第032回 Warning of the Gold and Silver Horned Kings at Level-Top Mountain

第032回Chapter 32

話說唐僧復得了孫行者，師徒們一心同體，共詣西方。The tale tells how Tang Seng, having recovered Sun Xingzhe, master and disciples were now of one heart and one body, together making their way to the West.自寶象國救了公主，承君臣送出城西。Ever since rescuing the princess at Elephantia (Baoxiang Guo), they had been escorted by ruler and ministers out through the western gate of the city.說不盡沿路饑餐渴飲，夜住曉行。There is no need to tell in full how, along the road, they ate when hungry and drank when thirsty, rested at night and journeyed at dawn.卻又值三春景候，那時節：It happened just then to be the season of mid-spring, at which time:

话说唐僧复得了孙行者，师徒们一心同体，共诣西方。自宝象国救了公主，承君臣送出城西。说不尽沿路饥餐渴饮，夜住晓行。却又值三春景候，那时节：

師徒們正行賞間，又見一山擋路。As master and disciples were traveling along enjoying the scenery, they saw once more a mountain blocking the road.唐僧道：「徒弟們仔細，前遇山高，恐有虎狼阻擋。」行者道：「師父，出家人莫說在家話。Tang Seng said, "Disciples, be careful — ahead we meet a high mountain, and I fear there may be tigers and wolves barring the way." Xingzhe said, "Master, one who has left the household should not talk like one still in it.你記得那烏巢和尚的《心經》云『心無罣礙：無罣礙，方無恐怖，遠離顛倒夢想』之言？Do you remember the words of the Wuchao Monk's Heart Sutra: 'The mind free of hindrance — only without hindrance is there no fear, and one is far removed from upside-down dreams and delusions'?但只是：『掃除心上垢，洗淨耳邊塵。Only this: 'Sweep away the filth upon the heart, wash clean the dust at the ear's edge.不受苦中苦，難為人上人。』你莫生憂慮，但有老孫，就是塌下天來，可保無事，怕甚麼虎狼？」長老勒回馬道：「我If you do not endure the bitterest of bitterness, it is hard to become a man above other men.' Do not trouble yourself with worry — as long as old Sun is here, even should the sky collapse, I can guarantee no harm will come; what is there to fear from tigers and wolves?" The elder reined in his horse and said, "I—"

师徒们正行赏间，又见一山挡路。唐僧道：「徒弟们仔细，前遇山高，恐有虎狼阻挡。」行者道：「师父，出家人莫说在家话。你记得那乌巢和尚的《心经》云『心无罣碍：无罣碍，方无恐怖，远离颠倒梦想』之言？但只是：『扫除心上垢，洗净耳边尘。不受苦中苦，难为人上人。』你莫生忧虑，但有老孙，就是塌下天来，可保无事，怕甚么虎狼？」长老勒回马道：「我

行者聞說，笑呵呵道：「師要身閑，有何難事？Hearing this, Xingzhe laughed heartily and said, "If the master wants ease of body, what difficulty is there in that?若功成之後，萬緣都罷，諸法皆空。Once the task is accomplished, all entanglements will end, and every dharma will be empty.那時節，自然而然，卻不是身閑也？」長老聞言，只得樂以忘憂。At that time, quite naturally, will that not be ease of body?" Hearing these words, the elder had no choice but to take joy and forget his cares.放轡催銀濁，兜韁趲玉龍。Loosening the reins, they urged on the silver dun horse; tightening the bridle, they hurried the jade dragon steed.

行者闻说，笑呵呵道：「师要身闲，有何难事？若功成之后，万缘都罢，诸法皆空。那时节，自然而然，却不是身闲也？」长老闻言，只得乐以忘忧。放辔催银浊，兜缰趱玉龙。

師徒們上得山來，十分險峻，真個嵯峨。Master and disciples climbed up the mountain, which was extremely steep and dangerous, truly towering and rugged.好山：What a mountain:

师徒们上得山来，十分险峻，真个嵯峨。好山：

長老勒馬觀山，正在難行之處，只見那綠莎坡上，佇立著一個樵夫。The elder reined in his horse to look at the mountain, and just at the point where the path grew hard to travel, he saw on a green mossy slope a woodcutter standing there.你道他怎生打扮：You ask how he was dressed:

长老勒马观山，正在难行之处，只见那绿莎坡上，伫立著一个樵夫。你道他怎生打扮：

那樵子：That woodcutter:

對長老厲聲高叫道：「那西進的長老，暫停片時，我有一言奉告：此山有一夥毒魔狠怪，專吃你東來西去的人哩。」長老聞言，魂飛魄散，戰兢兢坐不穩雕鞍，急回頭，忙呼徒弟道：「你聽那樵夫報道：『此山有毒魔狠怪。』誰敢去細問他一問？」行者道：「師父放心，等老孫去問他一個端的。」Called out in a stern, loud voice to the elder, "You, elder heading west, stop a moment — I have something to tell you: on this mountain there is a band of poisonous fiends and vicious monsters who specialize in devouring travelers passing east to west." Hearing this, the elder's soul flew and his spirit scattered; trembling, he could not sit steady in his carved saddle, and hastily turning his head, he called urgently to his disciples, "Listen to what that woodcutter reports: 'On this mountain there are poisonous fiends and vicious monsters.' Who dares go and question him closely?" Xingzhe said, "Master, set your mind at ease — let old Sun go and ask him the truth of the matter."

对长老厉声高叫道：「那西进的长老，暂停片时，我有一言奉告：此山有一伙毒魔狠怪，专吃你东来西去的人哩。」长老闻言，魂飞魄散，战兢兢坐不稳雕鞍，急回头，忙呼徒弟道：「你听那樵夫报道：『此山有毒魔狠怪。』谁敢去细问他一问？」行者道：「师父放心，等老孙去问他一个端的。」

好行者，拽開步，徑上山來，對樵子叫聲「大哥」，道個問訊。Splendid Xingzhe — he strode off and went straight up the mountain, and calling out "Elder Brother" to the woodcutter, made a bow of greeting.樵夫答禮道：「長老啊，你們有甚緣故來此？」行者道：「不瞞大哥說，我們是東土差來西天取經的。The woodcutter returned the greeting and said, "Elder, what reason brings you here?" Xingzhe said, "I won't hide it from you, elder brother — we have been sent from the Land of the East to fetch scriptures from the Western Heaven.那馬上是我的師父，他有些膽小。The one on the horse is my master; he is somewhat timid.適蒙見教，說有甚麼毒魔狠怪，故此我來奉問一聲：那魔是幾年之魔，怪是幾年之怪？Just now you were kind enough to instruct us that there are some poisonous fiends and vicious monsters here, so I have come to ask respectfully: how many years has this demon been a demon, how many years has this monster been a monster?還是個把勢，還是個雛兒？Is it a seasoned hand, or still a fledgling?煩大哥老實說說，我好著山神、土地遞解他起身。」樵子聞言，仰天大笑道：「你原來是個風和尚。」行者道：「我不風啊，這是老實話。」樵子道：「你說是老實，便怎敢說把他遞解起身？」行者道：「你這等長他那威風，胡言亂語的攔路報信，莫不是與他有親？I trouble you, elder brother, to tell me plainly, so that I may have the mountain god and the local earth deity escort him away." Hearing this, the woodcutter looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, saying, "So you are a mad monk after all." Xingzhe said, "I am not mad — this is honest talk." The woodcutter said, "You say it is honest, but how dare you speak of having him escorted away?" Xingzhe said, "You go on building up his prestige like this, spouting nonsense to block the road and give a warning — could it be you are related to him?不親必鄰，不鄰必友。」樵子笑道：「你這個風潑和尚，忒沒道理。If not kin, then surely a neighbor; if not a neighbor, then surely a friend." The woodcutter laughed and said, "You mad, reckless monk, you are quite unreasonable.我倒是好意，特來報與你們，教你們走路時，早晚間防備，你倒轉賴在我身上。I meant well, and came especially to warn you, so that as you travel you would take precautions morning and night — and instead you turn around and blame it on me.且莫說我不曉得妖魔出處，就曉得啊，你敢把他怎麼的遞解？Setting aside that I do not know where the demon comes from — even if I did know, how would you dare escort him off?解往何處？」行者道：「若是天魔，解與玉帝；Escort him to where?" Xingzhe said, "If he is a heavenly demon, he is escorted to the Jade Emperor;若是土魔，解與土府。if he is an earthly demon, he is escorted to the Bureau of Earth.西方的歸佛，東方的歸聖；Those of the West belong under the Buddha, those of the East under the Sages;北方的解與真武，南方的解與火德。those of the North are handed to Zhenwu, those of the South to the God of Fire.是蛟精解與海主，是鬼祟解與閻王。If he's a flood-dragon spirit, he goes to the Lord of the Sea; if he's a ghostly apparition, he goes to King Yama.各有地頭方向。Each has its own region and direction.我老孫到處里人熟，發一張批文，把他連夜解著飛跑。」Old Sun knows people everywhere he goes — I'll issue a warrant, and have him escorted off at a flying run through the night."

