第三十九回 · 召神辨魔 Summoning the Guardian Spirits — Journey to the West

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召神辨魔 Summoning the Guardian Spirits

行xíng者zhě聞wén言yán，捻niǎn訣jué念niàn聲shēng咒zhòu語yǔ，叫jiào那nà護hù法fǎ諸zhū天tiān、六liù丁dīng六liù甲jiǎ、五wǔ方fāng揭jiē諦dì、四sì值zhí功gōng曹cáo、一yì十shí八bā位wèi護hù駕jià伽gā藍lán、當dāng坊fāng土tǔ地dì、本běn境jìng山shān神shén道dào：「老lǎo孫sūn至zhì此cǐ降xiáng妖yāo，妖yāo魔mó變biàn作zuò我wǒ師shī父fù，氣qì體tǐ相xiāng同tóng，實shí難nán辨biàn認rèn。汝rǔ等děng暗àn中zhōng知zhī會huì者zhě，請qǐng師shī父fù上shàng殿diàn，讓ràng我wǒ擒qín魔mó。」原yuán來lái那nà妖yāo怪guài善shàn騰téng雲yún霧wù，聽tīng得de行xíng者zhě言yán語yǔ，急jí撒sā手shǒu跳tiào上shàng金jīn鑾luán寶bǎo殿diàn。這zhè行xíng者zhě舉jǔ起qǐ棒bàng望wàng唐táng僧sēng就jiù打dǎ。可kě憐lián！若ruò不bú是shì喚huàn那nà幾jǐ位wèi神shén來lái，這zhè一yí下xià，就jiù是shì二èr十shí個gè唐táng僧sēng，也yě打dǎ為wéi肉ròu醬jiàng！多duō虧kuī眾zhòng神shén架jià住zhù鐵tiě棒bàng道dào：「大dà聖shèng，那nà怪guài會huì騰téng雲yún，先xiān上shàng殿diàn去qù了le。」行xíng者zhě趕gǎn上shàng殿diàn，他tā又yòu跳tiào將jiāng下xià來lái扯chě住zhù唐táng僧sēng，在zài人rén叢cóng裡lǐ又yòu混hùn了le一yí混hùn，依yī然rán難nán認rèn。行xíng者zhě闻wén言yán，捻niǎn诀jué念niàn声shēng咒zhòu语yǔ，叫jiào那nà护hù法fǎ诸zhū天tiān、六liù丁dīng六liù甲jiǎ、五wǔ方fāng揭jiē谛dì、四sì值zhí功gōng曹cáo、一yì十shí八bā位wèi护hù驾jià伽gā蓝lán、当dāng坊fāng土tǔ地dì、本běn境jìng山shān神shén道dào：「老lǎo孙sūn至zhì此cǐ降xiáng妖yāo，妖yāo魔mó变biàn作zuò我wǒ师shī父fù，气qì体tǐ相xiāng同tóng，实shí难nán辨biàn认rèn。汝rǔ等děng暗àn中zhōng知zhī会huì者zhě，请qǐng师shī父fù上shàng殿diàn，让ràng我wǒ擒qín魔mó。」原yuán来lái那nà妖yāo怪guài善shàn腾téng云yún雾wù，听tīng得de行xíng者zhě言yán语yǔ，急jí撒sā手shǒu跳tiào上shàng金jīn銮luán宝bǎo殿diàn。这zhè行xíng者zhě举jǔ起qǐ棒bàng望wàng唐táng僧sēng就jiù打dǎ。可kě怜lián！若ruò不bú是shì唤huàn那nà几jǐ位wèi神shén来lái，这zhè一yí下xià，就jiù是shì二èr十shí个gè唐táng僧sēng，也yě打dǎ为wéi肉ròu酱jiàng！多duō亏kuī众zhòng神shén架jià住zhù铁tiě棒bàng道dào：「大dà圣shèng，那nà怪guài会huì腾téng云yún，先xiān上shàng殿diàn去qù了le。」行xíng者zhě赶gǎn上shàng殿diàn，他tā又yòu跳tiào将jiāng下xià来lái扯chě住zhù唐táng僧sēng，在zài人rén丛cóng里lǐ又yòu混hùn了le一yí混hùn，依yī然rán难nán认rèn。

逐句解 Line by line

Pilgrim, hearing this, pinched a magic sign and chanted a spell, and called upon those Dharma-guarding devas, the Six Ding and Six Jia, the Guardians of the Five Quarters, the Four Duty-Officers, the eighteen escort-Sangharamas, the local ward-god and the mountain-god of this precinct: "Old Sun has come here to subdue a fiend, and the fiend has changed into my master — their breath and bodies are the same, and truly hard to tell apart.

Deictic 那護法諸天: 那 = nà. 降妖: 降 = xiáng ("subdue"). 當坊土地: 當 = dāng ("this ward"). 氣體相同: 相 = xiāng.

