第三十九回 · 三僧圍魔 Three Monks Ring the Fiend — Journey to the West

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三僧圍魔 Three Monks Ring the Fiend

好hǎo八bā戒jiè，喝hē一yì聲shēng，也yě駕jià雲yún頭tóu趕gǎn上shàng。慌huāng得de那nà沙shā和hé尚shàng丟diū了le唐táng僧sēng，也yě掣chè出chū寶bǎo杖zhàng來lái打dǎ。唐táng僧sēng才cái停tíng了le咒zhòu語yǔ。孫sūn大dà聖shèng忍rěn著zhe頭tóu疼téng，揝zǎn著zhe鐵tiě棒bàng，趕gǎn在zài空kōng中zhōng。呀ya！這zhè一yì場chǎng，三sān個gè狠hěn和hé尚shàng，圍wéi住zhù一yí個gè潑pō妖yāo魔mó。那nà魔mó王wáng被bèi八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng使shǐ釘dīng鈀pá、寶bǎo杖zhàng左zuǒ右yòu攻gōng住zhù了le。行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ要yào再zài去qù，當dāng面miàn打dǎ他tā，他tā卻què有yǒu些xiē怕pà我wǒ，只zhǐ恐kǒng他tā又yòu走zǒu了le。等děng我wǒ老lǎo孫sūn跳tiào高gāo些xiē，與yǔ他tā個gè搗dǎo蒜suàn打dǎ，結jié果guǒ了le他tā罷ba。」好hǎo八bā戒jiè，喝hē一yì声shēng，也yě驾jià云yún头tóu赶gǎn上shàng。慌huāng得de那nà沙shā和hé尚shàng丢diū了le唐táng僧sēng，也yě掣chè出chū宝bǎo杖zhàng来lái打dǎ。唐táng僧sēng才cái停tíng了le咒zhòu语yǔ。孙sūn大dà圣shèng忍rěn着zhe头tóu疼téng，揝zǎn着zhe铁tiě棒bàng，赶gǎn在zài空kōng中zhōng。呀ya！这zhè一yì场chǎng，三sān个gè狠hěn和hé尚shàng，围wéi住zhù一yí个gè泼pō妖yāo魔mó。那nà魔mó王wáng被bèi八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng使shǐ钉dīng钯pá、宝bǎo杖zhàng左zuǒ右yòu攻gōng住zhù了le。行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ要yào再zài去qù，当dāng面miàn打dǎ他tā，他tā却què有yǒu些xiē怕pà我wǒ，只zhǐ恐kǒng他tā又yòu走zǒu了le。等děng我wǒ老lǎo孙sūn跳tiào高gāo些xiē，与yǔ他tā个gè捣dǎo蒜suàn打dǎ，结jié果guǒ了le他tā罢ba。」

逐句解 Line by line

好hǎo八bā戒jiè，喝hē一yì聲shēng，也yě駕jià雲yún頭tóu趕gǎn上shàng。好hǎo八bā戒jiè，喝hē一yì声shēng，也yě驾jià云yún头tóu赶gǎn上shàng。

The fine Eight Rules gave a shout and, mounting a cloud-head too, gave chase.

喝一聲 = "gave a shout." 駕雲頭趕上 = "rode a cloud in pursuit."

慌huāng得de那nà沙shā和hé尚shàng丟diū了le唐táng僧sēng，也yě掣chè出chū寶bǎo杖zhàng來lái打dǎ。慌huāng得de那nà沙shā和hé尚shàng丢diū了le唐táng僧sēng，也yě掣chè出chū宝bǎo杖zhàng来lái打dǎ。

In alarm that Sha the monk dropped the Tang Monk and also drew his precious staff to strike.

慌得: complement 得 = de. Deictic 那沙和尚: 那 = nà. 寶杖 = Sha Monk's demon-quelling staff.

唐táng僧sēng才cái停tíng了le咒zhòu語yǔ。唐táng僧sēng才cái停tíng了le咒zhòu语yǔ。

Only then did the Tang Monk stop the spell.

