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水聲驚耳 多心六賊
Water Startles the Ear; the Heart Sutra and the Six Thieves
師徒們出洞來，攀鞍上馬，找大路，篤志投西。行經一個多月，忽聽得水聲振耳。三藏大驚道：「徒弟呀，又是那裡水聲？」行者笑道：「你這老師父忒也多疑，做不得和尚。我們一同四眾，偏你聽見甚麼水聲。你把那《多心經》又忘了也？」唐僧道：「《多心經》乃浮屠山烏巢禪師口授，共五十四句，二百七十個字。我當時耳傳，至今常念，你知我忘了那句兒？」行者道：「老師父，你忘了『無眼耳鼻舌身意』。我等出家之人，眼不視色，耳不聽聲，鼻不嗅香，舌不嘗味，身不知寒暑，意不存妄想：如此謂之祛褪六賊。你如今為求經，念念在意；怕妖魔，不肯捨身；要齋吃，動舌；喜香甜，觸鼻；聞聲音，驚耳；睹事物，凝眸；招來這六賊紛紛，怎生得西天見佛？」三藏聞言，默然沉慮道：「徒弟啊，我师徒们出洞来，攀鞍上马，找大路，笃志投西。行经一个多月，忽听得水声振耳。三藏大惊道：「徒弟呀，又是那里水声？」行者笑道：「你这老师父忒也多疑，做不得和尚。我们一同四众，偏你听见甚么水声。你把那《多心经》又忘了也？」唐僧道：「《多心经》乃浮屠山乌巢禅师口授，共五十四句，二百七十个字。我当时耳传，至今常念，你知我忘了那句儿？」行者道：「老师父，你忘了『无眼耳鼻舌身意』。我等出家之人，眼不视色，耳不听声，鼻不嗅香，舌不尝味，身不知寒暑，意不存妄想：如此谓之祛褪六贼。你如今为求经，念念在意；怕妖魔，不肯舍身；要斋吃，动舌；喜香甜，触鼻；闻声音，惊耳；睹事物，凝眸；招来这六贼纷纷，怎生得西天见佛？」三藏闻言，默然沉虑道：「徒弟啊，我
逐句解 Line by line
師徒們出洞來，攀鞍上馬，找大路，篤志投西。
师徒们出洞来，攀鞍上马，找大路，笃志投西。
Master and disciples came forth from the cave, climbed into the saddle, found the high road, and set their hearts steadfastly westward.
行經一個多月，忽聽得水聲振耳。
行经一个多月，忽听得水声振耳。
They had journeyed a month and more when of a sudden they heard the sound of water ringing in their ears.
三藏大驚道：「徒弟呀，又是那裡水聲？」
三藏大惊道：「徒弟呀，又是那里水声？」
Tripitaka started in alarm and said, 'Disciples — where is that sound of water coming from now?'
行者笑道：「你這老師父忒也多疑，做不得和尚。
行者笑道：「你这老师父忒也多疑，做不得和尚。
Pilgrim laughed and said, 'You, old master, are far too full of doubts; you would never make a monk.'
我們一同四眾，偏你聽見甚麼水聲。
我们一同四众，偏你听见甚么水声。
'Here are the four of us together, and you alone must be hearing some sound of water.'
你把那《多心經》又忘了也？」
你把那《多心经》又忘了也？」
'Have you gone and forgotten the Heart Sutra again?'
唐僧道：「《多心經》乃浮屠山烏巢禪師口授，共五十四句，二百七十個字。
唐僧道：「《多心经》乃浮屠山乌巢禅师口授，共五十四句，二百七十个字。
The Tang Monk said, 'The Heart Sutra was given me by word of mouth by the Crow's-Nest Chan Master of Pagoda Mountain — fifty-four lines in all, two hundred and seventy words.'
多心經 — the Heart Sutra (Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya); taught to Tripitaka by the 烏巢禪師 in ch.19.
我當時耳傳，至今常念，你知我忘了那句兒？」
我当时耳传，至今常念，你知我忘了那句儿？」
'I received it then by ear and recite it constantly to this day — how should you know which line I have forgotten?'
行者道：「老師父，你忘了『無眼耳鼻舌身意』。
行者道：「老师父，你忘了『无眼耳鼻舌身意』。
Pilgrim said, 'Old master, you have forgotten: “No eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, mind.”'
『無眼耳鼻舌身意』 — a line of the Heart Sutra (na cakṣuḥ-śrotra-ghrāṇa-jihvā-kāya-manāṃsi).
我等出家之人，眼不視色，耳不聽聲，鼻不嗅香，舌不嘗味，身不知寒暑，意不存妄想：如此謂之祛褪六賊。
我等出家之人，眼不视色，耳不听声，鼻不嗅香，舌不尝味，身不知寒暑，意不存妄想：如此谓之祛褪六贼。
'We who have left the household — our eyes look on no form, our ears heed no sound, our noses smell no fragrance, our tongues taste no savor, our bodies feel neither cold nor heat, our minds harbor no idle thought: this is what is called driving out the Six Thieves.'
六賊 — the 'Six Thieves,' the six sense-faculties; a recurring allegory of the passions in the novel.
你如今為求經，念念在意；
你如今为求经，念念在意；
'But you, now, for the sake of seeking scriptures, keep it all in mind thought upon thought;'
怕妖魔，不肯捨身；
怕妖魔，不肯舍身；
'you fear the fiends and will not give up the body;'
要齋吃，動舌；
要斋吃，动舌；
'you crave your vegetarian fare, and so the tongue stirs;'
喜香甜，觸鼻；
喜香甜，触鼻；
'you delight in sweet scents, and so the nose is touched;'
聞聲音，驚耳；
闻声音，惊耳；
'you catch at sounds, and so the ear is startled;'
睹事物，凝眸；
睹事物，凝眸；
'you gaze on things, and so the eye is fixed.'
招來這六賊紛紛，怎生得西天見佛？」
招来这六贼纷纷，怎生得西天见佛？」
'Summoning up these Six Thieves in their swarm — how then will you reach the Western Heaven and behold the Buddha?'
三藏聞言，默然沉慮道：「徒弟啊，我
三藏闻言，默然沉虑道：「徒弟啊，我
Hearing this, Tripitaka fell silent and, sunk in thought, said, 'Disciple — I...'
總評 Commentary
The march resumes and at once the Black-Water River announces itself. Pilgrim turns Tripitaka's fright into a catechism on the 多心經 (Heart Sutra) and the 六賊 — the six senses as thieves of the mind — needling the master that his very homesickness and appetite betray attachment. The passage closes on a hanging 「徒弟啊，我」 that leads directly into his lament.