第四十回 · 三頭六臂 Three Heads and Six Arms — Journey to the West

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三頭六臂 Three Heads and Six Arms

三sān個gè人rén附fù葛gé扳bān藤téng，尋xún坡pō轉zhuǎn澗jiàn，行xíng經jīng有yǒu五wǔ七qī十shí里lǐ，卻què也yě沒méi個gè音yīn信xìn。那nà山shān上shàng飛fēi禽qín走zǒu獸shòu全quán無wú，老lǎo柏bǎi喬qiáo松sōng常cháng見jiàn。孫sūn大dà聖shèng著zhuó實shí心xīn焦jiāo，將jiāng身shēn一yí縱zòng，跳tiào上shàng那nà巔diān嶮xiǎn峰fēng頭tóu，喝hē一yì聲shēng叫jiào：「變biàn！」變biàn作zuò三sān頭tóu六liù臂bì，似sì那nà大dà鬧nào天tiān宮gōng的de本běn像xiàng。將jiāng金jīn箍gū棒bàng幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，變biàn作zuò三sān根gēn金jīn箍gū棒bàng，劈pī哩lī撲pū辣là的de，往wǎng東dōng打dǎ一yí路lù，往wǎng西xī打dǎ一yí路lù，兩liǎng邊biān不bú住zhù的de亂luàn打dǎ。八bā戒jiè見jiàn了le道dào：「沙shā和hé尚shàng，不bù好hǎo了le，師shī兄xiōng是shì尋xún不bú著zháo師shī父fù，惱nǎo出chū氣qì心xīn風fēng來lái了le。」三sān个gè人rén附fù葛gé扳bān藤téng，寻xún坡pō转zhuǎn涧jiàn，行xíng经jīng有yǒu五wǔ七qī十shí里lǐ，却què也yě没méi个gè音yīn信xìn。那nà山shān上shàng飞fēi禽qín走zǒu兽shòu全quán无wú，老lǎo柏bǎi乔qiáo松sōng常cháng见jiàn。孙sūn大dà圣shèng着zhuó实shí心xīn焦jiāo，将jiāng身shēn一yí纵zòng，跳tiào上shàng那nà巅diān崄xiǎn峰fēng头tóu，喝hē一yì声shēng叫jiào：「变biàn！」变biàn作zuò三sān头tóu六liù臂bì，似sì那nà大dà闹nào天tiān宫gōng的de本běn像xiàng。将jiāng金jīn箍gū棒bàng幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，变biàn作zuò三sān根gēn金jīn箍gū棒bàng，劈pī哩lī扑pū辣là的de，往wǎng东dōng打dǎ一yí路lù，往wǎng西xī打dǎ一yí路lù，两liǎng边biān不bú住zhù的de乱luàn打dǎ。八bā戒jiè见jiàn了le道dào：「沙shā和hé尚shàng，不bù好hǎo了le，师shī兄xiōng是shì寻xún不bú着zháo师shī父fù，恼nǎo出chū气qì心xīn风fēng来lái了le。」

逐句解 Line by line

三sān個gè人rén附fù葛gé扳bān藤téng，尋xún坡pō轉zhuǎn澗jiàn，行xíng經jīng有yǒu五wǔ七qī十shí里lǐ，卻què也yě沒méi個gè音yīn信xìn。三sān个gè人rén附fù葛gé扳bān藤téng，寻xún坡pō转zhuǎn涧jiàn，行xíng经jīng有yǒu五wǔ七qī十shí里lǐ，却què也yě没méi个gè音yīn信xìn。

The three of them, clinging to creepers and hauling on vines, sought over slopes and round gullies, and after they had traveled some fifty or seventy li, still found no word or sign.

扳藤: 扳 = bān ("to haul, grip"). 行經: 行 = xíng. 里 (li) untranslated.

那nà山shān上shàng飛fēi禽qín走zǒu獸shòu全quán無wú，老lǎo柏bǎi喬qiáo松sōng常cháng見jiàn。那nà山shān上shàng飞fēi禽qín走zǒu兽shòu全quán无wú，老lǎo柏bǎi乔qiáo松sōng常cháng见jiàn。

On that mountain there was not a single flying bird or running beast — only old cypress and tall pine, common to the eye.

那山上: deictic 那 = nà. 常見: 常 = cháng ("commonly seen").

