第025回 Monkey Wrecks the Manfruit Tree and Angers the Immortal Zhenyuan

第025回Chapter 25

卻說他兄弟三眾到了殿上，對師父道：「飯將熟了，叫我們怎的？」三藏道：「徒弟，不是問飯。Now it is told that the three brother-disciples came up to the hall and said to their master, "The rice is nearly done — why did you call us?" Sanzang said, "Disciples, it's not about the rice.他這觀裡有甚麼人參果，似孩子一般的東西，你們是那一個偷他的吃了？」八戒道：「我老實，不曉得，不曾見。」清風道：「笑的就是他，笑的就是他。」行者喝道：「我老孫生的是這個笑容兒，莫成為你不見了甚麼果子，就不容我笑？」三藏道：「徒弟息怒。This temple has some kind of ginseng fruit, a thing shaped like a child — which of you stole and ate it?" Bajie said, "I'm honest, I don't know, I never saw it." Qingfeng said, "The one who's laughing is the one who did it, the one who's laughing is the one who did it." Xingzhe shouted, "Old Sun was born with this laughing face — just because you've lost some fruit, does that mean I'm not allowed to laugh?" Sanzang said, "Disciple, calm your anger.我們是出家人，休打誑語，莫吃昧心食。We are men who have left the household life; we must not tell lies, nor eat food against our conscience.果然吃了他的，陪他個禮罷，何苦這般抵賴？」行者見師父說得有理，他就實說道：「師父，不干我事。If you really did eat his fruit, apologize to him — why go to such lengths to deny it?" Xingzhe, seeing that his master's words made sense, told the truth: "Master, it's not my doing.是八戒隔壁聽見那兩個道童吃甚麼人參果，他想一個兒嘗新，著老孫去打了三個，我兄弟各人吃了一個。It was Bajie, who overheard next door that the two Daoist boys were eating some kind of ginseng fruit; he wanted to try one for the novelty, so he had old Sun go knock down three of them, and each of us brothers ate one.如今吃也吃了，待要怎麼？」明月道：「偷了我四個，這和尚還說不是賊哩。」八戒道：「阿彌陀佛！Now that they're eaten, what more do you want?" Mingyue said, "You stole four of mine, and this monk still says he isn't a thief!" Bajie said, "Amitabha!既是偷了四個，怎麼只拿出三個來分，預先就打起一個偏手？」那獃子倒轉胡嚷。If four were stolen, how is it only three were brought out to share — did someone help himself to an extra one on the sly first?" The idiot instead turned around and made a fuss about it.

却说他兄弟三众到了殿上，对师父道：「饭将熟了，叫我们怎的？」三藏道：「徒弟，不是问饭。他这观里有甚么人参果，似孩子一般的东西，你们是那一个偷他的吃了？」八戒道：「我老实，不晓得，不曾见。」清风道：「笑的就是他，笑的就是他。」行者喝道：「我老孙生的是这个笑容儿，莫成为你不见了甚么果子，就不容我笑？」三藏道：「徒弟息怒。我们是出家人，休打诳语，莫吃昧心食。果然吃了他的，陪他个礼罢，何苦这般抵赖？」行者见师父说得有理，他就实说道：「师父，不干我事。是八戒隔壁听见那两个道童吃甚么人参果，他想一个儿尝新，著老孙去打了三个，我兄弟各人吃了一个。如今吃也吃了，待要怎么？」明月道：「偷了我四个，这和尚还说不是贼哩。」八戒道：「阿弥陀佛！既是偷了四个，怎么只拿出三个来分，预先就打起一个偏手？」那呆子倒转胡嚷。

二仙童問得是實，越加毀罵。The two immortal boys, seeing that they had gotten at the truth, cursed and reviled them all the more.就恨得個大聖鋼牙咬響，火眼睜圓，把條金箍棒揝了又揝，忍了又忍道：「這童子只說當面打人也罷，受他些氣兒。This made the Great Sage so angry that his steel teeth clenched and clicked, his fiery eyes opened wide round, and he gripped and re-gripped his gold-banded staff, restraining himself again and again, thinking: "If these boys were only cursing me to my face, that would be one thing — I could bear a bit of their anger.送他個絕後計，教他大家都吃不成。」好行者，把腦後的毫毛拔了一根，吹口仙氣，叫：「變！」變做個假行者，跟定唐僧，陪著悟能、悟淨，忍受著道童嚷罵。I'll give them a scheme to end their line, so that no one at all can eat those fruits again." Splendid Xingzhe — he plucked a hair from the back of his head, blew a breath of magic upon it, and cried, "Change!" It changed into a fake Xingzhe, who stayed close by Tang Seng, accompanying Wuneng and Wujing, and bore the boys' cursing and scolding.他的真身出一個神，縱雲頭，跳將起去，徑到人參園裡，掣金箍棒，往樹上乒乓一下，又使個推山移嶺的神力，把樹一推推倒。His true self sent forth a spirit, mounted the clouds, and leapt up, going straight to the ginseng-fruit garden. He drew out his gold-banded staff and struck the tree with a resounding blow, then, calling upon the divine strength that could push over mountains and shift ridges, gave the tree a shove and toppled it.可憐葉落枒開根出土，道人斷絕草還丹。Alas — the leaves fell, the branches split, the roots were torn from the earth; the Daoists' herb of return-to-life was cut off forever.那大聖推倒樹，在枝兒上尋果子，那裡得有半個。The Great Sage, having toppled the tree, searched among the branches for fruit, but there was not even half of one to be found.原來這寶貝遇金而落，他的棒兩頭是金裹的，況鐵又是五金之類，所以敲著就振下來；It turned out that this treasure fell only when it met with gold, and since both ends of his staff were wrapped in gold — and iron besides belongs to the class of the Five Metals — a single strike was enough to shake them down;既下來，又遇土而入。and once they had fallen, they sank into the earth the moment they touched soil.因此上邊再沒一個果子。That was why not a single fruit remained on the tree.他道：「好，好，好！He said, "Good, good, good!大家散火。」他收了鐵棒，徑往前來，把毫毛一抖，收上身來。Now everyone's out of luck together." He put away his iron staff, went straight back, gave the hair a shake, and drew it back into his body.那些人肉眼凡胎，看不明白。Those mortal, fleshly-eyed people could not see clearly what had happened.

二仙童问得是实，越加毁骂。就恨得个大圣钢牙咬响，火眼睁圆，把条金箍棒揝了又揝，忍了又忍道：「这童子只说当面打人也罢，受他些气儿。送他个绝后计，教他大家都吃不成。」好行者，把脑后的毫毛拔了一根，吹口仙气，叫：「变！」变做个假行者，跟定唐僧，陪著悟能、悟净，忍受著道童嚷骂。他的真身出一个神，纵云头，跳将起去，径到人参园里，掣金箍棒，往树上乒乓一下，又使个推山移岭的神力，把树一推推倒。可怜叶落枒开根出土，道人断绝草还丹。那大圣推倒树，在枝儿上寻果子，那里得有半个。原来这宝贝遇金而落，他的棒两头是金裹的，况铁又是五金之类，所以敲著就振下来；既下来，又遇土而入。因此上边再没一个果子。他道：「好，好，好！大家散火。」他收了铁棒，径往前来，把毫毛一抖，收上身来。那些人肉眼凡胎，看不明白。

卻說那仙童罵夠多時，清風道：「明月，這些和尚也受得氣哩，我們就像罵雞一般，罵了這半會，通沒個招聲，想必他不曾偷吃。Now it is told that after the immortal boys had cursed for quite a long while, Qingfeng said, "Mingyue, these monks certainly can take an earful — we've been scolding them like scolding chickens for half this while, and not a single one has answered back. Perhaps they really didn't steal and eat any.倘或樹高葉密，數得不明，不要枉罵了他，我和你再去查查。」明月道：「也說得是。」他兩個果又到園中，只見那樹倒枒開，果無葉落。What if the tree is tall and the leaves thick, and we simply miscounted — we mustn't scold them wrongly. Let's you and I go check again." Mingyue said, "That's reasonable too." The two of them did indeed go back to the garden, and there they saw the tree lying toppled, its branches split apart, its fruit gone and its leaves fallen.諕得清風腳軟跌根頭，明月腰酥打骸垢，那兩個魂飛魄散。This so terrified Qingfeng that his legs went weak and he stumbled to the ground, and it so unnerved Mingyue that his back went limp and he collapsed in a heap; the two of them were scared out of their wits.有詩為證。There is a poem to prove it.詩曰：The poem says:

却说那仙童骂够多时，清风道：「明月，这些和尚也受得气哩，我们就像骂鸡一般，骂了这半会，通没个招声，想必他不曾偷吃。倘或树高叶密，数得不明，不要枉骂了他，我和你再去查查。」明月道：「也说得是。」他两个果又到园中，只见那树倒枒开，果无叶落。諕得清风脚软跌根头，明月腰酥打骸垢，那两个魂飞魄散。有诗为证。诗曰：

