第002回 Monkey Learns the Secret of Immortality and the Seventy-Two Transformations

第002回Chapter 2

話表美猴王得了姓名，怡然踴躍，對菩提前作禮啟謝。The tale tells that once the Handsome Monkey King had received his surname and name, he was overjoyed and leapt with delight, and bowed before Patriarch Puti to offer his thanks.那祖師即命大眾引孫悟空出二門外，教他灑掃應對、進退周旋之節。The Patriarch then ordered the assembled disciples to lead Sun Wukong out beyond the second gate, to teach him the proper forms of sweeping and cleaning, of responding to others, and of advancing, withdrawing, and comporting himself in company.眾仙奉行而出。The assembled immortals obeyed and went out with him.悟空到門外，又拜了大眾師兄，就於廊廡之間安排寢處。Once outside the gate, Wukong bowed again to all his fellow senior disciples, and then arranged a place to sleep among the corridors and side halls.次早，與眾師兄學言語禮貌、講經論道、習字焚香。The next morning, he began learning proper speech and manners together with his fellow disciples, discussing the scriptures and expounding the Way, practicing calligraphy, and burning incense.每日如此。So it was, day after day.閑時即掃地鋤園、養花修樹、尋柴燃火、挑水運漿。In his spare time he swept the grounds and hoed the garden, tended flowers and pruned trees, gathered firewood and tended the fire, and carried water and hauled provisions.凡所用之物，無一不備。Of all the things needed for daily use, there was not one he failed to provide.在洞中不覺倏六七年。Living in the cave, before he knew it, six or seven years had swiftly passed.

话表美猴王得了姓名，怡然踊跃，对菩提前作礼启谢。那祖师即命大众引孙悟空出二门外，教他洒扫应对、进退周旋之节。众仙奉行而出。悟空到门外，又拜了大众师兄，就于廊庑之间安排寝处。次早，与众师兄学言语礼貌、讲经论道、习字焚香。每日如此。闲时即扫地锄园、养花修树、寻柴燃火、挑水运浆。凡所用之物，无一不备。在洞中不觉倏六七年。

一日，祖師登壇高坐，喚集諸仙，開講大道。One day, the Patriarch mounted the platform and sat in the high seat, calling together all the immortals to begin expounding the Great Way.真個是：Truly it was:

一日，祖师登坛高坐，唤集诸仙，开讲大道。真个是：

孫悟空在傍聞講，喜得他抓耳撓腮，眉花眼笑，忍不住手之舞之，足之蹈之。Sun Wukong, listening at the side, was so delighted that he scratched his ears and cheeks, his brows blossomed and his eyes smiled, and he could not help but dance with his hands and stamp with his feet.忽被祖師看見，叫孫悟空道：「你在班中，怎麼顛狂躍舞，不聽我講？」悟空道：「弟子誠心聽講，聽到老師父妙音處，喜不自勝，故不覺作此踴躍之狀。Suddenly the Patriarch caught sight of him and called out to Sun Wukong, "Standing there among the ranks, why are you capering and dancing like a madman instead of listening to my lecture?" Wukong said, "Your disciple was listening with all sincerity, and when I came to the wondrous passages of the old Master's teaching, I was so overjoyed that I could not help myself, and without noticing it fell into this posture of leaping about.望師父恕罪。」祖師道：「你既識妙音，我且問你，你到洞中多少時了？」悟空道：「弟子本來懵懂，不知多少時節。I beg the Master to forgive my offense." The Patriarch said, "Since you recognize the wondrous sounds, let me ask you this — how long have you been here in the cave?" Wukong said, "Your disciple has always been rather muddled, and does not know how much time has passed.只記得灶下無火，常去山後打柴，見一山好桃樹，我在那裡吃了七次飽桃矣。」祖師道：「那山喚名爛桃山。I only remember that when there was no fire under the stove, I would often go gather firewood behind the mountain, and there I saw a fine peach tree on a hill, where I have eaten my fill of peaches seven times." The Patriarch said, "That hill is called Rotten Peach Hill.你既吃七次，想是七年了。Since you have eaten there seven times, it must be seven years.你今要從我學些甚麼道？」悟空道：「但憑尊師教誨，只是有些道氣兒，弟子便就學了。」Now, what sort of Way do you wish to learn from me?" Wukong said, "Whatever the honored Master chooses to teach, so long as it carries a whiff of the Way, your disciple will learn it."

孙悟空在傍闻讲，喜得他抓耳挠腮，眉花眼笑，忍不住手之舞之，足之蹈之。忽被祖师看见，叫孙悟空道：「你在班中，怎么颠狂跃舞，不听我讲？」悟空道：「弟子诚心听讲，听到老师父妙音处，喜不自胜，故不觉作此踊跃之状。望师父恕罪。」祖师道：「你既识妙音，我且问你，你到洞中多少时了？」悟空道：「弟子本来懵懂，不知多少时节。只记得灶下无火，常去山后打柴，见一山好桃树，我在那里吃了七次饱桃矣。」祖师道：「那山唤名烂桃山。你既吃七次，想是七年了。你今要从我学些甚么道？」悟空道：「但凭尊师教诲，只是有些道气儿，弟子便就学了。」

祖師道：「『道』字門中有三百六十傍門，傍門皆有正果。The Patriarch said, "Within the gate of the word 'Dao' there are three hundred sixty side-branches, and every side-branch leads to a true fruition.不知你學那一門哩？」悟空道：「憑尊師意思，弟子傾心聽從。」祖師道：「我教你個『術』字門中之道，如何？」悟空道：「術門之道怎麼說？」祖師道：「術字門中，乃是些請仙、扶鸞、問卜、揲蓍，能知趨吉避凶之理。」悟空道：「似這般可得長生麼？」祖師道：「不能，不能。」悟空道：「不學，不學。」I wonder which branch you wish to study?" Wukong said, "Whatever the honored Master thinks best, your disciple will follow with all his heart." The Patriarch said, "What if I taught you the Way of the gate of 'Magic'?" Wukong said, "What does the Way of the Magic gate consist of?" The Patriarch said, "In the gate of Magic are such things as invoking immortals, planchette writing, divination by lots, and casting yarrow stalks, by which one may know the principles of pursuing good fortune and avoiding calamity." Wukong said, "Can one attain long life by such means?" The Patriarch said, "No, no." Wukong said, "Then I won't learn it, I won't learn it."

祖师道：「『道』字门中有三百六十傍门，傍门皆有正果。不知你学那一门哩？」悟空道：「凭尊师意思，弟子倾心听从。」祖师道：「我教你个『术』字门中之道，如何？」悟空道：「术门之道怎么说？」祖师道：「术字门中，乃是些请仙、扶鸾、问卜、揲蓍，能知趋吉避凶之理。」悟空道：「似这般可得长生么？」祖师道：「不能，不能。」悟空道：「不学，不学。」

祖師又道：「教你『流』字門中之道，如何？」悟空又問：「流字門中是甚義理？」祖師道：「流字門中，乃是儒家、釋家、道家、陰陽家、墨家、醫家，或看經，或念佛，並朝真降聖之類。」悟空道：「似這般可得長生麼？」祖師道：「若要長生，也似壁裡安柱。」悟空道：「師父，我是個老實人，不曉得打市語。The Patriarch said again, "What if I taught you the Way of the gate of 'Schools'?" Wukong asked again, "What principles does the gate of Schools contain?" The Patriarch said, "The gate of Schools contains the Confucians, the Buddhists, the Daoists, the Yin-Yang school, the Mohists, and the school of medicine — some read the scriptures, some chant the Buddha's name, along with such things as paying court to the Perfected and invoking sages." Wukong said, "Can one attain long life by such means?" The Patriarch said, "If you want long life through this, it is like setting a pillar inside a wall." Wukong said, "Master, I am an honest sort, and I don't understand marketplace talk.怎麼謂之『壁裡安柱』？」祖師道：「人家蓋房，欲圖堅固，將牆壁之間立一頂柱，有日大廈將頹，他必朽矣。」悟空道：「據此說，也不長久。What do you mean by 'setting a pillar inside a wall'?" The Patriarch said, "When people build a house and wish it to be sturdy, they set a supporting pillar within the wall. But one day, when the great hall is about to collapse, that pillar will certainly have rotted through." Wukong said, "By that account, it wouldn't last long either.不學，不學。」I won't learn it, I won't learn it."

