎoshàngzàishēnbiānquèshuōyīnxiǎojiědiànzhàngfānyòujiāngshēnshuǐérhuāngdexuánzàngpīnmìngchězhùzhèngzàicānghuángzhījiànshuǐmiànshàngshīláikàojìnjiāngànzhībàngxiǎojiěmángxiàngqiánrènkànrèndeshìzhàngdeshīshǒuháotáozhòngrénláiguānkànzhǐjiànguāngruǐshūquánshēnjiǎoshēnzijiànjiànzhǎndòngjiāngláizuòxiàzhòngrénshèngjīnghàiguāngruǐzhēngkāiyǎnzǎojiànyīnxiǎojiězhàngrényīnchéngxiàngtóngzhexiǎoshàngzàishēnbiān


逐句解 Line by line

quèshuōyīnxiǎojiědiànzhàngfānyòujiāngshēnshuǐér quèshuōyīnxiǎojiědiànzhàngfānyòujiāngshēnshuǐér

Now Yin Wenjiao, having wept her sacrifice over her husband, was about to throw herself into the water and die,

哭奠, to weep in sacrifice; 赴水而死, to drown oneself.

huāngdexuánzàngpīnmìngchězhù huāngdexuánzàngpīnmìngchězhù

when Xuanzang, frantic, risked his life to seize and hold her back.

慌得 ('so frantic that') takes as the resultative de; 拚命, to risk one's life — is pīn.

zhèngzàicānghuángzhījiànshuǐmiànshàngshīláikàojìnjiāngànzhībàng zhèngzàicānghuángzhījiànshuǐmiànshàngshīláikàojìnjiāngànzhībàng

Just at that panic-stricken moment, a corpse suddenly floated up on the water and drew near the riverbank.

倉皇之際, at a moment of alarm; 靠近江岸, drawing close to the bank.

xiǎojiěmángxiàngqiánrènkànrèndeshìzhàngdeshīshǒuháotáo xiǎojiěmángxiàngqiánrènkànrèndeshìzhàngdeshīshǒuháotáo

The lady hurried forward to look, recognized her husband's body, and burst into unrestrained wailing.

認得 ('recognized') takes as the resultative de; 嚎啕大哭, to wail aloud.

zhòngrénláiguānkànzhǐjiànguāngruǐshūquánshēnjiǎoshēnzijiànjiànzhǎndòngjiāngláizuòxià zhòngrénláiguānkànzhǐjiànguāngruǐshūquánshēnjiǎoshēnzijiànjiànzhǎndòngjiāngláizuòxià

Everyone came to look, and saw Guangrui stretch his fists and legs, his body gradually stirring and moving, until all at once he crawled up and sat down.

舒拳伸腳, to stretch fists and legs; 漸漸展動, gradually stirring to motion; 身子 with neutral (zi).

zhòngrénshèngjīnghài zhòngrénshèngjīnghài

The crowd could not master their astonishment.

不勝驚駭, overcome with fright.

guāngruǐzhēngkāiyǎnzǎojiànyīnxiǎojiězhàngrényīnchéngxiàngtóngzhexiǎoshàngzàishēnbiān guāngruǐzhēngkāiyǎnzǎojiànyīnxiǎojiězhàngrényīnchéngxiàngtóngzhexiǎoshàngzàishēnbiān

Guangrui opened his eyes, and at once saw Yin Wenjiao, his father-in-law Chancellor Yin, and the little monk all weeping at his side.

丈人, father-in-law; 丞相, = xiàng; 同著, together with ( = zhe).


總評 Commentary

The chapter's central miracle is staged with startling physical concreteness: not a spirit returning but a body — fists and legs stretching, the trunk stirring, the man crawling upright and sitting. Guangrui's revival exactly reverses the drowning that opened the chapter, the river that swallowed him now yielding him back at the very moment his widow means to follow him into it. The timing is providential to the point of comedy — the corpse surfaces just as Yin Wenjiao is being wrestled from the water's edge — and the crowd's uncomprehending fright (不勝驚駭) marks the event as a genuine breach of the natural order, filial and divine agency working in concert.