汝rǔ等děng暗àn中zhōng知zhī會huì者zhě，請qǐng師shī父fù上shàng殿diàn，讓ràng我wǒ擒qín魔mó。」汝rǔ等děng暗àn中zhōng知zhī会huì者zhě，请qǐng师shī父fù上shàng殿diàn，让ràng我wǒ擒qín魔mó。」

Let those of you who know in secret bring my master up onto the hall, and let me take the fiend."

暗中知會: 中 = zhōng. 擒魔 = "to seize the fiend."

原yuán來lái那nà妖yāo怪guài善shàn騰téng雲yún霧wù，聽tīng得de行xíng者zhě言yán語yǔ，急jí撒sā手shǒu跳tiào上shàng金jīn鑾luán寶bǎo殿diàn。原yuán来lái那nà妖yāo怪guài善shàn腾téng云yún雾wù，听tīng得de行xíng者zhě言yán语yǔ，急jí撒sā手shǒu跳tiào上shàng金jīn銮luán宝bǎo殿diàn。

Now that fiend, being skilled at riding cloud and mist, heard Pilgrim's words, and hastily let go and leapt up onto the golden-belled precious hall.

Deictic 那妖怪: 那 = nà. 聽得: 得 = de. 善騰雲霧 = "adept at riding the clouds."

這zhè行xíng者zhě舉jǔ起qǐ棒bàng望wàng唐táng僧sēng就jiù打dǎ。这zhè行xíng者zhě举jǔ起qǐ棒bàng望wàng唐táng僧sēng就jiù打dǎ。

This Pilgrim raised his cudgel and struck straight at the Tang Monk.

舉起棒望唐僧就打 = "lifted the cudgel and struck at the Tang Monk" — but which one?

可kě憐lián！可kě怜lián！

Pitiful!

可憐 — the narrator's exclamation, poised over the danger.

若ruò不bú是shì喚huàn那nà幾jǐ位wèi神shén來lái，這zhè一yí下xià，就jiù是shì二èr十shí個gè唐táng僧sēng，也yě打dǎ為wéi肉ròu醬jiàng！若ruò不bú是shì唤huàn那nà几jǐ位wèi神shén来lái，这zhè一yí下xià，就jiù是shì二èr十shí个gè唐táng僧sēng，也yě打dǎ为wéi肉ròu酱jiàng！

Had he not called those several spirits, this one blow — even were there twenty Tang Monks — would have beaten them into meat-paste!

Deictic 那幾位神: 那 = nà. 打為肉醬: 為 = wéi ("into").

多duō虧kuī眾zhòng神shén架jià住zhù鐵tiě棒bàng道dào：「大dà聖shèng，那nà怪guài會huì騰téng雲yún，先xiān上shàng殿diàn去qù了le。」多duō亏kuī众zhòng神shén架jià住zhù铁tiě棒bàng道dào：「大dà圣shèng，那nà怪guài会huì腾téng云yún，先xiān上shàng殿diàn去qù了le。」

It was thanks to the many spirits' warding off the iron cudgel: "Great Sage, that monster can ride the clouds — he's gone up onto the hall first."

Deictic 那怪: 那 = nà. 架住鐵棒 = "held off the iron cudgel."

行xíng者zhě趕gǎn上shàng殿diàn，他tā又yòu跳tiào將jiāng下xià來lái扯chě住zhù唐táng僧sēng，在zài人rén叢cóng裡lǐ又yòu混hùn了le一yí混hùn，依yī然rán難nán認rèn。行xíng者zhě赶gǎn上shàng殿diàn，他tā又yòu跳tiào将jiāng下xià来lái扯chě住zhù唐táng僧sēng，在zài人rén丛cóng里lǐ又yòu混hùn了le一yí混hùn，依yī然rán难nán认rèn。

Pilgrim chased up onto the hall, and the fiend leapt down again, caught hold of the Tang Monk, mixed once more into the crowd of people, and as before could not be told apart.

跳將下來: directional coverb 將 = jiāng. 又混了一混 = "mingled in once again." 依然難認: 難 = nán.

總評 Commentary

Wukong meets the counterfeit with celestial bureaucracy. Unable to tell the two Tripitakas apart by eye, he summons the whole apparatus of protective deities the pilgrims travel under — the Six Ding and Six Jia, the Guardians of the Five Quarters, the Four Duty-Officers, the eighteen escort-Sangharamas, the local earth- and mountain-gods — and asks them to slip the true master safely aside so that the fiend can be taken. It is a glimpse of the invisible retinue that shadows the journey, called up at need; the pilgrimage is never as alone as it looks.

But the fiend is quick, and the passage turns on a hair's-breadth escape that the narrator underlines with a horrified aside — "had he not called those several spirits, this one blow… would have beaten them into meat-paste." Wukong's brute cudgel, so often the answer, is here a standing danger to the very master he serves; twice the fiend ducks back into the crowd and merges past telling. Force has failed twice over, and the impasse — the true and false so alike that power itself becomes perilous — drives the story toward the subtler test that Bajie has already proposed and the next passage will spring.