他兩個倒在塵埃，語言顛倒，只叫：「怎的好？The two of them lay collapsed in the dust, their words all in confusion, crying out only, "What shall we do?怎的好？What shall we do?害了我五莊觀裡的丹頭，斷絕我仙家的苗裔，師父來家，我兩個怎的回話？」明月道：「師兄莫嚷，我們且整了衣冠，莫要驚張了這幾個和尚。They've destroyed the elixir-root of our Wuzhuang Guan, cut off the seedlings of our immortal line — when Master comes home, how are the two of us to answer him?" Mingyue said, "Elder brother, don't cry out so — let's first straighten our robes and caps, and not alarm these monks.這個沒有別人，定是那個毛臉雷公嘴的那廝，他來出神弄法，壞了我們的寶貝。This can be no one else's doing — it must certainly be that fellow with the hairy face and thunder-god beak; he must have sent out his spirit and worked some trick to ruin our treasure.若是與他分說，那廝畢竟抵賴，定要與他相爭；If we try to reason it out with him, that fellow will surely deny it in the end, and we'll be bound to quarrel with him;爭起來，就要交手相打，你想我們兩個怎麼敵得過他四個？and once we quarrel, it will come to blows — just think, how could the two of us match their four?且不如去哄他一哄，只說果子不少，我們錯數了，轉與他陪個不是。Better instead to go and trick them a little — just tell them the fruit isn't missing at all, that we miscounted, and even apologize to them for our mistake.他們的飯已熟了，等他吃飯時，再貼他些兒小菜。Their rice is already cooked; when it's time for them to eat, we'll add a bit of side dishes for them besides.他一家拿著一個碗，你卻站在門左，我卻站在門右，撲的把門關倒，把鎖鎖住，將這幾層門都鎖了，不要放他，待師父來家，憑他怎的處置。Once each of them has a bowl in hand, you stand to the left of the door and I'll stand to the right, and with a bang we'll shut the door and lock it fast — lock every one of these gates — and not let them out, and wait until Master comes home to deal with them however he sees fit.他又是師父的故人，饒了他，也是師父的人情；Besides, he is an old acquaintance of Master's — if Master forgives him, that will be Master's own kindness to show;不饒他，我們也拿住個賊在，庶幾可以免我等之罪。」清風聞言道：「有理，有理。」and if Master doesn't forgive him, at least we will have caught the thief ourselves, and that may spare us our share of the blame." When Qingfeng heard this he said, "That's reasonable, that's reasonable."

他两个倒在尘埃，语言颠倒，只叫：「怎的好？怎的好？害了我五庄观里的丹头，断绝我仙家的苗裔，师父来家，我两个怎的回话？」明月道：「师兄莫嚷，我们且整了衣冠，莫要惊张了这几个和尚。这个没有别人，定是那个毛脸雷公嘴的那厮，他来出神弄法，坏了我们的宝贝。若是与他分说，那厮毕竟抵赖，定要与他相争；争起来，就要交手相打，你想我们两个怎么敌得过他四个？且不如去哄他一哄，只说果子不少，我们错数了，转与他陪个不是。他们的饭已熟了，等他吃饭时，再贴他些儿小菜。他一家拿著一个碗，你却站在门左，我却站在门右，扑的把门关倒，把锁锁住，将这几层门都锁了，不要放他，待师父来家，凭他怎的处置。他又是师父的故人，饶了他，也是师父的人情；不饶他，我们也拿住个贼在，庶几可以免我等之罪。」清风闻言道：「有理，有理。」

他兩個強打精神，勉生歡喜，從後園中徑來殿上，對唐僧控背躬身道：「師父，適間言語粗俗，多有衝撞，莫怪，莫怪。」三藏問道：「怎麼說？」清風道：「果子不少，只因樹葉高密，不曾看得明白。The two of them forced up their spirits and put on a show of good cheer, and went straight from the back garden to the hall, and bowing low before Tang Seng with bent backs, said, "Master, our words just now were coarse and we gave much offense — please don't hold it against us, please don't." Sanzang asked, "What do you mean?" Qingfeng said, "The fruit isn't missing at all — it's only that the tree is tall and the leaves thick, so we couldn't see clearly before.才然又去查查，還是原數。」那八戒就趁腳兒蹺道：「你這個童兒，年幼不知事體，就來亂罵，白口咀咒，枉賴了我們也，不當人子。」行者心上明白，口裡不言，心中暗想道：「是謊，是謊。We just went to check again, and it's still the original number." Bajie, seizing the opportunity, said, "You young boy, too young to understand things, coming here to curse us wildly, mouthing empty curses and falsely accusing us — that's not decent behavior!" Xingzhe understood in his heart, though he said nothing aloud, thinking to himself: "A lie, a lie.果子已是了了帳，怎的說這般話？The fruit is already a settled matter — why would he say such a thing?想必有起死回生之法。」三藏道：「既如此，盛將飯來，我們吃了去罷。」There must be some way of bringing the dead back to life." Sanzang said, "Since that's so, bring the rice — let's eat and be on our way."

他两个强打精神，勉生欢喜，从后园中径来殿上，对唐僧控背躬身道：「师父，适间言语粗俗，多有冲撞，莫怪，莫怪。」三藏问道：「怎么说？」清风道：「果子不少，只因树叶高密，不曾看得明白。才然又去查查，还是原数。」那八戒就趁脚儿跷道：「你这个童儿，年幼不知事体，就来乱骂，白口咀咒，枉赖了我们也，不当人子。」行者心上明白，口里不言，心中暗想道：「是谎，是谎。果子已是了了帐，怎的说这般话？想必有起死回生之法。」三藏道：「既如此，盛将饭来，我们吃了去罢。」

那八戒便去盛飯，沙僧安放棹椅。Bajie then went to serve the rice, while Sha Seng set out the table and chairs.二童忙取小菜，卻是些醬瓜、醬茄、糟蘿蔔、醋豆角、醃窩蕖、綽芥菜，共排了七八碟兒，與師徒們吃飯；The two boys hurried to fetch side dishes — pickled melon, pickled eggplant, wine-lees turnip, vinegared string beans, salted lotus root, and blanched mustard greens — laying out seven or eight small plates in all for the master and disciples to eat with their rice;又提一壺好茶，兩個茶鍾，伺候左右。and they also brought a pot of good tea and two teacups, standing ready to attend on either side.那師徒四眾卻才拿起碗來，這童兒一邊一個，撲的把門關上，插上一把兩錤銅鎖。Just as the four masters and disciples had picked up their bowls, the two boys, one on each side, gave the door a bang shut and bolted it with a two-tongued copper lock.八戒笑道：「這童子差了，你這裡風俗不好，卻怎的關了門裡吃飯？」明月道：「正是，正是，好歹吃了飯兒開門。」清風罵道：「我把你這個害饞勞、偷嘴的禿賊！Bajie laughed and said, "You boys are mistaken — what a poor custom you have here, shutting the door to eat!" Mingyue said, "Just so, just so — we'll open it once you've finished your meal, one way or another." Qingfeng cursed, "You gluttonous, sneak-eating bald thief, you!你偷吃了我的仙果，已該一個擅食田園瓜果之罪；You stole and ate our immortal fruit — that alone is already the crime of helping yourself without leave to the melons and fruit of another's garden;卻又把我的仙樹推倒，壞了我五莊觀裡仙根，你還要說嘴哩。and then on top of that you toppled our immortal tree, destroying the immortal root of our Wuzhuang Guan, and still you dare to talk back.若能夠到得西方參佛面，只除是轉背搖車再托生。」三藏聞言，丟下飯碗，把塊石頭放在心上。If you manage to reach the West and pay homage to the Buddha's face, it will only be after you've turned your back on this life, rocked in the cradle again, and been reborn." When Sanzang heard this, he set down his rice bowl, and a stone seemed to settle upon his heart.那童子將那前山門、二山門，通都上了鎖。The boys then locked the front mountain gate and the second mountain gate as well, every one of them.卻又來正殿門首，惡語惡言，賊前賊後，只罵到天色將晚，才去吃飯。Then they came back to the front of the main hall and, with vile words, calling them thieves this way and that, cursed on until the sky was nearly dark before at last going off to eat.飯畢，歸房去了。After their meal, they returned to their room.

那八戒便去盛饭，沙僧安放棹椅。二童忙取小菜，却是些酱瓜、酱茄、糟萝卜、醋豆角、腌窝蕖、绰芥菜，共排了七八碟儿，与师徒们吃饭；又提一壶好茶，两个茶钟，伺候左右。那师徒四众却才拿起碗来，这童儿一边一个，扑的把门关上，插上一把两𫓹铜锁。八戒笑道：「这童子差了，你这里风俗不好，却怎的关了门里吃饭？」明月道：「正是，正是，好歹吃了饭儿开门。」清风骂道：「我把你这个害馋劳、偷嘴的秃贼！你偷吃了我的仙果，已该一个擅食田园瓜果之罪；却又把我的仙树推倒，坏了我五庄观里仙根，你还要说嘴哩。若能够到得西方参佛面，只除是转背摇车再托生。」三藏闻言，丢下饭碗，把块石头放在心上。那童子将那前山门、二山门，通都上了锁。却又来正殿门首，恶语恶言，贼前贼后，只骂到天色将晚，才去吃饭。饭毕，归房去了。

