第四十回 · 山後又叫 The Cry Comes Again from Behind — Journey to the West

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山後又叫 The Cry Comes Again from Behind

他tā再zài拽zhuāi開kāi步bù，趕gǎn上shàng唐táng僧sēng，一yí路lù奔bēn山shān。只zhǐ見jiàn那nà三sān藏zàng又yòu聽tīng得dé那nà山shān背bèi後hòu叫jiào聲shēng：「救jiù人rén！」長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「徒tú弟dì呀ya，那nà有yǒu難nàn的de人rén大dà沒méi緣yuán法fǎ，不bù曾céng得dé遇yù著zhe我wǒ們men，我wǒ們men走zǒu過guò他tā了le。你nǐ聽tīng他tā在zài山shān後hòu叫jiào哩lī。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「在zài便biàn還hái在zài山shān前qián，只zhǐ是shì如rú今jīn風fēng轉zhuǎn了le也yě。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「管guǎn他tā甚shén麼me轉zhuǎn風fēng不bù轉zhuǎn風fēng，且qiě走zǒu路lù。」因yīn此cǐ，遂suì都dōu無wú言yán語yǔ，恨hèn不bù得dé一yí步bù踏tà過guò此cǐ山shān，不bù題tí話huà下xià。他tā再zài拽zhuāi开kāi步bù，赶gǎn上shàng唐táng僧sēng，一yí路lù奔bēn山shān。只zhǐ见jiàn那nà三sān藏zàng又yòu听tīng得dé那nà山shān背bèi后hòu叫jiào声shēng：「救jiù人rén！」长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「徒tú弟dì呀ya，那nà有yǒu难nàn的de人rén大dà没méi缘yuán法fǎ，不bù曾céng得dé遇yù着zhe我wǒ们men，我wǒ们men走zǒu过guò他tā了le。你nǐ听tīng他tā在zài山shān后hòu叫jiào哩lī。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「在zài便biàn还hái在zài山shān前qián，只zhǐ是shì如rú今jīn风fēng转zhuǎn了le也yě。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「管guǎn他tā甚shén么me转zhuǎn风fēng不bù转zhuǎn风fēng，且qiě走zǒu路lù。」因yīn此cǐ，遂suì都dōu无wú言yán语yǔ，恨hèn不bù得dé一yí步bù踏tà过guò此cǐ山shān，不bù题tí话huà下xià。

逐句解 Line by line

他tā再zài拽zhuāi開kāi步bù，趕gǎn上shàng唐táng僧sēng，一yí路lù奔bēn山shān。他tā再zài拽zhuāi开kāi步bù，赶gǎn上shàng唐táng僧sēng，一yí路lù奔bēn山shān。

He stretched his stride again, caught up with the Tang Priest, and pressed on along the mountain road.

拽開步: 拽 = zhuāi ("to pull/stretch out"). 一路奔山: 一 sandhi → yí before 路 (4th tone).

只zhǐ見jiàn那nà三sān藏zàng又yòu聽tīng得dé那nà山shān背bèi後hòu叫jiào聲shēng：「救jiù人rén！」只zhǐ见jiàn那nà三sān藏zàng又yòu听tīng得dé那nà山shān背bèi后hòu叫jiào声shēng：「救jiù人rén！」

Then he saw the Tang Priest hear, once more, a voice calling from behind the mountain: "Save me!"

Two deictic 那 (那三藏, 那山背後) = nà; 藏 = zàng. 聽得: 得 = dé. 背後: 背 = bèi.

長zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「徒tú弟dì呀ya，那nà有yǒu難nàn的de人rén大dà沒méi緣yuán法fǎ，不bù曾céng得dé遇yù著zhe我wǒ們men，我wǒ們men走zǒu過guò他tā了le。长zhǎng老lǎo道dào：「徒tú弟dì呀ya，那nà有yǒu难nàn的de人rén大dà没méi缘yuán法fǎ，不bù曾céng得dé遇yù着zhe我wǒ们men，我wǒ们men走zǒu过guò他tā了le。

The elder said: "Disciple, that person in distress has poor luck indeed — he never got to meet with us, and we've walked right past him.

長老: 長 = zhǎng. 那有難的人: deictic 那 = nà; 難 = nàn. 不曾得遇著: 得 = dé; durative 著 = zhe. 走過他了: aspect 了 = le.

你nǐ聽tīng他tā在zài山shān後hòu叫jiào哩lī。」你nǐ听tīng他tā在zài山shān后hòu叫jiào哩lī。」

Listen, he's calling behind the mountain now."

你聽他在山後叫哩: the elder marking the shift of the voice to behind the mountain — the sign, unknown to him, that the demon has flown to a new perch.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「在zài便biàn還hái在zài山shān前qián，只zhǐ是shì如rú今jīn風fēng轉zhuǎn了le也yě。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「在zài便biàn还hái在zài山shān前qián，只zhǐ是shì如rú今jīn风fēng转zhuǎn了le也yě。」

Eight Rules said: "He was in front all right — it's only that the wind has shifted round now."

還在山前: 還 = hái ("still"). 風轉了: aspect 了 = le.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「管guǎn他tā甚shén麼me轉zhuǎn風fēng不bù轉zhuǎn風fēng，且qiě走zǒu路lù。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「管guǎn他tā甚shén么me转zhuǎn风fēng不bù转zhuǎn风fēng，且qiě走zǒu路lù。」

Pilgrim said: "Never mind whether the wind's turned or not — just keep to the road."

管他甚麼轉風不轉風: 甚 = shén; mechanical sandhi leaves 不 as bù before 轉 (3rd tone), correctly.

因yīn此cǐ，遂suì都dōu無wú言yán語yǔ，恨hèn不bù得dé一yí步bù踏tà過guò此cǐ山shān，不bù題tí話huà下xià。因yīn此cǐ，遂suì都dōu无wú言yán语yǔ，恨hèn不bù得dé一yí步bù踏tà过guò此cǐ山shān，不bù题tí话huà下xià。

And so they all went on without a word, longing to cross this mountain in a single stride, and no more will be said of it here.

遂都無言語: 都 = dōu ("all"). 恨不得一步: 得 = dé; 一 sandhi → yí before 步 (4th tone). 不題話下 = "say no more of it here" (storyteller's formula).

總評 Commentary

Wukong's spatial trick is quietly undone. The cry that had been ahead now sounds from behind the mountain, and the Master, all innocence, registers only that the poor soul in distress has bad luck — they have walked right past him. What Tripitaka cannot know is that the demon has shed his bonds and flown to a new perch; Wukong's 移山縮地 bent the road, but the enemy simply moved. Bajie's explanation — that 風轉了, the wind has shifted, and carried the voice around — is the comic wrong answer that nonetheless registers the truth that something has changed direction.

The passage's economy is worth noting: in a few lines it conveys the failure of the previous passage's cleverness without any direct statement of it. Wukong does not explain, does not react to the reappearance of the cry, and simply orders the road kept — 管他甚麼轉風不轉風 ("never mind whether the wind's turned or not"). His terseness is the tell. The war of nerves continues, and the storyteller's closing formula (不題話下, "no more will be said of it here") deliberately breaks off the pilgrims' thread to turn, in the next passage, to the demon's side — where we will see the frustration that Wukong's tricks have caused, and the fresh scheme they provoke.