第四十五回 · 風氣頓沒 Not a Breath of Wind — Journey to the West

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風氣頓沒 Not a Breath of Wind

風fēng婆pó婆po道dào：「不bù敢gǎn，不bù敢gǎn。」遂suì而ér沒méi些xiē風fēng氣qì。八bā戒jiè忍rěn不bú住zhù亂luàn嚷rǎng道dào：「那nà先xiān生shēng請qǐng退tuì，令lìng牌pái已yǐ響xiǎng，怎zěn麼me不bú見jiàn一yì些xiē風fēng兒er？你nǐ下xià來lái，讓ràng我wǒ們men上shàng去qù。」风fēng婆pó婆po道dào：「不bù敢gǎn，不bù敢gǎn。」遂suì而ér没méi些xiē风fēng气qì。八bā戒jiè忍rěn不bú住zhù乱luàn嚷rǎng道dào：「那nà先xiān生shēng请qǐng退tuì，令lìng牌pái已yǐ响xiǎng，怎zěn么me不bú见jiàn一yì些xiē风fēng儿er？你nǐ下xià来lái，让ràng我wǒ们men上shàng去qù。」

逐句解 Line by line

風fēng婆pó婆po道dào：「不bù敢gǎn，不bù敢gǎn。」风fēng婆pó婆po道dào：「不bù敢gǎn，不bù敢gǎn。」

Granny Wind said, “We dare not, we dare not.”

不敢: 不 = bù before 敢 (3rd tone).

遂suì而ér沒méi些xiē風fēng氣qì。遂suì而ér没méi些xiē风fēng气qì。

And thereupon there was not a breath of wind.

遂而 “thereupon.” 沒些風氣: 沒 = méi, “not a breath of wind.”

八bā戒jiè忍rěn不bú住zhù亂luàn嚷rǎng道dào：「那nà先xiān生shēng請qǐng退tuì，令lìng牌pái已yǐ響xiǎng，怎zěn麼me不bú見jiàn一yì些xiē風fēng兒er？八bā戒jiè忍rěn不bú住zhù乱luàn嚷rǎng道dào：「那nà先xiān生shēng请qǐng退tuì，令lìng牌pái已yǐ响xiǎng，怎zěn么me不bú见jiàn一yì些xiē风fēng儿er？

Bajie could not hold back and shouted out wildly, “That gentleman had better step down! The tablet has cracked — how is it we don't see the least breath of wind?

Deictic 那先生: 那 = nà. 忍不住: 不 = bú before 住 (4th tone). 一些風兒: suffixal 兒 = er.

你nǐ下xià來lái，讓ràng我wǒ們men上shàng去qù。」你nǐ下xià来lái，让ràng我wǒ们men上shàng去qù。」

Come down, and let us go up!”

你下來，讓我們上去 — Bajie, emboldened, turns the immortal's own boast against him.

總評 Commentary

The reversal is complete and public: the wind-gods dare not disobey the Great Sage, and the altar falls silent. Bajie — who panicked a few passages ago — now crows loudest, taunting the immortal to yield the platform. The scene sets the pattern for the whole contest: the Daoist strikes his tablet, nothing comes, and the pilgrims jeer, a rhythm the next batch repeats with cloud and thunder.