好行者，拽开步，径上山来，对樵子叫声「大哥」，道个问讯。樵夫答礼道：「长老啊，你们有甚缘故来此？」行者道：「不瞒大哥说，我们是东土差来西天取经的。那马上是我的师父，他有些胆小。适蒙见教，说有甚么毒魔狠怪，故此我来奉问一声：那魔是几年之魔，怪是几年之怪？还是个把势，还是个雏儿？烦大哥老实说说，我好著山神、土地递解他起身。」樵子闻言，仰天大笑道：「你原来是个风和尚。」行者道：「我不风啊，这是老实话。」樵子道：「你说是老实，便怎敢说把他递解起身？」行者道：「你这等长他那威风，胡言乱语的拦路报信，莫不是与他有亲？不亲必邻，不邻必友。」樵子笑道：「你这个风泼和尚，忒没道理。我倒是好意，特来报与你们，教你们走路时，早晚间防备，你倒转赖在我身上。且莫说我不晓得妖魔出处，就晓得啊，你敢把他怎么的递解？解往何处？」行者道：「若是天魔，解与玉帝；若是土魔，解与土府。西方的归佛，东方的归圣；北方的解与真武，南方的解与火德。是蛟精解与海主，是鬼祟解与阎王。各有地头方向。我老孙到处里人熟，发一张批文，把他连夜解著飞跑。」

那樵子止不住呵呵冷笑道：「你這個風潑和尚，想是在方上雲遊，學了些書符咒水的法術，只可驅邪縛鬼，還不曾撞見這等狠毒的怪哩。」行者道：「怎見他狠毒？」樵子道：「此山徑過有六百里遠近，名喚平頂山。The woodcutter could not help but give a cold laugh, "Ha ha," and said, "You mad, reckless monk, I suppose you've been wandering the regions and picked up a bit of the art of writing talismans and chanting spells over water — fit only for driving off petty evils and binding minor ghosts, but you have not yet met a monster as vicious as this one." Xingzhe said, "How do you know he is vicious?" The woodcutter said, "This mountain, by the path, is some six hundred li across, and is called Level Peak Mountain (Pingding Shan).山中有一洞，名喚蓮花洞。In the mountain there is a cave called Lotus Cave (Lianhua Dong).洞裡有兩個魔頭，他畫影圖形，要捉和尚；In the cave there are two demon chiefs; they draw likenesses and sketch portraits, seeking to capture monks;抄名訪姓，要吃唐僧。they copy out names and inquire after surnames, seeking to eat Tang Seng.你若別處來的還好，但犯了一個『唐』字兒，莫想去得，去得。」行者道：「我們正是唐朝來的。」樵子道：「他正要吃你們哩。」行者道：「造化，造化。If you had come from anywhere else it would still be all right, but since you bear the single word 'Tang,' do not even think of getting through — not a chance, not a chance." Xingzhe said, "We are indeed from the Tang dynasty." The woodcutter said, "Then he means precisely to eat you." Xingzhe said, "What good fortune, what good fortune.但不知他怎的樣吃哩？」樵子道：「你要他怎的吃？」行者道：「若是先吃頭，還好耍子；But I wonder just how he goes about eating people?" The woodcutter said, "How would you like him to eat you?" Xingzhe said, "If he eats the head first, that would still be rather fun;若是先吃腳，就難為了。」樵子道：「先吃頭怎麼說？but if he eats the feet first, that would be hard to bear." The woodcutter said, "What do you mean, eating the head first?先吃腳怎麼說？」行者道：「你還不曾經著哩。What do you mean, eating the feet first?" Xingzhe said, "You have never yet gone through it, so you wouldn't know.若是先吃頭，一口將他咬下，我已死了，憑他怎麼煎炒熬煮，我也不知疼痛。If he eats the head first, biting it off in one mouthful, I would already be dead, and however he might fry, roast, stew, or boil me after that, I would feel no pain.若是先吃腳，他啃了孤拐，嚼了腿亭，吃到腰截骨，我還急忙不死，卻不是零零碎碎受苦？But if he eats the feet first, gnawing the ankle bones, chewing the shin, eating up to the waist and spine, and I still don't manage to die quickly — would that not mean suffering it bit by bit, piece by piece?此所以難為也。」樵子道：「和尚，他那裡有這許多工夫，只是把你拿住，綑在籠裡，囫圇蒸吃了。」行者笑道：「這個更好，更好。That is why it would be hard to bear." The woodcutter said, "Monk, he doesn't have that much time to spare — he simply catches you, binds you up in a cage, and steams you whole to eat." Xingzhe laughed and said, "That would be even better, even better.疼倒不忍疼，只是受些悶氣罷了。」樵子道：「和尚不要調嘴。The pain, I could bear well enough not to fear it — it's only that I'd have to endure a bit of stifling misery, that's all." The woodcutter said, "Monk, don't talk glibly.那妖怪隨身有五件寶貝，神通極大極廣。That demon carries five treasures on his person, and his magic powers are vast and far-reaching indeed.就是擎天的玉柱，架海的金梁，若保得唐朝和尚去，也須要發發昏是。」行者道：「發幾個昏麼？」樵子道：「要發三四個昏是。」行者道：「不打緊，不打緊。He is like the very jade pillar that props up heaven, the golden beam that spans the sea — even if you manage to protect the Tang monk on his way, you will still have to faint dead away three or four times, that much is certain." Xingzhe said, "Faint how many times?" The woodcutter said, "You'll need to faint three or four times, surely." Xingzhe said, "No matter, no matter.我們一年，常發七八百個昏兒，這三四個昏兒易得發，發發兒就過去了。」In the course of a year, we commonly faint seven or eight hundred times — these three or four faints are easily managed; we'll just faint them off one after another and be done with it."