祖师又道：「教你『流』字门中之道，如何？」悟空又问：「流字门中是甚义理？」祖师道：「流字门中，乃是儒家、释家、道家、阴阳家、墨家、医家，或看经，或念佛，并朝真降圣之类。」悟空道：「似这般可得长生么？」祖师道：「若要长生，也似壁里安柱。」悟空道：「师父，我是个老实人，不晓得打市语。怎么谓之『壁里安柱』？」祖师道：「人家盖房，欲图坚固，将墙壁之间立一顶柱，有日大厦将颓，他必朽矣。」悟空道：「据此说，也不长久。不学，不学。」

祖師道：「教你『靜』字門中之道，如何？」悟空道：「靜字門中是甚正果？」祖師道：「此是休糧守谷、清靜無為、參禪打坐、戒語持齋，或睡功，或立功，並入定、坐關之類。」悟空道：「這般也能長生麼？」祖師道：「也似窯頭土坯。」悟空笑道：「師父果有些滴澾。The Patriarch said, "What if I taught you the Way of the gate of 'Stillness'?" Wukong said, "What true fruition lies in the gate of Stillness?" The Patriarch said, "This involves abstaining from grain and holding to emptiness, being pure and still and taking no action, sitting in meditation and practicing Chan, refraining from speech and keeping fasts, whether through the discipline of sleep or the discipline of standing, along with entering trance and sitting in seclusion." Wukong said, "Can one attain long life this way too?" The Patriarch said, "This is also like an unfired clay brick from the top of a kiln." Wukong laughed and said, "Master, you really are a bit slippery.一行說我不會打市語。All along you say I don't understand marketplace talk,怎麼謂之『窯頭土坯』？」祖師道：「就如那窯頭上造成磚瓦之坯，雖已成形，尚未經水火鍛煉，一朝大雨滂沱，他必濫矣。」悟空道：「也不長遠。but what do you mean by 'an unfired clay brick from the top of a kiln'?" The Patriarch said, "It is just like the raw bricks and tiles shaped atop a kiln — although they have already taken form, they have not yet been tempered by water and fire, and the moment a torrential rain pours down, they will surely dissolve into mud." Wukong said, "That won't last long either.不學，不學。」I won't learn it, I won't learn it."

祖师道：「教你『静』字门中之道，如何？」悟空道：「静字门中是甚正果？」祖师道：「此是休粮守谷、清静无为、参禅打坐、戒语持斋，或睡功，或立功，并入定、坐关之类。」悟空道：「这般也能长生么？」祖师道：「也似窑头土坯。」悟空笑道：「师父果有些滴㳠。一行说我不会打市语。怎么谓之『窑头土坯』？」祖师道：「就如那窑头上造成砖瓦之坯，虽已成形，尚未经水火锻炼，一朝大雨滂沱，他必滥矣。」悟空道：「也不长远。不学，不学。」

祖師道：「教你『動』字門中之道，如何？」悟空道：「動門之道卻又怎麼？」祖師道：「此是有為有作：採陰補陽、攀弓踏弩、摩臍過氣、用方炮製、燒茅打鼎、進紅鉛、煉秋石，並服婦乳之類。」悟空道：「似這等也得長生麼？」祖師道：「此欲長生，亦如水中撈月。」悟空道：「師父又來了。The Patriarch said, "What if I taught you the Way of the gate of 'Action'?" Wukong said, "And what is the Way of the Action gate?" The Patriarch said, "This involves active practice and effort: gathering yin to nourish yang, drawing the bow and treading the crossbow, rubbing the navel to circulate the breath, compounding formulas and refining them, burning thatch and forging cauldrons, taking in red lead, refining autumn stone, along with drinking women's milk, and the like." Wukong said, "Can one attain long life by such things?" The Patriarch said, "To seek long life this way is like scooping the moon out of the water." Wukong said, "Master, there you go again.怎麼叫做『水中撈月』？」祖師道：「月在長空，水中有影，雖然看見，只是無撈摸處，到底只成空耳。」悟空道：「也不學，不學。」What do you mean by 'scooping the moon out of the water'?" The Patriarch said, "The moon hangs in the vast sky, and its image appears in the water. Although you can see it, there is nowhere to grasp it, and in the end it amounts to nothing but emptiness." Wukong said, "Then I won't learn that either, I won't learn it."

祖师道：「教你『动』字门中之道，如何？」悟空道：「动门之道却又怎么？」祖师道：「此是有为有作：采阴补阳、攀弓踏弩、摩脐过气、用方炮制、烧茅打鼎、进红铅、炼秋石，并服妇乳之类。」悟空道：「似这等也得长生么？」祖师道：「此欲长生，亦如水中捞月。」悟空道：「师父又来了。怎么叫做『水中捞月』？」祖师道：「月在长空，水中有影，虽然看见，只是无捞摸处，到底只成空耳。」悟空道：「也不学，不学。」

祖師聞言，咄的一聲，跳下高臺，手持戒尺，指定悟空道：「你這猢猻，這般不學，那般不學，卻待怎麼？」走上前，將悟空頭上打了三下。Hearing this, the Patriarch gave a shout of "Tsk!", leapt down from the high platform, and holding his disciplinary ruler in hand, pointed it at Wukong and said, "You wretched macaque, refusing to learn this and refusing to learn that — what exactly do you intend?" He strode forward and struck Wukong three times upon the head.倒背著手，走入裡面，將中門關了，撇下大眾而去。Then, clasping his hands behind his back, he walked inside, shut the central gate, and left the assembly behind as he departed.諕得那一班聽講的人人驚懼，皆怨悟空道：「你這潑猴，十分無狀。This gave the whole crowd of listeners such a fright that everyone was alarmed, and all blamed Wukong, saying, "You reckless monkey, you are utterly without manners.師父傳你道法，如何不學，卻與師父頂嘴？When the Master offers to pass on the Way and its methods to you, why refuse to learn and instead talk back to the Master?這番衝撞了他，不知幾時才出來呵！」此時俱甚報怨他，又鄙賤嫌惡他。Now that you've offended him this time, who knows when he'll come out again!" At this everyone reproached him bitterly, and also despised and scorned him.悟空一些兒也不惱，只是滿臉陪笑。Wukong was not the least bit troubled, but simply wore an apologetic smile across his face.原來那猴王已打破盤中之謎，暗暗在心，所以不與眾人爭競，只是忍耐無言。The truth was that the Monkey King had already seen through the riddle hidden in the Patriarch's actions, and kept it secretly in his heart; that was why he did not argue or contend with the others, but simply bore it in patient silence.祖師打他三下者，教他三更時分存心；The Patriarch's striking him three times was to tell him to be mindful at the third watch;倒背著手走入裡面，將中門關上者，教他從後門進步，秘處傳他道也。his clasping his hands behind his back, walking inside, and shutting the central gate was to tell him to enter by the back door, where he would secretly pass on the Way to him.

祖师闻言，咄的一声，跳下高台，手持戒尺，指定悟空道：「你这猢狲，这般不学，那般不学，却待怎么？」走上前，将悟空头上打了三下。倒背著手，走入里面，将中门关了，撇下大众而去。諕得那一班听讲的人人惊惧，皆怨悟空道：「你这泼猴，十分无状。师父传你道法，如何不学，却与师父顶嘴？这番冲撞了他，不知几时才出来呵！」此时俱甚报怨他，又鄙贱嫌恶他。悟空一些儿也不恼，只是满脸陪笑。原来那猴王已打破盘中之谜，暗暗在心，所以不与众人争竞，只是忍耐无言。祖师打他三下者，教他三更时分存心；倒背著手走入里面，将中门关上者，教他从后门进步，秘处传他道也。

當日悟空與眾等喜喜歡歡，在三星仙洞之前，盼望天色，急不能到晚。That day, Wukong and the others passed the time happily together before the Cave of the Three Stars, watching for the sky to darken, anxious that evening would never come.及黃昏時，卻與眾就寢，假合眼，定息存神。When dusk came, he lay down to sleep along with the others, but only feigned closing his eyes, steadying his breath and holding his spirit still.山中又沒打更傳箭，不知時分，只自家將鼻孔中出入之氣調定。There was no night-watchman striking the hours or passing the signal arrow in the mountains, so with no way to know the time, he simply regulated the breath passing in and out through his own nostrils.約到子時前後，輕輕的起來，穿了衣服，偷開前門，躲離大眾，走出外，擡頭觀看，正是那：When it was roughly the hour of midnight, he rose quietly, put on his clothes, stealthily opened the front door, slipped away from the others, and went outside. Raising his head to look about, it was just this scene:

当日悟空与众等喜喜欢欢，在三星仙洞之前，盼望天色，急不能到晚。及黄昏时，却与众就寝，假合眼，定息存神。山中又没打更传箭，不知时分，只自家将鼻孔中出入之气调定。约到子时前后，轻轻的起来，穿了衣服，偷开前门，躲离大众，走出外，抬头观看，正是那：

