第四十一回 · 厲聲叫戰 A Shouted Challenge — Journey to the West

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厲聲叫戰 A Shouted Challenge

孫sūn大dà聖shèng厲lì聲shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà小xiǎo的de們men，趁chèn早zǎo去qù報bào與yǔ洞dòng主zhǔ知zhī道dào，教jiào他tā送sòng出chū我wǒ唐táng僧sēng師shī父fù來lái，免miǎn你nǐ這zhè一yí洞dòng精jīng靈líng的de性xìng命mìng；牙yá迸bèng半bàn個gè『不bú』字zì，我wǒ就jiù掀xiān翻fān了le你nǐ的de山shān場chǎng，屣xǐ平píng了le你nǐ的de洞dòng府fǔ。」那nà些xiē小xiǎo妖yāo，聞wén此cǐ言yán，慌huāng忙máng急jí轉zhuǎn身shēn，各gè歸guī洞dòng裡lǐ，關guān了le兩liǎng扇shàn石shí門mén，到dào裡lǐ邊biān來lái報bào：「大dà王wáng，禍huò事shì了le。」孙sūn大dà圣shèng厉lì声shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà小xiǎo的de们men，趁chèn早zǎo去qù报bào与yǔ洞dòng主zhǔ知zhī道dào，教jiào他tā送sòng出chū我wǒ唐táng僧sēng师shī父fù来lái，免miǎn你nǐ这zhè一yí洞dòng精jīng灵líng的de性xìng命mìng；牙yá迸bèng半bàn个gè『不bú』字zì，我wǒ就jiù掀xiān翻fān了le你nǐ的de山shān场chǎng，屣xǐ平píng了le你nǐ的de洞dòng府fǔ。」那nà些xiē小xiǎo妖yāo，闻wén此cǐ言yán，慌huāng忙máng急jí转zhuǎn身shēn，各gè归guī洞dòng里lǐ，关guān了le两liǎng扇shàn石shí门mén，到dào里lǐ边biān来lái报bào：「大dà王wáng，祸huò事shì了le。」

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孫sūn大dà聖shèng厲lì聲shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà小xiǎo的de們men，趁chèn早zǎo去qù報bào與yǔ洞dòng主zhǔ知zhī道dào，教jiào他tā送sòng出chū我wǒ唐táng僧sēng師shī父fù來lái，免miǎn你nǐ這zhè一yí洞dòng精jīng靈líng的de性xìng命mìng；孙sūn大dà圣shèng厉lì声shēng高gāo叫jiào道dào：「那nà小xiǎo的de们men，趁chèn早zǎo去qù报bào与yǔ洞dòng主zhǔ知zhī道dào，教jiào他tā送sòng出chū我wǒ唐táng僧sēng师shī父fù来lái，免miǎn你nǐ这zhè一yí洞dòng精jīng灵líng的de性xìng命mìng；

The Great Sage Sun cried out in a stern, ringing voice: ‘You little ones there — be quick, go tell your cave-lord to send out my master the Tang Monk, and spare the lives of this whole cave of sprites;

那 nà, vocative-deictic (那小的們 ‘you little ones there’). 教 jiào, causative ‘have (him) send out’. 一洞 ‘the whole cave(-ful)’ (一 before 洞 t4 → yí). The bravado of the challenge is entirely in character for Wukong at a demon's gate.

牙yá迸bèng半bàn個gè『不bú』字zì，我wǒ就jiù掀xiān翻fān了le你nǐ的de山shān場chǎng，屣xǐ平píng了le你nǐ的de洞dòng府fǔ。」牙yá迸bèng半bàn个gè『不bú』字zì，我wǒ就jiù掀xiān翻fān了le你nǐ的de山shān场chǎng，屣xǐ平píng了le你nǐ的de洞dòng府fǔ。」

but should there grind from between your teeth so much as half a ‘No,’ I will heave your mountain domain clean over and trample your cave-mansion flat.’

牙迸半個『不』字 ‘to grind out half a “No” between the teeth’ — a set threat-idiom for the least word of refusal. The quoted graph 不 is baked bú by mechanical sandhi (不 before 字 t4), the natural running-speech reading. 了 le ×2, aspectual. 屣 xǐ ‘to trample (as one treads a sandal flat)’.

那nà些xiē小xiǎo妖yāo，聞wén此cǐ言yán，慌huāng忙máng急jí轉zhuǎn身shēn，各gè歸guī洞dòng裡lǐ，關guān了le兩liǎng扇shàn石shí門mén，到dào裡lǐ邊biān來lái報bào：「大dà王wáng，禍huò事shì了le。」那nà些xiē小xiǎo妖yāo，闻wén此cǐ言yán，慌huāng忙máng急jí转zhuǎn身shēn，各gè归guī洞dòng里lǐ，关guān了le两liǎng扇shàn石shí门mén，到dào里lǐ边biān来lái报bào：「大dà王wáng，祸huò事shì了le。」

Those little imps, hearing this, wheeled about in a fright, each fled back into the cave, shut the two leaves of the stone door, and came within to report: ‘Great King — disaster!’

那 nà (那些 ‘those’). 扇 shàn, the measure-word for door-leaves (兩扇石門 ‘the two leaves of the stone door’). 石 shí. 了 le ×2. 禍事了 ‘disaster has struck’, the imps' stock cry of alarm.

總評 Commentary

Wukong's challenge is pure formula — the hero's boast (掀翻山場，屣平洞府) and the demand for the master's release — but its comic engine is the gap between his swagger and the imps' panic. The stock cry 禍事了 (‘disaster!’) and the slammed stone door set up the demon's entrance in the next scene.