那樵子止不住呵呵冷笑道：「你这个风泼和尚，想是在方上云游，学了些书符咒水的法术，只可驱邪缚鬼，还不曾撞见这等狠毒的怪哩。」行者道：「怎见他狠毒？」樵子道：「此山径过有六百里远近，名唤平顶山。山中有一洞，名唤莲花洞。洞里有两个魔头，他画影图形，要捉和尚；抄名访姓，要吃唐僧。你若别处来的还好，但犯了一个『唐』字儿，莫想去得，去得。」行者道：「我们正是唐朝来的。」樵子道：「他正要吃你们哩。」行者道：「造化，造化。但不知他怎的样吃哩？」樵子道：「你要他怎的吃？」行者道：「若是先吃头，还好耍子；若是先吃脚，就难为了。」樵子道：「先吃头怎么说？先吃脚怎么说？」行者道：「你还不曾经著哩。若是先吃头，一口将他咬下，我已死了，凭他怎么煎炒熬煮，我也不知疼痛。若是先吃脚，他啃了孤拐，嚼了腿亭，吃到腰截骨，我还急忙不死，却不是零零碎碎受苦？此所以难为也。」樵子道：「和尚，他那里有这许多工夫，只是把你拿住，捆在笼里，囫囵蒸吃了。」行者笑道：「这个更好，更好。疼倒不忍疼，只是受些闷气罢了。」樵子道：「和尚不要调嘴。那妖怪随身有五件宝贝，神通极大极广。就是擎天的玉柱，架海的金梁，若保得唐朝和尚去，也须要发发昏是。」行者道：「发几个昏么？」樵子道：「要发三四个昏是。」行者道：「不打紧，不打紧。我们一年，常发七八百个昏儿，这三四个昏儿易得发，发发儿就过去了。」

好大聖，全然無懼，一心只是要保唐僧。Splendid Great Sage — utterly without fear, his whole heart set only on protecting Tang Seng.捽脫樵夫，拽步而轉，徑至山坡馬頭前道：「師父，沒甚大事。Breaking away from the woodcutter, he strode back and went straight to the front of the horse on the mountain slope, saying, "Master, there is nothing much the matter.有便有個把妖精兒，只是這裡人膽小，放他在心上。There may indeed be a monster or two here, it's only that the people of this place are timid, and take it too much to heart.有我哩，怕他怎的？With me here, what is there to fear from him?走路，走路。」長老見說，只得放懷隨行。Let us travel on, let us travel on." Hearing this, the elder had no choice but to set his mind at ease and follow along.正行處，早不見了那樵夫。Just as they were traveling on, suddenly the woodcutter was nowhere to be seen.長老道：「那報信的樵子如何就不見了？」八戒道：「我們造化低，撞見日裡鬼了。」行者道：「想是他鑽進林子裡尋柴去了。The elder said, "How is it that the woodcutter who brought us the warning has vanished?" Bajie said, "Our luck is poor — we've run into a daytime ghost." Xingzhe said, "I suppose he went off into the woods to gather firewood.等我看看來。」Let me go and have a look."

好大圣，全然无惧，一心只是要保唐僧。捽脱樵夫，拽步而转，径至山坡马头前道：「师父，没甚大事。有便有个把妖精儿，只是这里人胆小，放他在心上。有我哩，怕他怎的？走路，走路。」长老见说，只得放怀随行。正行处，早不见了那樵夫。长老道：「那报信的樵子如何就不见了？」八戒道：「我们造化低，撞见日里鬼了。」行者道：「想是他钻进林子里寻柴去了。等我看看来。」

好大聖，睜開火眼金睛，漫山越嶺的望處，卻無蹤跡。Splendid Great Sage — opening wide his fiery golden eyes, he scanned across the whole mountain and over every ridge, but there was no trace to be found.忽擡頭往雲端裡一看，看見是日值功曹，他就縱雲趕上，罵了幾聲「毛鬼」，道：「你怎麼有話不來直說，卻那般變化了，演樣老孫？」慌得那功曹施禮道：「大聖，報信來遲，勿罪，勿罪。Suddenly raising his head, he looked up into the clouds and saw it was the Duty God of the Day (Rizhi Gongcao); he at once rode the clouds up to catch him, cursed him a few times as "hairy ghost," and said, "Why is it that when you have something to say you don't come and say it straight out, but instead transform yourself like that to fool old Sun?" Flustered, the Duty God bowed and said, "Great Sage, forgive me for being late in bringing word, forgive me, forgive me.那怪果然神通廣大，變化多端。That demon truly has vast magic powers and countless transformations.只看你騰那乖巧，運動神機，仔細保你師父；You need only rely on your own cleverness and skill, and set your divine wits in motion, to guard your master with the utmost care;假若怠慢了些兒，西天路莫想去得。」for if you should grow the least bit careless, there will be no hope at all of reaching the Western Heaven."

好大圣，睁开火眼金睛，漫山越岭的望处，却无踪迹。忽抬头往云端里一看，看见是日值功曹，他就纵云赶上，骂了几声「毛鬼」，道：「你怎么有话不来直说，却那般变化了，演样老孙？」慌得那功曹施礼道：「大圣，报信来迟，勿罪，勿罪。那怪果然神通广大，变化多端。只看你腾那乖巧，运动神机，仔细保你师父；假若怠慢了些儿，西天路莫想去得。」

行者聞言，把功曹叱退，切切在心，按雲頭，徑來山上。Hearing this, Xingzhe scolded the Duty God away, keeping the warning most earnestly in his heart, and bringing his cloud down, he went straight back up the mountain.只見長老與八戒、沙僧簇擁前進。There he saw the elder, with Bajie and Sha Seng, pressing forward together.他卻暗想：「我若把功曹的言語實實告訴師父，師父他不濟事，必就哭了；He thought to himself in secret: "If I tell my master truthfully every word the Duty God said, my master will be no good at handling it, and will surely burst into tears;假若不與他實說，夢著頭，帶著他走，常言道：『乍入蘆圩，不知深淺。』倘或被妖魔撈去，卻不又要老孫費心？but if I do not tell him the truth, and simply lead him on with his head in a fog, as the saying goes, 'Entering a reed marsh for the first time, one does not know its depth.' If he should be snatched away by the demon, would that not again put old Sun to great trouble?且等我照顧八戒一照顧，先著他出頭與那怪打一仗看。Let me first give Bajie a bit of attention — first send him out ahead to fight a battle with the monster and see how it goes.若是打得過他，就算他一功；If he manages to defeat him, that shall count as one merit to his credit;若是沒手段，被怪拿去，等老孫再去救他不遲，卻好顯我本事出名。」正自家計較，以心問心道：「只恐八戒躲懶，便不肯出頭，師父又有些護短。if he has no skill for it and is captured by the monster, there will still be time enough for old Sun to go and rescue him — and that would serve nicely to make my own abilities known." As he was reckoning thus to himself, weighing it in his own heart, he thought further: "I only fear that Bajie will shirk and be lazy, and refuse to go out ahead, and that the master, besides, tends to favor and shield him.等老孫羈勒他羈勒。」Let old Sun rein him in a bit, then, and hold him to it."

行者闻言，把功曹叱退，切切在心，按云头，径来山上。只见长老与八戒、沙僧簇拥前进。他却暗想：「我若把功曹的言语实实告诉师父，师父他不济事，必就哭了；假若不与他实说，梦著头，带著他走，常言道：『乍入芦圩，不知深浅。』倘或被妖魔捞去，却不又要老孙费心？且等我照顾八戒一照顾，先著他出头与那怪打一仗看。若是打得过他，就算他一功；若是没手段，被怪拿去，等老孙再去救他不迟，却好显我本事出名。」正自家计较，以心问心道：「只恐八戒躲懒，便不肯出头，师父又有些护短。等老孙羁勒他羁勒。」