唐僧埋怨行者道：「你這個猴頭，番番撞禍。Tang Seng reproached Xingzhe, saying, "You monkey-head, time and again you bring disaster upon us.你偷吃了他的果子，就受他些氣兒，讓他罵幾句便也罷了，怎麼又推倒他的樹？You stole and ate his fruit — bearing a bit of his anger and letting him scold you a few times would have been enough — why did you have to go and topple his tree as well?若論這般情由，告起狀來，就是你老子做官，也說不通。」行者道：「師父莫鬧，那童兒都睡去了，只等他睡著了，我們連夜起身。」沙僧道：「哥啊，幾層門都上了鎖，閉得甚緊，如何走麼？」行者笑道：「莫管，莫管，老孫自有法兒。」八戒道：「愁你沒有法兒哩，你一個變，甚麼蟲蛭兒，瞞格子眼裡就飛將出去。Judging by such circumstances, if this were brought to court, even if your own father were the presiding official, there'd be no talking your way out of it." Xingzhe said, "Master, don't fuss — those boys have both gone to sleep; just wait till they're fast asleep and we'll set off this very night." Sha Seng said, "Brother, every one of the gates has been locked, shut tight — how are we to get away?" Xingzhe laughed and said, "Never mind, never mind, old Sun has a way." Bajie said, "I'm not worried you'll lack a way — you'll just turn yourself into some kind of little bug and slip out through the lattice window and fly off.只苦了我們不會變的，便在此頂缸受罪哩。」唐僧道：「他若干出這個勾當，不同你我出去啊，我就念起舊話經兒，他卻怎生消受？」八戒聞言，又愁又笑道：「師父，你說的那裡話？It's only we who can't transform who'll suffer here, left to take the blame in your place." Tang Seng said, "If he tries a trick like that, running off without taking you and me along, I'll recite the old-words sutra, and let's see how he can stand that." When Bajie heard this, half worried and half laughing, he said, "Master, what are you talking about?我只聽得佛教中有卷《楞嚴經》、《法華經》、《孔雀經》、《觀音經》、《金剛經》，不曾聽見個甚那『舊話兒經』啊。」行者道：「兄弟，你不知道。I've only ever heard that in Buddhism there are scrolls like the Śūraṅgama Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, the Peacock Sutra, the Guanyin Sutra, and the Diamond Sutra — I've never heard of any 'old-words sutra'!" Xingzhe said, "Brother, you don't know about it.我頂上戴的這個箍兒，是觀音菩薩賜與我師父的，師父哄我戴了，就如生根的一般，莫想拿得下來，叫做緊箍兒咒，又叫做緊箍兒經。This band I wear on my head was given by the Bodhisattva Guanyin to my master; my master tricked me into putting it on, and now it's as if it had taken root — there's no hope of ever getting it off. It's called the Tight-Fillet Spell, and also called the Tight-Fillet Sutra.他『舊話兒經』，即此是也。His 'old-words sutra' is precisely this.但若念動，我就頭疼，故有這個法兒難我。Whenever he recites it, my head aches terribly — that's the trick he has to torment me with.師父，你莫念，我決不負你，管情大家一齊出去。」Master, don't recite it — I will certainly not fail you; rest assured, we'll all get out together."

唐僧埋怨行者道：「你这个猴头，番番撞祸。你偷吃了他的果子，就受他些气儿，让他骂几句便也罢了，怎么又推倒他的树？若论这般情由，告起状来，就是你老子做官，也说不通。」行者道：「师父莫闹，那童儿都睡去了，只等他睡著了，我们连夜起身。」沙僧道：「哥啊，几层门都上了锁，闭得甚紧，如何走么？」行者笑道：「莫管，莫管，老孙自有法儿。」八戒道：「愁你没有法儿哩，你一个变，甚么虫蛭儿，瞒格子眼里就飞将出去。只苦了我们不会变的，便在此顶缸受罪哩。」唐僧道：「他若干出这个勾当，不同你我出去啊，我就念起旧话经儿，他却怎生消受？」八戒闻言，又愁又笑道：「师父，你说的那里话？我只听得佛教中有卷《楞严经》、《法华经》、《孔雀经》、《观音经》、《金刚经》，不曾听见个甚那『旧话儿经』啊。」行者道：「兄弟，你不知道。我顶上戴的这个箍儿，是观音菩萨赐与我师父的，师父哄我戴了，就如生根的一般，莫想拿得下来，叫做紧箍儿咒，又叫做紧箍儿经。他『旧话儿经』，即此是也。但若念动，我就头疼，故有这个法儿难我。师父，你莫念，我决不负你，管情大家一齐出去。」

說話後，都已天昏，不覺東方月上。By the time they had finished talking, the sky had already grown dark, and before they knew it the moon had risen in the east.行者道：「此時萬籟無聲，冰輪明顯，正好走了去罷。」八戒道：「哥啊，不要搗鬼，門俱鎖閉，往那裡走？」行者道：「你看手段。」把金箍棒捻在手中，使一個「解鎖法」，往門上一指，只聽得突蹡的一聲響，幾層門雙鐄俱落，唿喇的開了門扇。Xingzhe said, "Now that all sound has died away and the icy wheel of the moon shines bright, this is just the time to make our escape." Bajie said, "Brother, don't play tricks — every door is locked shut, how are we to get out?" Xingzhe said, "Watch my skill." He took his gold-banded staff in hand, worked a "lock-releasing spell," and pointed it at the door; there came a sudden clanging sound, and at every gate the double bolts dropped away, and with a rattling crash the door panels swung open.八戒笑道：「好本事，就是叫小爐兒匠使掭子，便也不像這等爽利。」行者道：「這個門兒有甚稀罕，就是南天門，指一指也開了。」卻請師父出了門，上了馬，八戒挑著擔，沙僧攏著馬，徑投西路而去。Bajie laughed and said, "What skill! Even if you called in a little locksmith with his picks, he couldn't do it half so neatly." Xingzhe said, "What's so rare about a door like this — even Nantian Men would open at a single point of my finger." Then he invited his master out through the gate and onto his horse; Bajie shouldered the carrying-pole, Sha Seng led the horse by its rein, and they set off straight down the western road.行者道：「你們且慢行，等老孫去照顧那兩個童兒睡一個月。」三藏道：「徒弟，不可傷他性命；Xingzhe said, "You all go on slowly — let old Sun go take care that those two boys sleep for a whole month." Sanzang said, "Disciple, you must not harm their lives;不然，又一個得財傷人的罪了。」行者道：「我曉得。」行者復進去，來到那童兒睡的房門外。otherwise it would be one more crime of gaining advantage by hurting others." Xingzhe said, "I understand." He went back in again and came to the door of the room where the boys were sleeping.他腰裡有帶的瞌睡蟲兒，原來在東天門與增長天王猜枚耍子贏的。At his waist he carried some sleep-inducing bugs, which he had originally won at a guessing-game with Zengzhang Tianwang at Dongtian Men.他摸出兩個來，瞞窗眼兒彈將進去，徑奔到那童子臉上，鼾鼾沉睡，再莫想得醒。He fished out two of them, flicked them in past the lattice of the window, and they went straight for the boys' faces, so that they fell into a deep, snoring sleep, with no hope at all of waking.他才拽開雲步，趕上唐僧，順大路一直西奔。Only then did he stride out on the clouds, catch up with Tang Seng, and hurry straight west along the highway.

说话后，都已天昏，不觉东方月上。行者道：「此时万籁无声，冰轮明显，正好走了去罢。」八戒道：「哥啊，不要捣鬼，门俱锁闭，往那里走？」行者道：「你看手段。」把金箍棒捻在手中，使一个「解锁法」，往门上一指，只听得突蹡的一声响，几层门双𨱑俱落，唿喇的开了门扇。八戒笑道：「好本事，就是叫小炉儿匠使掭子，便也不像这等爽利。」行者道：「这个门儿有甚稀罕，就是南天门，指一指也开了。」却请师父出了门，上了马，八戒挑著担，沙僧拢著马，径投西路而去。行者道：「你们且慢行，等老孙去照顾那两个童儿睡一个月。」三藏道：「徒弟，不可伤他性命；不然，又一个得财伤人的罪了。」行者道：「我晓得。」行者复进去，来到那童儿睡的房门外。他腰里有带的瞌睡虫儿，原来在东天门与增长天王猜枚耍子赢的。他摸出两个来，瞒窗眼儿弹将进去，径奔到那童子脸上，鼾鼾沉睡，再莫想得醒。他才拽开云步，赶上唐僧，顺大路一直西奔。

這一夜馬不停蹄，行到天曉。That night the horse never once paused its hooves, and they traveled until daybreak.三藏道：「這個猴頭弄殺我也，你因為嘴，帶累我一夜無眠。」行者道：「不要只管埋怨。Sanzang said, "This monkey-head is the death of me — because of your appetite you've robbed me of a whole night's sleep." Xingzhe said, "Don't keep on complaining.天色明了，你且在這路旁邊樹林中將就歇歇，養養精神再走。」那長老只得下馬，倚松根權作禪床坐下；Now that it's light, why don't you rest a while in this grove by the roadside, to restore your strength before going on." The elder had no choice but to dismount, and leaning against a pine root to serve as a meditation seat, he sat himself down;沙僧歇了擔子打盹；Sha Seng set down the load and dozed off;八戒枕著石睡覺。Bajie pillowed his head on a stone and fell asleep.孫大聖偏有心腸，你看他跳樹扳枝頑耍。Only the Great Sage Sun had a mind for other things — see how he leapt among the trees and swung from branch to branch, amusing himself.四眾歇息不題。Of the four resting there, we will speak no further for now.