你看他從舊路徑至後門外，只見那門兒半開半掩。Watch him now, as he follows the familiar path to the outside of the back door, where he sees that the door stands half open, half closed.悟空喜道：「老師父果然注意與我傳道，故此開著門也。」即曳步近前，側身進得門裡，只走到祖師寢榻之下。Wukong said joyfully, "The old Master truly means to pass the Way on to me, and that is why he has left the door open." He stepped forward at once, slipped sideways in through the door, and went straight up to the foot of the Patriarch's sleeping couch.見祖師踡跼身軀，朝裡睡著了。He saw the Patriarch curled up with his body drawn in, sleeping with his face toward the wall.悟空不敢驚動，即跪在榻前。Wukong did not dare disturb him, and simply knelt before the couch.那祖師不多時覺來，舒開兩足，口中自吟道：Before long the Patriarch awoke, stretched out both legs, and murmured to himself:

你看他从旧路径至后门外，只见那门儿半开半掩。悟空喜道：「老师父果然注意与我传道，故此开著门也。」即曳步近前，侧身进得门里，只走到祖师寝榻之下。见祖师踡跼身躯，朝里睡著了。悟空不敢惊动，即跪在榻前。那祖师不多时觉来，舒开两足，口中自吟道：

悟空應聲叫道：「師父，弟子在此跪候多時。」祖師聞得聲音是悟空，即起披衣，盤坐喝道：「這猢猻，你不在前邊去睡，卻來我這後邊作甚？」悟空道：「師父昨日壇前對眾相允，教弟子三更時候，從後門裡傳我道理，故此大膽徑拜老爺榻下。」祖師聽說，十分歡喜，暗自尋思道：「這廝果然是個天地生成的，不然，何就打破我盤中之暗謎也？」悟空道：「此間更無六耳，止只弟子一人，望師父大捨慈悲，傳與我長生之道罷，永不忘恩。」祖師道：「你今有緣，我亦喜說。Wukong answered at once, calling out, "Master, your disciple has been kneeling here waiting for a long while." The Patriarch, recognizing the voice as Wukong's, rose at once, threw on his robe, sat up cross-legged, and shouted, "You wretched macaque! Instead of sleeping up front where you belong, what are you doing back here?" Wukong said, "Yesterday before the platform, Master promised in front of everyone that at the third watch you would pass your teaching to your disciple through the back door, and so I made bold to come straight and bow at your honored couch." Hearing this, the Patriarch was greatly pleased, and thought secretly to himself, "This fellow truly is one shaped by Heaven and Earth — otherwise how could he have seen through the hidden riddle in my words?" Wukong said, "There are no other ears here, no one but your disciple alone. I beg the Master, out of great compassion, to pass on to me the Way of long life, and I shall never forget this kindness." The Patriarch said, "Today you have the karmic affinity for it, and I too am glad to speak of it.既識得盤中暗謎，你近前來，仔細聽之，當傳與你長生之妙道也。」悟空叩頭謝了，洗耳用心，跪於榻下。Since you have understood the hidden riddle, come closer and listen carefully, and I shall pass on to you the wondrous Way of long life." Wukong kowtowed in thanks, cleansed his ears and focused his mind, and knelt at the foot of the couch.祖師云：The Patriarch said:

悟空应声叫道：「师父，弟子在此跪候多时。」祖师闻得声音是悟空，即起披衣，盘坐喝道：「这猢狲，你不在前边去睡，却来我这后边作甚？」悟空道：「师父昨日坛前对众相允，教弟子三更时候，从后门里传我道理，故此大胆径拜老爷榻下。」祖师听说，十分欢喜，暗自寻思道：「这厮果然是个天地生成的，不然，何就打破我盘中之暗谜也？」悟空道：「此间更无六耳，止只弟子一人，望师父大舍慈悲，传与我长生之道罢，永不忘恩。」祖师道：「你今有缘，我亦喜说。既识得盘中暗谜，你近前来，仔细听之，当传与你长生之妙道也。」悟空叩头谢了，洗耳用心，跪于榻下。祖师云：

此時說破根源，悟空心靈福至，切切記了口訣。At this time the root and origin were revealed in full, and as good fortune arrived at Wukong's clever heart, he committed the oral formula earnestly to memory.對祖師拜謝深恩，即出後門觀看。He bowed to the Patriarch in thanks for this profound kindness, and then went out through the back door to look about.但見東方天色微舒白，西路金光大顯明。He saw that in the east the sky had just begun to spread with pale light, while along the western road a great golden brightness shone forth clearly.依舊路，轉到前門，輕輕的推開進去，坐在原寢之處，故將床鋪搖響道：「天光了，天光了，起耶！」那大眾還正睡哩，不知悟空已得了好事。Following the same path, he circled round to the front gate, gently pushed it open and went in, and sat down in his usual sleeping place. He then rattled his bedding on purpose and called out, "It's daylight, it's daylight, time to get up!" The others were still fast asleep, and had no idea that Wukong had already obtained something wonderful.當日起來打混，暗暗維持，子前午後，自己調息。From that day on he rose and mingled with the others as usual, quietly sustaining his practice, and before midnight and after noon he regulated his own breathing in secret.

此时说破根源，悟空心灵福至，切切记了口诀。对祖师拜谢深恩，即出后门观看。但见东方天色微舒白，西路金光大显明。依旧路，转到前门，轻轻的推开进去，坐在原寝之处，故将床铺摇响道：「天光了，天光了，起耶！」那大众还正睡哩，不知悟空已得了好事。当日起来打混，暗暗维持，子前午后，自己调息。

卻早過了三年，祖師復登寶座，與眾說法。Before long three years had passed, and the Patriarch once again mounted his precious seat to expound the Dharma to the assembly.談的是公案比語，論的是外像包皮。What he spoke of were classic cases and figurative sayings; what he discussed was the outward form, the mere wrapping and skin of things.忽問：「悟空何在？」悟空近前跪下：「弟子有。」祖師道：「你這一向修些甚麼道來？」悟空道：「弟子近來法性頗通，根源亦漸堅固矣。」祖師道：「你既通法性，會得根源，已注神體，卻只是防備著三災利害。」悟空聽說，沉吟良久道：「師父之言謬矣。Suddenly he asked, "Where is Wukong?" Wukong came forward and knelt down: "Your disciple is here." The Patriarch said, "What Way have you been cultivating all this while?" Wukong said, "Of late your disciple has come to understand the nature of the Dharma quite well, and the root and origin have gradually grown firm." The Patriarch said, "Since you have grasped the nature of the Dharma and understood the root and origin, your spirit has already been fixed in your body, but you must still guard against the perils of the Three Calamities." Hearing this, Wukong pondered for a long while and said, "Master, your words are mistaken.我嘗聞道高德隆，與天同壽；I have always heard that when one's attainment of the Way is lofty and one's virtue abundant, one shares longevity with Heaven;水火既濟，百病不生。when water and fire are brought into balance, the hundred illnesses cannot arise.卻怎麼有個『三災利害』？」祖師道：「此乃非常之道：奪天地之造化，侵日月之玄機；How, then, could there be such a thing as the peril of the Three Calamities?" The Patriarch said, "This is no ordinary Way — it seizes the creative power of Heaven and Earth, and encroaches upon the mysterious workings of the sun and moon;丹成之後，鬼神難容。once the elixir is completed, the ghosts and spirits can hardly tolerate it.雖駐顏益壽，但到了五百年後，天降雷災打你，須要見性明心，預先躲避。Although it preserves the countenance and prolongs life, once five hundred years have passed, Heaven will send down a calamity of thunder to strike you, and you must perceive your nature and clarify your mind, so as to escape it beforehand.躲得過，壽與天齊；If you escape it, your years will equal those of Heaven;躲不過，就此絕命。if you fail to escape it, your life will end right there.再五百年後，天降火災燒你。Another five hundred years after that, Heaven will send down a calamity of fire to burn you.這火不是天火，亦不是凡火，喚做『陰火』。This fire is neither the fire of Heaven nor an ordinary mortal fire — it is called 'Yin fire.'自本身湧泉穴下燒起，直透泥垣宮，五臟成灰，四肢皆朽，把千年苦行，俱為虛幻。It kindles from the Bubbling Spring point at the very sole of your own feet, and burns straight up through the Palace of Mud-and-Wall, turning the five viscera to ash and the four limbs to rot, so that a thousand years of arduous cultivation all become empty and vain.再五百年，又降風災吹你。Another five hundred years after that, a calamity of wind will descend to blow upon you.這風不是東南西北風，不是和薰金朔風，亦不是花柳松竹風，喚做『贔風』。This wind is not the wind of east, south, west, or north, nor the mild breeze or the golden north wind, nor yet the wind among flowers and willows or pines and bamboo — it is called the 'Bi wind.'自顖門中吹入六腑，過丹田，穿九竅，骨肉消疏，其身自解。It blows in through the crown of the head into the six viscera, passes through the cinnabar field, and pierces the nine orifices, so that bone and flesh dissolve and grow porous, and the body comes apart of itself.所以都要躲過。」That is why all of these must be escaped."

