第四十四回 · 一聲寂散 At the Word “Still” — Journey to the West

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一聲寂散 At the Word “Still”

眾zhòng僧sēng叩kòu頭tóu道dào：「爺yé爺yé，果guǒ然rán靈líng顯xiǎn。」行xíng者zhě又yòu吩fēn咐fù：「叫jiào聲shēng『寂jì』字zì，還huán你nǐ收shōu了le。」真zhēn個gè是shì叫jiào聲shēng「寂jì」，依yī然rán還hái是shì毫háo毛máo在zài那nà指zhǐ甲jiǎ縫fèng裡lǐ。眾zhòng和hé尚shàng卻què才cái歡huān喜xǐ逃táo生shēng，一yì齊qí而ér散sàn。行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù可kě十shí分fēn遠yuǎn遁dùn，聽tīng我wǒ城chéng中zhōng消xiāo息xī，但dàn有yǒu招zhāo僧sēng榜bǎng出chū，就jiù進jìn城chéng還huán我wǒ毫háo毛máo也yě。」五wǔ百bǎi個gè和hé尚shàng東dōng的de東dōng，西xī的de西xī，走zǒu的de走zǒu，立lì的de立lì，四sì散sàn不bù題tí。众zhòng僧sēng叩kòu头tóu道dào：「爷yé爷yé，果guǒ然rán灵líng显xiǎn。」行xíng者zhě又yòu吩fēn咐fù：「叫jiào声shēng『寂jì』字zì，还huán你nǐ收shōu了le。」真zhēn个gè是shì叫jiào声shēng「寂jì」，依yī然rán还hái是shì毫háo毛máo在zài那nà指zhǐ甲jiǎ缝fèng里lǐ。众zhòng和hé尚shàng却què才cái欢huān喜xǐ逃táo生shēng，一yì齐qí而ér散sàn。行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù可kě十shí分fēn远yuǎn遁dùn，听tīng我wǒ城chéng中zhōng消xiāo息xī，但dàn有yǒu招zhāo僧sēng榜bǎng出chū，就jiù进jìn城chéng还huán我wǒ毫háo毛máo也yě。」五wǔ百bǎi个gè和hé尚shàng东dōng的de东dōng，西xī的de西xī，走zǒu的de走zǒu，立lì的de立lì，四sì散sàn不bù题tí。

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眾zhòng僧sēng叩kòu頭tóu道dào：「爺yé爺yé，果guǒ然rán靈líng顯xiǎn。」众zhòng僧sēng叩kòu头tóu道dào：「爷yé爷yé，果guǒ然rán灵líng显xiǎn。」

The monks knocked their heads: “Grandfather, it works indeed!”

靈顯, efficacious, potent.

行xíng者zhě又yòu吩fēn咐fù：「叫jiào聲shēng『寂jì』字zì，還huán你nǐ收shōu了le。」行xíng者zhě又yòu吩fēn咐fù：「叫jiào声shēng『寂jì』字zì，还huán你nǐ收shōu了le。」

Pilgrim further instructed them: “Call out the word ‘Still,’ and they’ll be withdrawn for you.”

還你收了: 還 = huán, “to give back / withdraw”; 寂, the word “Still.”

真zhēn個gè是shì叫jiào聲shēng「寂jì」，依yī然rán還hái是shì毫háo毛máo在zài那nà指zhǐ甲jiǎ縫fèng裡lǐ。真zhēn个gè是shì叫jiào声shēng「寂jì」，依yī然rán还hái是shì毫háo毛máo在zài那nà指zhǐ甲jiǎ缝fèng里lǐ。

Truly, at the call of ‘Still,’ the hairs were as before, back in the crevice of the nail.

依然還是: 還 = hái, “still, as before.” 那指甲: 那 = nà. 縫 (fèng), a crevice.

眾zhòng和hé尚shàng卻què才cái歡huān喜xǐ逃táo生shēng，一yì齊qí而ér散sàn。众zhòng和hé尚shàng却què才cái欢huān喜xǐ逃táo生shēng，一yì齐qí而ér散sàn。

Only then did the monks rejoice at their deliverance and scatter all together.

一齊: 一 = yì. 而散: 散 = sàn, “to disperse.”

行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù可kě十shí分fēn遠yuǎn遁dùn，聽tīng我wǒ城chéng中zhōng消xiāo息xī，但dàn有yǒu招zhāo僧sēng榜bǎng出chū，就jiù進jìn城chéng還huán我wǒ毫háo毛máo也yě。」行xíng者zhě道dào：「不bù可kě十shí分fēn远yuǎn遁dùn，听tīng我wǒ城chéng中zhōng消xiāo息xī，但dàn有yǒu招zhāo僧sēng榜bǎng出chū，就jiù进jìn城chéng还huán我wǒ毫háo毛máo也yě。」

Pilgrim said: “Don’t flee too far; listen for my news from the city, and the moment a notice recalling monks goes up, come into the city and return my hairs to me.”

不可: 不 = bù before kě. 十分: 分 = fēn. 城中: 中 = zhōng. 還我毫毛: 還 = huán, “return.” 招僧榜, a notice recalling monks.

五wǔ百bǎi個gè和hé尚shàng東dōng的de東dōng，西xī的de西xī，走zǒu的de走zǒu，立lì的de立lì，四sì散sàn不bù題tí。五wǔ百bǎi个gè和hé尚shàng东dōng的de东dōng，西xī的de西xī，走zǒu的de走zǒu，立lì的de立lì，四sì散sàn不bù题tí。

The five hundred monks — some east, some west, some walking, some standing — scattered every way, and of them no more.

四散: 散 = sàn. 不題 (=不提), a narrator’s closer, “of this no more”; 不 = bù before tí.

總評 Commentary

The charm has its off-switch — the word 寂, “Still” — at which the summoned guardians dissolve back into hairs in the fingernail, and with that the freed monks scatter. Wukong’s parting instruction seeds the next chapter: stay near, watch for a 招僧榜, a proclamation recalling the monks, and return the hairs when it appears — a sign that the persecution has been reversed. The formulaic 四散不題, “scattered every way, and of them no more,” closes the sand-flat episode and turns the narration back toward the city, where Wukong and his companions will carry the fight into the 三清觀 that night.