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光蕊還魂
Guangrui Returns to Life
卻說殷小姐哭奠丈夫一番,又欲將身赴水而死,慌得玄奘拚命扯住。正在倉皇之際,忽見水面上一個死屍浮來,靠近江岸之傍。小姐忙向前認看,認得是丈夫的屍首,一發嚎啕大哭不已。眾人俱來觀看,只見光蕊舒拳伸腳,身子漸漸展動,忽地爬將起來坐下。眾人不勝驚駭。光蕊睜開眼,早見殷小姐與丈人殷丞相同著小和尚俱在身邊啼哭。却说殷小姐哭奠丈夫一番,又欲将身赴水而死,慌得玄奘拚命扯住。正在仓皇之际,忽见水面上一个死尸浮来,靠近江岸之傍。小姐忙向前认看,认得是丈夫的尸首,一发嚎啕大哭不已。众人俱来观看,只见光蕊舒拳伸脚,身子渐渐展动,忽地爬将起来坐下。众人不胜惊骇。光蕊睁开眼,早见殷小姐与丈人殷丞相同著小和尚俱在身边啼哭。
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卻說殷小姐哭奠丈夫一番,又欲將身赴水而死,
却说殷小姐哭奠丈夫一番,又欲将身赴水而死,
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.
慌得玄奘拚命扯住。
慌得玄奘拚命扯住。
when Xuanzang, frantic, risked his life to seize and hold her back.
慌得 ('so frantic that') takes 得 as the resultative de; 拚命, to risk one's life — 拚 is pīn.
正在倉皇之際,忽見水面上一個死屍浮來,靠近江岸之傍。
正在仓皇之际,忽见水面上一个死尸浮来,靠近江岸之傍。
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.
小姐忙向前認看,認得是丈夫的屍首,一發嚎啕大哭不已。
小姐忙向前认看,认得是丈夫的尸首,一发嚎啕大哭不已。
The lady hurried forward to look, recognized her husband's body, and burst into unrestrained wailing.
認得 ('recognized') takes 得 as the resultative de; 嚎啕大哭, to wail aloud.
眾人俱來觀看,只見光蕊舒拳伸腳,身子漸漸展動,忽地爬將起來坐下。
众人俱来观看,只见光蕊舒拳伸脚,身子渐渐展动,忽地爬将起来坐下。
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 子 (zi).
眾人不勝驚駭。
众人不胜惊骇。
The crowd could not master their astonishment.
不勝驚駭, overcome with fright.
光蕊睜開眼,早見殷小姐與丈人殷丞相同著小和尚俱在身邊啼哭。
光蕊睁开眼,早见殷小姐与丈人殷丞相同著小和尚俱在身边啼哭。
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, 相 = xiàng; 同著, together with (著 = 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.