好大聖，你看他弄個虛頭，把眼揉了一揉，揉出些淚來。Splendid Great Sage — watch him put on a show: he rubbed his eyes and rubbed them again, until he rubbed out a few tears.迎著師父，往前徑走。He went to meet the master, walking straight on ahead.八戒看見，連忙叫：「沙和尚，歇下擔子，拿出行李來，我兩個分了罷。」沙僧道：「二哥，分怎的？」八戒道：「分了罷，你往流沙河還做妖怪，老豬往高老莊上盼盼渾家。When Bajie saw this, he hastily called out, "Sha Monk, set down the carrying-pole, take out the baggage — let the two of us divide it up." Sha Seng said, "Second Elder Brother, divide it for what?" Bajie said, "Let's divide it and be done — you go back to the Flowing Sands River and be a monster again, and old Hog will go back to Gao Lao Village to look in on his wife.把白馬賣了，買口棺木，與師父送老。We'll sell the white horse, buy a coffin, and see the master off to his rest.大家散火，還往西天去哩？」長老在馬上聽見，道：「這個夯貨，正走路，怎麼又胡說了？」八戒道：「你兒子便胡說。Then everyone can scatter and go their own way — who's still going on to the Western Heaven?" The elder, hearing this from atop his horse, said, "You clumsy creature! We're in the middle of the road — why are you talking such nonsense again?" Bajie said, "It's your own son who's talking nonsense.你不看見孫行者那裡哭將來了？Don't you see Sun Xingzhe coming this way crying?他是個鑽天入地，斧砍火燒，下油鍋都不怕的好漢；He is a fine fellow who can bore through the sky and burrow into the earth, who fears neither axe nor fire nor even the boiling oil cauldron;如今戴了個愁帽，淚汪汪的哭來，必是那山險峻，妖怪兇狠。and now here he comes wearing a cap of sorrow, his eyes brimming with tears — this must mean the mountain is steep and dangerous and the monsters are fierce and vicious.似我們這樣軟弱的人兒，怎麼去得？」長老道：「你且休胡談，待我問他一聲，看是怎麼說話。」問道：「悟空，有甚話當面計較，你怎麼自家煩惱？Weak and soft creatures like us — how could we ever get through?" The elder said, "Do not talk such nonsense for now — let me ask him myself and see what he has to say." So he asked, "Wukong, if you have something on your mind, discuss it with me openly — why are you troubling yourself alone like this?這般樣個哭包臉，是虎諕我也？」行者道：「師父啊，剛才那個報信的是日值功曹，他說妖精兇狠，此處難行，果然的山高路峻，不能前進，改日再去罷。」長老聞言，恐惶悚懼，扯住他虎皮裙子道：「徒弟呀，我們三停路已走了停半，因何說退悔之言？」行者道：「我沒個不盡心的，但只恐魔多力弱，行勢孤單。『縱然是塊鐵，下爐能打得幾根釘？』」長老道：「徒弟啊，你也說得是，果然一個人也難。Wearing such a tear-streaked, mournful face — is it that a tiger has frightened me?" Xingzhe said, "Master, the one who just brought word was the Duty God of the Day; he said the monster is fierce and vicious, and this place is hard to pass through — indeed the mountain is high and the road steep, and we cannot go forward. Let us go some other day instead." Hearing this, the elder was thrown into fear and dread, and clutching at his tiger-skin skirt, he said, "Disciple, we have already traveled a stage and a half of our three-stage journey — why do you now speak words of retreat and regret?" Xingzhe said, "It is not that I fail to give my whole heart to it, but I fear there are too many demons and my strength too little, my forces too isolated. 'Even were I a solid block of iron, how many nails could be forged from it at the smithy?'" The elder said, "Disciple, what you say is indeed true — a single man alone would truly find it hard.兵書云：『寡不可敵眾。』我這裡還有八戒、沙僧，都是徒弟，憑你調度使用，或為護將幫手，協力同心，掃清山徑，領我過山，卻不都還了正果？」The Art of War says, 'The few cannot withstand the many.' But I still have Bajie and Sha Seng here, both your fellow disciples — deploy and use them as you see fit, whether as guardian officers or helping hands, joining forces and hearts as one, to clear the mountain path and lead me across the mountain — would that not bring us all at last to the true fruits of enlightenment?"

好大圣，你看他弄个虚头，把眼揉了一揉，揉出些泪来。迎著师父，往前径走。八戒看见，连忙叫：「沙和尚，歇下担子，拿出行李来，我两个分了罢。」沙僧道：「二哥，分怎的？」八戒道：「分了罢，你往流沙河还做妖怪，老猪往高老庄上盼盼浑家。把白马卖了，买口棺木，与师父送老。大家散火，还往西天去哩？」长老在马上听见，道：「这个夯货，正走路，怎么又胡说了？」八戒道：「你儿子便胡说。你不看见孙行者那里哭将来了？他是个钻天入地，斧砍火烧，下油锅都不怕的好汉；如今戴了个愁帽，泪汪汪的哭来，必是那山险峻，妖怪凶狠。似我们这样软弱的人儿，怎么去得？」长老道：「你且休胡谈，待我问他一声，看是怎么说话。」问道：「悟空，有甚话当面计较，你怎么自家烦恼？这般样个哭包脸，是虎諕我也？」行者道：「师父啊，刚才那个报信的是日值功曹，他说妖精凶狠，此处难行，果然的山高路峻，不能前进，改日再去罢。」长老闻言，恐惶悚惧，扯住他虎皮裙子道：「徒弟呀，我们三停路已走了停半，因何说退悔之言？」行者道：「我没个不尽心的，但只恐魔多力弱，行势孤单。『纵然是块铁，下炉能打得几根钉？』」长老道：「徒弟啊，你也说得是，果然一个人也难。兵书云：『寡不可敌众。』我这里还有八戒、沙僧，都是徒弟，凭你调度使用，或为护将帮手，协力同心，扫清山径，领我过山，却不都还了正果？」

那行者這一場扭捏，只逗出長老這幾句話來。All this show of squirming and hedging that Xingzhe put on was simply to draw out these very words from the elder.他搵了淚道：「師父啊，若要過得此山，須是豬八戒依得我兩件事兒，才有三分去得；Wiping away his tears, he said, "Master, if we are to get past this mountain, Bajie must agree to do two things for me, and then there is a thirty-percent chance of getting through;假若不依我言，替不得我手，半分兒也莫想過去。」八戒道：「師兄，不去就散火罷。but if he will not follow my instructions, and cannot take my place in this, there is not even the slightest hope of getting across." Bajie said, "Elder Brother, if we're not going, then let's just break up and be done with it.不要攀我。」長老道：「徒弟，且問你師兄，看他教你做甚麼？」獃子真個對行者說道：「哥哥，你教我做甚事？」行者道：「第一件是看師父，第二件是去巡山。」八戒道：「看師父是坐，巡山去是走。Don't drag me into it." The elder said, "Disciple, first ask your elder brother what it is he wants you to do." The fool then truly said to Xingzhe, "Brother, what is it you want me to do?" Xingzhe said, "The first task is to watch over the master; the second is to go and scout the mountain." Bajie said, "Watching over the master means sitting still, while scouting the mountain means walking about.終不然教我坐一會又走，走一會又坐？Surely you don't mean for me to sit a while and then walk, and walk a while and then sit again?兩處怎麼顧盼得來？」行者道：「不是教你兩件齊幹，只是領了一件便罷。」八戒又笑道：「這等也好計較。How could I possibly attend to both at once?" Xingzhe said, "I'm not asking you to do both together — just take on one of them, that will do." Bajie laughed again and said, "Well, that's a reasonable enough arrangement.但不知看師父是怎樣，巡山是怎樣？But I don't yet know what watching over the master involves, or what scouting the mountain involves.你先與我講講，等我依個相應些兒的去幹罷。」行者道：「看師父啊，師父去出恭，你伺候；Explain them both to me first, and let me pick whichever suits me better to go and do." Xingzhe said, "As for watching over the master: when the master goes to relieve himself, you must attend him;師父要走路，你扶持；when the master wants to travel on, you must support him;師父要吃齋，你化齋。when the master wants to eat a vegetarian meal, you must go beg the food for it.若他餓了些兒，你該打；If he grows the least bit hungry, you are to be beaten;黃了些兒臉皮，你該打；if his face grows the least bit sallow, you are to be beaten;瘦了些兒形骸，你該打。」八戒慌了道：「這個難，難，難。if his body grows the least bit thin, you are to be beaten." Bajie, alarmed, said, "This is hard, hard, hard.伺候扶持，通不打緊；Attending and supporting him — that's not too troublesome;就是不離身馱著，也還容易；even carrying him on my back the whole way would still be manageable enough;假若教我去鄉下化齋，他這西方路上，不識我是取經的和尚，只道是那山裡走出來的一個半壯不壯的健豬，夥上許多人，叉鈀掃帚，把老豬圍倒，拿家去宰了，醃著過年，這個卻不就遭瘟了？」行者道：「巡山去罷。」八戒道：「巡山便怎麼樣兒？」行者道：「就入此山，打聽有多少妖怪，是甚麼山，是甚麼洞，我們好過去。」八戒道：「這個小可，老豬去巡山罷。」那獃子就撒起衣裙，挺著釘鈀，雄糾糾，徑入深山；but if you make me go begging for food out in the countryside — on this road through the West, they won't know I'm a monk fetching scriptures, and will only take me for some half-grown wild boar come out of the mountains, and they'll gather a crowd with pitchforks and brooms, surround old Hog, drag him home, and slaughter him, salting him away for the New Year — wouldn't that be a disaster indeed?" Xingzhe said, "Then go scout the mountain instead." Bajie said, "And what does scouting the mountain involve?" Xingzhe said, "Simply go into this mountain, and find out how many monsters there are, what mountain this truly is, what cave it is, so that we may know how to get past." Bajie said, "That's easy enough — old Hog will go scout the mountain, then." And with that the fool hitched up his robe, hefted his rake, and strode off vigorously, straight into the depths of the mountain;氣昂昂，奔上大路。full of spirit, he hurried off onto the main path.

