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三缸盆瓶
Vat, Basin, and Vase
虎力大仙愛強，就擡一口大缸，放在殿上；鹿力大仙端一砂盆，安在供桌之上；羊力大仙把花瓶摘了花，移在中間。行者道：「你們都出殿前，掩上格子，不可洩了天機，好留與你些聖水。」眾道一齊跪伏丹墀之下，掩了殿門。虎力大仙爱强，就擡一口大缸，放在殿上；鹿力大仙端一砂盆，安在供桌之上；羊力大仙把花瓶摘了花，移在中间。行者道：「你们都出殿前，掩上格子，不可泄了天机，好留与你些圣水。」众道一齐跪伏丹墀之下，掩了殿门。
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虎力大仙愛強，就擡一口大缸，放在殿上；
虎力大仙爱强，就擡一口大缸，放在殿上；
Tiger-Power the Immortal, loving to outdo the rest, hauled over a great vat and set it upon the hall floor;
愛強: 強 = qiáng, “fond of contending, of being foremost.” 擡一口大缸: 一 = yì before 口 (3rd tone); 缸 a large earthen vat.
鹿力大仙端一砂盆，安在供桌之上；
鹿力大仙端一砂盆，安在供桌之上；
Deer-Power the Immortal set out a sand-basin and placed it upon the offering-table;
砂盆 “a coarse earthenware basin.” 供桌: 供 = gòng, “the offering-table.”
羊力大仙把花瓶摘了花，移在中間。
羊力大仙把花瓶摘了花，移在中间。
and Ram-Power the Immortal took the flower-vase, plucked out its flowers, and moved it to the middle.
花瓶 “a flower-vase.” 中間: 中 = zhōng, “the middle.”
行者道：「你們都出殿前，掩上格子，不可洩了天機，好留與你些聖水。」
行者道：「你们都出殿前，掩上格子，不可泄了天机，好留与你些圣水。」
Pilgrim said, “All of you go out before the hall and pull the lattice-panels to; you must not let the heavenly secret leak out, so that I may leave you your holy water.”
都出: 都 = dōu. 格子: suffixal 子 = zi, “lattice-panel, screen.” 不可: 不 = bù. 洩了天機 “to let slip the secret of Heaven.”
眾道一齊跪伏丹墀之下，掩了殿門。
众道一齐跪伏丹墀之下，掩了殿门。
The Daoists all knelt in a row below the vermilion steps and closed the hall doors.
一齊: 一 = yì. 丹墀 “the vermilion terrace/steps” before a hall. 掩了殿門 “to pull the hall doors to.”
總評 Commentary
The three immortals, each vying to give the most, set out a graded array of vessels — vat, basin, vase — and Wukong caps the staging with the perfect con-man's touch: send the marks out and seal the doors, lest the “heavenly secret” be seen. With 掩了殿門 the hall is shut, blk 0 closes, and the payoff waits just beyond the door.