却早过了三年，祖师复登宝座，与众说法。谈的是公案比语，论的是外像包皮。忽问：「悟空何在？」悟空近前跪下：「弟子有。」祖师道：「你这一向修些甚么道来？」悟空道：「弟子近来法性颇通，根源亦渐坚固矣。」祖师道：「你既通法性，会得根源，已注神体，却只是防备著三灾利害。」悟空听说，沉吟良久道：「师父之言谬矣。我尝闻道高德隆，与天同寿；水火既济，百病不生。却怎么有个『三灾利害』？」祖师道：「此乃非常之道：夺天地之造化，侵日月之玄机；丹成之后，鬼神难容。虽驻颜益寿，但到了五百年后，天降雷灾打你，须要见性明心，预先躲避。躲得过，寿与天齐；躲不过，就此绝命。再五百年后，天降火灾烧你。这火不是天火，亦不是凡火，唤做『阴火』。自本身涌泉穴下烧起，直透泥垣宫，五脏成灰，四肢皆朽，把千年苦行，俱为虚幻。再五百年，又降风灾吹你。这风不是东南西北风，不是和薰金朔风，亦不是花柳松竹风，唤做『赑风』。自顖门中吹入六腑，过丹田，穿九窍，骨肉消疏，其身自解。所以都要躲过。」

悟空聞說，毛骨悚然，叩頭禮拜道：「萬望老爺垂憫，傳與躲避三災之法，到底不敢忘恩。」祖師道：「此亦無難，只是你比他人不同，故傳不得。」悟空道：「我也頭圓頂天，足方履地，一般有九竅四肢，五臟六腑，何以比人不同？」祖師道：「你雖然像人，卻比人少腮。」原來那猴子孤拐面，凹臉尖嘴。Hearing this, Wukong's hair stood on end and his bones turned cold with fright. He kowtowed and bowed, saying, "I beg you, Master, in your great pity, to pass on to me the method for escaping the Three Calamities — to the end I shall never dare forget this kindness." The Patriarch said, "This is not difficult in itself, only that you differ from other people, and so it cannot be passed on to you." Wukong said, "I too have a round head that tops the sky and square feet that tread the earth, and just the same I have nine orifices and four limbs, five viscera and six bowels — how do I differ from other people?" The Patriarch said, "Though you resemble a person, you lack cheeks compared to others." For indeed that monkey had gaunt, bony cheekbones, a sunken face, and a pointed mouth.悟空伸手一摸，笑道：「師父沒成算。Wukong reached up and felt his own face, and said with a laugh, "Master, you haven't reckoned this rightly.我雖少腮，卻比人多這個素袋，亦可准折過也。」祖師說：「也罷，你要學那一般？Though I may lack cheeks, I have this pouch of a jaw that others don't, which surely makes up for it." The Patriarch said, "Very well then. Which of the two will you learn?有一般天罡數，該三十六般變化；There is one that follows the number of the Heavenly Ladle, which grants thirty-six transformations;有一般地煞數，該七十二般變化。」悟空道：「弟子願多裡撈摸，學一個地煞變化罷。」祖師道：「既如此，上前來，傳與你口訣。」遂附耳低言，不知說了些甚麼妙法。and there is one that follows the number of the Earthly Fiends, which grants seventy-two transformations." Wukong said, "Your disciple would rather grasp at the greater number — let me learn the seventy-two transformations of the Earthly Fiends." The Patriarch said, "Since that is so, come forward, and I will pass the oral formula to you." Thereupon he leaned close to Wukong's ear and spoke in a low voice, and no one knew what wondrous method he imparted.這猴王也是他一竅通時百竅通，當時習了口訣，自修自煉，將七十二般變化都學成了。As for the Monkey King, once one aperture of his understanding opened, a hundred apertures opened along with it; at once he practiced the oral formula, cultivating and refining it on his own, until he had mastered all seventy-two transformations.

悟空闻说，毛骨悚然，叩头礼拜道：「万望老爷垂悯，传与躲避三灾之法，到底不敢忘恩。」祖师道：「此亦无难，只是你比他人不同，故传不得。」悟空道：「我也头圆顶天，足方履地，一般有九窍四肢，五脏六腑，何以比人不同？」祖师道：「你虽然像人，却比人少腮。」原来那猴子孤拐面，凹脸尖嘴。悟空伸手一摸，笑道：「师父没成算。我虽少腮，却比人多这个素袋，亦可准折过也。」祖师说：「也罢，你要学那一般？有一般天罡数，该三十六般变化；有一般地煞数，该七十二般变化。」悟空道：「弟子愿多里捞摸，学一个地煞变化罢。」祖师道：「既如此，上前来，传与你口诀。」遂附耳低言，不知说了些甚么妙法。这猴王也是他一窍通时百窍通，当时习了口诀，自修自炼，将七十二般变化都学成了。

忽一日，祖師與眾門人在三星洞前戲玩晚景。Then one day, the Patriarch and his disciples were enjoying the evening scenery together before the Cave of the Three Stars.祖師道：「悟空，事成了未曾？」悟空道：「多蒙師父海恩，弟子功果完備，已能霞舉飛昇也。」祖師道：「你試飛舉我看。」悟空弄本事，將身一聳，打了個連扯跟頭，跳離地有五六丈，踏雲霞去勾有頓飯之時，返復不上三里遠近，落在面前，扠手道：「師父，這就是飛舉騰雲了。」祖師笑道：「這個算不得騰雲，只算得爬雲而已。The Patriarch said, "Wukong, has your work come to fruition yet?" Wukong said, "Thanks to the Master's vast kindness, your disciple's efforts are now complete, and I am already able to rise upon the clouds and soar aloft." The Patriarch said, "Try rising into flight and let me see." Wukong showed off his skill: with a single spring of his body he turned a series of somersaults, leapt some five or six zhang off the ground, and treading upon clouds and mist went off for about the time it takes to eat a meal; yet when he circled back he had gone no more than three li, and landed before the Patriarch, clasping his hands and saying, "Master, this is what it means to rise in flight and ride the clouds." The Patriarch laughed and said, "This can hardly be called riding the clouds — it can only be called crawling the clouds.自古道：『神仙朝遊北海暮蒼梧。』似你這半日，去不上三里，即爬雲也還算不得哩。」悟空道：「怎麼為『朝遊北海暮蒼梧』？」祖師道：「凡騰雲之輩，早辰起自北海，遊過東海、西海、南海，復轉蒼梧。As the old saying goes, 'Immortals roam the North Sea in the morning and reach Cangwu by evening.' Look at you — half a day, and you haven't even gone three li; that can't even properly be called crawling the clouds." Wukong said, "What does it mean, 'roam the North Sea in the morning and reach Cangwu by evening'?" The Patriarch said, "As for those who ride the clouds, in the early morning they set out from the North Sea, roam past the East Sea, the West Sea, and the South Sea, and then turn back to Cangwu.蒼梧者，卻是北海零陵之語話也。Cangwu is simply another name used at Lingling in the North Sea.將四海之外，一日都遊遍，方算得騰雲。」悟空道：「這個卻難，卻難。」祖師道：「世上無難事，只怕有心人。」悟空聞得此言，叩頭禮拜，啟道：「師父，為人須為徹，索性捨個大慈悲，將此騰雲之法，一發傳與我罷，決不敢忘恩。」祖師道：「凡諸仙騰雲，皆跌足而起，你卻不是這般。To roam all beyond the Four Seas in a single day — only that can properly be called riding the clouds." Wukong said, "That is difficult indeed, difficult indeed." The Patriarch said, "Nothing under Heaven is difficult; it only fears the person with a determined heart." Hearing these words, Wukong kowtowed and bowed, and said, "Master, if one helps a person, one ought to help him all the way through — please be so generous as to grant me your great compassion and pass this method of riding the clouds on to me completely as well, and I shall never dare forget this kindness." The Patriarch said, "Whenever the various immortals ride the clouds, they all rise by stamping their feet, but you are not like that.我才見你去，連扯方才跳上。Just now, when I watched you go, you only managed to leap up after several somersaults in a row.我今只就你這個勢，傳你個觔斗雲罷。」悟空又禮拜懇求，祖師卻又傳個口訣道：「這朵雲，捻著訣，念動真言，攢緊了拳，將身一抖，跳將起來，一觔斗就有十萬八千里路哩。」大眾聽說，一個個嘻嘻笑道：「悟空造化，若會這個法兒，與人家當鋪兵、送文書、遞報單，不管那裡都尋了飯吃。」師徒們天昏各歸洞府。I will now simply base it on that motion of yours, and teach you the Cloud Somersault instead." Wukong bowed once more in earnest entreaty, and the Patriarch then imparted the oral formula, saying, "For this cloud, you form the hand sign, recite the true words, clench your fists tight, give your body a shake, and leap up — and with a single somersault you will cover a hundred and eight thousand li." Hearing this, the assembly all laughed merrily and said, "What good fortune for Wukong — if he masters this trick, he could serve as a courier running errands, delivering documents or passing along dispatches for people, and wherever he went he'd always find himself a meal." As dusk fell, master and disciples each returned to their own quarters in the cave.

