第三十九回 · 忍淚隨朝 The King Follows to Court, Choking Back Tears — Journey to the West

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忍淚隨朝 The King Follows to Court, Choking Back Tears

唐táng僧sēng卻què同tóng入rù朝cháo門mén裡lǐ面miàn，那nà回huí生shēng的de國guó主zhǔ隨suí行xíng。正zhèng行xíng，忍rěn不bú住zhù腮sāi邊biān墮duò淚lèi，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「可kě憐lián！我wǒ的de銅tóng斗dǒu兒er江jiāng山shān，鐵tiě圍wéi的de社shè稷jì，誰shuí知zhī被bèi他tā陰yīn占zhàn了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「陛bì下xià切qiè莫mò傷shāng感gǎn，恐kǒng走zǒu漏lòu消xiāo息xī。這zhè棍gùn子zi在zài我wǒ耳ěr朵duǒ裡lǐ跳tiào哩lī，如rú今jīn決jué要yào見jiàn功gōng，管guǎn取qǔ打dǎ殺shā妖yāo魔mó，掃sǎo蕩dàng邪xié物wù。這zhè江jiāng山shān不bù久jiǔ就jiù還huán歸guī你nǐ也yě。」那nà君jūn王wáng不bù敢gǎn違wéi言yán，只zhǐ得dé扯chě衣yī揩kāi淚lèi，捨shě死sǐ相xiāng從cóng，徑jìng來lái到dào金jīn鑾luán殿diàn下xià。又yòu見jiàn那nà兩liǎng班bān文wén武wǔ，四sì百bǎi朝cháo官guān，一yí個gè個gè威wēi嚴yán端duān肅sù，相xiàng貌mào軒xuān昂áng。唐táng僧sēng却què同tóng入rù朝cháo门mén里lǐ面miàn，那nà回huí生shēng的de国guó主zhǔ随suí行xíng。正zhèng行xíng，忍rěn不bú住zhù腮sāi边biān堕duò泪lèi，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「可kě怜lián！我wǒ的de铜tóng斗dǒu儿er江jiāng山shān，铁tiě围wéi的de社shè稷jì，谁shuí知zhī被bèi他tā阴yīn占zhàn了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「陛bì下xià切qiè莫mò伤shāng感gǎn，恐kǒng走zǒu漏lòu消xiāo息xī。这zhè棍gùn子zi在zài我wǒ耳ěr朵duǒ里lǐ跳tiào哩lī，如rú今jīn决jué要yào见jiàn功gōng，管guǎn取qǔ打dǎ杀shā妖yāo魔mó，扫sǎo荡dàng邪xié物wù。这zhè江jiāng山shān不bù久jiǔ就jiù还huán归guī你nǐ也yě。」那nà君jūn王wáng不bù敢gǎn违wéi言yán，只zhǐ得dé扯chě衣yī揩kāi泪lèi，舍shě死sǐ相xiāng从cóng，径jìng来lái到dào金jīn銮luán殿diàn下xià。又yòu见jiàn那nà两liǎng班bān文wén武wǔ，四sì百bǎi朝cháo官guān，一yí个gè个gè威wēi严yán端duān肃sù，相xiàng貌mào轩xuān昂áng。

逐句解 Line by line

唐táng僧sēng卻què同tóng入rù朝cháo門mén裡lǐ面miàn，那nà回huí生shēng的de國guó主zhǔ隨suí行xíng。唐táng僧sēng却què同tóng入rù朝cháo门mén里lǐ面miàn，那nà回huí生shēng的de国guó主zhǔ随suí行xíng。

The Tang Monk then went in together through the court gate, the revived sovereign following behind.

朝門: 朝 = cháo. Deictic 那回生的國主: 那 = nà. 隨行: 行 = xíng.

正zhèng行xíng，忍rěn不bú住zhù腮sāi邊biān墮duò淚lèi，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「可kě憐lián！正zhèng行xíng，忍rěn不bú住zhù腮sāi边biān堕duò泪lèi，心xīn中zhōng暗àn道dào：「可kě怜lián！

As he walked, he could not hold back the tears falling at his cheeks, and thought in secret: "How pitiful!

正行: 行 = xíng. 心中: 中 = zhōng. 忍不住 = "could not restrain."