孫sūn大dà聖shèng著zhuó實shí心xīn焦jiāo，將jiāng身shēn一yí縱zòng，跳tiào上shàng那nà巔diān嶮xiǎn峰fēng頭tóu，喝hē一yì聲shēng叫jiào：「變biàn！」孙sūn大dà圣shèng着zhuó实shí心xīn焦jiāo，将jiāng身shēn一yí纵zòng，跳tiào上shàng那nà巅diān崄xiǎn峰fēng头tóu，喝hē一yì声shēng叫jiào：「变biàn！」

The Great Sage, truly heartsore, gave his body a leap, sprang to the top of that jagged peak, and shouted a cry: "Change!"

著實心焦: 著 = zhuó ("truly, indeed"; 著實). 將身一縱: disposal 將 = jiāng; 一 sandhi → yí before 縱 (4th tone). 那巔嶮: deictic 那 = nà. 喝一聲: 一 sandhi → yì before 聲 (1st tone).

變biàn作zuò三sān頭tóu六liù臂bì，似sì那nà大dà鬧nào天tiān宮gōng的de本běn像xiàng。变biàn作zuò三sān头tóu六liù臂bì，似sì那nà大dà闹nào天tiān宫gōng的de本běn像xiàng。

and turned into a figure of three heads and six arms, like his true form from the Great Uproar in Heaven.

似那大鬧天宮: 似 = sì ("like"; GLOBAL, not the 似的 collocation); deictic 那 = nà.

將jiāng金jīn箍gū棒bàng幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，變biàn作zuò三sān根gēn金jīn箍gū棒bàng，劈pī哩lī撲pū辣là的de，往wǎng東dōng打dǎ一yí路lù，往wǎng西xī打dǎ一yí路lù，兩liǎng邊biān不bú住zhù的de亂luàn打dǎ。将jiāng金jīn箍gū棒bàng幌huǎng一yì幌huǎng，变biàn作zuò三sān根gēn金jīn箍gū棒bàng，劈pī哩lī扑pū辣là的de，往wǎng东dōng打dǎ一yí路lù，往wǎng西xī打dǎ一yí路lù，两liǎng边biān不bú住zhù的de乱luàn打dǎ。

He gave his gold-hooped cudgel a shake and turned it into three gold-hooped cudgels, and with a whickety-whack laid about him — beat out a path to the east, beat out a path to the west, striking wildly and without pause on both sides.

將金箍棒: disposal 將 = jiāng. 幌一幌: 一 sandhi → yì before 幌 (3rd tone). 往東打一路 / 往西打一路: both 一 sandhi → yí before 路 (4th tone). 兩邊不住的: mechanical sandhi raises 不 to bú before 住 (4th tone); subordinating 的 = de.

八bā戒jiè見jiàn了le道dào：「沙shā和hé尚shàng，不bù好hǎo了le，師shī兄xiōng是shì尋xún不bú著zháo師shī父fù，惱nǎo出chū氣qì心xīn風fēng來lái了le。」八bā戒jiè见jiàn了le道dào：「沙shā和hé尚shàng，不bù好hǎo了le，师shī兄xiōng是shì寻xún不bú着zháo师shī父fù，恼nǎo出chū气qì心xīn风fēng来lái了le。」

Eight Rules, seeing it, said: "Sha Monk, this is bad — Elder Brother, failing to find the Master, has flown into a raging mind-storm out of vexation."

尋不著: 著 = zháo (resultative, "fail to find"). 氣心風 = "a mind-storm of temper."

總評 Commentary

The search yields nothing, and Wukong's response is characteristic: where patience fails, he escalates to force and spectacle. Manifesting the three-headed, six-armed form of the Great Uproar in Heaven — the shape of his oldest and most formidable self — he multiplies his cudgel and thrashes the empty mountain, beating out paths east and west. It is less a search than a summons: the display is meant to flush out whatever local powers might be hiding, and, as the next passage reveals, it works, dragging the mountain's cowering gods and earth-spirits out of concealment.

Bajie's misreading supplies the comedy and, obliquely, the truth. Watching Wukong flail, he concludes his brother has been driven mad with frustration — an 氣心風, a "mind-storm of temper" — which is wrong as to Wukong's intent but shrewd as to his state, since the display does spring from real vexation at the fruitless search. The scene also quietly reasserts Wukong's stature after the low point of the parting-talk: the disciple who a moment ago spoke of giving up is here revealed again as the Great Sage of old, three-headed and six-armed, whose mere show of temper commands the terrain. The reassertion is timely, for the passages ahead will require exactly this authority — to compel the mountain's spirits to testify, and then to face the fire-wielding demon whose lair they will name.