第四十四回 · 灘上磕頭 Kowtows on the Sand-Flat — Journey to the West

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灘上磕頭 Kowtows on the Sand-Flat

行xíng者zhě頂dǐng謝xiè不bú盡jìn，長cháng揖yī一yì聲shēng，別bié了le道dào士shì，敲qiāo著zhe漁yú鼓gǔ，徑jìng往wǎng沙shā灘tān之zhī上shàng。過guò了le雙shuāng關guān，轉zhuǎn下xià夾jiā脊jǐ，那nà和hé尚shàng一yì齊qí跪guì下xià磕kē頭tóu道dào：「爺yé爺yé，我wǒ等děng不bù曾céng躲duǒ懶lǎn，五wǔ百bǎi名míng半bàn個gè不bù少shǎo，都dōu在zài此cǐ扯chě車chē哩li。」行xíng者zhě看kàn見jiàn，暗àn笑xiào道dào：「這zhè些xiē和hé尚shàng被bèi道dào士shì打dǎ怕pà了le，見jiàn我wǒ這zhè假jiǎ道dào士shì就jiù這zhè般bān悚sǒng懼jù。若ruò是shì個gè真zhēn道dào士shì，好hǎo道dào也yě活huó不bù成chéng了le。」行xíng者zhě顶dǐng谢xiè不bú尽jìn，长cháng揖yī一yì声shēng，别bié了le道dào士shì，敲qiāo着zhe渔yú鼓gǔ，径jìng往wǎng沙shā滩tān之zhī上shàng。过guò了le双shuāng关guān，转zhuǎn下xià夹jiā脊jǐ，那nà和hé尚shàng一yì齐qí跪guì下xià磕kē头tóu道dào：「爷yé爷yé，我wǒ等děng不bù曾céng躲duǒ懒lǎn，五wǔ百bǎi名míng半bàn个gè不bù少shǎo，都dōu在zài此cǐ扯chě车chē哩li。」行xíng者zhě看kàn见jiàn，暗àn笑xiào道dào：「这zhè些xiē和hé尚shàng被bèi道dào士shì打dǎ怕pà了le，见jiàn我wǒ这zhè假jiǎ道dào士shì就jiù这zhè般bān悚sǒng惧jù。若ruò是shì个gè真zhēn道dào士shì，好hǎo道dào也yě活huó不bù成chéng了le。」

逐句解 Line by line

行xíng者zhě頂dǐng謝xiè不bú盡jìn，長cháng揖yī一yì聲shēng，別bié了le道dào士shì，敲qiāo著zhe漁yú鼓gǔ，徑jìng往wǎng沙shā灘tān之zhī上shàng。行xíng者zhě顶dǐng谢xiè不bú尽jìn，长cháng揖yī一yì声shēng，别bié了le道dào士shì，敲qiāo着zhe渔yú鼓gǔ，径jìng往wǎng沙shā滩tān之zhī上shàng。

Pilgrim, bowing his thanks without end, made a long, deep bow, took his leave of the Daoists, and beating his fisher-drum went straight up onto the sand-flat.

頂謝不盡: 盡 = jìn; 不 = bú before it. 長揖: 長 = cháng here, a “long,” deep clasped-hand bow — not the zhǎng of 道長 / 長老. 敲著: durative 著 = zhe. 一聲: 一 = yì before shēng.

過guò了le雙shuāng關guān，轉zhuǎn下xià夾jiā脊jǐ，那nà和hé尚shàng一yì齊qí跪guì下xià磕kē頭tóu道dào：「爺yé爺yé，我wǒ等děng不bù曾céng躲duǒ懶lǎn，五wǔ百bǎi名míng半bàn個gè不bù少shǎo，都dōu在zài此cǐ扯chě車chē哩li。」过guò了le双shuāng关guān，转zhuǎn下xià夹jiā脊jǐ，那nà和hé尚shàng一yì齐qí跪guì下xià磕kē头tóu道dào：「爷yé爷yé，我wǒ等děng不bù曾céng躲duǒ懒lǎn，五wǔ百bǎi名míng半bàn个gè不bù少shǎo，都dōu在zài此cǐ扯chě车chē哩li。」

Once over the double pass and down along the ridge, the monks all together knelt and knocked their heads: “Grandfather, we have not been shirking — all five hundred names, not half a one missing, are here hauling the carts.”

夾脊: 脊 = jǐ. 那和尚: 那 = nà. 一齊: 一 = yì before qí. 不曾 / 不少: mechanical bù. 都在此: 都 = dōu; final 哩 = li.

行xíng者zhě看kàn見jiàn，暗àn笑xiào道dào：「這zhè些xiē和hé尚shàng被bèi道dào士shì打dǎ怕pà了le，見jiàn我wǒ這zhè假jiǎ道dào士shì就jiù這zhè般bān悚sǒng懼jù。行xíng者zhě看kàn见jiàn，暗àn笑xiào道dào：「这zhè些xiē和hé尚shàng被bèi道dào士shì打dǎ怕pà了le，见jiàn我wǒ这zhè假jiǎ道dào士shì就jiù这zhè般bān悚sǒng惧jù。

Pilgrim, seeing this, laughed to himself: “These monks have been beaten into terror by the Daoists — before me, a mere fake Daoist, they cower like this.

看見: 看 = kàn. 悚懼, terror, dread.

若ruò是shì個gè真zhēn道dào士shì，好hǎo道dào也yě活huó不bù成chéng了le。」若ruò是shì个gè真zhēn道dào士shì，好hǎo道dào也yě活huó不bù成chéng了le。」

Were I a real Daoist, they’d likely not stay alive at all.”

好道: here the vernacular adverb “probably, surely” — 好 = hǎo — distinct from 好道 = hào (“to love the Dao”) earlier. 活不成: 不 = bù before chéng.

總評 Commentary

The disguise’s power is measured by the monks’ reflex terror: crossing the pass, Wukong is taken for an overseer and met with mass kowtowing and a frightened accounting — “all five hundred, not half a one missing.” His aside is the chapter’s cruelest gauge of their condition: if a 假道士, a mere counterfeit Daoist, can reduce them to this, a real one could kill them outright. It is also the hinge on which his tone turns — from the sardonic intelligence-gatherer to the Great Sage who will not leave such oppression standing.