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第一指刮風 First Point: Wind
那雷公大驚道：「爺爺呀！我們怎吃得這棍子？」行者道：「不是打你們，但看我這棍子往上一指，就要刮風。」那風婆婆、巽二郎沒口的答應道：「就放風。」那雷公大惊道：「爷爷呀！我们怎吃得这棍子？」行者道：「不是打你们，但看我这棍子往上一指，就要刮风。」那风婆婆、巽二郎没口的答应道：「就放风。」
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那雷公大驚道：「爺爺呀！
那雷公大惊道：「爷爷呀！
That Thunder Lord said in great alarm, “Venerable Father!
Deictic 那雷公: 那 = nà. 大驚 “greatly startled.”
我們怎吃得這棍子？」
我们怎吃得这棍子？」
How could we ever bear that cudgel?”
怎吃得: 得 = de (potential, “how could we withstand”). Suffixal 棍子: 子 = zi.
行者道：「不是打你們，但看我這棍子往上一指，就要刮風。」
行者道：「不是打你们，但看我这棍子往上一指，就要刮风。」
Pilgrim said, “It is not to strike you — only watch this cudgel of mine: when I point it once upward, then the wind must blow.”
但看: 看 = kàn. Suffixal 棍子: 子 = zi. 往上一指: 一 = yì before 指 (3rd tone). 不是: 不 = bú before 4th tone.
那風婆婆、巽二郎沒口的答應道：「就放風。」
那风婆婆、巽二郎没口的答应道：「就放风。」
Granny Wind and Xun the Second assented without stint: “We'll loose the wind at once.”
Deictic 那風婆婆: 那 = nà. 沒口的答應: 沒 = méi; 應 = yìng — “assented profusely.”
Wukong reassures the terrified Thunder Lord — the staff is a baton, not a bludgeon — and assigns the first signal: one upward point for wind. The comedy of the mighty thunder-god quailing before Wukong's cudgel underscores the reversal of ranks, and begins the crisp call-and-response by which the Great Sage drills his borrowed weather-corps.