那行者这一场扭捏，只逗出长老这几句话来。他揾了泪道：「师父啊，若要过得此山，须是猪八戒依得我两件事儿，才有三分去得；假若不依我言，替不得我手，半分儿也莫想过去。」八戒道：「师兄，不去就散火罢。不要攀我。」长老道：「徒弟，且问你师兄，看他教你做甚么？」呆子真个对行者说道：「哥哥，你教我做甚事？」行者道：「第一件是看师父，第二件是去巡山。」八戒道：「看师父是坐，巡山去是走。终不然教我坐一会又走，走一会又坐？两处怎么顾盼得来？」行者道：「不是教你两件齐干，只是领了一件便罢。」八戒又笑道：「这等也好计较。但不知看师父是怎样，巡山是怎样？你先与我讲讲，等我依个相应些儿的去干罢。」行者道：「看师父啊，师父去出恭，你伺候；师父要走路，你扶持；师父要吃斋，你化斋。若他饿了些儿，你该打；黄了些儿脸皮，你该打；瘦了些儿形骸，你该打。」八戒慌了道：「这个难，难，难。伺候扶持，通不打紧；就是不离身驮著，也还容易；假若教我去乡下化斋，他这西方路上，不识我是取经的和尚，只道是那山里走出来的一个半壮不壮的健猪，伙上许多人，叉钯扫帚，把老猪围倒，拿家去宰了，腌著过年，这个却不就遭瘟了？」行者道：「巡山去罢。」八戒道：「巡山便怎么样儿？」行者道：「就入此山，打听有多少妖怪，是甚么山，是甚么洞，我们好过去。」八戒道：「这个小可，老猪去巡山罢。」那呆子就撒起衣裙，挺著钉钯，雄纠纠，径入深山；气昂昂，奔上大路。

行者在傍，忍不住嘻嘻冷笑。Xingzhe, standing by, could not help but snicker coldly to himself.長老罵道：「你這個潑猴！The elder scolded him, saying, "You reckless ape!兄弟們全無愛憐之意，常懷嫉妒之心。Among brothers you show not the least fellow feeling, but constantly harbor thoughts of envy and jealousy.你做出這樣獐智，巧言令色，撮弄他去甚麼巡山，卻又在這裡笑他。」行者道：「不是笑他，我這笑中有味。You cook up such crafty schemes, with clever words and a fawning face, to trick him into going off to scout the mountain, and now here you are laughing at him besides." Xingzhe said, "I'm not laughing at him — there's a meaning behind this laugh of mine.你看豬八戒這一去，決不巡山，也不敢見妖怪，不知往那裡去躲閃半會，捏出個謊來，哄我們也。」長老道：「你怎麼就曉得他？」行者道：「我估出他是這等，不信，等我跟他去看看，聽他一聽：一則幫副他手段降妖，二來看他可有個誠心拜佛？」長老道：「好，好，好，你卻莫去捉弄他。」行者應諾了，徑直趕上山坡，搖身一變，變作個蟭蟟蟲兒。Watch — this trip of Zhu Bajie's, he will certainly not scout the mountain at all, nor will he dare face any monster; instead he'll go hide himself away somewhere for a good while, then make up some lie to fool us with." The elder said, "How could you possibly know that about him?" Xingzhe said, "I've reckoned that this is just how he'll act — if you don't believe it, let me follow him and see for myself, and listen in on him: first, to lend a hand with my own skill in subduing demons, and second, to see whether he truly has a sincere heart set on worshipping the Buddha." The elder said, "Good, good, good — but mind you don't play tricks on him and make a fool of him." Xingzhe agreed, and went straight up the mountain slope after him, and with a shake of his body transformed himself into a tiny gnat.其實變得輕巧，但見他：Indeed he had transformed himself most deftly and lightly — behold him:

行者在傍，忍不住嘻嘻冷笑。长老骂道：「你这个泼猴！兄弟们全无爱怜之意，常怀嫉妒之心。你做出这样獐智，巧言令色，撮弄他去甚么巡山，却又在这里笑他。」行者道：「不是笑他，我这笑中有味。你看猪八戒这一去，决不巡山，也不敢见妖怪，不知往那里去躲闪半会，捏出个谎来，哄我们也。」长老道：「你怎么就晓得他？」行者道：「我估出他是这等，不信，等我跟他去看看，听他一听：一则帮副他手段降妖，二来看他可有个诚心拜佛？」长老道：「好，好，好，你却莫去捉弄他。」行者应诺了，径直赶上山坡，摇身一变，变作个蟭蟟虫儿。其实变得轻巧，但见他：

嚶的一翅飛將去，趕上八戒，釘在他耳朵後面鬃根底下。With a soft buzzing beat of his wings he flew off, caught up with Bajie, and settled down behind his ear, right at the roots of his bristly hair.那獃子只管走路，怎知道身上有人。The fool simply kept on walking, with no idea at all that someone was riding upon him.行有七八里路，把釘鈀撇下，吊轉頭來，望著唐僧，指手畫腳的罵道：「你罷軟的老和尚，捉掐的弼馬溫，面弱的沙和尚，他都在那裡自在，捉弄我老豬來蹡路。After going some seven or eight li, he tossed aside his rake, turned his head back toward Tang Seng, and pointing and gesturing, cursed him, "You soft-hearted old monk, you pestering Bimawen, you weak-faced Sha Monk — you're all off there taking your ease, while you trick old Hog here into trudging this road.大家取經，都要望成正果，偏是教我來巡甚麼山。We're all supposedly fetching scriptures, all hoping to attain the true fruits of enlightenment, and yet it's me alone you send off to scout some mountain or other.哈哈哈，曉得有妖怪，躲著些兒走，還不夠一半，卻教我去尋他，這等晦氣哩。Ha ha ha — knowing there are monsters about, staying clear and walking around them wouldn't even be half the trouble, and yet you make me go and seek them out instead — what rotten luck this is.我往那裡睡覺去，睡一覺回去，含含糊糊的答應他，只說是巡了山，就了其帳也。」那獃子一時間僥幸，搴著鈀，又走，只見山凹裡一彎紅草坡。Let me go off somewhere and sleep a while — sleep one good sleep, then go back and mumble some vague answer to him, just claiming I've scouted the mountain, and that'll settle the account." The fool, feeling pleased with himself for the moment, shouldered his rake and walked on again, and soon saw a curving slope of red grass in a mountain hollow.他一頭鑽得進去，使釘鈀撲個地鋪，轂轆的睡下，把腰伸了一伸，道聲：「快活。He plunged straight in, and using his rake to smooth out a bed on the ground, flopped down and lay there rolling about, stretching his waist out, and said aloud, "How delightful.就是那弼馬溫，也不得像我這般自在。」Even that Bimawen himself couldn't be as free and easy as I am now."

