第九十三回 · 師父喜了 The Master Has Had Good Luck — Journey to the West

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師父喜了 The Master Has Had Good Luck

當dāng時shí差chāi官guān至zhì會huì同tóng館guǎn驛yì，宣xuān召zhào唐táng僧sēng徒tú弟dì不bù題tí。卻què說shuō行xíng者zhě自zì彩cǎi樓lóu下xià別bié了le唐táng僧sēng，走zǒu兩liǎng步bù，笑xiào兩liǎng聲shēng，喜xǐ喜xǐ歡huān歡huān的de回huí驛yì。八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng迎yíng著zhe道dào：「哥gē哥ge，你nǐ怎zěn麼me那nà般bān喜xǐ笑xiào？師shī父fù如rú何hé不bú見jiàn？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù喜xǐ了le。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「還hái未wèi到dào地dì頭tóu，又yòu不bù曾céng見jiàn佛fó取qǔ得dé經jīng回huí，是shì何hé來lái之zhī喜xǐ？」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ與yǔ師shī父fù只zhǐ走zǒu至zhì十shí字zì街jiē彩cǎi樓lóu之zhī下xià，可kě可kě的de被bèi當dāng朝cháo公gōng主zhǔ拋pāo繡xiù毬qiú打dǎ中zhòng了le師shī父fù，師shī父fù被bèi些xiē宮gōng娥é、綵cǎi女nǚ、太tài監jiān推tuī擁yōng至zhì樓lóu前qián，同tóng公gōng主zhǔ坐zuò輦niǎn入rù朝cháo，招zhāo為wéi駙fù馬mǎ，此cǐ非fēi喜xǐ而ér何hé？」当dāng时shí差chāi官guān至zhì会huì同tóng馆guǎn驿yì，宣xuān召zhào唐táng僧sēng徒tú弟dì不bù题tí。却què说shuō行xíng者zhě自zì彩cǎi楼lóu下xià别bié了le唐táng僧sēng，走zǒu两liǎng步bù，笑xiào两liǎng声shēng，喜xǐ喜xǐ欢huān欢huān的de回huí驿yì。八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng迎yíng着zhe道dào：「哥gē哥ge，你nǐ怎zěn么me那nà般bān喜xǐ笑xiào？师shī父fù如rú何hé不bú见jiàn？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù喜xǐ了le。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「还hái未wèi到dào地dì头tóu，又yòu不bù曾céng见jiàn佛fó取qǔ得dé经jīng回huí，是shì何hé来lái之zhī喜xǐ？」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ与yǔ师shī父fù只zhǐ走zǒu至zhì十shí字zì街jiē彩cǎi楼lóu之zhī下xià，可kě可kě的de被bèi当dāng朝cháo公gōng主zhǔ抛pāo绣xiù毬qiú打dǎ中zhòng了le师shī父fù，师shī父fù被bèi些xiē宫gōng娥é、彩cǎi女nǚ、太tài监jiān推tuī拥yōng至zhì楼lóu前qián，同tóng公gōng主zhǔ坐zuò辇niǎn入rù朝cháo，招zhāo为wéi驸fù马mǎ，此cǐ非fēi喜xǐ而ér何hé？」

逐句解 Line by line

當dāng時shí差chāi官guān至zhì會huì同tóng館guǎn驛yì，宣xuān召zhào唐táng僧sēng徒tú弟dì不bù題tí。卻què說shuō行xíng者zhě自zì彩cǎi樓lóu下xià別bié了le唐táng僧sēng，走zǒu兩liǎng步bù，笑xiào兩liǎng聲shēng，喜xǐ喜xǐ歡huān歡huān的de回huí驛yì。当dāng时shí差chāi官guān至zhì会huì同tóng馆guǎn驿yì，宣xuān召zhào唐táng僧sēng徒tú弟dì不bù题tí。却què说shuō行xíng者zhě自zì彩cǎi楼lóu下xià别bié了le唐táng僧sēng，走zǒu两liǎng步bù，笑xiào两liǎng声shēng，喜xǐ喜xǐ欢huān欢huān的de回huí驿yì。

At the time the dispatched officer went to the Bureau of Common Reception to summon the Tang Monk's disciples — of which no more. We tell now how Pilgrim, having parted from the Tang Monk below the coloured tower, walked two steps and laughed twice, and went back to the hostel in high spirits.

