第四十五回 · 元神詰風 The Primal Spirit Questions the Wind — Journey to the West

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元神詰風 The Primal Spirit Questions the Wind

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，拔bá下xià一yì根gēn毫háo毛máo，吹chuī口kǒu仙xiān氣qì，叫jiào：「變biàn！」就jiù變biàn作zuò一yí個gè假jiǎ行xíng者zhě，立lì在zài唐táng僧sēng手shǒu下xià。他tā的de真zhēn身shēn出chū了le元yuán神shén，趕gǎn到dào半bàn空kōng中zhōng，高gāo叫jiào：「那nà司sī風fēng的de是shì那nǎ個gè？」慌huāng得de那nà風fēng婆pó婆po捻niǎn住zhù布bù袋dài，巽xùn二èr郎láng劄zhā住zhù口kǒu繩shéng，上shàng前qián施shī禮lǐ。好hǎo大dà圣shèng，拔bá下xià一yì根gēn毫háo毛máo，吹chuī口kǒu仙xiān气qì，叫jiào：「变biàn！」就jiù变biàn作zuò一yí个gè假jiǎ行xíng者zhě，立lì在zài唐táng僧sēng手shǒu下xià。他tā的de真zhēn身shēn出chū了le元yuán神shén，赶gǎn到dào半bàn空kōng中zhōng，高gāo叫jiào：「那nà司sī风fēng的de是shì那nǎ个gè？」慌huāng得de那nà风fēng婆pó婆po捻niǎn住zhù布bù袋dài，巽xùn二èr郎láng劄zhā住zhù口kǒu绳shéng，上shàng前qián施shī礼lǐ。

逐句解 Line by line

好hǎo大dà聖shèng，拔bá下xià一yì根gēn毫háo毛máo，吹chuī口kǒu仙xiān氣qì，叫jiào：「變biàn！」好hǎo大dà圣shèng，拔bá下xià一yì根gēn毫háo毛máo，吹chuī口kǒu仙xiān气qì，叫jiào：「变biàn！」

Good Great Sage! He plucked out a strand of hair, blew on it a breath of immortal air, and cried, “Change!”

拔下一根毫毛: 一 = yì before 根 (1st tone). 吹口仙氣 “blew a puff of immortal breath.”

就jiù變biàn作zuò一yí個gè假jiǎ行xíng者zhě，立lì在zài唐táng僧sēng手shǒu下xià。就jiù变biàn作zuò一yí个gè假jiǎ行xíng者zhě，立lì在zài唐táng僧sēng手shǒu下xià。

It changed at once into a false Pilgrim, standing there below the Tang Monk.

變作一個假行者: 行 = xíng; 一 = yí before 個 (4th tone). A body-double left in his place.

他tā的de真zhēn身shēn出chū了le元yuán神shén，趕gǎn到dào半bàn空kōng中zhōng，高gāo叫jiào：「那nà司sī風fēng的de是shì那nǎ個gè？」他tā的de真zhēn身shēn出chū了le元yuán神shén，赶gǎn到dào半bàn空kōng中zhōng，高gāo叫jiào：「那nà司sī风fēng的de是shì那nǎ个gè？」

His true body sent forth its primal spirit, rushed up into the mid-air, and cried aloud, “That one in charge of the wind — which of you is it?”

半空中: 中 = zhōng. 元神 “the primal spirit” (the yang-soul sent forth). 那司風的: deictic 那 = nà (“that one who governs wind”); 是那個: interrogative 那 = nǎ (“which one?”).

慌huāng得de那nà風fēng婆pó婆po捻niǎn住zhù布bù袋dài，巽xùn二èr郎láng劄zhā住zhù口kǒu繩shéng，上shàng前qián施shī禮lǐ。慌huāng得de那nà风fēng婆pó婆po捻niǎn住zhù布bù袋dài，巽xùn二èr郎láng劄zhā住zhù口kǒu绳shéng，上shàng前qián施shī礼lǐ。

In alarm, Granny Wind pinched shut her cloth bag, Xun the Second knotted fast the mouth-cord, and both came forward to make their bows.

慌得: 得 = de. Deictic 那風婆婆: 那 = nà. 巽二郎 Xun the Second (a wind-deity). 劄住口繩 (zhá) “to knot fast the mouth-cord” of the wind-sack.

總評 Commentary

The mechanism of the trick is revealed: Wukong leaves a double below and projects his primal spirit skyward to confront the very deities the altar is meant to compel. The wind-gods' instant, frightened deference — stoppering the wind-bag at his word — exposes the whole rite as borrowed authority. The Daoist commands by talisman; the Great Sage commands by rank, and outranks him.