才停了咒語 = "only then ceased chanting." (The true Tripitaka, whose recitation had exposed the fiend.)

孫sūn大dà聖shèng忍rěn著zhe頭tóu疼téng，揝zǎn著zhe鐵tiě棒bàng，趕gǎn在zài空kōng中zhōng。孙sūn大dà圣shèng忍rěn着zhe头tóu疼téng，揝zǎn着zhe铁tiě棒bàng，赶gǎn在zài空kōng中zhōng。

Sun the Great Sage, bearing his headache and gripping his iron cudgel, gave chase in mid-air.

Both durative 著 (忍著, 揝著) = zhe. 空中: 中 = zhōng. 揝 (zǎn) = "to grip."

呀ya！呀ya！

Aha!

呀 — the narrator's interjection, marking the turn to the three-on-one fray.

這zhè一yì場chǎng，三sān個gè狠hěn和hé尚shàng，圍wéi住zhù一yí個gè潑pō妖yāo魔mó。这zhè一yì场chǎng，三sān个gè狠hěn和hé尚shàng，围wéi住zhù一yí个gè泼pō妖yāo魔mó。

This bout: three fierce monks ringing one vile fiend.

三個狠和尚，圍住一個潑妖魔 = "three ferocious monks hemming in one vile demon."

那nà魔mó王wáng被bèi八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng使shǐ釘dīng鈀pá、寶bǎo杖zhàng左zuǒ右yòu攻gōng住zhù了le。那nà魔mó王wáng被bèi八bā戒jiè、沙shā僧sēng使shǐ钉dīng钯pá、宝bǎo杖zhàng左zuǒ右yòu攻gōng住zhù了le。

That demon-king was held off on left and right by Eight Rules and Sha Monk with their nail-rake and precious staff.

Deictic 那魔王: 那 = nà. 釘鈀: 鈀 = pá (Bajie's rake). 左右攻住 = "pressed from both sides."

行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ要yào再zài去qù，當dāng面miàn打dǎ他tā，他tā卻què有yǒu些xiē怕pà我wǒ，只zhǐ恐kǒng他tā又yòu走zǒu了le。行xíng者zhě笑xiào道dào：「我wǒ要yào再zài去qù，当dāng面miàn打dǎ他tā，他tā却què有yǒu些xiē怕pà我wǒ，只zhǐ恐kǒng他tā又yòu走zǒu了le。

Pilgrim laughed: "If I go again and strike him to his face, he's a bit afraid of me — I only fear he'll run off once more.

當面打他: 當 = dāng ("to the face"). 只恐他又走了 = "only fear he'll flee again."

等děng我wǒ老lǎo孫sūn跳tiào高gāo些xiē，與yǔ他tā個gè搗dǎo蒜suàn打dǎ，結jié果guǒ了le他tā罷ba。」等děng我wǒ老lǎo孙sūn跳tiào高gāo些xiē，与yǔ他tā个gè捣dǎo蒜suàn打dǎ，结jié果guǒ了le他tā罢ba。」

Let old Sun leap up high and give him a garlic-pounding blow, and finish him off."

搗蒜打 = "a downward pestle-blow, like pounding garlic." 結果了他 = "do him in"; final 罷 = ba.

總評 Commentary

The chase closes into a melee: Bajie and Sha Monk join Wukong in the air, and the three ring the fiend, rake and staff pinning him on either side while Wukong looks for the finishing stroke. The passage is brief and kinetic, a gathering of force before the intervention that will pre-empt it — and it carries one quiet, telling detail. The true Tripitaka "only then stopped the spell," the recitation that had smoked the counterfeit out; the Tight-Fillet Spell that opened the chapter as an instrument of Wukong's torment has just served, in the mouth of the master, as the instrument of the fiend's exposure.

Wukong's plan — to leap high and bring down a "garlic-pounding blow" to "finish him off" — sets the expectation of a decisive kill, exactly so that the next passage can overturn it. The novel's pattern with mount-demons is that they may be beaten but not slain by the pilgrims, since they belong to a higher master; the reader half-senses the reprieve coming even as the three monks close the ring.