这一夜马不停蹄，行到天晓。三藏道：「这个猴头弄杀我也，你因为嘴，带累我一夜无眠。」行者道：「不要只管埋怨。天色明了，你且在这路旁边树林中将就歇歇，养养精神再走。」那长老只得下马，倚松根权作禅床坐下；沙僧歇了担子打盹；八戒枕著石睡觉。孙大圣偏有心肠，你看他跳树扳枝顽耍。四众歇息不题。

卻說那大仙自元始宮散會，領眾小仙出離兜率，徑下瑤天，墜祥雲，早來到萬壽山五莊觀門首。Now it is told that the Great Immortal, once the gathering at Yuanshi Gong had broken up, led his band of lesser immortals out from Doushuai, went straight down from Yaotian, descended on auspicious clouds, and soon arrived at the gate of Wuzhuang Guan on Wanshou Shan.看時，只見觀門大開，地上乾淨。Looking about, he saw that the temple gate stood wide open and the ground was swept clean.大仙道：「清風、明月，卻也中用。The Great Immortal said, "Qingfeng and Mingyue really have turned out useful after all.常時節日高三丈，腰也不伸；Ordinarily, even when the sun is three fathoms high, they won't so much as straighten their backs;今日我們不在，他倒肯起早，開門掃地。」眾小仙俱悅。yet today, with us away, they've actually been willing to rise early, open the gate, and sweep the ground." All the lesser immortals were pleased.行至殿上，香火全無，人蹤俱寂，那裡有明月、清風。When they came up to the hall, there was no incense burning at all, and not a sign of anyone about — where were Mingyue and Qingfeng?眾仙道：「他兩個想是因我們不在，拐了東西走了。」大仙道：「豈有此理！The assembled immortals said, "Those two must have taken advantage of our absence to make off with something and run away." The Great Immortal said, "How could that be!修仙的人，敢有這般壞心的事？Would people who cultivate immortality dare to do such a wicked thing?想是昨晚忘卻關門，就去睡了，今早還未醒哩。」眾仙到他房門首看處，真個關著房門，鼾鼾沉睡；More likely they simply forgot to shut the gate last night and went off to sleep, and this morning they still haven't woken." When the assembled immortals went to look at the door of their room, sure enough it was shut, and inside the two lay deep in snoring sleep;任外邊打門亂叫，那裡叫得醒來。no matter how they pounded on the door and shouted from outside, there was no waking them at all.眾仙撬開門板，著手扯下床來，也只是不醒。The assembled immortals pried the door boards open and, laying hands on them, hauled them down off the bed, but still they would not wake.大仙笑道：「好仙童啊，成仙的人，神滿再不思睡，卻怎麼這般困倦？The Great Immortal laughed and said, "Fine immortal boys these are! People who have achieved immortality, with their spirit fully complete, no longer feel the need for sleep — how then can they be so drowsy?莫不是有人做弄了他也？Could it be that someone has played a trick on them?快取水來。」一童急取水半盞遞與大仙。Quickly, fetch some water." One of the boys hastily fetched half a cup of water and handed it to the Great Immortal.大仙念動咒語，噀一口水，噴在臉上，隨即解了睡魔。The Great Immortal recited a spell, took a mouthful of the water, and sprayed it onto their faces, and at once the demon of sleep was dispelled.

却说那大仙自元始宫散会，领众小仙出离兜率，径下瑶天，坠祥云，早来到万寿山五庄观门首。看时，只见观门大开，地上干净。大仙道：「清风、明月，却也中用。常时节日高三丈，腰也不伸；今日我们不在，他倒肯起早，开门扫地。」众小仙俱悦。行至殿上，香火全无，人踪俱寂，那里有明月、清风。众仙道：「他两个想是因我们不在，拐了东西走了。」大仙道：「岂有此理！修仙的人，敢有这般坏心的事？想是昨晚忘却关门，就去睡了，今早还未醒哩。」众仙到他房门首看处，真个关著房门，鼾鼾沉睡；任外边打门乱叫，那里叫得醒来。众仙撬开门板，著手扯下床来，也只是不醒。大仙笑道：「好仙童啊，成仙的人，神满再不思睡，却怎么这般困倦？莫不是有人做弄了他也？快取水来。」一童急取水半盏递与大仙。大仙念动咒语，噀一口水，喷在脸上，随即解了睡魔。

二人方醒，忽睜睛，抹抹臉，擡頭觀看，認得是仙師與世同君和仙兄等眾。Only then did the two of them wake; suddenly opening their eyes, they wiped their faces, raised their heads to look, and recognized their immortal Master along with Shitong Jun and their fellow immortal elders.慌得那清風頓首，明月叩頭道：「師父啊，你的故人原是東來的和尚，一夥強盜，十分兇狠。」大仙笑道：「莫驚恐，慢慢的說來。」清風道：「師父啊，當日別後不久，果有個東土唐僧，一行有四個和尚，連馬五口。In their alarm, Qingfeng bowed his head to the ground and Mingyue kowtowed, saying, "Master! That old acquaintance of yours turned out to be a band of monks from the East — a gang of bandits, utterly vicious and fierce." The Great Immortal laughed and said, "Don't be frightened — tell it slowly." Qingfeng said, "Master, not long after you left that day, sure enough a certain Tang Seng from the Land of the East arrived, a party of four monks, five counting the horse.弟子不敢違了師命，問及來因，將人參果取了兩個奉上。Your disciples dared not disobey your instructions, and having asked after the reasons for his coming, took two ginseng fruits and offered them up to him.那長老俗眼愚心，不識我們仙家的寶貝。That elder, with his worldly eyes and foolish heart, did not recognize the treasure of us immortals.他說是三朝未滿的孩童，再三不吃。He said it was an unborn infant not yet three days old, and again and again refused to eat it.是弟子各吃了一個。So your disciples ate one each ourselves.不期他那手下有三個徒弟，有一個姓孫的，名悟空行者，先偷四個果子吃了。Unexpectedly, among his three disciples there was one surnamed Sun, called Wukong Xingzhe, who stole and ate four of the fruits first.是弟子們向伊理說，實實的言語了幾句。Your disciples went and reasoned with him about it, speaking a few honest words.他卻不容，暗自裡弄了個出神的手段。But he would not tolerate it, and secretly worked some trick of sending forth his spirit.苦啊！……」二童子說到此處，止不住腮邊淚落。Oh, the suffering!..." When the two boys had spoken this far, they could not hold back the tears streaming down their cheeks.眾仙道：「那和尚打你來？」明月道：「不曾打，只是把我們人參樹打倒了。」大仙聞言，更不惱怒，道：「莫哭，莫哭。The assembled immortals said, "Did that monk strike you?" Mingyue said, "He didn't strike us — he only knocked down our ginseng-fruit tree." When the Great Immortal heard this, he showed no anger at all, and said, "Don't cry, don't cry.你不知那姓孫的也是個太乙散仙，也曾大鬧天宮，神通廣大。You don't know it, but that fellow surnamed Sun is himself a Grand Monad Wandering Immortal, who once wrought great havoc in Heaven — his magic powers are vast indeed.既然打倒了寶樹，你可認得那些和尚？」清風道：「都認得。」大仙道：「既認得，都跟我來。──眾徒弟們，都收拾下刑具，等我回來打他。」眾仙領命。Since he has toppled our treasured tree, can you at least recognize those monks?" Qingfeng said, "We know all of them." The Great Immortal said, "Since you know them, come with me, all of you. — The rest of you disciples, get the instruments of punishment ready, and wait for me to come back and deal with him." The assembled immortals received his order.

二人方醒，忽睁睛，抹抹脸，抬头观看，认得是仙师与世同君和仙兄等众。慌得那清风顿首，明月叩头道：「师父啊，你的故人原是东来的和尚，一伙强盗，十分凶狠。」大仙笑道：「莫惊恐，慢慢的说来。」清风道：「师父啊，当日别后不久，果有个东土唐僧，一行有四个和尚，连马五口。弟子不敢违了师命，问及来因，将人参果取了两个奉上。那长老俗眼愚心，不识我们仙家的宝贝。他说是三朝未满的孩童，再三不吃。是弟子各吃了一个。不期他那手下有三个徒弟，有一个姓孙的，名悟空行者，先偷四个果子吃了。是弟子们向伊理说，实实的言语了几句。他却不容，暗自里弄了个出神的手段。苦啊！……」二童子说到此处，止不住腮边泪落。众仙道：「那和尚打你来？」明月道：「不曾打，只是把我们人参树打倒了。」大仙闻言，更不恼怒，道：「莫哭，莫哭。你不知那姓孙的也是个太乙散仙，也曾大闹天宫，神通广大。既然打倒了宝树，你可认得那些和尚？」清风道：「都认得。」大仙道：「既认得，都跟我来。──众徒弟们，都收拾下刑具，等我回来打他。」众仙领命。

大仙與明月、清風縱起祥光，來趕三藏，頃刻間就有千里之遙。The Great Immortal, together with Mingyue and Qingfeng, rose up on auspicious light and set off after Sanzang, and in an instant had covered a thousand li.大仙在雲端裡向西觀看，不見唐僧。The Great Immortal looked west from among the clouds but saw no sign of Tang Seng.及轉頭向東看時，倒多趕了九百餘里。When he turned his head to look east instead, he found he had overshot by more than nine hundred li.原來那長老一夜馬不停蹄，只行了一百二十里路；It turned out that the elder, though the horse had not paused its hooves all night, had only traveled a hundred and twenty li;大仙的雲頭，一縱趕過了九百餘里。while the Great Immortal's cloud, in a single leap, had overshot by more than nine hundred li.仙童道：「師父，那路旁樹下坐的是唐僧。」大仙道：「我已見了。The immortal boys said, "Master, the one sitting under the tree by the road there is Tang Seng." The Great Immortal said, "I have already seen him.你兩個回去安排下繩索，等我自家拿他。」清風、明月先回不題。You two go back and prepare ropes; let me capture him myself." Qingfeng and Mingyue went back ahead, and of that we will say no more.

大仙与明月、清风纵起祥光，来赶三藏，顷刻间就有千里之遥。大仙在云端里向西观看，不见唐僧。及转头向东看时，倒多赶了九百余里。原来那长老一夜马不停蹄，只行了一百二十里路；大仙的云头，一纵赶过了九百余里。仙童道：「师父，那路旁树下坐的是唐僧。」大仙道：「我已见了。你两个回去安排下绳索，等我自家拿他。」清风、明月先回不题。

那大仙按落雲頭，搖身一變，變作個行腳全真。The Great Immortal brought his cloud down, gave himself a shake, and transformed into a wandering Daoist priest.你道他怎生打扮：Do you ask how he was dressed?

