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.

好風賦
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原文 Original text 繁體 Traditional Reader's edition 含詞賦 With rhapsody

好風賦 The Rhapsody of the Wind

xíngzhětīngdelǎoshījīngwénniànjìnquèěrduǒnèichūtiěbàngyíngfēnghuǎnglehuǎngjiùyǒuzhàngèrchángduǎnwǎnláijiānggùnwàngkōngzhǐfēngpojiànlemángchěkāidàixùnèrlángjiěfàngkǒushéngzhǐtīngdefēngxiǎng滿mǎnchéngzhōngjiēfānzhuānyángshāzǒushíkànláizhēnhǎofēngquèxúnchángzhīfēngtóngdànjiànxíngzhětīngdelǎoshījīngwénniànjìnquèěrduǒnèichūtiěbàngyíngfēnghuǎnglehuǎngjiùyǒuzhàngèrchángduǎnwǎnláijiānggùnwàngkōngzhǐfēngpojiànlemángchěkāidàixùnèrlángjiěfàngkǒushéngzhǐtīngdefēngxiǎngmǎnchéngzhōngjiēfānzhuānyángshāzǒushíkànláizhēnhǎofēngquèxúnchángzhīfēngtóngdànjiàn

zhéliǔshānghuācuīlíndǎoshùzhéliǔshānghuācuīlíndǎoshù
jiǔchóng殿diànsǔnbēngqiángfènglóuyáoliánghànzhùjiǔchóng殿diànsǔnbēngqiángfènglóuyáoliánghànzhù
tiānbiānhóngguāngxiàhuángshāyǒuchìtiānbiānhóngguāngxiàhuángshāyǒuchì
yǎntīngqiánjiàngjīnghuìwénnèiwénguānyǎntīngqiánjiàngjīnghuìwénnèiwénguān
sāngōngfěndàiluànqīngliùyuànpínfēipéngbǎosāngōngfěndàiluànqīngliùyuànpínfēipéngbǎo
hóujīnguānluòxiùyīngzǎixiàngshāpiāozhǎnchìhóujīnguānluòxiùyīngzǎixiàngshāpiāozhǎnchì
dāngjiàyǒuyángǎntánhuángménzhíběnyóudāngjiàyǒuyángǎntánhuángménzhíběnyóu
jīndàibānxiàngjiǎnluóshānpǐnjīndàibānxiàngjiǎnluóshānpǐn
cǎicuìpíngjìnsǔnshāngchuāngzhūjiēlángbèicǎicuìpíngjìnsǔnshāng绿chuāngzhūjiēlángbèi
jīnluán殿diànzǒuzhuānfēijǐnyúntángménwāisuìjīnluán殿diànzǒuzhuānfēijǐnyúntángménwāisuì
zhèzhènkuángfēngguǒshìxiōngguādejūnwángnánxiānghuìzhèzhènkuángfēngguǒshìxiōngguādejūnwángnánxiānghuì
liùjiēsānshìméirénzōngwànqiānménjiējǐnliùjiēsānshìméirénzōngwànqiānménjiējǐn

zhèngshìkuángfēngzuòzhèngshìkuángfēngzuò


逐句解 Line by line

xíngzhětīngdelǎoshījīngwénniànjìnquèěrduǒnèichūtiěbàngyíngfēnghuǎnglehuǎngjiùyǒuzhàngèrchángduǎnwǎnláijiānggùnwàngkōngzhǐ xíngzhětīngdelǎoshījīngwénniànjìnquèěrduǒnèichūtiěbàngyíngfēnghuǎnglehuǎngjiùyǒuzhàngèrchángduǎnwǎnláijiānggùnwàngkōngzhǐ

Pilgrim, hearing the old master's scripture come to its end, reached into his ear, drew out the iron cudgel, waved it once in the wind — and it grew to a zhàng and two in length and a bowl's thickness — and pointed the staff once toward the sky.

聽得: = de. 念盡: = jìn. Disposal 將棍: = jiāng. 丈二: the measure (zhàng) untranslated. 一幌 / 一指: = (before 3rd tones).

fēngpojiànlemángchěkāidài fēngpojiànlemángchěkāidài

Granny Wind, seeing it, hastily pulled open her leather bag;

Deictic 那風婆婆: = . 扯開皮袋 “to tug open the (wind-)sack.”

xùnèrlángjiěfàngkǒushéng xùnèrlángjiěfàngkǒushéng

Xun the Second loosed the mouth-cord.

解放口繩 “to release the cord that ties the sack's mouth.”

zhǐtīngdefēngxiǎng滿mǎnchéngzhōngjiēfānzhuānyángshāzǒushí zhǐtīngdefēngxiǎngmǎnchéngzhōngjiēfānzhuānyángshāzǒushí

One heard only the whoosh and roar of the wind, and through the whole city it tore off tiles and flipped bricks, flung up sand and sent the stones rolling.

聽得: = de. 滿城中: = zhōng. 揭瓦翻磚 “to rip off tiles and overturn bricks.” 揚砂走石 “to whirl the sand and roll the stones.”

kànláizhēnhǎofēngquèxúnchángzhīfēngtóng kànláizhēnhǎofēngquèxúnchángzhīfēngtóng

To look at it, it was truly a fine wind — quite unlike your ordinary wind.

看起來: = kàn. Deictic 那尋常之風: = . 不同: = before (2nd tone).

dànjiàn dànjiàn

Behold:

但見 — the verse-tag introducing the wind rhapsody.

zhéliǔshānghuācuīlíndǎoshù zhéliǔshānghuācuīlíndǎoshù

It snapped the willows and bruised the blossoms, crushed the groves and toppled the trees.

