第四十回 · 風息尋師 The Wind Stills, the Master Sought — Journey to the West

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風息尋師 The Wind Stills, the Master Sought

一yì時shí間jiān，風fēng聲shēng暫zàn息xī，日rì色sè光guāng明míng。行xíng者zhě上shàng前qián觀guān看kàn，只zhǐ見jiàn白bái龍lóng馬mǎ戰zhàn兢jīng兢jīng發fā喊hǎn聲shēng嘶sī，行xíng李lǐ擔dàn丟diū在zài路lù下xià，八bā戒jiè伏fú於yú崖yá下xià呻shēn吟yín，沙shā僧sēng蹲dūn在zài坡pō前qián叫jiào喚huàn。行xíng者zhě喊hǎn：「八bā戒jiè。」那nà獃dāi子zi聽tīng見jiàn是shì行xíng者zhě的de聲shēng音yīn，卻què擡tái頭tóu看kàn時shí，狂kuáng風fēng已yǐ靜jìng，爬pá起qǐ來lái，扯chě住zhù行xíng者zhě道dào：「哥gē哥gē，好hǎo大dà風fēng啊a！」沙shā僧sēng卻què也yě上shàng前qián道dào：「哥gē哥gē，這zhè是shì一yí陣zhèn旋xuán風fēng。」又yòu問wèn：「師shī父fù在zài那nǎ裡lǐ？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「風fēng來lái得de緊jǐn，我wǒ們men都dōu藏cáng頭tóu遮zhē眼yǎn，各gè自zì躲duǒ風fēng，師shī父fù也yě伏fú在zài馬mǎ上shàng的de。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「如rú今jīn卻què往wǎng那nǎ裡lǐ去qù了le？」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「是shì個gè燈dēng草cǎo做zuò的de，想xiǎng被bèi一yì風fēng捲juǎn去qù也yě。」一yì时shí间jiān，风fēng声shēng暂zàn息xī，日rì色sè光guāng明míng。行xíng者zhě上shàng前qián观guān看kàn，只zhǐ见jiàn白bái龙lóng马mǎ战zhàn兢jīng兢jīng发fā喊hǎn声shēng嘶sī，行xíng李lǐ担dàn丢diū在zài路lù下xià，八bā戒jiè伏fú于yú崖yá下xià呻shēn吟yín，沙shā僧sēng蹲dūn在zài坡pō前qián叫jiào唤huàn。行xíng者zhě喊hǎn：「八bā戒jiè。」那nà呆dāi子zi听tīng见jiàn是shì行xíng者zhě的de声shēng音yīn，却què擡tái头tóu看kàn时shí，狂kuáng风fēng已yǐ静jìng，爬pá起qǐ来lái，扯chě住zhù行xíng者zhě道dào：「哥gē哥gē，好hǎo大dà风fēng啊a！」沙shā僧sēng却què也yě上shàng前qián道dào：「哥gē哥gē，这zhè是shì一yí阵zhèn旋xuán风fēng。」又yòu问wèn：「师shī父fù在zài那nǎ里lǐ？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「风fēng来lái得de紧jǐn，我wǒ们men都dōu藏cáng头tóu遮zhē眼yǎn，各gè自zì躲duǒ风fēng，师shī父fù也yě伏fú在zài马mǎ上shàng的de。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「如rú今jīn却què往wǎng那nǎ里lǐ去qù了le？」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「是shì个gè灯dēng草cǎo做zuò的de，想xiǎng被bèi一yì风fēng卷juǎn去qù也yě。」

逐句解 Line by line

一yì時shí間jiān，風fēng聲shēng暫zàn息xī，日rì色sè光guāng明míng。一yì时shí间jiān，风fēng声shēng暂zàn息xī，日rì色sè光guāng明míng。

In a little while the wind's roar briefly abated and the light of day grew bright.

一時間: 一 sandhi → yì before 時 (2nd tone); 間 = jiān.

行xíng者zhě上shàng前qián觀guān看kàn，只zhǐ見jiàn白bái龍lóng馬mǎ戰zhàn兢jīng兢jīng發fā喊hǎn聲shēng嘶sī，行xíng李lǐ擔dàn丟diū在zài路lù下xià，八bā戒jiè伏fú於yú崖yá下xià呻shēn吟yín，沙shā僧sēng蹲dūn在zài坡pō前qián叫jiào喚huàn。行xíng者zhě上shàng前qián观guān看kàn，只zhǐ见jiàn白bái龙lóng马mǎ战zhàn兢jīng兢jīng发fā喊hǎn声shēng嘶sī，行xíng李lǐ担dàn丢diū在zài路lù下xià，八bā戒jiè伏fú于yú崖yá下xià呻shēn吟yín，沙shā僧sēng蹲dūn在zài坡pō前qián叫jiào唤huàn。

Pilgrim came forward to look, and saw only the white dragon-horse trembling and neighing out loud, the luggage-load flung down at the roadside, Eight Rules groaning at the foot of the cliff, and Sha Monk crouched calling out before the slope.

