第四十五回 · 香爐燭臺 Censer and Candles — Journey to the West

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香爐燭臺 Censer and Candles

頂dǐng上shàng放fàng一yì張zhāng桌zhuō子zi，桌zhuō上shàng有yǒu一yí個gè香xiāng爐lú，爐lú中zhōng香xiāng煙yān靄ǎi靄ǎi。兩liǎng邊biān有yǒu兩liǎng隻zhī燭zhú臺tái，臺tái上shàng風fēng燭zhú煌huáng煌huáng。爐lú邊biān靠kào著zhe一yí個gè金jīn牌pái，牌pái上shàng鐫juān的de是shì雷léi神shén名míng號hào。顶dǐng上shàng放fàng一yì张zhāng桌zhuō子zi，桌zhuō上shàng有yǒu一yí个gè香xiāng炉lú，炉lú中zhōng香xiāng烟yān霭ǎi霭ǎi。两liǎng边biān有yǒu两liǎng只zhī烛zhú台tái，台tái上shàng风fēng烛zhú煌huáng煌huáng。炉lú边biān靠kào着zhe一yí个gè金jīn牌pái，牌pái上shàng镌juān的de是shì雷léi神shén名míng号hào。

逐句解 Line by line

頂dǐng上shàng放fàng一yì張zhāng桌zhuō子zi，桌zhuō上shàng有yǒu一yí個gè香xiāng爐lú，爐lú中zhōng香xiāng煙yān靄ǎi靄ǎi。顶dǐng上shàng放fàng一yì张zhāng桌zhuō子zi，桌zhuō上shàng有yǒu一yí个gè香xiāng炉lú，炉lú中zhōng香xiāng烟yān霭ǎi霭ǎi。

On the top was set a table, and on the table an incense-burner, with the incense-smoke curling thick from the burner.

桌子: suffixal 子 = zi. 爐中: 中 = zhōng. 香煙靄靄 (ǎi'ǎi) “the incense-smoke hanging dense.”

兩liǎng邊biān有yǒu兩liǎng隻zhī燭zhú臺tái，臺tái上shàng風fēng燭zhú煌huáng煌huáng。两liǎng边biān有yǒu两liǎng只zhī烛zhú台tái，台tái上shàng风fēng烛zhú煌huáng煌huáng。

On either side were two candle-stands, and on the stands the wind-candles blazed bright.

風燭 “wind-candles.” 煌煌 (huánghuáng) “blazing bright.”

爐lú邊biān靠kào著zhe一yí個gè金jīn牌pái，牌pái上shàng鐫juān的de是shì雷léi神shén名míng號hào。炉lú边biān靠kào着zhe一yí个gè金jīn牌pái，牌pái上shàng镌juān的de是shì雷léi神shén名míng号hào。

Beside the burner leaned a golden placard, on which were engraved the names of the thunder-gods.

Durative 靠著: 著 = zhe. 鐫 (juān) “to engrave.” 雷神名號 “the titles of the thunder-deities.”

總評 Commentary

The inventory continues at the altar's summit: table, censer, candle-stands, and a placard engraved with the thunder-gods' names. The catalogue is not idle scene-painting — each element (especially the thunder-god tablets and, next, the talismans of the Thunder Bureau) specifies the celestial bureaucracy the immortal claims to command, the same offices Wukong will shortly outrank in person.