嘤的一翅飞将去，赶上八戒，钉在他耳朵后面鬃根底下。那呆子只管走路，怎知道身上有人。行有七八里路，把钉钯撇下，吊转头来，望著唐僧，指手画脚的骂道：「你罢软的老和尚，捉掐的弼马温，面弱的沙和尚，他都在那里自在，捉弄我老猪来蹡路。大家取经，都要望成正果，偏是教我来巡甚么山。哈哈哈，晓得有妖怪，躲著些儿走，还不够一半，却教我去寻他，这等晦气哩。我往那里睡觉去，睡一觉回去，含含糊糊的答应他，只说是巡了山，就了其帐也。」那呆子一时间侥幸，搴著钯，又走，只见山凹里一弯红草坡。他一头钻得进去，使钉钯扑个地铺，毂辘的睡下，把腰伸了一伸，道声：「快活。就是那弼马温，也不得像我这般自在。」

原來行者在他耳根後，句句兒聽著哩，忍不住飛將起來，又琢弄他一琢弄。As it happened, Xingzhe, behind his ear, had been listening to every single word, and unable to hold back, he flew up and gave him another bit of teasing.又搖身一變，變作個啄木蟲兒。Once more he shook himself and transformed into a woodpecker.但見：Behold:

原来行者在他耳根后，句句儿听著哩，忍不住飞将起来，又琢弄他一琢弄。又摇身一变，变作个啄木虫儿。但见：

這蟲鷖不大不小的，上秤稱，只有二三兩重。This little bird was neither large nor small — set upon a scale, it would weigh only two or three ounces.紅銅嘴，黑鐵腳。Its beak was of red copper, its feet of black iron.刷剌的一翅飛下來。With a swift, rustling beat of its wings, it swooped down.那八戒丟倒頭，正睡著哩，被他照嘴唇上扢揸的一下。That Bajie had flopped down and was sound asleep, when he was struck a sharp rap right on the lips.

这虫鹥不大不小的，上秤称，只有二三两重。红铜嘴，黑铁脚。刷剌的一翅飞下来。那八戒丢倒头，正睡著哩，被他照嘴唇上扢揸的一下。

那獃子慌得爬將起來，口裡亂嚷道：「有妖怪，有妖怪，把我戳了一槍去了，嘴上好不疼呀。」伸手摸摸，泱出血來了。The idiot scrambled up in a panic, bawling wildly, "There's a monster, there's a monster, it's jabbed me with a spear, my mouth hurts terribly!" He reached up to feel it, and blood oozed out.他道：「蹭蹬啊，我又沒甚喜事，怎麼嘴上掛了紅耶？」他看著這血手，口裡絮絮叨叨的兩邊亂看，卻不見動靜。He said, "Blast it, I've got no reason to celebrate, so why should my mouth be hung with red?" Staring at his bloodied hand, muttering on and on, he looked all around, but saw no sign of anything stirring.道：「無甚妖怪，怎麼戳我一槍麼？」忽擡頭往上看時，原來是個啄木蟲，在半空中飛哩。He said, "There's no monster here—then how did I get jabbed with a spear?" Suddenly he looked up, and it turned out to be a woodpecker, flying about in midair.獃子咬牙罵道：「這個亡人，弼馬溫欺負我罷了，你也來欺負我。The idiot ground his teeth and cursed, "That damned creature—it's bad enough that the Bimawen bullies me, and now you come to bully me too.我曉得了。Now I understand.他一定不認我是個人，只把我嘴當一段黑朽枯爛的樹，內中生了蟲，尋蟲兒吃的，將我啄了這一下也。He must not have recognized me as a person at all, but taken my mouth for a rotten, decayed black stump of wood, thinking there were bugs inside it, and pecked at me looking for grubs to eat.等我把嘴揣在懷裡睡罷。」那獃子轂轆的依然睡倒。Let me tuck my mouth into my chest and sleep." And the idiot rolled himself over and lay down to sleep again.行者又飛來，著耳根後又啄了一下。Xingzhe flew over again, and pecked him once more behind the ear.獃子慌得爬起來道：「這個亡人，卻打攪得我狠。The idiot scrambled up in alarm and said, "That damned creature, it's really pestering me something awful.想必這裡是他的窠巢，生蛋佈雛，怕我占了，故此這般打攪。This must be its nest, where it lays eggs and raises its brood, and it's afraid I'll take over the spot, so it keeps pestering me like this.罷罷罷，不睡他了。」搴著鈀，徑出紅草坡，找路又走。Enough, enough, I won't sleep here anymore." He hoisted his rake and headed straight out of the Red Grass Slope, finding the path and walking on again.可不喜壞了孫行者，笑倒個美猴王。This delighted Sun Xingzhe no end, and made the Handsome Monkey King laugh himself sideways.行者道：「這夯貨大睜著兩個眼，連自家人也認不得。」Xingzhe said, "This lump of a creature, with both eyes wide open, can't even recognize one of his own."

那呆子慌得爬将起来，口里乱嚷道：「有妖怪，有妖怪，把我戳了一枪去了，嘴上好不疼呀。」伸手摸摸，泱出血来了。他道：「蹭蹬啊，我又没甚喜事，怎么嘴上挂了红耶？」他看著这血手，口里絮絮叨叨的两边乱看，却不见动静。道：「无甚妖怪，怎么戳我一枪么？」忽抬头往上看时，原来是个啄木虫，在半空中飞哩。呆子咬牙骂道：「这个亡人，弼马温欺负我罢了，你也来欺负我。我晓得了。他一定不认我是个人，只把我嘴当一段黑朽枯烂的树，内中生了虫，寻虫儿吃的，将我啄了这一下也。等我把嘴揣在怀里睡罢。」那呆子毂辘的依然睡倒。行者又飞来，著耳根后又啄了一下。呆子慌得爬起来道：「这个亡人，却打搅得我狠。想必这里是他的窠巢，生蛋布雏，怕我占了，故此这般打搅。罢罢罢，不睡他了。」搴著钯，径出红草坡，找路又走。可不喜坏了孙行者，笑倒个美猴王。行者道：「这夯货大睁著两个眼，连自家人也认不得。」