那大仙按落云头，摇身一变，变作个行脚全真。你道他怎生打扮：

徑直來到樹下，對唐僧高叫道：「長老，貧道起手了。」那長老忙忙答禮道：「失瞻，失瞻。」大仙問：「長老是那方來的？He went straight up to the tree and called out loudly to Tang Seng, "Elder, this poor priest greets you." The elder hastily returned the greeting, saying, "Forgive me for not noticing you, forgive me." The Great Immortal asked, "Elder, from what region do you come?為何在途中打坐？」三藏道：「貧僧乃東土大唐差往西天取經者，路過此間，權為一歇。」大仙佯訝道：「長老東來，可曾在荒山經過？」長老道：「不知仙官是何寶山？」大仙道：「萬壽山五莊觀，便是貧道棲止處。」And why are you sitting in meditation here on the road?" Sanzang said, "This poor monk has been sent by the Great Tang of the Land of the East to fetch scriptures from the Western Heaven; passing through this place, I am resting here a while." The Great Immortal feigned surprise and said, "Elder, coming from the east as you did, did you happen to pass by my humble mountain?" The elder said, "I do not know, immortal officer, which precious mountain is yours?" The Great Immortal said, "Wuzhuang Guan on Wanshou Shan — that is this poor priest's dwelling place."

径直来到树下，对唐僧高叫道：「长老，贫道起手了。」那长老忙忙答礼道：「失瞻，失瞻。」大仙问：「长老是那方来的？为何在途中打坐？」三藏道：「贫僧乃东土大唐差往西天取经者，路过此间，权为一歇。」大仙佯讶道：「长老东来，可曾在荒山经过？」长老道：「不知仙官是何宝山？」大仙道：「万寿山五庄观，便是贫道栖止处。」

行者聞言，他心中有物的人，忙答道：「不曾，不曾，我們是打上路來的。」那大仙指定笑道：「我把你這個潑猴！When Xingzhe heard this — being a man with something on his conscience — he hastily answered, "No, no, we came by the main road." The Great Immortal pointed straight at him and laughed, saying, "You wretched ape!你瞞誰哩？Who do you think you're fooling?你倒在我觀裡，把我人參果樹打倒，你連夜走在此間，還不招認，遮飾甚麼？You went right into my temple and knocked down my ginseng-fruit tree, and traveled all night to get this far, and still you won't confess — what are you trying to cover up?不要走，趁早去還我樹來。」那行者聞言，心中惱怒，掣鐵棒，不容分說，望大仙劈頭就打。Don't try to run — hurry up and give me back my tree." When Xingzhe heard this, he grew furious at heart, drew out his iron staff, and without waiting for further words, struck straight at the Great Immortal's head.大仙側身躲過，踏祥光，徑到空中。The Great Immortal turned aside and dodged the blow, then stepped onto auspicious light and rose straight into the air.行者也騰雲，急趕上去。Xingzhe likewise mounted the clouds and hurried after him in pursuit.大仙在半空現了本相，你看他怎生打扮：The Great Immortal revealed his true form in midair — see how he was arrayed:

行者闻言，他心中有物的人，忙答道：「不曾，不曾，我们是打上路来的。」那大仙指定笑道：「我把你这个泼猴！你瞒谁哩？你倒在我观里，把我人参果树打倒，你连夜走在此间，还不招认，遮饰甚么？不要走，趁早去还我树来。」那行者闻言，心中恼怒，掣铁棒，不容分说，望大仙劈头就打。大仙侧身躲过，踏祥光，径到空中。行者也腾云，急赶上去。大仙在半空现了本相，你看他怎生打扮：

那行者沒高沒低的，棍子亂打。That Xingzhe, with no regard for high or low, laid about wildly with his cudgel.大仙把玉麈左遮右擋，奈了他兩三回合。The Great Immortal warded it off left and right with his jade whisk, holding him off for two or three bouts.使一個「袖裡乾坤」的手段，在雲端裡把袍袖迎風輕輕的一展，刷地前來，把四僧連馬一袖子籠住。Then he used the technique of "the universe in one's sleeve": up in the clouds he gave his robe sleeve a light shake against the wind, and with a swish it swept forward, gathering all four monks and the horse together inside one sleeve.八戒道：「不好了，我們都裝在䌋縺裡了。」行者道：「獃子，不是䌋縺，我們被他籠在衣袖中哩。」八戒道：「這個不打緊，等我一頓釘鈀，築他個窟窿，脫將下去，只說他不小心，籠不牢，吊的了罷。」那獃子使鈀亂築，那裡築得動：手捻著雖然是個軟的，築起來就比鐵還硬。Bajie said, "This is bad, we're all packed into a net!" Xingzhe said, "Fool, it's not a net, we've been gathered into his sleeve." Bajie said, "That's nothing to worry about — let me give it one whack with my rake, punch a hole through it, and slip out, and just say he wasn't careful and didn't hold us tight, and let it go at that." The idiot swung his rake wildly, but there was no way to break through it: though it felt soft to the touch, once struck it was harder than iron.

那行者没高没低的，棍子乱打。大仙把玉麈左遮右挡，奈了他两三回合。使一个「袖里干坤」的手段，在云端里把袍袖迎风轻轻的一展，刷地前来，把四僧连马一袖子笼住。八戒道：「不好了，我们都装在䌋縺里了。」行者道：「呆子，不是䌋縺，我们被他笼在衣袖中哩。」八戒道：「这个不打紧，等我一顿钉钯，筑他个窟窿，脱将下去，只说他不小心，笼不牢，吊的了罢。」那呆子使钯乱筑，那里筑得动：手捻著虽然是个软的，筑起来就比铁还硬。

那大仙轉祥雲，徑落五莊觀坐下，叫徒弟拿繩來。The Great Immortal turned his auspicious cloud and descended straight to Five Villages Abbey, taking his seat and calling for his disciples to bring rope.眾小仙一一伺候。The lesser immortals attended one by one.你看他從袖子裡卻像撮傀儡一般，把唐僧拿出，縛在正殿簷柱上。Watch as, just like plucking out puppets, he drew Tang Seng out from his sleeve and bound him to a pillar under the eaves of the main hall.又拿出他三個，每一根柱上綁了一個。Then he took out the other three, and bound one to each pillar.將馬也拿出拴在庭下，與他些草料。He also took out the horse and tethered it in the courtyard, giving it some fodder.行李拋在廊下。The luggage was tossed down under the corridor.又道：「徒弟，這和尚是出家人，不可用刀槍，不可加鈇鉞。He also said, "Disciples, this monk is a man who has left the household — we must not use knife or spear on him, nor apply the axe or halberd.且與我取出皮鞭來，打他一頓，與我人參果出氣。」眾仙即忙取出一條鞭，──不是甚麼牛皮、羊皮、麂皮、犢皮的，原來是龍皮做的七星鞭，著水浸在那裡。Just fetch the leather whip for me, and give him a beating, to vent my anger over the ginseng fruit." The immortals at once fetched a whip — not made of ox hide, sheep hide, deer hide, or calf hide, but rather a seven-star whip made of dragon hide, which had been soaking in water there.令一個有力量的小仙，把鞭執定道：「師父，先打那個？」大仙道：「唐三藏做大不尊，先打他。」He ordered a sturdy young immortal to take hold of the whip, saying, "Master, whom shall I strike first?" The Great Immortal said, "Tang Sanzang set himself up as the leader without proper respect — strike him first."

那大仙转祥云，径落五庄观坐下，叫徒弟拿绳来。众小仙一一伺候。你看他从袖子里却像撮傀儡一般，把唐僧拿出，缚在正殿簷柱上。又拿出他三个，每一根柱上绑了一个。将马也拿出拴在庭下，与他些草料。行李抛在廊下。又道：「徒弟，这和尚是出家人，不可用刀枪，不可加𫓧钺。且与我取出皮鞭来，打他一顿，与我人参果出气。」众仙即忙取出一条鞭，──不是甚么牛皮、羊皮、麂皮、犊皮的，原来是龙皮做的七星鞭，著水浸在那里。令一个有力量的小仙，把鞭执定道：「师父，先打那个？」大仙道：「唐三藏做大不尊，先打他。」

