第四十四回 · 日暮入城 Into the City at Dusk — Journey to the West

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日暮入城 Into the City at Dusk

那nà長zhǎng老lǎo卻què才cái下xià馬mǎ，行xíng到dào城chéng門mén之zhī下xià。此cǐ時shí已yǐ太tài陽yáng西xī墜zhuì。過guò吊diào橋qiáo，進jìn了le三sān層céng門mén裡lǐ，街jiē上shàng人rén見jiàn智zhì淵yuān寺sì的de和hé尚shàng牽qiān馬mǎ挑tiāo包bāo，盡jìn皆jiē迴huí避bì。正zhèng行xíng時shí，卻què到dào山shān門mén前qián。但dàn見jiàn那nà門mén上shàng高gāo懸xuán著zhe一yí面miàn金jīn字zì大dà匾biǎn，乃nǎi「敕chì建jiàn智zhì淵yuān寺sì」。眾zhòng僧sēng推tuī開kāi門mén，穿chuān過guò金jīn剛gāng殿diàn，把bǎ正zhèng殿diàn門mén開kāi了le。唐táng僧sēng取qǔ袈jiā裟shā披pī起qǐ，拜bài畢bì金jīn身shēn，方fāng入rù。眾zhòng僧sēng叫jiào：「看kān家jiā的de。」老lǎo和hé尚shàng走zǒu出chū來lái，看kàn見jiàn行xíng者zhě，就jiù拜bài道dào：「爺yé爺ye，你nǐ來lái了le？」那nà长zhǎng老lǎo却què才cái下xià马mǎ，行xíng到dào城chéng门mén之zhī下xià。此cǐ时shí已yǐ太tài阳yáng西xī坠zhuì。过guò吊diào桥qiáo，进jìn了le三sān层céng门mén里lǐ，街jiē上shàng人rén见jiàn智zhì渊yuān寺sì的de和hé尚shàng牵qiān马mǎ挑tiāo包bāo，尽jìn皆jiē回huí避bì。正zhèng行xíng时shí，却què到dào山shān门mén前qián。但dàn见jiàn那nà门mén上shàng高gāo悬xuán着zhe一yí面miàn金jīn字zì大dà匾biǎn，乃nǎi「敕chì建jiàn智zhì渊yuān寺sì」。众zhòng僧sēng推tuī开kāi门mén，穿chuān过guò金jīn刚gāng殿diàn，把bǎ正zhèng殿diàn门mén开kāi了le。唐táng僧sēng取qǔ袈jiā裟shā披pī起qǐ，拜bài毕bì金jīn身shēn，方fāng入rù。众zhòng僧sēng叫jiào：「看kān家jiā的de。」老lǎo和hé尚shàng走zǒu出chū来lái，看kàn见jiàn行xíng者zhě，就jiù拜bài道dào：「爷yé爷ye，你nǐ来lái了le？」

逐句解 Line by line

那nà長zhǎng老lǎo卻què才cái下xià馬mǎ，行xíng到dào城chéng門mén之zhī下xià。那nà长zhǎng老lǎo却què才cái下xià马mǎ，行xíng到dào城chéng门mén之zhī下xià。

That elder then dismounted and walked up to below the city gate.

那長老: 那 = nà; 長 = zhǎng.

此cǐ時shí已yǐ太tài陽yáng西xī墜zhuì。此cǐ时shí已yǐ太tài阳yáng西xī坠zhuì。

By this time the sun was sinking in the west.

西墜, sinking in the west.

過guò吊diào橋qiáo，進jìn了le三sān層céng門mén裡lǐ，街jiē上shàng人rén見jiàn智zhì淵yuān寺sì的de和hé尚shàng牽qiān馬mǎ挑tiāo包bāo，盡jìn皆jiē迴huí避bì。过guò吊diào桥qiáo，进jìn了le三sān层céng门mén里lǐ，街jiē上shàng人rén见jiàn智zhì渊yuān寺sì的de和hé尚shàng牵qiān马mǎ挑tiāo包bāo，尽jìn皆jiē回huí避bì。

Crossing the drawbridge and passing through three layers of gates, the people in the streets, seeing the Wisdom-Deep monks leading a horse and carrying baggage, all drew aside.

盡皆: 盡 = jìn. 迴避, to draw aside, get out of the way.

正zhèng行xíng時shí，卻què到dào山shān門mén前qián。正zhèng行xíng时shí，却què到dào山shān门mén前qián。

As they went on, they came before the temple’s mountain-gate.

山門, the outer gate of a temple.

但dàn見jiàn那nà門mén上shàng高gāo懸xuán著zhe一yí面miàn金jīn字zì大dà匾biǎn，乃nǎi「敕chì建jiàn智zhì淵yuān寺sì」。但dàn见jiàn那nà门mén上shàng高gāo悬xuán着zhe一yí面miàn金jīn字zì大dà匾biǎn，乃nǎi「敕chì建jiàn智zhì渊yuān寺sì」。

There, high on the gate, hung a great plaque of golden characters, reading “Wisdom-Deep Temple, Imperially Built.”

那門上: 那 = nà. 高懸著: durative 著 = zhe. 一面: 一 = yí. Here 但見那 is inline prose narration (“there one saw…”), not a verse tag.

眾zhòng僧sēng推tuī開kāi門mén，穿chuān過guò金jīn剛gāng殿diàn，把bǎ正zhèng殿diàn門mén開kāi了le。众zhòng僧sēng推tuī开kāi门mén，穿chuān过guò金jīn刚gāng殿diàn，把bǎ正zhèng殿diàn门mén开kāi了le。

The monks pushed open the gate, passed through the Vajra Hall, and opened the doors of the main hall.

金剛殿, the Hall of the Vajra-guardians.

唐táng僧sēng取qǔ袈jiā裟shā披pī起qǐ，拜bài畢bì金jīn身shēn，方fāng入rù。唐táng僧sēng取qǔ袈jiā裟shā披pī起qǐ，拜bài毕bì金jīn身shēn，方fāng入rù。

Tripitaka took out his kāṣāya, put it on, made his obeisance to the golden image, and only then went in.

袈裟, the kāṣāya robe; 金身, the golden Buddha-image.

眾zhòng僧sēng叫jiào：「看kān家jiā的de。」众zhòng僧sēng叫jiào：「看kān家jiā的de。」

The monks called: “You there who keep the house.”

看家的: 看 = kān, “to keep, watch (the house)” — the tend-sense, not kàn “look.”

老lǎo和hé尚shàng走zǒu出chū來lái，看kàn見jiàn行xíng者zhě，就jiù拜bài道dào：「爺yé爺ye，你nǐ來lái了le？」老lǎo和hé尚shàng走zǒu出chū来lái，看kàn见jiàn行xíng者zhě，就jiù拜bài道dào：「爷yé爷ye，你nǐ来lái了le？」

An old monk came out, and seeing Pilgrim, bowed at once: “Grandfather, you’ve come?”

看見: here 看 = kàn, “to see.”

總評 Commentary

The dusk entry is staged with the novel’s eye for the fearful ordinary: townsfolk scattering at the mere sight of monks with a horse, the three gate-layers, the sun going down, the golden plaque of the one surviving temple. Two readings of 看 sit a line apart — the caretaker who “keeps the house” (kān) and the same old monk who then “sees” (kàn) Wukong — and his instant recognition, from the recurring dream, carries the prophecy forward into the temple where the pilgrims will pass the night.