摧林倒樹: = dǎo, “to fell, bring down.”

jiǔchóng殿diànsǔnbēngqiángfènglóuyáoliánghànzhù jiǔchóng殿diànsǔnbēngqiángfènglóuyáoliánghànzhù

In the ninefold hall it cracked the walls and breached the ramparts; at the Five-Phoenix Tower it rocked the beams and shook the pillars.

九重殿: = chóng (“layered, ninefold”). 搖梁撼柱 “to rock the beams and shake the columns.”

tiānbiānhóngguāngxiàhuángshāyǒuchì tiānbiānhóngguāngxiàhuángshāyǒuchì

At heaven's edge the red sun lost its light; on the ground below the yellow sand took wing.

天邊紅日無光 “the sun at the sky's rim darkened.” 黃砂有翅 “the sand grew wings” — flung aloft in sheets.

yǎntīngqiánjiàngjīnghuìwénnèiwénguān yǎntīngqiánjiàngjīnghuìwénnèiwénguān

Before the drill-hall the generals took fright; within the scholars' pavilion the civil officers quailed.

演武廳 the martial-training hall; 會文閣 the hall of letters. 武將: = jiàng (a general, standalone noun).

sāngōngfěndàiluànqīngliùyuànpínfēipéngbǎo sāngōngfěndàiluànqīngliùyuànpínfēipéngbǎo

In the three palaces the painted ladies' black tresses were flung awry; in the six courts the concubines' jeweled coils came all undone.

粉黛 “powder and kohl” — the palace beauties. 青絲 “black hair.” 蓬寶髻 “the jeweled chignon dishevelled.”

hóujīnguānluòxiùyīngzǎixiàngshāpiāozhǎnchì hóujīnguānluòxiùyīngzǎixiàngshāpiāozhǎnchì

The marquises' and earls' gold crowns lost their broidered tassels; the ministers' black-gauze caps flapped their wings wide.

侯伯 marquises and earls. 金冠落繡纓: = luò. 宰相: = xiàng (a chief minister). 烏紗 the black-gauze cap of office; its side-flaps (展翅) stand out like wings.

dāngjiàyǒuyángǎntánhuángménzhíběnyóu dāngjiàyǒuyángǎntánhuángménzhíběnyóu

The officer of the day, though he had words, dared not speak them; the Yellow-Gate usher, memorial in hand, had no way to hand it up.

當駕: = dāng (the officer on duty). 執本 “holding the memorial-tablet.” 無由遞 “no means to present it.”

jīndàibānxiàngjiǎnluóshānpǐn jīndàibānxiàngjiǎnluóshānpǐn

Gold-fish pendants and jade belts kept no rank; ivory tablets and gauze robes fell out of all precedence.

金魚玉帶 gold fish-pendants and jade girdles — court insignia. 象簡 the ivory audience-tablet. 無品敘 “no order of rank.”

cǎicuìpíngjìnsǔnshāngchuāngzhūjiēlángbèi cǎicuìpíngjìnsǔnshāng绿chuāngzhūjiēlángbèi

The painted lofts and kingfisher screens were all battered and torn; the green casements and vermilion doors were every one in ruin.

彩閣翠屏 painted galleries and kingfisher-blue screens. 盡損傷: = jìn. 狼狽 (lángbèi) “in wretched disarray.”

jīnluán殿diànzǒuzhuānfēijǐnyúntángménwāisuì jīnluán殿diànzǒuzhuānfēijǐnyúntángménwāisuì

At the Hall of the Golden Chariot the tiles slid and the bricks flew; at the Brocade-Cloud Hall the doors hung askew and the lattices shattered.

金鑾殿 the throne hall. 錦雲堂 the Brocade-Cloud Hall. 門歪槅碎: () a latticed door-panel.

zhèzhènkuángfēngguǒshìxiōngguādejūnwángnánxiānghuì zhèzhènkuángfēngguǒshìxiōngguādejūnwángnánxiānghuì

This blast of wild wind was fierce indeed, blowing so that the king and his princes could scarcely meet;

刮得: = de (complement). Deictic 那君王: = . 難相會: = xiāng (“to meet one another”) — contrast 宰相 xiàng above.

liùjiēsānshìméirénzōngwànqiānménjiējǐn liùjiēsānshìméirénzōngwànqiānménjiējǐn

In the six streets and three markets not a footprint of a soul; the ten thousand doors and thousand gates were all shut fast.

六街三市 “all the streets and markets.” 沒人蹤: = méi. 萬戶千門 “a myriad households.”

zhèngshìkuángfēngzuò zhèngshìkuángfēngzuò

Indeed, that was a wild wind raging.

Deictic 那狂風: = . 狂風大作 “a wild wind raged up” — the coda closing the rhapsody.


總評 Commentary

The first of the chapter's four contest-rhapsodies, the wind 賦 turns Wukong's single upward point of the staff into a catalogue of cosmic and courtly havoc. Its structure is a descent through the social order — palace halls, generals and scholars, palace women, nobles and ministers, court usher and insignia, buildings, and finally the emptied streets — so that the wind's force is measured by the disarray of an entire hierarchy. The parallelism is strict and the diction ornate, in the manner of the descriptive 賦 embedded throughout the novel; the couplet 侯伯金冠落繡纓,宰相烏紗飄展翅 is characteristic, pairing rank against rank. The passage also stages a clean minimal pair for : the xiàng of 宰相 (a minister) against the xiāng of 相會 (to meet), two lines apart. Formally, this is the chapter's first four-chip verse-showcase since the immortals' prayers, and it inaugurates the sequence — wind, cloud, thunder, rain — by which the Great Sage answers the Daoist's five-signal boast in kind.