好大聖，搖身又一變，還變做個蟭蟟蟲，釘在他耳朵後面，不離他身上。The Great Sage, splendid as ever, shook himself and transformed again, turning himself into a tiny gnat, and stuck himself right behind Bajie's ear, never leaving his body.那獃子入深山，又行有四五里，只見山凹中有桌面大的四四方方三塊青石頭。That idiot went deeper into the mountains, and after another four or five li, he saw in a hollow of the mountain three square blue stones, each the size of a tabletop.獃子放下鈀，對石頭唱個大喏。The idiot set down his rake and made a deep bow to the stones.行者暗笑道：「這獃子，石頭又不是人，又不會說話，又不會還禮的，唱他喏怎的，可不是個瞎帳？」原來那獃子把石頭當著唐僧、沙僧、行者三人，朝著他演習哩。Xingzhe laughed to himself, "This idiot—a stone isn't a person, it can't talk, and it can't return a bow, so why bow to it? Isn't that a pointless act?" It turned out the idiot was treating the stones as Tang Seng, Sha Seng, and Xingzhe, the three of them, and rehearsing before them.他道：「我這回去，見了師父，若問有妖怪，就說有妖怪。He said, "When I go back this time and see Master, if he asks whether there are monsters, I'll just say there are monsters.他問甚麼山，我若說是泥捏的、土做的、錫打的、銅鑄的、麵蒸的、紙糊的、筆畫的，他們見說我獃哩，若講這話，一發說獃了。If he asks what kind of mountain it is, well, if I say it's kneaded from mud, made of earth, cast in tin, forged in bronze, steamed from dough, pasted from paper, or drawn with a brush, they'll say I'm being an idiot about it—if I talk like that, it'll only prove me a bigger fool.我只說是石頭山。I'll just say it's a mountain of stone.他問甚麼洞，也只說是石頭洞。If he asks what kind of cave, I'll just say it's a cave of stone too.他問甚麼門，卻說是釘釘的鐵葉門。If he asks what kind of gate, I'll say it's an iron-plated gate studded with nails.他問裡邊有多遠，只說入內有三層。If he asks how far in it goes, I'll just say it's three levels deep inside.十分再搜尋，問門上釘子多少，只說老豬心忙記不真。If he presses further and asks how many nails are on the gate, I'll just say old Zhu was in too much of a hurry to note it exactly.此間編造停當，哄那弼馬溫去。」那獃子捏合了，拖著鈀，徑回本路。Once I've got this story worked out properly, that'll fool the Bimawen." The idiot, having settled it all in his mind, dragged his rake and headed straight back along the road.

好大圣，摇身又一变，还变做个蟭蟟虫，钉在他耳朵后面，不离他身上。那呆子入深山，又行有四五里，只见山凹中有桌面大的四四方方三块青石头。呆子放下钯，对石头唱个大喏。行者暗笑道：「这呆子，石头又不是人，又不会说话，又不会还礼的，唱他喏怎的，可不是个瞎帐？」原来那呆子把石头当著唐僧、沙僧、行者三人，朝著他演习哩。他道：「我这回去，见了师父，若问有妖怪，就说有妖怪。他问甚么山，我若说是泥捏的、土做的、锡打的、铜铸的、面蒸的、纸糊的、笔画的，他们见说我呆哩，若讲这话，一发说呆了。我只说是石头山。他问甚么洞，也只说是石头洞。他问甚么门，却说是钉钉的铁叶门。他问里边有多远，只说入内有三层。十分再搜寻，问门上钉子多少，只说老猪心忙记不真。此间编造停当，哄那弼马温去。」那呆子捏合了，拖著钯，径回本路。

怎知行者在耳朵後，一一聽得明白。Little did he know that Xingzhe, behind his ear, heard every single word clearly.行者見他回來，即騰兩翅預先回去，現原身，見了師父。When Xingzhe saw him coming back, he at once spread his two wings and flew back ahead of him, resumed his true form, and went to see Master.師父道：「悟空，你來了，悟能怎不見回？」行者笑道：「他在那裡編謊哩，就待來也。」長老道：「他兩個耳朵蓋著眼，愚拙之人也，他會編甚麼謊？Master said, "Wukong, you're back—why hasn't Wuneng returned yet?" Xingzhe said with a laugh, "He's off making up lies somewhere, he'll be along soon." The elder said, "His two ears cover his eyes, he's a simple, clumsy fellow—what lies could he possibly make up?又是你捏合甚麼鬼話賴他哩。」行者道：「師父，你只是這等護短。You must be inventing some devilish talk to slander him again." Xingzhe said, "Master, you're just too quick to shield his faults.這是有對問的話。」把他那鑽在草裡睡覺，被啄木蟲叮醒，朝石頭唱喏，編造甚麼石頭山、石頭洞、鐵葉門、有妖精的話，預先說了。This is something that can be checked and cross-examined." And he told beforehand how Bajie had burrowed into the grass to sleep, been pecked awake by a woodpecker, bowed to the stones, and made up that whole story about the stone mountain, stone cave, iron-plated gate, and the tale of monsters.

怎知行者在耳朵后，一一听得明白。行者见他回来，即腾两翅预先回去，现原身，见了师父。师父道：「悟空，你来了，悟能怎不见回？」行者笑道：「他在那里编谎哩，就待来也。」长老道：「他两个耳朵盖著眼，愚拙之人也，他会编甚么谎？又是你捏合甚么鬼话赖他哩。」行者道：「师父，你只是这等护短。这是有对问的话。」把他那钻在草里睡觉，被啄木虫叮醒，朝石头唱喏，编造甚么石头山、石头洞、铁叶门、有妖精的话，预先说了。

說畢，不多時，那獃子走將來。When he had finished speaking, before long, the idiot came walking up.又怕忘了那謊，低著頭，口裡溫習。Afraid he might forget his lie, he walked with his head down, rehearsing it under his breath.被行者喝了一聲道：「獃子，念甚麼哩？」八戒掀起耳朵來看看道：「我到了地頭了？」那獃子上前跪倒。Xingzhe gave a shout, "Idiot, what are you muttering about?" Bajie lifted his ears to look and said, "Have I reached the spot already?" The idiot then went forward and knelt down.長老攙起道：「徒弟，辛苦啊。」八戒道：「正是。The elder helped him up, saying, "Disciple, you've had a hard time of it." Bajie said, "Indeed I have.走路的人，爬山的人，第一辛苦了。」長老道：「可有妖怪麼？」八戒道：「有妖怪，有妖怪，一堆妖怪哩！」長老道：「怎麼打發你來？」八戒說：「他叫我做豬祖宗、豬外公，安排些粉湯素食，教我吃了一頓，說道擺旗鼓送我們過山哩。」行者道：「想是在草裡睡著了，說得是夢話。」獃子聞言，就嚇得矮了二寸道：「爺爺呀！Of all people, one who walks the roads and climbs the mountains suffers the most hardship." The elder said, "Were there any monsters?" Bajie said, "There were monsters, there were monsters, a whole crowd of them!" The elder said, "How did they let you go, then?" Bajie said, "They called me Grandfather Pig, Uncle Pig, laid out some noodle soup and vegetarian food, had me eat a full meal, and said they'd set out flags and drums to see us across the mountain." Xingzhe said, "He must have fallen asleep in the grass, and this is just sleep-talk." Hearing this, the idiot shrank two inches in fright and said, "Good grief!我睡他怎麼曉得？」行者上前，一把揪住道：「你過來，等我問你。」獃子又慌了，戰戰兢兢的道：「問便罷了，揪扯怎的？」行者道：「是甚麼山？」八戒道：「是石頭山。」「甚麼洞？」道：「是石頭洞。」「甚麼門？」道：「是釘釘鐵葉門。」「裡邊有多遠？」道：「入內是三層。」行者道：「你不消說了，後半截我記得真，恐師父不信，我替你說了罷。」八戒道：「嘴臉，你又不曾去，你曉得那些兒，要替我說？」行者笑道：「『門上釘子有多少，只說老豬心忙記不真。』可是麼？」那獃子即慌忙跪倒。How could he know I was asleep?" Xingzhe stepped forward, grabbed him by the collar, and said, "Come here, let me question you." The idiot panicked again, trembling all over, and said, "If you want to question me, fine, but why grab and pull at me?" Xingzhe said, "What kind of mountain was it?" Bajie said, "A mountain of stone." "What kind of cave?" He said, "A cave of stone." "What kind of gate?" He said, "An iron-plated gate studded with nails." "How far in does it go?" He said, "Three levels deep inside." Xingzhe said, "You needn't say any more—I remember the second half quite clearly myself; in case Master doesn't believe it, let me say it for you." Bajie said, "What cheek! You never even went there, what do you know about it, that you'd say it for me?" Xingzhe laughed and said, "'As for how many nails are on the gate, just say old Zhu was in too much of a hurry to note it exactly.' Isn't that right?" The idiot at once panicked and fell to his knees.行者道：「朝著石頭唱喏，當做我三人，對他一問一答，可是麼？Xingzhe said, "You bowed to the stones, treating them as the three of us, and went through a question-and-answer with them—isn't that right?又說：『等我編得謊兒停當，哄那弼馬溫去。』可是麼？」那獃子連忙只是磕頭道：「師兄，我去巡山，你莫成跟我去聽的？」And you also said, 'Once I've got the lie worked out properly, that'll fool the Bimawen.' Isn't that right?" The idiot hurriedly did nothing but kowtow, saying, "Elder Brother, when I went to scout the mountain, did you actually follow me and listen in?"

