第四十二回 · 剃頂受戒 Tonsured and Vowed — Journey to the West

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剃頂受戒 Tonsured and Vowed

菩pú薩sà聞wén言yán，卻què與yǔ二èr行xíng者zhě、白bái鸚yīng哥gē低dī下xià金jīn光guāng，到dào了le妖yāo精jīng面miàn前qián，問wèn道dào：「你nǐ可kě受shòu吾wú戒jiè行xíng麼me？」妖yāo王wáng點diǎn頭tóu滴dī淚lèi道dào：「若ruò饒ráo性xìng命mìng，願yuàn受shòu戒jiè行xíng。」菩pú薩sà道dào：「你nǐ可kě入rù我wǒ門mén麼me？」妖yāo王wáng道dào：「果guǒ饒ráo性xìng命mìng，願yuàn入rù法fǎ門mén。」菩pú薩sà道dào：「既jì如rú此cǐ，我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ摩mó頂dǐng受shòu戒jiè。」就jiù袖xiù中zhōng取qǔ出chū一yì把bǎ金jīn剃tì頭tóu刀dāo兒er，近jìn前qián去qù，把bǎ那nà怪guài分fēn頂dǐng剃tì了le幾jǐ刀dāo，剃tì作zuò一yí個gè太tài山shān壓yā頂dǐng，與yǔ他tā留liú下xià三sān個gè頂dǐng搭dā，挽wǎn起qǐ三sān個gè窩wō角jiǎo揪jiū兒er。菩pú萨sà闻wén言yán，却què与yǔ二èr行xíng者zhě、白bái鹦yīng哥gē低dī下xià金jīn光guāng，到dào了le妖yāo精jīng面miàn前qián，问wèn道dào：「你nǐ可kě受shòu吾wú戒jiè行xíng么me？」妖yāo王wáng点diǎn头tóu滴dī泪lèi道dào：「若ruò饶ráo性xìng命mìng，愿yuàn受shòu戒jiè行xíng。」菩pú萨sà道dào：「你nǐ可kě入rù我wǒ门mén么me？」妖yāo王wáng道dào：「果guǒ饶ráo性xìng命mìng，愿yuàn入rù法fǎ门mén。」菩pú萨sà道dào：「既jì如rú此cǐ，我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ摩mó顶dǐng受shòu戒jiè。」就jiù袖xiù中zhōng取qǔ出chū一yì把bǎ金jīn剃tì头tóu刀dāo儿er，近jìn前qián去qù，把bǎ那nà怪guài分fēn顶dǐng剃tì了le几jǐ刀dāo，剃tì作zuò一yí个gè太tài山shān压yā顶dǐng，与yǔ他tā留liú下xià三sān个gè顶dǐng搭dā，挽wǎn起qǐ三sān个gè窝wō角jiǎo揪jiū儿er。

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菩pú薩sà聞wén言yán，卻què與yǔ二èr行xíng者zhě、白bái鸚yīng哥gē低dī下xià金jīn光guāng，到dào了le妖yāo精jīng面miàn前qián，問wèn道dào：「你nǐ可kě受shòu吾wú戒jiè行xíng麼me？」菩pú萨sà闻wén言yán，却què与yǔ二èr行xíng者zhě、白bái鹦yīng哥gē低dī下xià金jīn光guāng，到dào了le妖yāo精jīng面miàn前qián，问wèn道dào：「你nǐ可kě受shòu吾wú戒jiè行xíng么me？」

The Bodhisattva, hearing this, lowered her golden light with the two pilgrims and the white parrot, came before the fiend, and asked: "Will you receive my discipline?"

二行者 / 戒行: 行 = xíng (both). The 二行者 are Wukong and Moksha, the "two Pilgrims."

妖yāo王wáng點diǎn頭tóu滴dī淚lèi道dào：「若ruò饒ráo性xìng命mìng，願yuàn受shòu戒jiè行xíng。」妖yāo王wáng点diǎn头tóu滴dī泪lèi道dào：「若ruò饶ráo性xìng命mìng，愿yuàn受shòu戒jiè行xíng。」

The demon king nodded, shedding tears, and said: "If my life is spared, I am willing to receive the discipline."

戒行: 行 = xíng. His tearful assent.

菩pú薩sà道dào：「你nǐ可kě入rù我wǒ門mén麼me？」菩pú萨sà道dào：「你nǐ可kě入rù我wǒ门mén么me？」

The Bodhisattva said: "Will you enter my gate?"

入我門 — the second catechetical question.

妖yāo王wáng道dào：「果guǒ饒ráo性xìng命mìng，願yuàn入rù法fǎ門mén。」妖yāo王wáng道dào：「果guǒ饶ráo性xìng命mìng，愿yuàn入rù法fǎ门mén。」

The demon king said: "If indeed my life is spared, I am willing to enter the gate of the Law."

願入法門 — his vow to take refuge.

菩pú薩sà道dào：「既jì如rú此cǐ，我wǒ與yǔ你nǐ摩mó頂dǐng受shòu戒jiè。」菩pú萨sà道dào：「既jì如rú此cǐ，我wǒ与yǔ你nǐ摩mó顶dǐng受shòu戒jiè。」

The Bodhisattva said: "Since it is so, I will lay my hand on your crown and give you the vows."

摩頂受戒 "anoint the crown and receive the precepts" — the rite of ordination.

就jiù袖xiù中zhōng取qǔ出chū一yì把bǎ金jīn剃tì頭tóu刀dāo兒er，近jìn前qián去qù，把bǎ那nà怪guài分fēn頂dǐng剃tì了le幾jǐ刀dāo，剃tì作zuò一yí個gè太tài山shān壓yā頂dǐng，與yǔ他tā留liú下xià三sān個gè頂dǐng搭dā，挽wǎn起qǐ三sān個gè窩wō角jiǎo揪jiū兒er。就jiù袖xiù中zhōng取qǔ出chū一yì把bǎ金jīn剃tì头tóu刀dāo儿er，近jìn前qián去qù，把bǎ那nà怪guài分fēn顶dǐng剃tì了le几jǐ刀dāo，剃tì作zuò一yí个gè太tài山shān压yā顶dǐng，与yǔ他tā留liú下xià三sān个gè顶dǐng搭dā，挽wǎn起qǐ三sān个gè窝wō角jiǎo揪jiū儿er。

From her sleeve she drew a golden tonsure-razor, came up close, parted the crown of the monster's head and gave it a few strokes, shaving it into a “Mount Tai Pressing the Crown,” leaving him three tufts and binding them up into three little corner-knots.

袖中: 中 = zhōng; suffix 刀兒 / 揪兒: 兒 = er (both); deictic 那怪: 那 = nà; 分頂: 分 = fēn ("part the crown"). 太山壓頂 a hairstyle name.

總評 Commentary

With the demon broken and pleading, the scene turns formal and ritual: Guanyin puts the catechetical questions — will you receive my discipline, will you enter my gate — and, on his tearful assent, performs the tonsure, drawing a golden razor from her sleeve and shaving his head into the "Mount Tai Pressing the Crown" style, leaving three tufts bound into corner-knots. The ceremony marks the demon's passage from adversary to novice; the same fire-spitting Sage-Boy who steamed monks is now shorn and vowed. The precise, almost tender detail of the haircut — three tufts, three little knots — domesticates the terror into something like a child received into a household, which is exactly what the naming of the next passage will confirm.