走兩步，笑兩聲 — walked two steps and laughed twice. Six characters, and one of the best small pictures in the novel. He is not walking and laughing; he is doing them in alternation, two steps and a laugh, all the way home.

It is also completely heartless, and the novel knows it. His master has just been engaged to a fiend under threat of beheading, and Pilgrim is delighted, because the plan is working.

八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng迎yíng著zhe道dào：「哥gē哥ge，你nǐ怎zěn麼me那nà般bān喜xǐ笑xiào？師shī父fù如rú何hé不bú見jiàn？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「師shī父fù喜xǐ了le。」八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng迎yíng着zhe道dào：「哥gē哥ge，你nǐ怎zěn么me那nà般bān喜xǐ笑xiào？师shī父fù如rú何hé不bú见jiàn？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「师shī父fù喜xǐ了le。」

Eight Rules and Sha Monk came to meet him, saying, "Brother, what are you laughing about so? And where is Master?" Pilgrim said, "The master has had good luck."

那般喜笑 — laughing like that. Here the first character is the demonstrative, not the question form, although the same two characters mean "how" elsewhere in this chapter.

迎著 — came to meet him, with the busy character marking a meeting that goes on rather than one that lands.

師父喜了 — the master has had good luck. Four characters, delivered flat, and Pilgrim is going to make them work for the rest.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「還hái未wèi到dào地dì頭tóu，又yòu不bù曾céng見jiàn佛fó取qǔ得dé經jīng回huí，是shì何hé來lái之zhī喜xǐ？」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ與yǔ師shī父fù只zhǐ走zǒu至zhì十shí字zì街jiē彩cǎi樓lóu之zhī下xià，可kě可kě的de被bèi當dāng朝cháo公gōng主zhǔ拋pāo繡xiù毬qiú打dǎ中zhòng了le師shī父fù，師shī父fù被bèi些xiē宮gōng娥é、綵cǎi女nǚ、太tài監jiān推tuī擁yōng至zhì樓lóu前qián，同tóng公gōng主zhǔ坐zuò輦niǎn入rù朝cháo，招zhāo為wéi駙fù馬mǎ，此cǐ非fēi喜xǐ而ér何hé？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「还hái未wèi到dào地dì头tóu，又yòu不bù曾céng见jiàn佛fó取qǔ得dé经jīng回huí，是shì何hé来lái之zhī喜xǐ？」行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ与yǔ师shī父fù只zhǐ走zǒu至zhì十shí字zì街jiē彩cǎi楼lóu之zhī下xià，可kě可kě的de被bèi当dāng朝cháo公gōng主zhǔ抛pāo绣xiù毬qiú打dǎ中zhòng了le师shī父fù，师shī父fù被bèi些xiē宫gōng娥é、彩cǎi女nǚ、太tài监jiān推tuī拥yōng至zhì楼lóu前qián，同tóng公gōng主zhǔ坐zuò辇niǎn入rù朝cháo，招zhāo为wéi驸fù马mǎ，此cǐ非fēi喜xǐ而ér何hé？」

Eight Rules said, "We have not reached the place yet, nor seen the Buddha nor got the scriptures and come back — what luck is this?" Pilgrim laughed and said, "Master and I got only as far as below the coloured tower at the crossroads, and as luck would have it the reigning princess threw down an embroidered ball and hit Master with it. Master was hustled by palace women, embroidery maids and eunuchs to the front of the tower, boarded the carriage with the princess and went into the palace, and has been taken for consort. If that is not luck, what is it?"

打中了師父 — hit Master. The second character means to strike a target and is read zhòng, not the everyday one that means middle.

Pilgrim tells the entire disaster as a piece of good news, in one breath, in the order it happened, and finishes with a rhetorical question. It is the longest single unit in the chapter and it is a performance.

此非喜而何 — if that is not luck, what is it? Formal written language for a joke, which is Pilgrim all over.

總評 Commentary

This is the chapter's comic set piece and it works entirely on withheld information. Pilgrim knows the marriage is a trap, knows the trap is his own plan, and knows his brothers know none of it. So he comes home laughing and announces that Master has had good luck.

Two steps and a laugh, two steps and a laugh, all the way from the crossroads to the hostel. The novel spends six characters on it and the picture is unimprovable. It is also the clearest sign in the chapter of how much Pilgrim enjoys being the only one who understands the situation, which has been his defining pleasure since the first chapter.

And the story he tells is entirely true. Every fact in it is accurate and the shape is a lie. Eight Rules is about to react to the shape.