第四十一回 · 手段比較 Whose Skill Is Greater — Journey to the West

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手段比較 Whose Skill Is Greater

行xíng者zhě道dào：「那nà怪guài物wù的de手shǒu段duàn比bǐ我wǒ何hé如rú？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bú濟jì。」「槍qiāng法fǎ比bǐ我wǒ何hé如rú？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「也yě不bú濟jì。老lǎo豬zhū見jiàn他tā撐chēng持chí不bú住zhù，卻què來lái助zhù你nǐ一yì鈀pá，不bù期qī他tā不bù識shí耍shuǎ，就jiù敗bài下xià陣zhèn來lái，沒méi天tiān理lǐ，就jiù放fàng火huǒ了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「正zhèng是shì你nǐ不bù該gāi來lái。我wǒ再zài與yǔ他tā鬥dòu幾jǐ合hé，我wǒ取qǔ巧qiǎo兒er撈lāo他tā一yí棒bàng，卻què不bú是shì好hǎo？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「那nà怪guài物wù的de手shǒu段duàn比bǐ我wǒ何hé如rú？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bú济jì。」「枪qiāng法fǎ比bǐ我wǒ何hé如rú？」八bā戒jiè道dào：「也yě不bú济jì。老lǎo猪zhū见jiàn他tā撑chēng持chí不bú住zhù，却què来lái助zhù你nǐ一yì钯pá，不bù期qī他tā不bù识shí耍shuǎ，就jiù败bài下xià阵zhèn来lái，没méi天tiān理lǐ，就jiù放fàng火huǒ了le。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「正zhèng是shì你nǐ不bù该gāi来lái。我wǒ再zài与yǔ他tā斗dòu几jǐ合hé，我wǒ取qǔ巧qiǎo儿er捞lāo他tā一yí棒bàng，却què不bú是shì好hǎo？」

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě道dào：「那nà怪guài物wù的de手shǒu段duàn比bǐ我wǒ何hé如rú？」行xíng者zhě道dào：「那nà怪guài物wù的de手shǒu段duàn比bǐ我wǒ何hé如rú？」

The Pilgrim said: ‘How does that creature's fighting-skill measure against mine?’

那怪物 nà (deictic). 手段比我何如 ‘how does his skill compare with mine?’ Wukong, stung, fishes for reassurance. 行者 xíng.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bú濟jì。」八bā戒jiè道dào：「不bú济jì。」

Eight Rules said: ‘No match.’

不濟 ‘no good, no match’ (不 before 濟 t4 → bú). Bajie's blunt two-word verdict.

「槍qiāng法fǎ比bǐ我wǒ何hé如rú？」「枪qiāng法fǎ比bǐ我wǒ何hé如rú？」

‘And how does his spear-play measure against mine?’

槍法比我何如 ‘how does his spear-technique compare with mine?’ Wukong presses the second question. No NT graphs.

八bā戒jiè道dào：「也yě不bú濟jì。八bā戒jiè道dào：「也yě不bú济jì。

Eight Rules said: ‘Also no match.

也不濟 ‘also no good’ (不 before 濟 t4 → bú). Bajie confirms Wukong's superiority in arms — the fire is the only edge.

老lǎo豬zhū見jiàn他tā撐chēng持chí不bú住zhù，卻què來lái助zhù你nǐ一yì鈀pá，不bù期qī他tā不bù識shí耍shuǎ，就jiù敗bài下xià陣zhèn來lái，沒méi天tiān理lǐ，就jiù放fàng火huǒ了le。」老lǎo猪zhū见jiàn他tā撑chēng持chí不bú住zhù，却què来lái助zhù你nǐ一yì钯pá，不bù期qī他tā不bù识shí耍shuǎ，就jiù败bài下xià阵zhèn来lái，没méi天tiān理lǐ，就jiù放fàng火huǒ了le。」

When old Pig saw he couldn't hold out, I came to help you with a rake-stroke; who'd have thought he couldn't take a joke, but fell back from the field, and — shameless creature — went and set the fire.’

撐持不住 (不 before 住 t4 → bú); 卻來助你一鈀 ‘came to help with one rake-blow’: 鈀 pá (GLOBAL); 一 before base 鈀(bǎ,t3) → yì. 不期他不識耍 ‘who'd have thought he couldn't take the jest’ (不 ×2, mechanical). 沒天理 ‘outrageous (no heaven's law)’: 沒 méi; 了 le. Bajie's self-serving account of provoking the fire.

行xíng者zhě道dào：「正zhèng是shì你nǐ不bù該gāi來lái。行xíng者zhě道dào：「正zhèng是shì你nǐ不bù该gāi来lái。

The Pilgrim said: ‘It is precisely that you should not have come.

行者 xíng. 正是你不該來 ‘it is just that you shouldn't have come’ — 正是 here inline (not a verse-tag). 不該 (不 before 該 t1 → bù).

我wǒ再zài與yǔ他tā鬥dòu幾jǐ合hé，我wǒ取qǔ巧qiǎo兒er撈lāo他tā一yí棒bàng，卻què不bú是shì好hǎo？」我wǒ再zài与yǔ他tā斗dòu几jǐ合hé，我wǒ取qǔ巧qiǎo儿er捞lāo他tā一yí棒bàng，却què不bú是shì好hǎo？」

Let me fight him a few more bouts, and take him with a clever snatch of my cudgel — would that not be well?’

取巧兒 ‘by a clever trick’: 兒 er (adverbial suffix). 撈他一棒 ‘snag him a cudgel-blow’: 撈 lāo; 一 before 棒 t4 → yí. 卻不是好 (不 before 是 t4 → bú). Wukong's plan — soon overtaken by Sha Monk's better idea.

總評 Commentary

The exchange settles the tactical truth: the demon is Wukong's inferior in both cudgel and spear, and only the samādhi fire tips the balance. Bajie's account of ‘helping’ is comically self-serving — he provoked the rout that triggered the fire — and Wukong's proposed remedy is merely to try again with a clever blow. Neither has grasped that the fire is not a problem of arms. The scene sets up Sha Monk, who will supply the missing principle.