行者聞言，心中暗道：「我那老和尚不禁打，假若一頓鞭打壞了啊，卻不是我造的孽？」他忍不住，開言道：「先生差了。Hearing this, Xingzhe thought secretly to himself, "That old monk of mine can't withstand a beating; if a whipping should injure him, wouldn't that be a sin of my own making?" He could not bear it, and spoke up: "Sir, you are mistaken.偷果子是我，吃果子是我，推倒樹也是我，怎麼不先打我，打他做甚？」大仙笑道：「這潑猴倒言語膂烈。It was I who stole the fruit, I who ate the fruit, and I who knocked down the tree — why not beat me first? What's the use of beating him?" The Great Immortal laughed, "This wretched monkey speaks with quite some spirit and force.這等便先打他。」小仙問：「打多少？」大仙道：「照依果數，打三十鞭。」那小仙掄鞭就打。In that case, beat him first." The young immortal asked, "How many strokes?" The Great Immortal said, "In accordance with the number of fruits, give him thirty strokes." The young immortal swung the whip and began.行者恐仙家法大，睜圓眼瞅定，看他打那裡。Fearing the power of the immortals' magic, Xingzhe opened his eyes wide and fixed his gaze, watching where the blows would land.原來打腿，行者就把腰扭一扭，叫聲：「變！」變作兩條熟鐵腿，看他怎麼打。It turned out they struck at the legs. Xingzhe gave his waist a twist and cried, "Change!" — turning his legs into two legs of wrought iron, and watched to see how they would strike now.那小仙一下一下的打了三十，天早向午了。The young immortal struck thirty blows one after another, and by then the sun had nearly reached noon.大仙又吩咐道：「還該打三藏訓教不嚴，縱放頑徒撒潑。」那仙又掄鞭來打。The Great Immortal further instructed, "He should also be beaten for having failed to instruct Sanzang strictly, and for indulging his unruly disciples in running wild." So the immortal swung the whip to strike again.行者道：「先生又差了。Xingzhe said, "Sir, you are mistaken again.偷果子時，我師父不知，他在殿上與你二童講話，是我兄弟們做的勾當。When the fruit was stolen, my master knew nothing of it — he was in the hall talking with your two boy attendants. It was a deed done by us brothers.縱是有教訓不嚴之罪，我為弟子的也當替打，再打我罷。」大仙道：「這潑猴，雖是狡猾奸頑，卻倒也有些孝意。Even if there is some blame for lax instruction, it is I, his disciple, who ought to take the beating in his place — beat me again instead." The Great Immortal said, "This wretched monkey, sly and cunning though he is, does show something of filial devotion after all.既這等，還打他罷。」小仙又打了三十。Since that's so, beat him instead." The young immortal gave him another thirty strokes.行者低頭看看，兩隻腿似明鏡一般，通打亮了，更不知些疼癢。Xingzhe lowered his head and looked at his two legs — they had been struck bright and shiny as mirrors, and he felt not the slightest pain or itch.此時天色將晚，大仙道：「且把鞭子浸在水裡，待明朝再拷打他。」小仙且收鞭去浸，各各歸房。By this time the sky was growing dark, and the Great Immortal said, "For now soak the whip in water, and tomorrow morning we shall flog him again." The young immortal put the whip away to soak, and everyone retired to their rooms.晚齋已畢，盡皆安寢不題。Evening vegetarian fare having been finished, all settled down to sleep for the night — no more of that for now.

行者闻言，心中暗道：「我那老和尚不禁打，假若一顿鞭打坏了啊，却不是我造的孽？」他忍不住，开言道：「先生差了。偷果子是我，吃果子是我，推倒树也是我，怎么不先打我，打他做甚？」大仙笑道：「这泼猴倒言语膂烈。这等便先打他。」小仙问：「打多少？」大仙道：「照依果数，打三十鞭。」那小仙抡鞭就打。行者恐仙家法大，睁圆眼瞅定，看他打那里。原来打腿，行者就把腰扭一扭，叫声：「变！」变作两条熟铁腿，看他怎么打。那小仙一下一下的打了三十，天早向午了。大仙又吩咐道：「还该打三藏训教不严，纵放顽徒撒泼。」那仙又抡鞭来打。行者道：「先生又差了。偷果子时，我师父不知，他在殿上与你二童讲话，是我兄弟们做的勾当。纵是有教训不严之罪，我为弟子的也当替打，再打我罢。」大仙道：「这泼猴，虽是狡猾奸顽，却倒也有些孝意。既这等，还打他罢。」小仙又打了三十。行者低头看看，两只腿似明镜一般，通打亮了，更不知些疼痒。此时天色将晚，大仙道：「且把鞭子浸在水里，待明朝再拷打他。」小仙且收鞭去浸，各各归房。晚斋已毕，尽皆安寝不题。

那長老淚眼雙垂，怨他三個徒弟道：「你等闖出禍來，卻帶累我在此受罪，這是怎的起？」行者道：「且休報怨，打便先打我，你又不曾吃打，倒轉嗟呀怎的？」唐僧道：「雖然不曾打，卻也綁得身上疼哩。」沙僧道：「師父，還有陪綁的在這裡哩。」行者道：「都不要嚷，再停會兒走路。」八戒道：「哥哥又弄虛頭了。The elderly monk, tears streaming from both eyes, reproached his three disciples: "You brought this disaster upon us, and now you've implicated me in suffering here — how did this ever come about?" Xingzhe said, "Don't complain for now — if there's beating to be done, it's I who am beaten first; you haven't been beaten at all, so why are you sighing and moaning like this?" Tang Seng said, "Though I haven't been beaten, being bound like this still hurts." Sha Seng said, "Master, there's someone else here bound alongside you too." Xingzhe said, "None of you make a fuss — in a little while we'll be on our way." Bajie said, "Brother, you're putting on airs again.這裡麻繩噴水，緊緊的綁著，還比關在殿上，被你使解鎖法搠開門走哩。」行者道：「不是誇口說，那怕他三股的麻繩噴上了水，就是碗粗的棕纜，也只好當秋風。」These hempen ropes here have been soaked in water and bound tight — it's quite different from being locked in the hall, where you used your lock-releasing trick to force the door and walk out." Xingzhe said, "I'm not boasting, but even if this three-strand hemp rope were soaked in water, or even a mooring cable as thick as a bowl, it would still be no more to me than an autumn breeze."

那长老泪眼双垂，怨他三个徒弟道：「你等闯出祸来，却带累我在此受罪，这是怎的起？」行者道：「且休报怨，打便先打我，你又不曾吃打，倒转嗟呀怎的？」唐僧道：「虽然不曾打，却也绑得身上疼哩。」沙僧道：「师父，还有陪绑的在这里哩。」行者道：「都不要嚷，再停会儿走路。」八戒道：「哥哥又弄虚头了。这里麻绳喷水，紧紧的绑著，还比关在殿上，被你使解锁法搠开门走哩。」行者道：「不是夸口说，那怕他三股的麻绳喷上了水，就是碗粗的棕缆，也只好当秋风。」

正話處，早已萬籟無聲，正是天街人靜。Just as they were talking, all sounds had already fallen silent, for it was truly the hour when the heavenly streets grow still and people are at rest.好行者，把身子小一小，脫下索來道：「師父去啞。」沙僧慌了道：「哥哥，也救我們一救。」行者道：「悄言，悄言。」他卻解了三藏，放下八戒、沙僧，整束了褊衫，扣背了馬匹，廊下拿了行李，一齊出了觀門。Fine Xingzhe — he shrank his body a little and slipped free of the ropes, saying, "Master, quiet now." Sha Seng panicked and said, "Brother, save us too." Xingzhe said, "Quiet, quiet." He then untied Sanzang, freed Bajie and Sha Seng, straightened his robe, saddled and loaded the horse, fetched the luggage from under the corridor, and together they went out through the abbey gate.又教八戒：「你去把那崖邊柳樹伐四顆來。」八戒道：「要他怎的？」行者道：「有用處，快快取來。」那獃子有些夯力，走了去，一嘴一顆，就拱了四顆，一抱抱來。He also told Bajie, "Go and cut down four willow trees from the cliffside." Bajie said, "What do you want them for?" Xingzhe said, "There's a use for them — go fetch them quickly." The idiot, being rather strong, went off, and butting each one with his snout, uprooted all four and came back carrying them in his arms.行者將枝梢折了，教兄弟二人復進去，將原繩照舊綁在柱上。Xingzhe broke off the branches and twigs, then had the two brothers go back inside and tie the trees with the original ropes to the pillars just as before.那大聖念動咒語，咬破舌尖，將血噴在樹上，叫：「變！」一根變作長老，一根變作自身，那兩根變作沙僧、八戒；The Great Sage recited a spell, bit the tip of his tongue, and sprayed blood onto the trees, crying, "Change!" — one turned into the elderly monk, one turned into himself, and the other two turned into Sha Seng and Bajie;都變得容貌一般，相貌皆同，問他也就說話，叫名也就答應。all transformed with identical faces and appearances, and when spoken to they would answer, and when called by name they would respond.他兩個卻才放開步，趕上師父。The two of them then quickened their pace and caught up with their master.這一夜依舊馬不停蹄，躲離了五莊觀。That night they rode on without stopping the horse's hooves, putting distance between themselves and Five Villages Abbey.

正话处，早已万籁无声，正是天街人静。好行者，把身子小一小，脱下索来道：「师父去哑。」沙僧慌了道：「哥哥，也救我们一救。」行者道：「悄言，悄言。」他却解了三藏，放下八戒、沙僧，整束了褊衫，扣背了马匹，廊下拿了行李，一齐出了观门。又教八戒：「你去把那崖边柳树伐四颗来。」八戒道：「要他怎的？」行者道：「有用处，快快取来。」那呆子有些夯力，走了去，一嘴一颗，就拱了四颗，一抱抱来。行者将枝梢折了，教兄弟二人复进去，将原绳照旧绑在柱上。那大圣念动咒语，咬破舌尖，将血喷在树上，叫：「变！」一根变作长老，一根变作自身，那两根变作沙僧、八戒；都变得容貌一般，相貌皆同，问他也就说话，叫名也就答应。他两个却才放开步，赶上师父。这一夜依旧马不停蹄，躲离了五庄观。

只是到天明，那長老在馬上搖樁打盹。Only, by dawn, the elderly monk was nodding and dozing atop the horse, swaying like a stake in the wind.行者見了，叫道：「師父不濟，出家人怎的這般辛苦？Seeing this, Xingzhe called out, "Master, you're not holding up well — how can one who has left the household be so worn out by hardship?我老孫千夜不眠，也不曉得些困倦。Old Sun here could go a thousand nights without sleep and never feel the least bit weary.且下馬來，莫教走路的人看見笑你，權在山坡下藏風聚氣處歇歇再走。」Come, get down from the horse for now — don't let travelers passing by see you and laugh. Let's rest a while at some spot on the hillside where the wind and air gather, and then go on."

