Canonical Classics ← 第四十五回
第四十五回
sānqīngguànshèngliúmíng
chēchíguóhóuwángxiǎn

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.

歷數其罪
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歷數其罪 The Charges Laid

dàoshìxiàoyún:「xiàzhīzuóláidezàidōngménwàishāleliǎngfànglebǎiqiúsēngzuósuìchēliàngjiānchuǎngjìnguànláisānqīngshèngxiànghuǐhuàitōuchīlegòngyǎngdàoshìxiàoyún:「xiàzhīzuóláidezàidōngménwàishāleliǎngfànglebǎiqiúsēngzuósuìchēliàngjiānchuǎngjìnguànláisānqīngshèngxiànghuǐhuàitōuchīlegòngyǎng


逐句解 Line by line

dàoshìxiàoyún:「xiàzhī dàoshìxiàoyún:「xiàzhī

The Daoist said with a laugh, “Your Majesty does not know.

笑云 “said laughing.” 陛下不知: = before (1st tone).

zuóláidezàidōngménwàishāleliǎngfànglebǎiqiúsēngzuósuìchēliàng zuóláidezàidōngménwàishāleliǎngfànglebǎiqiúsēngzuósuìchēliàng

He came yesterday, and outside the East Gate beat two of our disciples to death, set free five hundred imprisoned monks, and smashed the carts to pieces;

打殺了: = le. 五百個囚僧 “five hundred imprisoned monks” — recalling the events of Ch.44. 捽碎車輛 (zuó suì) “to wrench and smash the carts.”

jiānchuǎngjìnguànláisānqīngshèngxiànghuǐhuàitōuchīlegòngyǎng jiānchuǎngjìnguànláisānqīngshèngxiànghuǐhuàitōuchīlegòngyǎng

then in the night he broke into the abbey, ruined the sacred images of the Three Pure Ones, and stole and ate the offerings your Majesty had bestowed.

闖進觀來: = guàn (the Daoist abbey, not guān “to observe”). 御賜供養: = gòng, “the bestowed offerings.” 聖像毀壞 “the holy images ruined.”


總評 Commentary

The Daoist recites the tally of Ch.44's and this chapter's outrages — the slain disciples and freed prisoners of the daytime, the desecrated abbey and stolen offerings of the night — building the case that will turn the king against the pilgrims. The graph here takes its temple reading guàn (the 三清觀), distinct from the guān of “to observe”.