我wǒ的de銅tóng斗dǒu兒er江jiāng山shān，鐵tiě圍wéi的de社shè稷jì，誰shuí知zhī被bèi他tā陰yīn占zhàn了le。」我wǒ的de铜tóng斗dǒu儿er江jiāng山shān，铁tiě围wéi的de社shè稷jì，谁shuí知zhī被bèi他tā阴yīn占zhàn了le。」

My realm of copper-bucket firmness, my altars ringed with iron — who'd have known they'd been stolen from me by his treachery."

銅斗兒江山 = "a realm solid as a copper peck-measure" (a set idiom for an impregnable domain); 斗 = dǒu, suffix 兒 = er. 陰占: 占 = zhàn ("to seize, usurp").

行xíng者zhě道dào：「陛bì下xià切qiè莫mò傷shāng感gǎn，恐kǒng走zǒu漏lòu消xiāo息xī。行xíng者zhě道dào：「陛bì下xià切qiè莫mò伤shāng感gǎn，恐kǒng走zǒu漏lòu消xiāo息xī。

Pilgrim said: "Your Majesty, on no account show grief — I fear it may leak the news.

切莫傷感 = "by no means show your feelings." 走漏消息 = "to let the secret out."

這zhè棍gùn子zi在zài我wǒ耳ěr朵duǒ裡lǐ跳tiào哩lī，如rú今jīn決jué要yào見jiàn功gōng，管guǎn取qǔ打dǎ殺shā妖yāo魔mó，掃sǎo蕩dàng邪xié物wù。这zhè棍gùn子zi在zài我wǒ耳ěr朵duǒ里lǐ跳tiào哩lī，如rú今jīn决jué要yào见jiàn功gōng，管guǎn取qǔ打dǎ杀shā妖yāo魔mó，扫sǎo荡dàng邪xié物wù。

This cudgel is leaping in my ear; today I'm sure to see it do its work — I'll surely beat the fiend to death and sweep the crooked thing away.

棍子: suffix 子 = zi. 邪物: 邪 = xié. 管取 = "be sure to."

這zhè江jiāng山shān不bù久jiǔ就jiù還huán歸guī你nǐ也yě。」这zhè江jiāng山shān不bù久jiǔ就jiù还huán归guī你nǐ也yě。」

This realm before long will revert to you."

還歸你: 還 = huán ("to revert, be given back").

那nà君jūn王wáng不bù敢gǎn違wéi言yán，只zhǐ得dé扯chě衣yī揩kāi淚lèi，捨shě死sǐ相xiāng從cóng，徑jìng來lái到dào金jīn鑾luán殿diàn下xià。那nà君jūn王wáng不bù敢gǎn违wéi言yán，只zhǐ得dé扯chě衣yī揩kāi泪lèi，舍shě死sǐ相xiāng从cóng，径jìng来lái到dào金jīn銮luán殿diàn下xià。

That sovereign dared not go against his word; he could only tug his clothes and wipe his tears, and, resigned to death, followed along straight to below the golden-belled throne-hall.

Deictic 那君王: 那 = nà. 只得: 得 = dé ("had no choice but"). 捨死相從: 相 = xiāng ("to follow along").

又yòu見jiàn那nà兩liǎng班bān文wén武wǔ，四sì百bǎi朝cháo官guān，一yí個gè個gè威wēi嚴yán端duān肅sù，相xiàng貌mào軒xuān昂áng。又yòu见jiàn那nà两liǎng班bān文wén武wǔ，四sì百bǎi朝cháo官guān，一yí个gè个gè威wēi严yán端duān肃sù，相xiàng貌mào轩xuān昂áng。

He saw, too, those two files of civil and military officers, four hundred courtiers, every one stern and grave, of imposing mien.

Deictic 那兩班: 那 = nà. 朝官: 朝 = cháo. 相貌: 相 = xiàng ("features").

總評 Commentary

A short, affecting passage that lets the restored king feel the full pathos of his position. Walking back, disguised and burdened, into the hall he once ruled, he cannot keep from weeping, and the phrase he reaches for — his "copper-bucket realm, altars ringed with iron" (銅斗兒江山，鐵圍的社稷) — is the stock idiom for an impregnable domain, its solidity now bitterly ironic, since the impregnable realm was taken not by storm but by a fiend's disguise (陰占, "stolen in secret").

Wukong's whispered reassurance turns the grief toward the coming action: hush, do not betray us, the cudgel is already leaping in my ear, and the realm will soon revert to you. The passage closes on the massed court — four hundred grave officials in two files — a wall of stern faces that makes the pilgrims' small band, and their audacious plan to unmask the man on the throne, feel the more exposed. The stage is fully set for the confrontation.