只是到天明，那长老在马上摇桩打盹。行者见了，叫道：「师父不济，出家人怎的这般辛苦？我老孙千夜不眠，也不晓得些困倦。且下马来，莫教走路的人看见笑你，权在山坡下藏风聚气处歇歇再走。」

不說他師徒在路暫住。Let us leave master and disciples resting on the road for the moment.且說那大仙天明起來，吃了早齋，出在殿上，教：「拿鞭來，今日卻該打唐三藏了。」那小仙掄著鞭，望唐僧道：「打你哩。」那柳樹也應道：「打麼。」乒乓打了三十。Instead let us tell how the Great Immortal rose at dawn, ate his morning vegetarian meal, came out to the hall, and ordered, "Bring the whip — today it's Tang Sanzang's turn to be beaten." The young immortal swung the whip and, facing Tang Seng, said, "Now you get it." The willow tree answered back, "Beat away." With a crack, thirty strokes were given.掄過鞭來，對八戒道：「打你哩。」那柳樹也應道：「打麼。」及打沙僧，也應道教打。Swinging the whip over, he said to Bajie, "Now you get it." The willow tree likewise answered, "Beat away." And when it came to beating Sha Seng, it likewise answered, telling him to beat on.及打到行者，那行者在路，偶然打個寒噤道：「不好了！」三藏問道：「怎麼說？」行者道：「我將四顆柳樹變作我師徒四眾，我只說他昨日打了我兩頓，今日想不打了，卻又打我的化身，所以我真身打噤。And when it came to beating Xingzhe, that Xingzhe, out on the road, happened to give a sudden shiver and said, "This is bad!" Sanzang asked, "What do you mean?" Xingzhe said, "I turned four willow trees into the likenesses of the four of us, master and disciples. I thought that since they beat me twice yesterday, they surely wouldn't beat me again today, but they're beating my transformed body after all, and that's why my true body just shivered.收了法罷。」那行者慌忙念咒收法。Let me undo the spell." Xingzhe hastily recited the spell to dispel the transformation.

不说他师徒在路暂住。且说那大仙天明起来，吃了早斋，出在殿上，教：「拿鞭来，今日却该打唐三藏了。」那小仙抡著鞭，望唐僧道：「打你哩。」那柳树也应道：「打么。」乒乓打了三十。抡过鞭来，对八戒道：「打你哩。」那柳树也应道：「打么。」及打沙僧，也应道教打。及打到行者，那行者在路，偶然打个寒噤道：「不好了！」三藏问道：「怎么说？」行者道：「我将四颗柳树变作我师徒四众，我只说他昨日打了我两顿，今日想不打了，却又打我的化身，所以我真身打噤。收了法罢。」那行者慌忙念咒收法。

你看那些道童害怕，丟了皮鞭，報道：「師父啊，為頭打的是大唐和尚，這一會打的都是柳樹之根。」大仙聞言，呵呵冷笑，誇不盡道：「孫行者，真是一個好猴王。Just watch — the young Daoist boys took fright, threw down the whip, and reported, "Master, the one we beat first was the Tang monk himself, but this last while we've been beating nothing but willow-tree roots." Hearing this, the Great Immortal gave a cold laugh, praising him without end: "Sun Xingzhe truly is a fine Monkey King.曾聞他大鬧天宮，佈地網天羅，拿他不住，果有此理。──你走了便也罷，卻怎麼綁些柳樹在此冒名頂替？I have heard that he once wrought great havoc in Heaven, and that nets and snares spread over the earth and sky could not catch him — it seems that's really so. If you had simply run off, that would have been that — but why leave willow trees bound here in your place, impersonating you under a false name?決莫饒他，趕去來。」By no means shall he be forgiven — go after them."

你看那些道童害怕，丢了皮鞭，报道：「师父啊，为头打的是大唐和尚，这一会打的都是柳树之根。」大仙闻言，呵呵冷笑，夸不尽道：「孙行者，真是一个好猴王。曾闻他大闹天宫，布地网天罗，拿他不住，果有此理。──你走了便也罢，却怎么绑些柳树在此冒名顶替？决莫饶他，赶去来。」

那大仙說聲趕，縱起雲頭，往西一望，只見那和尚挑包策馬，正然走路。So the Great Immortal, giving the order to pursue, rose up on his cloud, and gazing westward, saw the monks, carrying their pack and driving the horse, still making their way along the road.大仙低落雲頭，叫聲：「孫行者，往那裡走？The Great Immortal brought his cloud down low and called out, "Sun Xingzhe, where do you think you're going?還我人參樹來。」八戒聽見道：「罷了，對頭又來了。」行者道：「師父，且把善字兒包起，讓我們使些兇惡，一發結果了他，脫身去罷。」唐僧聞言，戰戰兢兢，未曾答應。Give me back my ginseng tree." Hearing this, Bajie said, "That's it, our nemesis has come again." Xingzhe said, "Master, for now set aside the word 'kindness,' and let us show a bit of fierceness, finish him off outright, and free ourselves once and for all." Hearing this, Tang Seng trembled with fear and did not answer.沙僧掣寶杖，八戒舉釘鈀，大聖使鐵棒，一齊上前，把大仙圍住在空中，亂打亂築。Sha Seng drew his treasure staff, Bajie raised his rake, and the Great Sage wielded his iron cudgel; together they rushed forward, surrounded the Great Immortal in midair, and struck and jabbed at him wildly.這場惡鬥，有詩為證。Of this fierce battle there is a poem as proof.詩曰：The poem reads:

那大仙说声赶，纵起云头，往西一望，只见那和尚挑包策马，正然走路。大仙低落云头，叫声：「孙行者，往那里走？还我人参树来。」八戒听见道：「罢了，对头又来了。」行者道：「师父，且把善字儿包起，让我们使些凶恶，一发结果了他，脱身去罢。」唐僧闻言，战战兢兢，未曾答应。沙僧掣宝杖，八戒举钉钯，大圣使铁棒，一齐上前，把大仙围住在空中，乱打乱筑。这场恶斗，有诗为证。诗曰：

他兄弟三眾各舉神兵，一齊攻打；The three brother-disciples each wielded their divine weapons, attacking together as one;那大仙只把蠅帚兒演架。but the Great Immortal merely parried with his fly whisk.那裡有半個時辰，他將袍袖一展，依然將四僧一馬並行李一袖籠去。Before even half an hour had passed, he spread his robe sleeve wide and, just as before, swept all four monks, the horse, and the luggage into his sleeve.返雲頭，又到觀裡，眾仙接著。He turned his cloud back and returned once more to the abbey, where the assembled immortals received him.仙師坐於殿上，卻又在袖兒裡一個個搬出：將唐僧綁在階下矮槐樹上；The immortal master took his seat in the hall, and once again drew them out one by one from his sleeve: he bound Tang Seng to a low scholar-tree at the foot of the steps;八戒、沙僧各綁在兩邊樹上；Bajie and Sha Seng were each bound to trees on either side;將行者捆倒。and Xingzhe he had trussed up and thrown down.行者道：「想是調問哩。」不一時，捆綁停當，教把長頭布取十疋來。Xingzhe said, "I suppose this means an interrogation." In no time they were bound fast, and he ordered ten bolts of long cloth to be brought.行者笑道：「八戒，這先生好意思，拿出布來與我們做中袖哩。Xingzhe said with a laugh, "Bajie, how thoughtful of this gentleman, bringing out cloth to make us inner robes.減省些兒，做個一口中罷了。」那小仙將家機布搬將出來。Or better yet, save some material and just make us each a single shroud." The young immortals then brought out homespun cloth.大仙道：「把唐三藏、豬八戒、沙和尚都使布裹了。」眾仙一齊上前裹了。The Great Immortal said, "Wrap Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Heshang all up in cloth." The immortals all stepped forward together and wrapped them.行者笑道：「好，好，好，夾活兒就大殮了。」須臾，纏裹已畢。Xingzhe said with a laugh, "Good, good, good — encoffining us alive, are we!" In a moment the wrapping was finished.又教拿出漆來。Then he ordered lacquer to be brought out as well.眾仙即忙取了些自收自晒的生熟漆，把他三個渾身布裹漆了，渾身俱裹漆，上留著頭臉在外。The immortals at once fetched some raw and refined lacquer they had gathered and sun-dried themselves, and lacquered the three of them all over where the cloth wrapped their bodies, coating them entirely, leaving only their heads and faces exposed.八戒道：「先生，上頭倒不打緊，只是下面還留孔兒，我們好出恭。」那大仙又教把大鍋擡出來。Bajie said, "Sir, the top part doesn't matter much, but do leave an opening down below, so we can relieve ourselves." The Great Immortal then had a great cauldron brought out.行者笑道：「八戒，造化，擡出鍋來，想是煮飯我們吃哩。」八戒道：「也罷了，讓我們吃些飯兒，做個飽死的鬼也好看。」眾仙果擡出一口大鍋支在階下。Xingzhe said with a laugh, "Bajie, what luck — they're bringing out a cauldron, I suppose to cook us some rice to eat." Bajie said, "Well, that's fine too — let us eat a good meal, so we can at least look like well-fed ghosts when we die." The immortals duly carried out a great cauldron and set it up beneath the steps.大仙叫架起乾柴，發起烈火，教：「把清油拗上一鍋，燒得滾了，將孫行者下油鑊炸他一煠，與我人參樹報仇。」The Great Immortal had dry firewood stacked up and a fierce fire lit, and ordered, "Pour a cauldron full of clear oil, and once it's boiling, plunge Sun Xingzhe into the oil cauldron and fry him thoroughly, to avenge my ginseng tree."

