第四十回 · 報捷疑詐 Report of Victory, Suspicion of a Trick — Journey to the West

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報捷疑詐 Report of Victory, Suspicion of a Trick

卻què說shuō那nà孫sūn大dà聖shèng兄xiōng弟dì三sān人rén按àn下xià雲yún頭tóu。徑jìng至zhì朝cháo內nèi，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà君jūn臣chén儲chǔ后hòu，幾jǐ班bān兒er拜bài接jiē謝xiè恩ēn。行xíng者zhě將jiāng菩pú薩sà降xiáng魔mó收shōu怪guài的de那nà一yì節jié，陳chén訴sù與yǔ他tā君jūn臣chén聽tīng了le，一yí個gè個gè頂dǐng禮lǐ不bú盡jìn。正zhèng都dōu在zài賀hè喜xǐ之zhī間jiān，又yòu聽tīng得de黃huáng門mén官guān來lái奏zòu：「主zhǔ公gōng，外wài面miàn又yòu有yǒu四sì個gè和hé尚shàng來lái也yě。」八bā戒jiè慌huāng了le道dào：「哥gē哥gē，莫mò是shì妖yāo精jīng弄nòng法fǎ，假jiǎ捏niē文wén殊shū菩pú薩sà，哄hǒng了le我wǒ等děng，卻què又yòu變biàn作zuò和hé尚shàng，來lái與yǔ我wǒ們men鬥dòu智zhì哩lī？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「豈qǐ有yǒu此cǐ理lǐ？」即jí命mìng宣xuān進jìn來lái看kàn。却què说shuō那nà孙sūn大dà圣shèng兄xiōng弟dì三sān人rén按àn下xià云yún头tóu。径jìng至zhì朝cháo内nèi，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà君jūn臣chén储chǔ后hòu，几jǐ班bān儿er拜bài接jiē谢xiè恩ēn。行xíng者zhě将jiāng菩pú萨sà降xiáng魔mó收shōu怪guài的de那nà一yì节jié，陈chén诉sù与yǔ他tā君jūn臣chén听tīng了le，一yí个gè个gè顶dǐng礼lǐ不bú尽jìn。正zhèng都dōu在zài贺hè喜xǐ之zhī间jiān，又yòu听tīng得de黄huáng门mén官guān来lái奏zòu：「主zhǔ公gōng，外wài面miàn又yòu有yǒu四sì个gè和hé尚shàng来lái也yě。」八bā戒jiè慌huāng了le道dào：「哥gē哥gē，莫mò是shì妖yāo精jīng弄nòng法fǎ，假jiǎ捏niē文wén殊shū菩pú萨sà，哄hǒng了le我wǒ等děng，却què又yòu变biàn作zuò和hé尚shàng，来lái与yǔ我wǒ们men斗dòu智zhì哩lī？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「岂qǐ有yǒu此cǐ理lǐ？」即jí命mìng宣xuān进jìn来lái看kàn。

逐句解 Line by line

卻què說shuō那nà孫sūn大dà聖shèng兄xiōng弟dì三sān人rén按àn下xià雲yún頭tóu。却què说shuō那nà孙sūn大dà圣shèng兄xiōng弟dì三sān人rén按àn下xià云yún头tóu。

The story turns: the Great Sage and his two brethren brought their cloud-treads down to earth.

Resuming directly from Ch.39's climax (the demon unmasked as Mañjuśrī's blue-haired lion and led back to paradise). Deictic 那 (nà) on 孫大聖 simply resumes the narrative's attention on him.

徑jìng至zhì朝cháo內nèi，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà君jūn臣chén儲chǔ后hòu，幾jǐ班bān兒er拜bài接jiē謝xiè恩ēn。径jìng至zhì朝cháo内nèi，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà君jūn臣chén储chǔ后hòu，几jǐ班bān儿er拜bài接jiē谢xiè恩ēn。

They went straight in to the court, where the ruler, ministers, and consort-in-waiting, in ranks, bowed in welcome and gave thanks.

那君臣儲后: deictic 那 = nà. 幾班兒 ("several ranks' worth"): retroflex suffix 兒 = er.