忽一日，祖师与众门人在三星洞前戏玩晚景。祖师道：「悟空，事成了未曾？」悟空道：「多蒙师父海恩，弟子功果完备，已能霞举飞升也。」祖师道：「你试飞举我看。」悟空弄本事，将身一耸，打了个连扯跟头，跳离地有五六丈，踏云霞去勾有顿饭之时，返复不上三里远近，落在面前，扠手道：「师父，这就是飞举腾云了。」祖师笑道：「这个算不得腾云，只算得爬云而已。自古道：『神仙朝游北海暮苍梧。』似你这半日，去不上三里，即爬云也还算不得哩。」悟空道：「怎么为『朝游北海暮苍梧』？」祖师道：「凡腾云之辈，早辰起自北海，游过东海、西海、南海，复转苍梧。苍梧者，却是北海零陵之语话也。将四海之外，一日都游遍，方算得腾云。」悟空道：「这个却难，却难。」祖师道：「世上无难事，只怕有心人。」悟空闻得此言，叩头礼拜，启道：「师父，为人须为彻，索性舍个大慈悲，将此腾云之法，一发传与我罢，决不敢忘恩。」祖师道：「凡诸仙腾云，皆跌足而起，你却不是这般。我才见你去，连扯方才跳上。我今只就你这个势，传你个觔斗云罢。」悟空又礼拜恳求，祖师却又传个口诀道：「这朵云，捻著诀，念动真言，攒紧了拳，将身一抖，跳将起来，一觔斗就有十万八千里路哩。」大众听说，一个个嘻嘻笑道：「悟空造化，若会这个法儿，与人家当铺兵、送文书、递报单，不管那里都寻了饭吃。」师徒们天昏各归洞府。

這一夜，悟空即運神煉法，會了觔斗雲。That very night, Wukong set his spirit to work refining the method, and mastered the Cloud Somersault.逐日家無拘無束，自在逍遙，此亦長生之美。From then on, day after day he lived free and unfettered, at ease and carefree — this too was one of the joys of long life.

这一夜，悟空即运神炼法，会了觔斗云。逐日家无拘无束，自在逍遥，此亦长生之美。

一日，春歸夏至，大眾都在松樹下會講多時。One day, as spring departed and summer arrived, the whole assembly gathered beneath the pine trees and talked together for a long while.大眾道：「悟空，你是那世修來的緣法？The assembly said, "Wukong, from what past life did you cultivate such karmic fortune?前日老師父附耳低言，傳與你的躲三災變化之法，可都會麼？」悟空笑道：「不瞞諸兄長說，一則是師父傳授，二來也是我晝夜慇懃，那幾般兒都會了。」大眾道：「趁此良時，你試演演，讓我等看看。」悟空聞說，抖擻精神，賣弄手段道：「眾師兄請出個題目。The other day, when the old Master leaned close to your ear and spoke low, teaching you the method of escaping the Three Calamities through transformation — have you mastered it all?" Wukong laughed and said, "I won't hide it from you, elder brothers — partly it was the Master's teaching, and partly it was my own diligence day and night, and so I have mastered every one of those skills." The assembly said, "Take this good moment, and try performing it for us to see." On hearing this, Wukong roused his spirits and, eager to show off his skill, said, "Let my fellow disciples propose a subject.要我變化甚麼？」大眾道：「就變棵松樹罷。」悟空捻著訣，念動咒語，搖身一變，就變做一棵松樹。What would you have me transform into?" The assembly said, "Just turn into a pine tree." Wukong formed the hand sign, recited the incantation, shook himself, and changed at once into a pine tree.真個是：Truly it was:

一日，春归夏至，大众都在松树下会讲多时。大众道：「悟空，你是那世修来的缘法？前日老师父附耳低言，传与你的躲三灾变化之法，可都会么？」悟空笑道：「不瞒诸兄长说，一则是师父传授，二来也是我昼夜慇懃，那几般儿都会了。」大众道：「趁此良时，你试演演，让我等看看。」悟空闻说，抖擞精神，卖弄手段道：「众师兄请出个题目。要我变化甚么？」大众道：「就变棵松树罢。」悟空捻著诀，念动咒语，摇身一变，就变做一棵松树。真个是：

大眾見了鼓掌，呵呵大笑，都道：「好猴兒，好猴兒！」不覺的嚷鬧，驚動了祖師。Seeing this, the assembly clapped their hands and roared with laughter, all saying, "What a fine monkey, what a fine monkey!" In their excitement they made such a clamor that they disturbed the Patriarch.祖師急拽杖出門來問道：「是何人在此喧嘩？」大眾聞呼，慌忙檢束，整衣向前。The Patriarch hurriedly took up his staff and came out the door to ask, "Who is making such a racket here?" Hearing him call out, the assembly hastily composed themselves, straightened their robes, and came forward.悟空也現了本相，雜在叢中道：「啟上尊師：我等在此會講，更無外姓喧嘩。」祖師怒喝道：「你等大呼小叫，全不像個修行的體段！Wukong too resumed his original form and, mingling in among the crowd, said, "We beg to report to the honored Master: we were simply gathered here in discussion, and there was no outsider making a disturbance." The Patriarch shouted angrily, "The way you all shout and cry out is nothing at all like the bearing of those who cultivate the Way!修行的人，口開神氣散，舌動是非生，如何在此嚷笑？」大眾道：「不敢瞞師父，適才孫悟空演變化耍子。For one who cultivates the Way, opening the mouth scatters the spirit and vital breath, and moving the tongue gives rise to disputes — how then can you be shouting and laughing here?" The assembly said, "We would not dare deceive the Master — just now Sun Wukong was performing a transformation for fun.教他變棵松樹，果然是棵松樹，弟子們俱稱揚喝采，故高聲驚冒尊師，望乞恕罪。」We asked him to turn into a pine tree, and sure enough he became a pine tree; the disciples all praised and cheered him, and so our loud voices disturbed the honored Master — we beg you to forgive our offense."

大众见了鼓掌，呵呵大笑，都道：「好猴儿，好猴儿！」不觉的嚷闹，惊动了祖师。祖师急拽杖出门来问道：「是何人在此喧哗？」大众闻呼，慌忙检束，整衣向前。悟空也现了本相，杂在丛中道：「启上尊师：我等在此会讲，更无外姓喧哗。」祖师怒喝道：「你等大呼小叫，全不像个修行的体段！修行的人，口开神气散，舌动是非生，如何在此嚷笑？」大众道：「不敢瞒师父，适才孙悟空演变化耍子。教他变棵松树，果然是棵松树，弟子们俱称扬喝采，故高声惊冒尊师，望乞恕罪。」

祖師道：「你等起去。」叫：「悟空過來！The Patriarch said, "You may all rise." Then he called out, "Wukong, come here!我問你弄甚麼精神，變甚麼松樹？I ask you, what spirit possessed you, that you had to transform into a pine tree?這個工夫，可好在人前賣弄？Is this the kind of skill that one ought to show off in front of others?假如你見別人有，不要求他？Suppose you saw that someone else had such a skill — would you not beg it of him?別人見你有，必然求你。Once others see that you have it, they will surely beg it of you.你若畏禍，卻要傳他；If you fear bringing trouble on yourself, you will have to teach it to them;若不傳他，必然加害：你之性命又不可保。」悟空叩頭道：「只望師父恕罪。」祖師道：「我也不罪你，但只是你去罷。」悟空聞此言，滿眼墮淚道：「師父，教我往那裡去？」祖師道：「你從那裡來，便從那裡去就是了。」悟空頓然醒悟道：「我自東勝神洲傲來國花果山水簾洞來的。」祖師道：「你快回去，全你性命；and if you refuse to teach it, they will surely do you harm — and then your very life could not be preserved." Wukong kowtowed and said, "I only beg the Master to forgive my offense." The Patriarch said, "I am not going to punish you, but you must leave this place." On hearing this, Wukong's eyes filled with falling tears, and he said, "Master, where would you have me go?" The Patriarch said, "Simply go back the way you came from." Wukong suddenly came to himself and said, "I came from Shuilian Dong on Huaguo Shan, in Aolai Guo, in Dongsheng Shenzhou." The Patriarch said, "Hurry back there, and preserve your life;若在此間，斷然不可。」悟空領罪，上告尊師：「我也離家有二十年矣，雖是回顧舊日兒孫，但念師父厚恩未報，不敢去。」祖師道：「那裡甚麼恩義，你只不惹禍，不牽帶我就罷了。」if you remain here, it is absolutely forbidden." Wukong accepted his fault, and addressed the honored Master, saying, "I have also been away from home for twenty years now. Though I long to look again on my old children and grandchildren, I have been thinking of the Master's deep kindness, which I have not yet repaid, and so I have not dared to leave." The Patriarch said, "There is no debt of kindness to speak of there — just see that you cause no trouble, and do not implicate me, and that will be enough."

