Canonical Classics ← 第四十五回
第四十五回
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At the Abbey of the Three Pure Ones the Great Sage leaves his name; in the Kingdom of Cart-Slow the Monkey King displays his magic.

撒作聖水
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撒作聖水 Manufacturing “Holy Water”

xíngzhějiāngláixiānzheqúnlehuāpíngsāozhūjièjiànlehuāndào:「azuòzhèniánxiōngzhǐzhèxiēercéngnòngguòcáichīlexiēdōng西dàoyàogànzhèshìerli。」xíngzhějiāngláixiānzheqúnlehuāpíngsāozhūjièjiànlehuāndào:「azuòzhèniánxiōngzhǐzhèxiēercéngnòngguòcáichīlexiēdōng西dàoyàogànzhèshìerli。」


逐句解 Line by line

xíngzhějiāngláixiānzheqúnlehuāpíngsāo xíngzhějiāngláixiānzheqúnlehuāpíngsāo

Pilgrim stood right up, lifted his tiger-skin kilt, and let fly a vase full of stinking piss.

Deictic 那行者: = . Directional 立將起來: = jiāng (aspectual coverb). 掀著: durative = zhe. 臊溺 “rank urine.”

zhūjièjiànlehuāndào:「azuòzhèniánxiōngzhǐzhèxiēercéngnòngguò zhūjièjiànlehuāndào:「azuòzhèniánxiōngzhǐzhèxiēercéngnòngguò

Zhu Bajie, seeing it, said in delight, “Brother! All these years we've been sworn brothers, and this is the one bit of fun we've never had a hand in.

見了: = le. 我和你: = , “and.” 這些兒: suffixal = er, “these few things.” 不曾: = before (2nd tone).

cáichīlexiēdōng西dàoyàogànzhèshìerli。」 cáichīlexiēdōng西dàoyàogànzhèshìerli。」

I've only just eaten — in fact I'd rather like to have a go at this business myself.”

Adversative = dào, “rather, on the contrary.” 事兒: suffixal = er. Sentence-final = li.


總評 Commentary

The prank's payoff: what the immortals will drink as 聖水 is manufactured on the spot. The humour is broadened by Bajie's gleeful sense of a rare treat missed — he casts urination as a fraternal escapade he's been left out of — and his eagerness sets up the escalation of the next passage.