第四十二回 · 天宮借刀 Borrowing the Blades in Heaven — Journey to the West

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天宮借刀 Borrowing the Blades in Heaven

惠huì岸àn領lǐng命mìng，即jí駕jià雲yún頭tóu，徑jìng入rù南nán天tiān門mén裡lǐ，到dào雲yún樓lóu宮gōng殿diàn，見jiàn父fù王wáng下xià拜bài。天tiān王wáng見jiàn了le，問wèn：「兒ér從cóng何hé來lái？」木mù叉chā道dào：「師shī父fù是shì孫sūn悟wù空kōng請qǐng來lái降xiáng妖yāo，著zhuó兒ér拜bài上shàng父fù王wáng，將jiāng天tiān罡gāng刀dāo借jiè了le一yí用yòng。」天tiān王wáng即jí喚huàn哪né吒zhā將jiāng刀dāo取qǔ三sān十shí六liù把bǎ，遞dì與yǔ木mù叉chā。木mù叉chā對duì哪né吒zhā說shuō：「兄xiōng弟dì，你nǐ回huí去qù多duō拜bài上shàng母mǔ親qīn：我wǒ事shì緊jǐn急jí，等děng送sòng刀dāo來lái再zài磕kē頭tóu罷ba。」忙máng忙máng相xiāng別bié，按àn落luò祥xiáng光guāng，徑jìng至zhì南nán海hǎi，將jiāng刀dāo捧pěng與yǔ菩pú薩sà。惠huì岸àn领lǐng命mìng，即jí驾jià云yún头tóu，径jìng入rù南nán天tiān门mén里lǐ，到dào云yún楼lóu宫gōng殿diàn，见jiàn父fù王wáng下xià拜bài。天tiān王wáng见jiàn了le，问wèn：「儿ér从cóng何hé来lái？」木mù叉chā道dào：「师shī父fù是shì孙sūn悟wù空kōng请qǐng来lái降xiáng妖yāo，着zhuó儿ér拜bài上shàng父fù王wáng，将jiāng天tiān罡gāng刀dāo借jiè了le一yí用yòng。」天tiān王wáng即jí唤huàn哪né咤zhā将jiāng刀dāo取qǔ三sān十shí六liù把bǎ，递dì与yǔ木mù叉chā。木mù叉chā对duì哪né咤zhā说shuō：「兄xiōng弟dì，你nǐ回huí去qù多duō拜bài上shàng母mǔ亲qīn：我wǒ事shì紧jǐn急jí，等děng送sòng刀dāo来lái再zài磕kē头tóu罢ba。」忙máng忙máng相xiāng别bié，按àn落luò祥xiáng光guāng，径jìng至zhì南nán海hǎi，将jiāng刀dāo捧pěng与yǔ菩pú萨sà。

逐句解 Line by line

惠huì岸àn領lǐng命mìng，即jí駕jià雲yún頭tóu，徑jìng入rù南nán天tiān門mén裡lǐ，到dào雲yún樓lóu宮gōng殿diàn，見jiàn父fù王wáng下xià拜bài。惠huì岸àn领lǐng命mìng，即jí驾jià云yún头tóu，径jìng入rù南nán天tiān门mén里lǐ，到dào云yún楼lóu宫gōng殿diàn，见jiàn父fù王wáng下xià拜bài。

Moksha received the charge, mounted a cloud-head, went straight in through the Southern Gate of Heaven, came to the Cloud-Tower Palace, and, seeing his father the King, bowed down.

徑入南天門 — Moksha ascends to his father's court in Heaven.

天tiān王wáng見jiàn了le，問wèn：「兒ér從cóng何hé來lái？」天tiān王wáng见jiàn了le，问wèn：「儿ér从cóng何hé来lái？」

The Heavenly King, seeing him, asked: "Son, whence do you come?"

兒從何來: 兒 = ér (standalone "son").

木mù叉chā道dào：「師shī父fù是shì孫sūn悟wù空kōng請qǐng來lái降xiáng妖yāo，著zhuó兒ér拜bài上shàng父fù王wáng，將jiāng天tiān罡gāng刀dāo借jiè了le一yí用yòng。」木mù叉chā道dào：「师shī父fù是shì孙sūn悟wù空kōng请qǐng来lái降xiáng妖yāo，着zhuó儿ér拜bài上shàng父fù王wáng，将jiāng天tiān罡gāng刀dāo借jiè了le一yí用yòng。」

Muzha said: "My teacher was invited by Sun Wukong to subdue a fiend, and she bade your son bow before you, Father King, and borrow the Sky-Net Blades for a single use."

降妖: 降 read xiáng ("subdue"); 著兒拜上: 著 = zhuó (dispatch, "bade your son"), 兒 = ér ("son"); disposal 將天罡刀: 將 = jiāng.

天tiān王wáng即jí喚huàn哪né吒zhā將jiāng刀dāo取qǔ三sān十shí六liù把bǎ，遞dì與yǔ木mù叉chā。天tiān王wáng即jí唤huàn哪né咤zhā将jiāng刀dāo取qǔ三sān十shí六liù把bǎ，递dì与yǔ木mù叉chā。

The Heavenly King at once called Nezha to take the blades — thirty-six of them — and hand them to Muzha.

哪吒: 哪 = né (Nezha); disposal 將刀取: 將 = jiāng ("took the blades, fetched thirty-six").

木mù叉chā對duì哪né吒zhā說shuō：「兄xiōng弟dì，你nǐ回huí去qù多duō拜bài上shàng母mǔ親qīn：我wǒ事shì緊jǐn急jí，等děng送sòng刀dāo來lái再zài磕kē頭tóu罷ba。」木mù叉chā对duì哪né咤zhā说shuō：「兄xiōng弟dì，你nǐ回huí去qù多duō拜bài上shàng母mǔ亲qīn：我wǒ事shì紧jǐn急jí，等děng送sòng刀dāo来lái再zài磕kē头tóu罢ba。」

Muzha said to Nezha: "Brother, when you go back, make many bows to our mother for me: my errand is urgent, so let me kowtow when I've delivered the blades and returned."

哪吒: 哪 = né; 再磕頭罷: 罷 the hortative particle ba.

忙máng忙máng相xiāng別bié，按àn落luò祥xiáng光guāng，徑jìng至zhì南nán海hǎi，將jiāng刀dāo捧pěng與yǔ菩pú薩sà。忙máng忙máng相xiāng别bié，按àn落luò祥xiáng光guāng，径jìng至zhì南nán海hǎi，将jiāng刀dāo捧pěng与yǔ菩pú萨sà。

In great haste they parted, and, pressing down his auspicious light, he came straight to the Southern Sea and offered the blades up to the Bodhisattva with both hands.

相別: 相 = xiāng ("parted from each other"); 按落: 落 = luò ("pressed down"); disposal 將刀捧與: 將 = jiāng.

總評 Commentary

The errand in Heaven, dispatched in a few brisk strokes: Moksha's swift ascent to his father's Cloud-Tower Palace, the ready loan of the thirty-six blades by Nezha, and Moksha's hurried apology to his mother — let me kowtow once the blades are delivered — sketch the celestial family with an affectionate economy. The scene's very efficiency is the point: the machinery of the rescue clicks into place without friction, the blades passing from Li Jing's household to the Bodhisattva's hand within a breath. Against the long comedy of Wukong's stalling and Guanyin's petal-and-breath marvels, this quick celestial dispatch signals that the rescue is now truly underway; the instrument of Red Boy's undoing is in hand, and the Bodhisattva can turn at last toward the Fire-Cloud Cave.