祖师道：「你等起去。」叫：「悟空过来！我问你弄甚么精神，变甚么松树？这个工夫，可好在人前卖弄？假如你见别人有，不要求他？别人见你有，必然求你。你若畏祸，却要传他；若不传他，必然加害：你之性命又不可保。」悟空叩头道：「只望师父恕罪。」祖师道：「我也不罪你，但只是你去罢。」悟空闻此言，满眼堕泪道：「师父，教我往那里去？」祖师道：「你从那里来，便从那里去就是了。」悟空顿然醒悟道：「我自东胜神洲傲来国花果山水帘洞来的。」祖师道：「你快回去，全你性命；若在此间，断然不可。」悟空领罪，上告尊师：「我也离家有二十年矣，虽是回顾旧日儿孙，但念师父厚恩未报，不敢去。」祖师道：「那里甚么恩义，你只不惹祸，不牵带我就罢了。」

悟空見沒奈何，只得拜辭，與眾相別。Seeing there was nothing else to be done, Wukong had no choice but to bow in farewell, and took his leave of the assembly.祖師道：「你這去，定生不良。The Patriarch said, "Once you go this time, you are bound to stir up trouble.憑你怎麼惹禍行兇，卻不許說是我的徒弟。No matter how you bring on disaster or commit violence, you must never say that you are my disciple.你說出半個字來，我就知之，把你這猢猻剝皮剉骨，將神魂貶在九幽之處，教你萬劫不得翻身！」悟空道：「決不敢提起師父一字，只說是我自家會的便罷。」If you utter so much as half a word of it, I will know at once, and I will strip the skin from your bones, you wretched macaque, and banish your soul and spirit down into the Ninefold Darkness, so that through ten thousand kalpas you shall never be able to turn yourself over again!" Wukong said, "I would never dare breathe a single word about the Master — I shall simply say that I learned it all myself."

悟空见没奈何，只得拜辞，与众相别。祖师道：「你这去，定生不良。凭你怎么惹祸行凶，却不许说是我的徒弟。你说出半个字来，我就知之，把你这猢狲剥皮剉骨，将神魂贬在九幽之处，教你万劫不得翻身！」悟空道：「决不敢提起师父一字，只说是我自家会的便罢。」

悟空謝了，即抽身，捻著訣，丟個連扯，縱起觔斗雲，徑回東勝。Wukong gave his thanks, then turned at once, formed the hand sign, threw himself into a series of somersaults, sprang up onto his Cloud Somersault, and headed straight back to Dongsheng.那裡消一個時辰，早看見花果山水簾洞。Before even a single double-hour had passed, he could already see Huaguo Shan and Shuilian Dong.美猴王自知快樂，暗暗的自稱道：The Handsome Monkey King, knowing his own joy, murmured quietly to himself:

悟空谢了，即抽身，捻著诀，丢个连扯，纵起觔斗云，径回东胜。那里消一个时辰，早看见花果山水帘洞。美猴王自知快乐，暗暗的自称道：

悟空按下雲頭，直至花果山，找路而走。Wukong brought his cloud down and went straight to Huaguo Shan, seeking out the path as he walked.忽聽得鶴唳猿啼：鶴唳聲沖霄漢外，猿啼悲切甚傷情。Suddenly he heard the cry of cranes and the wailing of gibbons: the cranes' cries soared beyond the clouds and the Milky Way, while the gibbons' wailing was mournful and full of grief.即開口叫道：「孩兒們，我來了也！」那崖下石坎邊，花草中，樹木裡，若大若小之猴，跳出千千萬萬，把個美猴王圍在當中，叩頭叫道：「大王，你好寬心，怎麼一去許久？He opened his mouth at once and called out, "Children, I have come back!" From beside the stone ledges beneath the cliffs, from among the flowers and grasses, from within the trees, monkeys great and small leapt out by the thousands and tens of thousands, surrounding the Handsome Monkey King in their midst, kowtowing and calling out, "Great King, how easy your heart must have been, to stay away so long!把我們俱閃在這裡，望你誠如饑渴。You left all of us stranded here, longing for you as if starved and parched.近來被一妖魔在此欺虐，強要占我們水簾洞府，是我等捨死忘生，與他爭鬥。Of late a demon has come and bullied us here, trying by force to seize our Water Curtain cave-dwelling, and we, giving no thought to life or death, fought against him.這些時，被那廝搶了我們家火，捉了許多子姪，教我們晝夜無眠，看守家業。During this time that wretch has plundered our household goods and captured many of our sons and nephews, forcing us to go without sleep day and night, standing guard over what remains of our home.幸得大王來了，大王若再年載不來，我等連山洞盡屬他人矣。」悟空聞說，心中大怒，道：「是甚麼妖魔，輒敢無狀？Fortunately the Great King has now returned — had you stayed away another year, even this mountain and cave would have belonged to someone else." Hearing this, Wukong grew furious at heart and said, "What demon is this, that dares to behave so outrageously?你且細細說來，待我尋他報仇。」眾猴叩頭：「告上大王：那廝自稱混世魔王，住居在直北下。」悟空道：「此間到他那裡，有多少路程？」眾猴道：「他來時雲，去時霧，或風或雨，或電或雷，我等不知有多少路。」悟空道：「既如此，你們休怕，且自頑耍，等我尋他去來。」Tell me the whole of it in detail, and I will go find him and take revenge." The monkeys kowtowed and said, "We report to the Great King: that wretch calls himself the Hunshi Demon King, and dwells due north of here." Wukong said, "From here to his place, how great a distance is it?" The monkeys said, "He comes on clouds and leaves on mist, sometimes on wind, sometimes on rain, sometimes amid lightning, sometimes amid thunder — we do not know how far it is." Wukong said, "Since that is so, do not be afraid, just go on playing as usual, and wait while I go find him."

悟空按下云头，直至花果山，找路而走。忽听得鹤唳猿啼：鹤唳声冲霄汉外，猿啼悲切甚伤情。即开口叫道：「孩儿们，我来了也！」那崖下石坎边，花草中，树木里，若大若小之猴，跳出千千万万，把个美猴王围在当中，叩头叫道：「大王，你好宽心，怎么一去许久？把我们俱闪在这里，望你诚如饥渴。近来被一妖魔在此欺虐，强要占我们水帘洞府，是我等舍死忘生，与他争斗。这些时，被那厮抢了我们家火，捉了许多子姪，教我们昼夜无眠，看守家业。幸得大王来了，大王若再年载不来，我等连山洞尽属他人矣。」悟空闻说，心中大怒，道：「是甚么妖魔，辄敢无状？你且细细说来，待我寻他报仇。」众猴叩头：「告上大王：那厮自称混世魔王，住居在直北下。」悟空道：「此间到他那里，有多少路程？」众猴道：「他来时云，去时雾，或风或雨，或电或雷，我等不知有多少路。」悟空道：「既如此，你们休怕，且自顽耍，等我寻他去来。」

好猴王，將身一縱，跳起去，一路觔斗，直至北下觀看，見一座高山，真是十分險峻。Good Monkey King — he gave his body a spring, leapt up, and somersaulted all the way north to look down, where he saw a high mountain, truly most precipitous.好山：What a mountain:

好猴王，将身一纵，跳起去，一路觔斗，直至北下观看，见一座高山，真是十分险峻。好山：

美猴王正默觀看景致，只聽得有人言語，徑自下山尋覓。The Handsome Monkey King was silently taking in the scenery when he suddenly heard the sound of voices, and went straight down the mountain to search them out.原來那陡崖之前，乃是那水臟洞。It turned out that in front of that sheer cliff lay the Shuizang Cave.洞門外有幾個小妖跳舞，見了悟空就走。Outside the cave gate a few little demons were capering about; seeing Wukong, they fled at once.悟空道：「休走！Wukong called out, "Don't run!借你口中言，傳我心內事。Lend me your mouths to speak, and carry back to your master what is on my mind.我乃正南方花果山水簾洞洞主。I am the lord of the Water Curtain Cave on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, due south of here.你家甚麼混世鳥魔，屢次欺我兒孫，我特尋來，要與他見個上下。」What sort of world-confounding demon is your master, that he has again and again bullied my children and grandchildren? I have come especially to seek him out and settle who is the better of us."