他兄弟三众各举神兵，一齐攻打；那大仙只把蝇帚儿演架。那里有半个时辰，他将袍袖一展，依然将四僧一马并行李一袖笼去。返云头，又到观里，众仙接著。仙师坐于殿上，却又在袖儿里一个个搬出：将唐僧绑在阶下矮槐树上；八戒、沙僧各绑在两边树上；将行者捆倒。行者道：「想是调问哩。」不一时，捆绑停当，教把长头布取十疋来。行者笑道：「八戒，这先生好意思，拿出布来与我们做中袖哩。减省些儿，做个一口中罢了。」那小仙将家机布搬将出来。大仙道：「把唐三藏、猪八戒、沙和尚都使布裹了。」众仙一齐上前裹了。行者笑道：「好，好，好，夹活儿就大殓了。」须臾，缠裹已毕。又教拿出漆来。众仙即忙取了些自收自晒的生熟漆，把他三个浑身布裹漆了，浑身俱裹漆，上留著头脸在外。八戒道：「先生，上头倒不打紧，只是下面还留孔儿，我们好出恭。」那大仙又教把大锅抬出来。行者笑道：「八戒，造化，抬出锅来，想是煮饭我们吃哩。」八戒道：「也罢了，让我们吃些饭儿，做个饱死的鬼也好看。」众仙果抬出一口大锅支在阶下。大仙叫架起干柴，发起烈火，教：「把清油拗上一锅，烧得滚了，将孙行者下油镬炸他一煠，与我人参树报仇。」

行者聞言，暗喜道：「正可老孫之意，這一向不曾洗澡，有些兒皮膚燥癢，好歹燙燙，足感盛情。」頃刻間，那油鍋將滾。Hearing this, Xingzhe thought gleefully to himself, "This suits old Sun's own wishes exactly — I haven't had a bath in quite a while and my skin's been rather dry and itchy; a good scalding, one way or another, would be much appreciated." In no time, the oil in the cauldron was nearly boiling.大聖卻又留心，恐他仙法難參，油鍋裡難做手腳，急回頭四顧，只見那臺下東邊是一座日規臺，西邊是一個石獅子。Yet the Great Sage remained wary, fearing the immortal's magic might be hard to fathom and that it would be difficult to work any trick once in the oil cauldron. He quickly turned and looked all around, and saw that below the platform, to the east, stood a sundial pedestal, and to the west, a stone lion.行者將身一縱，滾到西邊，咬破舌尖，把石獅子噴了一口，叫聲：「變！」變作他本身模樣，也這般捆作一團。Xingzhe gave a leap of his body, rolled over to the west, bit the tip of his tongue, sprayed a mouthful of blood onto the stone lion, and cried, "Change!" — it turned into his own likeness, trussed up in a bundle just the same.他卻出了元神，起在雲端裡，低頭看著道士。He then let his true spirit slip out, rose up into the clouds, and looked down, watching the Daoists.

行者闻言，暗喜道：「正可老孙之意，这一向不曾洗澡，有些儿皮肤燥痒，好歹烫烫，足感盛情。」顷刻间，那油锅将滚。大圣却又留心，恐他仙法难参，油锅里难做手脚，急回头四顾，只见那台下东边是一座日规台，西边是一个石狮子。行者将身一纵，滚到西边，咬破舌尖，把石狮子喷了一口，叫声：「变！」变作他本身模样，也这般捆作一团。他却出了元神，起在云端里，低头看著道士。

只見那小仙報道：「師父，油鍋滾透了。」大仙教：「把孫行者擡下去。」四個仙童擡不動，八個來也擡不動，又加四個也擡不動。Just then the young immortal reported, "Master, the oil in the cauldron is at a full boil." The Great Immortal ordered, "Carry Sun Xingzhe over." Four immortal boys could not lift him; eight more came and still could not lift him; another four were added and still they could not lift him.眾仙道：「這猴子戀土難移，小自小，倒也結實。」卻教二十個小仙扛將起來，往鍋裡一摜，烹的響了一聲，濺起些滾油點子，把那小道士們臉上燙了幾個燎漿大泡。The immortals said, "This monkey clings to the earth and is hard to move — small as he is, he's certainly solid." So they had twenty young immortals hoist him up together and hurl him straight into the cauldron. There came a sizzling crack, and splattering droplets of boiling oil shot up, scalding several of the young Daoists' faces into great blistering welts.只聽得燒火的小童喊道：「鍋漏了，鍋漏了。」說不了，油已漏得罄盡，鍋底打破，原來是一個石獅子放在裡面。Just then the boy tending the fire was heard shouting, "The cauldron's leaking, the cauldron's leaking!" Before he had even finished speaking, the oil had drained completely away and the bottom of the cauldron lay broken — and there inside was nothing but a stone lion.

只见那小仙报道：「师父，油锅滚透了。」大仙教：「把孙行者抬下去。」四个仙童抬不动，八个来也抬不动，又加四个也抬不动。众仙道：「这猴子恋土难移，小自小，倒也结实。」却教二十个小仙扛将起来，往锅里一掼，烹的响了一声，溅起些滚油点子，把那小道士们脸上烫了几个燎浆大泡。只听得烧火的小童喊道：「锅漏了，锅漏了。」说不了，油已漏得罄尽，锅底打破，原来是一个石狮子放在里面。

大仙大怒道：「這個潑猴，著然無禮，教他當面做了手腳。The Great Immortal, enraged, said, "This wretched monkey is truly insolent, to work his trickery right under our noses.你走了便罷，怎麼又搗了我的灶？If you had simply run off, that would have been that — but why must you also wreck my stove?這潑猴枉自也拿他不住；This wretched monkey — it's useless trying to catch him;就拿住他，也似摶砂弄汞，捉影捕風。even if he were caught, it would be like kneading sand or handling mercury, like grasping at shadows or catching the wind.罷，罷，罷，饒他去罷。Enough, enough, enough — let him go.且將唐三藏解下，另換新鍋，把他扎一扎，與人參樹報報仇罷。」那小仙真個動手，拆解布漆。Just untie Tang Sanzang instead, set up a new cauldron, and give him a good scalding, to avenge the ginseng tree." The young immortals set right to work, stripping off the cloth and lacquer.

大仙大怒道：「这个泼猴，著然无礼，教他当面做了手脚。你走了便罢，怎么又捣了我的灶？这泼猴枉自也拿他不住；就拿住他，也似抟砂弄汞，捉影捕风。罢，罢，罢，饶他去罢。且将唐三藏解下，另换新锅，把他扎一扎，与人参树报报仇罢。」那小仙真个动手，拆解布漆。

行者在半空裡聽得明白，他想著：「師父不濟，他若到了油鍋裡，一滾就死，二滾就焦，到三五滾他就弄做個稀爛的和尚了。Xingzhe, listening clearly from midair, thought to himself, "My master can't endure this — if he goes into the oil cauldron, one boil will kill him, a second will scorch him, and by the third or fourth boil he'll be reduced to a mess of mush.我還去救他一救。」好大聖，按落雲頭，上前叉手道：「莫要拆壞了布漆，扎我師父，還等我來下油鍋罷。」那大仙驚罵道：「我把你這猢猴！I had better go rescue him after all." Fine Great Sage — he brought his cloud down, stepped forward, clasped his hands, and said, "Don't tear off the cloth and lacquer to scald my master — wait, let me go into the oil cauldron instead." The Great Immortal, startled, cursed him: "You wretched macaque!怎麼弄手段搗了我的灶？」行者笑道：「你遇著我就該倒灶，干我甚事？How dare you work your tricks and wreck my stove?" Xingzhe said with a laugh, "If your stove got wrecked just from meeting me, what's that got to do with me?我才自也要領你些油湯油水之愛，但只是大小便急了，若在鍋裡開風，恐怕污了你的熟油，不好調菜吃。I was fully willing to enjoy a bit of that oily broth and oily water just now, but the trouble is my bowels were pressing urgently, and if I'd let wind loose in the cauldron, I feared it might foul your fine cooked oil and spoil it for seasoning your dishes.如今大小便通乾淨了，才好下鍋。Now that I've thoroughly relieved myself, I'm quite fit to go into the pot.不要扎我師父，還來扎我罷。」那大仙聞言，呵呵冷笑，走出殿來，一把扯住。Don't scald my master — come scald me instead." Hearing this, the Great Immortal gave a cold laugh, walked out of the hall, and seized hold of him with one hand.

行者在半空里听得明白，他想著：「师父不济，他若到了油锅里，一滚就死，二滚就焦，到三五滚他就弄做个稀烂的和尚了。我还去救他一救。」好大圣，按落云头，上前叉手道：「莫要拆坏了布漆，扎我师父，还等我来下油锅罢。」那大仙惊骂道：「我把你这猢猴！怎么弄手段捣了我的灶？」行者笑道：「你遇著我就该倒灶，干我甚事？我才自也要领你些油汤油水之爱，但只是大小便急了，若在锅里开风，恐怕污了你的熟油，不好调菜吃。如今大小便通干净了，才好下锅。不要扎我师父，还来扎我罢。」那大仙闻言，呵呵冷笑，走出殿来，一把扯住。

畢竟不知有何話說，端的怎麼脫身，且聽下回分解。What was said after this, and just how he managed to free himself in the end, is not yet known — listen to the next chapter for the explanation.

毕竟不知有何话说，端的怎么脱身，且听下回分解。