Canonical Classics ← 第四十五回
第四十五回
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At the Abbey of the Three Pure Ones the Great Sage leaves his name; in the Kingdom of Cart-Slow the Monkey King displays his magic.

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輪到老孫 “Now It's Old Sun's Turn”

dàoshìshēnglìngpáiquèlúndàolǎosūnshànggànshìledànhuìshāoshénlìngpáilièwèiquèyàozhùxíngxíng。」dèngtiānjūndào:「shèngfēnshuígǎncóngdàoshìshēnglìngpáiquèlúndàolǎosūnshànggànshìledànhuìshāoshénlìngpáilièwèiquèyàozhùxíngxíng。」dèngtiānjūndào:「shèngfēnshuígǎncóng


逐句解 Line by line

dàoshìshēnglìngpáiquèlúndàolǎosūnshànggànshìle dàoshìshēnglìngpáiquèlúndàolǎosūnshànggànshìle

That Daoist has finished his four strokes of the command-tablet, and now the turn falls to old Sun to go up and do the business.

Deictic 那道士: = . 四聲令牌已畢 “the four tablet-strokes are done.” 輪到 “the turn comes round to.”

dànhuìshāoshénlìngpáilièwèiquèyàozhùxíngxíng。」 dànhuìshāoshénlìngpáilièwèiquèyàozhùxíngxíng。」

But I do not know how to issue talismans, burn writs, or strike any command-tablet — so you gentlemen must help me carry it through.”

不會: = before (4th tone). 打甚令牌: = shén (“any, what”). 助我行行: = xíng, “help me carry it out.”

dèngtiānjūndào:「shèngfēnshuígǎncóng dèngtiānjūndào:「shèngfēnshuígǎncóng

Marshal Deng said, “At the Great Sage's bidding, who would dare not comply?

吩咐 “a command, instruction.” 誰敢不從: = before (2nd tone).


總評 Commentary

Wukong pivots from marshalling the deities to the practical problem of a cue: lacking the Daoist's paraphernalia of talismans and tablets, he needs a signal the gods can read. Marshal Deng's deference — none would dare disobey — confirms his authority while raising the very question the next passage answers: by what sign shall the wind, cloud, thunder, and rain be called? The staff, it turns out, will be his tablet.