美猴王正默观看景致，只听得有人言语，径自下山寻觅。原来那陡崖之前，乃是那水脏洞。洞门外有几个小妖跳舞，见了悟空就走。悟空道：「休走！借你口中言，传我心内事。我乃正南方花果山水帘洞洞主。你家甚么混世鸟魔，屡次欺我儿孙，我特寻来，要与他见个上下。」

那小妖聽說，疾忙跑入洞裡報道：「大王，禍事了！」魔王道：「有甚禍事？」小妖道：「洞外有猴頭稱為花果山水簾洞洞主，他說你屢次欺他兒孫，特來尋你，見個上下哩。」魔王笑道：「我常聞得那些猴精說他有個大王，出家修行去，想是今番來了。On hearing this, the little demon ran hurriedly into the cave to report, "Great King, disaster!" The demon king said, "What disaster?" The little demon said, "Outside the cave there is a monkey-head who calls himself the Lord of the Water Curtain Cave on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit. He says you have repeatedly bullied his children and grandchildren, and has come specially to find you and settle who is the better." The demon king laughed and said, "I have often heard those monkey spirits say they have a Great King who left home to cultivate the Way — I suppose this must be him, come at last.你們見他怎生打扮？What did you see him got up as?有甚器械？」小妖道：「他也沒甚麼器械，光著個頭，穿一領紅色衣，勒一條黃絛，足下踏一對烏靴，不僧不俗，又不像道士、神仙，赤手空拳，在門外叫哩。」魔王聞說：「取我披掛、兵器來。」那小妖即時取出。Does he carry any weapon?" The little demon said, "He has no weapon at all — his head bare, wearing a red robe, cinched with a yellow sash, and on his feet a pair of black boots. He looks neither monk nor layman, and not like a Daoist or an immortal either; bare-handed and empty-fisted, he is shouting away outside the gate." Hearing this, the demon king said, "Fetch my armor and my weapon." The little demon brought them at once.

那小妖听说，疾忙跑入洞里报道：「大王，祸事了！」魔王道：「有甚祸事？」小妖道：「洞外有猴头称为花果山水帘洞洞主，他说你屡次欺他儿孙，特来寻你，见个上下哩。」魔王笑道：「我常闻得那些猴精说他有个大王，出家修行去，想是今番来了。你们见他怎生打扮？有甚器械？」小妖道：「他也没甚么器械，光著个头，穿一领红色衣，勒一条黄绦，足下踏一对乌靴，不僧不俗，又不像道士、神仙，赤手空拳，在门外叫哩。」魔王闻说：「取我披挂、兵器来。」那小妖即时取出。

那魔王穿了甲冑，綽刀在手，與眾妖出得門來，即高聲叫道：「那個是水簾洞洞主？」悟空急睜睛觀看，只見那魔王：The demon king put on his armor, took up his saber, and came out the gate with his crowd of demons, calling out loudly, "Which of you is the Lord of the Water Curtain Cave?" Wukong opened his eyes wide to look, and saw that demon king:

那魔王穿了甲胄，绰刀在手，与众妖出得门来，即高声叫道：「那个是水帘洞洞主？」悟空急睁睛观看，只见那魔王：

猴王喝道：「這潑魔這般眼大，看不見老孫。」魔王見了，笑道：「你身不滿四尺，年不過三旬，手內又無兵器，怎麼大膽猖狂，要尋我見甚麼上下？」悟空罵道：「你這潑魔，原來沒眼。The Monkey King shouted, "This vile fiend has such big eyes and still can't see old Sun!" Seeing him, the demon king laughed and said, "You're not four feet tall, no more than thirty years old, and have no weapon in hand — how dare you be so brazen and reckless, coming to find me to settle who's the better?" Wukong cursed, "You vile fiend, so you really have no eyes.你量我小，要大卻也不難；You reckon me small — but growing tall would be no trouble at all;你量我無兵器，我兩隻手勾著天邊月哩。you reckon me weaponless — but with these two hands I could hook down the moon at the edge of the sky.你不要怕，只吃老孫一拳。」縱一縱，跳上去，劈臉就打。Don't be afraid — just take a punch from old Sun!" With a spring he leapt up and struck straight at his face.那魔王伸手架住道：「你這般矬矮，我這般高長；The demon king thrust out a hand to block it and said, "You're so stunted and short, and I'm so tall and long;你要使拳，我要使刀。you mean to use your fists, but I mean to use my saber.使刀就殺了你，也吃人笑。If I use the saber and kill you, people would only laugh at me.待我放下刀，與你使路拳看。」悟空道：「說得是。Let me set down my saber and try a bout of boxing with you instead." Wukong said, "Well said.好漢子，走來。」那魔王丟開架子便打，這悟空鑽進去相撞相迎。Come on then, good fellow." The demon king dropped his guard and struck, and Wukong plunged straight in to meet him.他兩個拳搥腳踢，一衝一撞。The two of them pounded with fists and kicked with feet, charging and clashing.原來長拳空大，短簇堅牢。As it turned out, long, sweeping punches look grand but are hollow, while short, close blows are solid and sure.那魔王被悟空掏短脅，撞了襠，幾下觔節，把他打重了。The demon king, jabbed by Wukong in the short ribs and struck in the groin, took several hits to his joints that hurt him badly.他閃過，拿起那板大的鋼刀，望悟空劈頭就砍。He dodged aside, snatched up his broad steel saber, and slashed straight down at Wukong's head.悟空急撤身，他砍了一個空。Wukong quickly pulled his body back, and the blow cut through empty air.悟空見他兇猛，即使身外身法，拔一把毫毛，丟在口中嚼碎，望空噴去，叫一聲：「變！」即變做三、二百個小猴，週圍攢簇。Seeing how fierce the demon was, Wukong at once used his technique of a body outside his body: he plucked out a handful of hairs, tossed them into his mouth, chewed them to bits, and spat them out into the air, shouting, "Change!" — and they instantly turned into two or three hundred little monkeys, swarming around on every side.

猴王喝道：「这泼魔这般眼大，看不见老孙。」魔王见了，笑道：「你身不满四尺，年不过三旬，手内又无兵器，怎么大胆猖狂，要寻我见甚么上下？」悟空骂道：「你这泼魔，原来没眼。你量我小，要大却也不难；你量我无兵器，我两只手勾著天边月哩。你不要怕，只吃老孙一拳。」纵一纵，跳上去，劈脸就打。那魔王伸手架住道：「你这般矬矮，我这般高长；你要使拳，我要使刀。使刀就杀了你，也吃人笑。待我放下刀，与你使路拳看。」悟空道：「说得是。好汉子，走来。」那魔王丢开架子便打，这悟空钻进去相撞相迎。他两个拳搥脚踢，一冲一撞。原来长拳空大，短簇坚牢。那魔王被悟空掏短胁，撞了裆，几下觔节，把他打重了。他闪过，拿起那板大的钢刀，望悟空劈头就砍。悟空急撤身，他砍了一个空。悟空见他凶猛，即使身外身法，拔一把毫毛，丢在口中嚼碎，望空喷去，叫一声：「变！」即变做三、二百个小猴，周围攒簇。

