第四十五回 · 缸樁符牌 Vats, Stakes, and Talismans — Journey to the West

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缸樁符牌 Vats, Stakes, and Talismans

底dǐ下xià有yǒu五wǔ個gè大dà缸gāng，都dōu注zhù著zhe滿mǎn缸gāng清qīng水shuǐ，水shuǐ上shàng浮fú著zhe楊yáng柳liǔ枝zhī，楊yáng柳liǔ枝zhī上shàng托tuō著zhe一yí面miàn鐵tiě牌pái，牌pái上shàng書shū的de是shì雷léi霆tíng都dū司sī的de符fú字zì。左zuǒ右yòu有yǒu五wǔ個gè大dà樁zhuāng，樁zhuāng上shàng寫xiě著zhe五wǔ方fāng蠻mán雷léi使shǐ者zhě的de名míng錄lù。底dǐ下xià有yǒu五wǔ个gè大dà缸gāng，都dōu注zhù着zhe满mǎn缸gāng清qīng水shuǐ，水shuǐ上shàng浮fú着zhe杨yáng柳liǔ枝zhī，杨yáng柳liǔ枝zhī上shàng托tuō着zhe一yí面miàn铁tiě牌pái，牌pái上shàng书shū的de是shì雷léi霆tíng都dū司sī的de符fú字zì。左zuǒ右yòu有yǒu五wǔ个gè大dà桩zhuāng，桩zhuāng上shàng写xiě着zhe五wǔ方fāng蛮mán雷léi使shǐ者zhě的de名míng录lù。

逐句解 Line by line

底dǐ下xià有yǒu五wǔ個gè大dà缸gāng，都dōu注zhù著zhe滿mǎn缸gāng清qīng水shuǐ，水shuǐ上shàng浮fú著zhe楊yáng柳liǔ枝zhī，楊yáng柳liǔ枝zhī上shàng托tuō著zhe一yí面miàn鐵tiě牌pái，牌pái上shàng書shū的de是shì雷léi霆tíng都dū司sī的de符fú字zì。底dǐ下xià有yǒu五wǔ个gè大dà缸gāng，都dōu注zhù着zhe满mǎn缸gāng清qīng水shuǐ，水shuǐ上shàng浮fú着zhe杨yáng柳liǔ枝zhī，杨yáng柳liǔ枝zhī上shàng托tuō着zhe一yí面miàn铁tiě牌pái，牌pái上shàng书shū的de是shì雷léi霆tíng都dū司sī的de符fú字zì。

Below were five great vats, all filled to the brim with clear water; on the water floated willow-sprigs, and on the willow-sprigs rested an iron tablet, on which was written the talisman-script of the Thunder Bureau.

都注著: 都 = dōu (“all”); durative 著 = zhe (×3: 注著/浮著/托著). 雷霆都司: 都 = dū (“bureau, directorate”) — the two readings of 都 in one sentence. 符字 “talisman-graphs.”

左zuǒ右yòu有yǒu五wǔ個gè大dà樁zhuāng，樁zhuāng上shàng寫xiě著zhe五wǔ方fāng蠻mán雷léi使shǐ者zhě的de名míng錄lù。左zuǒ右yòu有yǒu五wǔ个gè大dà桩zhuāng，桩zhuāng上shàng写xiě着zhe五wǔ方fāng蛮mán雷léi使shǐ者zhě的de名míng录lù。

To left and right were five great stakes, on which were written the roster of the barbarian-thunder envoys of the five directions.

Durative 寫著: 著 = zhe. 五方蠻雷使者 “the savage-thunder envoys of the five quarters.” 名錄 “a name-register.”

總評 Commentary

The vats of willow-strewn water and the stakes inscribed with the thunder-envoys' names are the working parts of the rite: the tablet-strokes will summon the Thunder Bureau, the water and willow invite the rain. The passage yields a clean minimal pair for 都 — the “all” of dōu and the “bureau” of dū (雷霆都司) — within a single breath of description.