觀看: 觀 = guān. 行李擔: 擔 = dàn (a load, noun).

行xíng者zhě喊hǎn：「八bā戒jiè。」行xíng者zhě喊hǎn：「八bā戒jiè。」

Pilgrim shouted: "Eight Rules!"

行者喊 — Wukong rallying the scattered party.

那nà獃dāi子zi聽tīng見jiàn是shì行xíng者zhě的de聲shēng音yīn，卻què擡tái頭tóu看kàn時shí，狂kuáng風fēng已yǐ靜jìng，爬pá起qǐ來lái，扯chě住zhù行xíng者zhě道dào：「哥gē哥gē，好hǎo大dà風fēng啊a！」那nà呆dāi子zi听tīng见jiàn是shì行xíng者zhě的de声shēng音yīn，却què擡tái头tóu看kàn时shí，狂kuáng风fēng已yǐ静jìng，爬pá起qǐ来lái，扯chě住zhù行xíng者zhě道dào：「哥gē哥gē，好hǎo大dà风fēng啊a！」

That blockhead, hearing it was Pilgrim's voice, lifted his head and looked — the gale already stilled — scrambled up, and, catching hold of Pilgrim, said: "Brother, what a great wind!"

那獃子: deictic 那 = nà; suffix 子 = zi.

沙shā僧sēng卻què也yě上shàng前qián道dào：「哥gē哥gē，這zhè是shì一yí陣zhèn旋xuán風fēng。」沙shā僧sēng却què也yě上shàng前qián道dào：「哥gē哥gē，这zhè是shì一yí阵zhèn旋xuán风fēng。」

Sha Monk too came forward and said: "Brother, this was a whirlwind."

一陣旋風: 一 sandhi → yí before 陣 (4th tone).

又yòu問wèn：「師shī父fù在zài那nǎ裡lǐ？」又yòu问wèn：「师shī父fù在zài那nǎ里lǐ？」

And he asked further: "Where is the Master?"

師父在那裡: interrogative 那裡 = nǎ lǐ ("where").

八bā戒jiè道dào：「風fēng來lái得de緊jǐn，我wǒ們men都dōu藏cáng頭tóu遮zhē眼yǎn，各gè自zì躲duǒ風fēng，師shī父fù也yě伏fú在zài馬mǎ上shàng的de。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「风fēng来lái得de紧jǐn，我wǒ们men都dōu藏cáng头tóu遮zhē眼yǎn，各gè自zì躲duǒ风fēng，师shī父fù也yě伏fú在zài马mǎ上shàng的de。」

Eight Rules said: "The wind came on so hard that we all buried our heads and shielded our eyes, each of us dodging the gale — the Master was lying low on the horse too."

風來得緊: complement 得 = de. 都藏頭遮眼: 都 = dōu; 藏 = cáng ("to hide").

行xíng者zhě道dào：「如rú今jīn卻què往wǎng那nǎ裡lǐ去qù了le？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「如rú今jīn却què往wǎng那nǎ里lǐ去qù了le？」

Pilgrim said: "And where has he gone off to now?"

往那裡去了: interrogative 那裡 = nǎ lǐ ("where"); aspect 了 = le.

沙shā僧sēng道dào：「是shì個gè燈dēng草cǎo做zuò的de，想xiǎng被bèi一yì風fēng捲juǎn去qù也yě。」沙shā僧sēng道dào：「是shì个gè灯dēng草cǎo做zuò的de，想xiǎng被bèi一yì风fēng卷juǎn去qù也yě。」

Sha Monk said: "He was like one made of lampwick-rush — I think he's been rolled away by the wind."

燈草做的 ("made of lampwick-rush"): a figure for the Master's frailty, light enough to be blown off. 被一風捲去: 一 sandhi → yì before 風 (1st tone).

總評 Commentary

The aftermath is drawn with a quick, precise attention to disarray: the horse neighing and trembling, the luggage thrown down, Bajie groaning under the cliff, Sha Monk crouched and calling — the whole party scattered and stunned, and only Wukong on his feet to take stock. The comedy of the exchange (Bajie's dazed "what a great wind," Sha Monk's rush to state the obvious) sits atop the dawning recognition that the Master is simply gone, blown away like a wisp of lampwick-rush.

The figure Sha Monk reaches for — 燈草做的, "made of lampwick-rush" — is quietly apt for the whole predicament. Tripitaka, the ordinary mortal at the center of the enterprise, is physically the frailest of the five and, for all his spiritual centrality, the most easily removed; the demon's windstorm has simply lifted him out of the story. The passage marks the transition from the abduction itself to its consequences: the disciples must now reckon with a leaderless pilgrimage, and the next passage will show that reckoning nearly dissolving the party altogether before Sha Monk's resolve holds it together.