原來人得仙體，出神變化無方。It turns out that once a person attains an immortal body, his spirit can transform without limit.不知這猴王自從了道之後，身上有八萬四千毛羽，根根能變，應物隨心。Little did anyone know that ever since this Monkey King had attained the Way, he had eighty-four thousand hairs on his body, every single one able to transform, changing to match whatever he wished.那些小猴眼乖會跳，刀來砍不著，槍去不能傷。Those little monkeys were sharp-eyed and nimble, so that swords swung at them could not land and spears thrust at them could not wound them.你看他前踴後躍，鑽上去，把個魔王圍繞，抱的抱，扯的扯，鑽襠的鑽襠，扳腳的扳腳，踢打撏毛，摳眼睛，捻鼻子，擡鼓弄，直打做一個攢盤。Just watch him — leaping forward and springing back, they swarmed up and surrounded the demon king: some grabbing hold, some tugging, some scrambling between his legs, some seizing his feet, kicking and striking, plucking his hair, gouging his eyes, pinching his nose, hoisting and tossing him about, until they had beaten him into one tangled heap.這悟空才去奪得他的刀來，分開小猴，照頂門一下，砍為兩段。Only then did Wukong manage to snatch away his saber; parting the little monkeys, he brought it down on the crown of the demon's head with a single blow and cut him in two.領眾殺進洞中，將那大小妖精盡皆剿滅。He then led the troop, killing their way into the cave, and wiped out every last demon, great and small.卻把毫毛一抖，收上身來，又見那收不上身者，卻是那魔王在水簾洞擒去的小猴。He then gave his hairs a shake to gather them back onto his body, but found that some would not return — these turned out to be the little monkeys the demon king had once carried off, captured from the Water Curtain Cave.悟空道：「汝等何為到此？」約有三五十個，都含淚道：「我等因大王修仙去後，這兩年被他爭吵，把我們都攝將來。Wukong asked, "How did you all come to be here?" There were some thirty or fifty of them, and all said through tears, "After the Great King left us to cultivate immortality, these past two years he came and fought us, and carried us all off.那不是我們洞中的家火？Aren't those our own household goods from our cave over there?石盆、石碗都被這廝拿來也。」悟空道：「既是我們的家火，你們都搬出外去。」隨即洞裡放起火來，把那水臟洞燒得枯乾，盡歸了一體。The stone basins and stone bowls were all taken by that wretch and brought here." Wukong said, "Since these are our own household goods, carry them all outside." He then set fire to the cave, burning the Shuizang Cave to a dry cinder, and it was all reduced to ash.對眾道：「汝等跟我回去。」眾猴道：「大王，我們來時，只聽得耳邊風響，虛飄飄到於此地，更不識路徑，今怎得回鄉？」悟空道：「這是他弄的個術法兒，有何難也？He said to the crowd, "All of you follow me home." The monkeys said, "Great King, when we were brought here we only heard the wind roaring past our ears and drifted here as if floating on air; we don't even know the way back — how can we get home now?" Wukong said, "That was just some trick of his sorcery — what's hard about that?我如今一竅通，百竅通，我也會弄。Now that I have mastered one opening, all the hundred openings are mastered too, and I know this trick as well.你們都合了眼，休怕。」Close your eyes, all of you, and don't be afraid."

原来人得仙体，出神变化无方。不知这猴王自从了道之后，身上有八万四千毛羽，根根能变，应物随心。那些小猴眼乖会跳，刀来砍不著，枪去不能伤。你看他前踊后跃，钻上去，把个魔王围绕，抱的抱，扯的扯，钻裆的钻裆，扳脚的扳脚，踢打挦毛，抠眼睛，捻鼻子，抬鼓弄，直打做一个攒盘。这悟空才去夺得他的刀来，分开小猴，照顶门一下，砍为两段。领众杀进洞中，将那大小妖精尽皆剿灭。却把毫毛一抖，收上身来，又见那收不上身者，却是那魔王在水帘洞擒去的小猴。悟空道：「汝等何为到此？」约有三五十个，都含泪道：「我等因大王修仙去后，这两年被他争吵，把我们都摄将来。那不是我们洞中的家火？石盆、石碗都被这厮拿来也。」悟空道：「既是我们的家火，你们都搬出外去。」随即洞里放起火来，把那水脏洞烧得枯干，尽归了一体。对众道：「汝等跟我回去。」众猴道：「大王，我们来时，只听得耳边风响，虚飘飘到于此地，更不识路径，今怎得回乡？」悟空道：「这是他弄的个术法儿，有何难也？我如今一窍通，百窍通，我也会弄。你们都合了眼，休怕。」

好猴王，念聲咒語，駕陣狂風，雲頭落下。Good Monkey King — he recited a spell, rode up a gust of fierce wind, and dropped down from the clouds.叫：「孩兒們睜眼。」眾猴腳躧實地，認得是家鄉，個個歡喜，都奔洞門舊路。He called out, "Open your eyes, children." The monkeys' feet touched solid ground, and recognizing it as their home, every one of them was overjoyed, and they all ran for the old path to the cave gate.那在洞眾猴，都一齊簇擁同入，分班序齒，禮拜猴王。The monkeys who had remained in the cave all crowded out together to join them, arranging themselves by rank and age to bow in homage to the Monkey King.安排酒果，接風賀喜，啟問降魔救子之事。They laid out wine and fruit to welcome him home and celebrate, and asked him in detail about subduing the demon and rescuing the children.悟空備細言了一遍，眾猴稱揚不盡道：「大王去到那方，不意學得這般手段。」悟空又道：「我當年別汝等，隨波逐流，飄過東洋大海，到西牛賀洲地界，徑至南贍部洲，學成人像，著此衣，穿此履，擺擺搖搖，雲遊了八九年餘，更不曾有道。Wukong told the whole story from beginning to end, and the monkeys praised him without end, saying, "Great King, wherever you went, however did you learn such skill!" Wukong went on, "In the years since I parted from you all, I drifted with the waves and currents, floated across the Eastern Ocean, reached the land of Xiniuhezhou, then went straight on to Nanzhanbuzhou, where I learned to take on a human form, put on these clothes, and wore these shoes. Swaggering along, I wandered as a cloud for eight or nine years and more, yet still had not attained the Way.又渡西洋大海，到西牛賀洲地界，訪問多時，幸遇一老祖，傳了我與天同壽的真功果，不死長生的大法門。」眾猴稱賀，都道：「萬劫難逢也！」悟空又笑道：「小的們，又喜我這一門皆有姓氏。」眾猴道：「大王姓甚？」悟空道：「我今姓孫，法名悟空。」眾猴聞說，鼓掌忻然道：「大王是老孫，我們都是二孫、三孫、細孫、小孫……Then I crossed the Western Ocean again and reached the land of Xiniuhezhou, where I sought and inquired for a long while, and was fortunate enough to meet an old Patriarch, who passed on to me the true attainment of a life as long as Heaven's, the great method of deathless, everlasting life." The monkeys hailed him with congratulations, all saying, "Such a chance comes not once in ten thousand kalpas!" Wukong then laughed and said, "My little ones, there is another joy — our whole line now has a surname." The monkeys said, "What is the Great King's surname?" Wukong said, "My surname now is Sun, and my religious name is Wukong." Hearing this, the monkeys clapped their hands in delight and said, "If the Great King is Old Sun, then we are all Second Sun, Third Sun, Wee Sun, Little Sun...一家孫、一國孫、一窩孫矣！」都來奉承老孫，大盆小碗的椰子酒、葡萄酒、仙花、仙果，真個是合家歡樂。...one family of Suns, one nation of Suns, one whole nest of Suns!" And they all came to wait upon Old Sun, with big bowls and small cups of coconut wine and grape wine, immortal flowers and immortal fruit — it was truly a joyous gathering for the whole family.咦！Ay!

好猴王，念声咒语，驾阵狂风，云头落下。叫：「孩儿们睁眼。」众猴脚躧实地，认得是家乡，个个欢喜，都奔洞门旧路。那在洞众猴，都一齐簇拥同入，分班序齿，礼拜猴王。安排酒果，接风贺喜，启问降魔救子之事。悟空备细言了一遍，众猴称扬不尽道：「大王去到那方，不意学得这般手段。」悟空又道：「我当年别汝等，随波逐流，飘过东洋大海，到西牛贺洲地界，径至南赡部洲，学成人像，著此衣，穿此履，摆摆摇摇，云游了八九年余，更不曾有道。又渡西洋大海，到西牛贺洲地界，访问多时，幸遇一老祖，传了我与天同寿的真功果，不死长生的大法门。」众猴称贺，都道：「万劫难逢也！」悟空又笑道：「小的们，又喜我这一门皆有姓氏。」众猴道：「大王姓甚？」悟空道：「我今姓孙，法名悟空。」众猴闻说，鼓掌忻然道：「大王是老孙，我们都是二孙、三孙、细孙、小孙……一家孙、一国孙、一窝孙矣！」都来奉承老孙，大盆小碗的椰子酒、葡萄酒、仙花、仙果，真个是合家欢乐。咦！

畢竟不知怎生結果，居此界終始如何，且聽下回分解。In the end, we do not know what came of it all, nor how things fared in this realm from start to finish — listen to the next chapter for the telling.

毕竟不知怎生结果，居此界终始如何，且听下回分解。