第四十五回 · 大仙焚符 The Immortal Burns a Talisman — Journey to the West

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大仙焚符 The Immortal Burns a Talisman

那nà大dà仙xiān走zǒu進jìn去qù，更gèng不bù謙qiān遜xùn，直zhí上shàng高gāo臺tái立lì定dìng。傍bàng邊biān有yǒu個gè小xiǎo道dào士shì捧pěng了le幾jǐ張zhāng黃huáng紙zhǐ書shū就jiù的de符fú字zì、一yì口kǒu寶bǎo劍jiàn，遞dì與yǔ大dà仙xiān。大dà仙xiān執zhí著zhe寶bǎo劍jiàn，念niàn聲shēng咒zhòu語yǔ，將jiāng一yí道dào符fú在zài燭zhú上shàng燒shāo了le。那nà大dà仙xiān走zǒu进jìn去qù，更gèng不bù谦qiān逊xùn，直zhí上shàng高gāo台tái立lì定dìng。傍bàng边biān有yǒu个gè小xiǎo道dào士shì捧pěng了le几jǐ张zhāng黄huáng纸zhǐ书shū就jiù的de符fú字zì、一yì口kǒu宝bǎo剑jiàn，递dì与yǔ大dà仙xiān。大dà仙xiān执zhí着zhe宝bǎo剑jiàn，念niàn声shēng咒zhòu语yǔ，将jiāng一yí道dào符fú在zài烛zhú上shàng烧shāo了le。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà大dà仙xiān走zǒu進jìn去qù，更gèng不bù謙qiān遜xùn，直zhí上shàng高gāo臺tái立lì定dìng。那nà大dà仙xiān走zǒu进jìn去qù，更gèng不bù谦qiān逊xùn，直zhí上shàng高gāo台tái立lì定dìng。

The immortal went in, and without the least deference stepped straight up onto the high platform and took his stand.

Deictic 那大仙: 那 = nà. 更不謙遜: 更 = gèng; 不 = bù before 謙 (1st tone). 立定 “to plant oneself.”

傍bàng邊biān有yǒu個gè小xiǎo道dào士shì捧pěng了le幾jǐ張zhāng黃huáng紙zhǐ書shū就jiù的de符fú字zì、一yì口kǒu寶bǎo劍jiàn，遞dì與yǔ大dà仙xiān。傍bàng边biān有yǒu个gè小xiǎo道dào士shì捧pěng了le几jǐ张zhāng黄huáng纸zhǐ书shū就jiù的de符fú字zì、一yì口kǒu宝bǎo剑jiàn，递dì与yǔ大dà仙xiān。

At the side a young Daoist held up several sheets of talisman-script written on yellow paper and a precious sword, and handed them to the immortal.

傍邊: 傍 = bàng. 一口寶劍: 一 = yì before 口 (3rd tone). 黃紙書就 “written out on yellow paper.”

大dà仙xiān執zhí著zhe寶bǎo劍jiàn，念niàn聲shēng咒zhòu語yǔ，將jiāng一yí道dào符fú在zài燭zhú上shàng燒shāo了le。大dà仙xiān执zhí着zhe宝bǎo剑jiàn，念niàn声shēng咒zhòu语yǔ，将jiāng一yí道dào符fú在zài烛zhú上shàng烧shāo了le。

The immortal, gripping the sword and chanting a spell, took a talisman and burned it over the candle.

Durative 執著: 著 = zhe. Disposal 將一道符: 將 = jiāng. 咒語 “an incantation.”

總評 Commentary

The rite begins in earnest: sword, spell, and the first burned talisman set the machinery in motion. The immortal's arrogant ease — mounting the altar “without the least deference” — marks him as master of the ceremony, which makes the coming reversal sharper: the wind that answers his tablet in the next passage will, unknown to him, be Wukong's to give or withhold.