第四十五回 · 佈雲之問 Who Spreads the Cloud? — Journey to the West

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佈雲之問 Who Spreads the Cloud?

那nà道dào士shì又yòu執zhí令lìng牌pái，燒shāo了le符fú檄xí，撲pū的de又yòu打dǎ了le一yí下xià，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà空kōng中zhōng雲yún霧wù遮zhē滿mǎn。孫sūn大dà聖shèng又yòu當dāng頭tóu叫jiào道dào：「佈bù雲yún的de是shì那nǎ個gè？」慌huāng得de那nà推tuī雲yún童tóng子zǐ、佈bù霧wù郎láng君jūn當dāng面miàn施shī禮lǐ。那nà道dào士shì又yòu执zhí令lìng牌pái，烧shāo了le符fú檄xí，扑pū的de又yòu打dǎ了le一yí下xià，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà空kōng中zhōng云yún雾wù遮zhē满mǎn。孙sūn大dà圣shèng又yòu当dāng头tóu叫jiào道dào：「布bù云yún的de是shì那nǎ个gè？」慌huāng得de那nà推tuī云yún童tóng子zǐ、布bù雾wù郎láng君jūn当dāng面miàn施shī礼lǐ。

逐句解 Line by line

那nà道dào士shì又yòu執zhí令lìng牌pái，燒shāo了le符fú檄xí，撲pū的de又yòu打dǎ了le一yí下xià，只zhǐ見jiàn那nà空kōng中zhōng雲yún霧wù遮zhē滿mǎn。那nà道dào士shì又yòu执zhí令lìng牌pái，烧shāo了le符fú檄xí，扑pū的de又yòu打dǎ了le一yí下xià，只zhǐ见jiàn那nà空kōng中zhōng云yún雾wù遮zhē满mǎn。

The Daoist again took up the command-tablet, burned a talisman-writ, and with a thud struck it once more; and there — in mid-air — clouds and mist came filling the sky.

Deictic 那道士 / 那空中: 那 = nà (×2). 空中: 中 = zhōng. 符檄 (fúxí) “a talisman-writ.”

孫sūn大dà聖shèng又yòu當dāng頭tóu叫jiào道dào：「佈bù雲yún的de是shì那nǎ個gè？」孙sūn大dà圣shèng又yòu当dāng头tóu叫jiào道dào：「布bù云yún的de是shì那nǎ个gè？」

The Great Sage again called out overhead, “The one spreading the cloud — which of you is it?”

當頭: 當 = dāng, “overhead, right then.” Interrogative 是那個: 那 = nǎ, “which one?”

慌huāng得de那nà推tuī雲yún童tóng子zǐ、佈bù霧wù郎láng君jūn當dāng面miàn施shī禮lǐ。慌huāng得de那nà推tuī云yún童tóng子zǐ、布bù雾wù郎láng君jūn当dāng面miàn施shī礼lǐ。

In alarm the Cloud-Pushing Lad and the Mist-Spreading Lord bowed before his face.

慌得: 得 = de. Deictic 那推雲童子: 那 = nà; 童子: 子 = zǐ (a boy-attendant). 當面: 當 = dāng.

總評 Commentary

The pattern of the wind repeats with the cloud: the immortal's tablet appears to summon the mist, but the deities behind it answer to the Great Sage, not the altar. The chapter's contest settles into a refrain — tablet, apparent effect, celestial deference to Wukong — whose very repetition is the joke, each cycle making the immortal's magic look emptier.