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第四十三回
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A Black-River Fiend Carries the Monk Off · A Western-Ocean Dragon-Prince Catches the Alligator and Returns

大聖數罪 鼉妖乞命
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大聖數罪 鼉妖乞命 The Great Sage Numbers His Crimes; the Alligator Begs for Life

xíngzhěshāsēngjiànledào:「zhèzūnzhǐlìngjiùyuánzhuózàizhùjiàoyǎngxìngcúnshēndàimíngchéngzhībiéyǒuqiānyòngzěnmeqiǎngzhànshuǐshénzhīzháishìxíngxiōngxīnkuángshàngnòngxuánpiànshīshīdàiyàozhèbàngnàilǎosūnzhèbàngzishènzhònglüèerjiùliǎolexìngmìngjiāngshīānzàichùli?」guàikòutóuzhùdào:「shèngxiǎotuózhīshèngmíngquècáilebiǎoxiōngchěngqiángbèibèibiǎoxiōngzhùjīnjiànshèngxìngméngshèngshāzhīēngǎnxièjìnshīháikǔnzàishuǐzhījiānwàngshèngjiěledetiěsuǒfàngleshǒuděngdàozhōngsòngchūlái。」ángzàibàngdào:「shèngzhèshìguàijiānzhàruòfànglekǒngshēngèniàn。」shāshàngdào:「rèndeděngxúnshī。」xíngzhěshāsēngjiànledào:「zhèzūnzhǐlìngjiùyuánzhuózàizhùjiàoyǎngxìngcúnshēndàimíngchéngzhībiéyǒuqiānyòngzěnmeqiǎngzhànshuǐshénzhīzháishìxíngxiōngxīnkuángshàngnòngxuánpiànshīshīdàiyàozhèbàngnàilǎosūnzhèbàngzishènzhònglüèerjiùliǎolexìngmìngjiāngshīānzàichùli?」guàikòutóuzhùdào:「shèngxiǎotuózhīshèngmíngquècáilebiǎoxiōngchěngqiángbèibèibiǎoxiōngzhùjīnjiànshèngxìngméngshèngshāzhīēngǎnxièjìnshīháikǔnzàishuǐzhījiānwàngshèngjiěledetiěsuǒfàngleshǒuděngdàozhōngsòngchūlái。」ángzàibàngdào:「shèngzhèshìguàijiānzhàruòfànglekǒngshēngèniàn。」shāshàngdào:「rèndeděngxúnshī。」


逐句解 Line by line

xíngzhěshāsēngjiànledào:「zhèzūnzhǐlìng xíngzhěshāsēngjiànledào:「zhèzūnzhǐlìng

Pilgrim and Sha Monk, seeing him, said, 'You wretch, you defied your orders.'

jiùyuánzhuózàizhùjiàoyǎngxìngcúnshēndàimíngchéngzhībiéyǒuqiānyòng jiùyuánzhuózàizhùjiàoyǎngxìngcúnshēndàimíngchéngzhībiéyǒuqiānyòng

'Your uncle had you dwell here in the first place to cultivate your nature and keep yourself, to await the day your name was made and a further posting.'

zěnmeqiǎngzhànshuǐshénzhīzháishìxíngxiōngxīnkuángshàngnòngxuánpiànshīshī zěnmeqiǎngzhànshuǐshénzhīzháishìxíngxiōngxīnkuángshàngnòngxuánpiànshīshī

'How dared you seize the water-god's dwelling by force, lean on your power to work violence, cheat your own heart and defraud your betters, play your tricks, and cozen my master and my brother?'

dàiyàozhèbàngnàilǎosūnzhèbàngzishènzhònglüèerjiùliǎolexìngmìng dàiyàozhèbàngnàilǎosūnzhèbàngzishènzhònglüèerjiùliǎolexìngmìng

'I have a mind to give you a blow of this cudgel — but this cudgel of old Monkey's is uncommonly heavy, and the merest little tap would end your life.'

jiāngshīānzàichùli?」 jiāngshīānzàichùli?」

'Where have you stowed my master?'

guàikòutóuzhùdào:「shèngxiǎotuózhīshèngmíng guàikòutóuzhùdào:「shèngxiǎotuózhīshèngmíng

The fiend, kowtowing without cease, said, 'Great Sage, this little alligator did not know the Great Sage's great name.'

quècáilebiǎoxiōngchěngqiángbèibèibiǎoxiōngzhù quècáilebiǎoxiōngchěngqiángbèibèibiǎoxiōngzhù

'Just now I defied my cousin, gave rein to force against reason, and was seized by him.'

jīnjiànshèngxìngméngshèngshāzhīēngǎnxièjìn jīnjiànshèngxìngméngshèngshāzhīēngǎnxièjìn

'Seeing the Great Sage now, and blessed with the grace of my life spared, I thank you without end.'

shīháikǔnzàishuǐzhījiānwàngshèngjiěledetiěsuǒfàngleshǒuděngdàozhōngsòngchūlái。」 shīháikǔnzàishuǐzhījiānwàngshèngjiěledetiěsuǒfàngleshǒuděngdàozhōngsòngchūlái。」

'Your master is still bound within the water-palace; I beg the Great Sage to loose my iron chain and free my hands, and let me go into the river and bring him out.'

ángzàibàngdào:「shèngzhèshìguàijiānzhàruòfànglekǒngshēngèniàn。」 ángzàibàngdào:「shèngzhèshìguàijiānzhàruòfànglekǒngshēngèniàn。」

Moang, at his side, said, 'Great Sage, this wretch is a treacherous fiend, deep in cunning; if you free him, I fear he will breed some evil design.'

shāshàngdào:「rèndeděngxúnshī。」 shāshàngdào:「rèndeděngxúnshī。」

Sha the Monk said, 'I know that place of his — let me go and look for the master.'


總評 Commentary

Pilgrim numbers the fiend's offenses — usurpation, violence, deceit — and the alligator-dragon, chained, kowtows and pleads, offering to fetch the captives himself. Moang warns against trusting so cunning a creature, and Sha Monk, who knows the water-palace, offers to go instead.