行xíng者zhě將jiāng菩pú薩sà降xiáng魔mó收shōu怪guài的de那nà一yì節jié，陳chén訴sù與yǔ他tā君jūn臣chén聽tīng了le，一yí個gè個gè頂dǐng禮lǐ不bú盡jìn。行xíng者zhě将jiāng菩pú萨sà降xiáng魔mó收shōu怪guài的de那nà一yì节jié，陈chén诉sù与yǔ他tā君jūn臣chén听tīng了le，一yí个gè个gè顶dǐng礼lǐ不bú尽jìn。

Pilgrim recounted to the assembled lord and ministers the whole matter of how the Bodhisattva had subdued the demon and gathered in the monster, and every one of them bowed in homage without end.

將 here a disposal coverb marking the object narrated, jiāng. 降魔: 降 read xiáng ("to subdue"), not jiàng ("to descend"). 那一節: deictic 那 = nà. 不盡 ("without end"): 盡 = jìn (GLOBAL_PY invariant); the preceding 不 must be raised to bú to match, since the mechanical sandhi (computed on 盡's base tone) would otherwise leave it bù.

正zhèng都dōu在zài賀hè喜xǐ之zhī間jiān，又yòu聽tīng得de黃huáng門mén官guān來lái奏zòu：「主zhǔ公gōng，外wài面miàn又yòu有yǒu四sì個gè和hé尚shàng來lái也yě。」正zhèng都dōu在zài贺hè喜xǐ之zhī间jiān，又yòu听tīng得de黄huáng门mén官guān来lái奏zòu：「主zhǔ公gōng，外wài面miàn又yòu有yǒu四sì个gè和hé尚shàng来lái也yě。」

Just as they were all in the midst of celebration, they heard the Gate-of-the-Yellow-Ones officer come to report: "Your Majesty, outside there are four more monks arrived."

都 = "all, altogether" (dōu). 聽得: complement 得 read de, not the attainment sense dé.

八bā戒jiè慌huāng了le道dào：「哥gē哥gē，莫mò是shì妖yāo精jīng弄nòng法fǎ，假jiǎ捏niē文wén殊shū菩pú薩sà，哄hǒng了le我wǒ等děng，卻què又yòu變biàn作zuò和hé尚shàng，來lái與yǔ我wǒ們men鬥dòu智zhì哩lī？」八bā戒jiè慌huāng了le道dào：「哥gē哥gē，莫mò是shì妖yāo精jīng弄nòng法fǎ，假jiǎ捏niē文wén殊shū菩pú萨sà，哄hǒng了le我wǒ等děng，却què又yòu变biàn作zuò和hé尚shàng，来lái与yǔ我wǒ们men斗dòu智zhì哩lī？」

Eight Rules, flustered, said: "Brother, could it be the demon working some trick again — forging the shape of Mañjuśrī to fool us, and now come once more transformed as monks to match wits with us?"

Bajie's paranoia is characteristic: the demon of Ch.39 had indeed impersonated a Bodhisattva's steed, and he assumes the trick will simply repeat.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「豈qǐ有yǒu此cǐ理lǐ？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「岂qǐ有yǒu此cǐ理lǐ？」

Pilgrim said: "How could there be such a thing?"

Wukong's confidence is not bravado here — he alone witnessed the demon's true capture and return to Mañjuśrī's care.

即jí命mìng宣xuān進jìn來lái看kàn。即jí命mìng宣xuān进jìn来lái看kàn。

and at once gave the order to summon them in to be seen.

The scene's suspense (real or not?) is resolved in the next passage: the "four monks" are simply the promised envoys of Precious Grove Monastery.

總評 Commentary

Chapter 40 opens on a hinge rather than a fresh scene: Ch.39 had ended with the demon of Wūjī unmasked as Mañjuśrī's own mount and led away to paradise, and here Wukong and his brethren simply "bring their cloud-treads down" into the throne room to make their report. The court's response — bowing 不盡, "without end" — closes the loop on the resurrection-and-usurpation plot that has run since Ch.37, and does so with the same formulaic gravity that greets every one of Wukong's victories in the book.

Bajie's alarm at the announcement of "four more monks" is the passage's real interest. It is not idle comedy: the disciples have just spent an entire chapter being deceived by a shape-shifting demon posing as a heavenly emissary, and Bajie's first reflex — assume the trick is being run again — is the correct lesson to have drawn from that experience, even though it happens to be wrong here. The irony cuts two ways. It sets up the reveal of the next passage (harmless temple envoys, not a threat), and it plants, at the very outset of the chapter whose title promises "the Chan-mind thrown into chaos," the idea that vigilance itself can misfire — precisely the vulnerability that will be exploited when a real threat, dressed as an innocent child, appears only a few passages on.