说毕，不多时，那呆子走将来。又怕忘了那谎，低著头，口里温习。被行者喝了一声道：「呆子，念甚么哩？」八戒掀起耳朵来看看道：「我到了地头了？」那呆子上前跪倒。长老搀起道：「徒弟，辛苦啊。」八戒道：「正是。走路的人，爬山的人，第一辛苦了。」长老道：「可有妖怪么？」八戒道：「有妖怪，有妖怪，一堆妖怪哩！」长老道：「怎么打发你来？」八戒说：「他叫我做猪祖宗、猪外公，安排些粉汤素食，教我吃了一顿，说道摆旗鼓送我们过山哩。」行者道：「想是在草里睡著了，说得是梦话。」呆子闻言，就吓得矮了二寸道：「爷爷呀！我睡他怎么晓得？」行者上前，一把揪住道：「你过来，等我问你。」呆子又慌了，战战兢兢的道：「问便罢了，揪扯怎的？」行者道：「是甚么山？」八戒道：「是石头山。」「甚么洞？」道：「是石头洞。」「甚么门？」道：「是钉钉铁叶门。」「里边有多远？」道：「入内是三层。」行者道：「你不消说了，后半截我记得真，恐师父不信，我替你说了罢。」八戒道：「嘴脸，你又不曾去，你晓得那些儿，要替我说？」行者笑道：「『门上钉子有多少，只说老猪心忙记不真。』可是么？」那呆子即慌忙跪倒。行者道：「朝著石头唱喏，当做我三人，对他一问一答，可是么？又说：『等我编得谎儿停当，哄那弼马温去。』可是么？」那呆子连忙只是磕头道：「师兄，我去巡山，你莫成跟我去听的？」

行者罵道：「我把你個囊糠的夯貨！Xingzhe scolded, "You husk-brained lump of a creature!這般要緊的所在，教你去巡山，你卻去睡覺。At such a critical spot, sent to scout the mountain, and instead you went off to sleep.不是啄木蟲叮你醒來，你還在那裡睡哩。If the woodpecker hadn't pecked you awake, you'd still be lying there asleep.及叮醒，又編這樣大謊，可不誤了大事？And once pecked awake, you went and made up such a whopping lie—wouldn't that have ruined our whole undertaking?你快伸過孤拐來，打五棍記心。」八戒慌了道：「那個哭喪棒重，擦一擦兒皮塌，挽一挽兒筋傷；Quick, stick out your shins, and take five strokes of the cudgel to fix it in your memory." Bajie panicked and said, "That mourning-staff is heavy—just a graze and the skin splits, just a light touch and the sinews are hurt;若打五下，就是死了。」行者道：「你怕打，卻怎麼扯謊？」八戒道：「哥哥呀，只是這一遭兒，以後再不敢了。」行者道：「一遭便打三棍。」八戒道：「爺爺呀！if you hit me five times, that would be the death of me." Xingzhe said, "You're afraid of being beaten, yet you go and tell lies anyway?" Bajie said, "Brother, it was only this once, I'll never dare do it again." Xingzhe said, "One offense earns three strokes." Bajie said, "Good grief!半棍兒也禁不得。」獃子沒計奈何，扯住師父道：「你替我說個方便兒。」長老道：「悟空說你編謊，我還不信，今果如此，其實該打。I can't even bear half a stroke." With no other recourse, the idiot pulled at Master and said, "Put in a good word for me." The elder said, "Wukong said you were making up lies, and I didn't believe it—but now, sure enough, it's true, and you really deserve a beating.但如今過山少人使喚，悟空，你且饒他，待過了山。But right now, crossing this mountain, we're short of hands to send on errands. Wukong, spare him for now, and wait until we're across the mountain.再打罷。」行者道：「古人云：『順父母言情，呼為大孝。』師父說不打，我就且饒你。Then you may beat him." Xingzhe said, "The ancients said, 'To obey one's parents' wishes out of affection is called great filial piety.' Since Master says not to beat you, I'll spare you for now.你再去與他巡山，若再說謊誤事，我定一下也不饒你。」But go scout the mountain for him again, and if you tell lies once more and ruin things, I certainly won't spare you the next time."

行者骂道：「我把你个囊糠的夯货！这般要紧的所在，教你去巡山，你却去睡觉。不是啄木虫叮你醒来，你还在那里睡哩。及叮醒，又编这样大谎，可不误了大事？你快伸过孤拐来，打五棍记心。」八戒慌了道：「那个哭丧棒重，擦一擦儿皮塌，挽一挽儿筋伤；若打五下，就是死了。」行者道：「你怕打，却怎么扯谎？」八戒道：「哥哥呀，只是这一遭儿，以后再不敢了。」行者道：「一遭便打三棍。」八戒道：「爷爷呀！半棍儿也禁不得。」呆子没计奈何，扯住师父道：「你替我说个方便儿。」长老道：「悟空说你编谎，我还不信，今果如此，其实该打。但如今过山少人使唤，悟空，你且饶他，待过了山。再打罢。」行者道：「古人云：『顺父母言情，呼为大孝。』师父说不打，我就且饶你。你再去与他巡山，若再说谎误事，我定一下也不饶你。」

那獃子只得爬起來又去。The idiot had no choice but to scramble up and set off again.你看他奔上大路，疑心生暗鬼，步步只疑是行者變化了跟住他，故見一物，即疑是行者。Watch him now, hurrying onto the main road—suspicion breeds phantoms in the dark, and with every step he suspected Xingzhe had transformed himself and was following close behind, so that whatever he saw, he at once suspected it was Xingzhe.走有七八里，見一隻老虎從山坡上跑過，他也不怕，舉著釘鈀道：「師兄來聽說謊的？After walking some seven or eight li, he saw a tiger dash across the mountain slope; he wasn't even afraid, but raised his rake and said, "Elder Brother, come to listen for my lies, have you?這遭不編了。」又走處，那山風來得甚猛，呼的一聲，把顆枯木刮倒，滾至面前，他又跌腳搥胸的道：「哥啊，這是怎的起？This time I won't make any up." Walking on further, the mountain wind came on fiercely, and with a whoosh it blew down a withered tree, which came rolling right up to him, and he stamped his feet and beat his chest, saying, "Brother, ah, what's the meaning of this?一行說不敢編謊罷了，又變甚麼樹來打人？」又走向前，只見一個白頸老鴉，當頭喳喳的連叫幾聲，他又道：「哥哥，不羞，不羞。I've already said I won't dare make up lies, so why turn into a tree to come and hit me?" Walking on further still, he saw a white-necked crow, right overhead, cawing several times in a row, and he said again, "Brother, for shame, for shame.我說不編就不編了，只管又變著老鴉怎的？I said I wouldn't make things up, and I won't—why do you keep turning into a crow like this?你來聽麼？」原來這一番行者卻不曾跟他去，他那裡卻自驚自怪，亂疑亂猜，故無往而不疑是行者隨他身也。Have you come to listen in on me?" As it happened, this time Xingzhe had not actually followed him at all; it was Bajie himself, startled and suspicious, wildly imagining and guessing on his own, so that no matter where he went he suspected Xingzhe was tailing him.獃子驚疑且不題。We'll leave the idiot to his alarm and suspicion for now, and say no more of that.

那呆子只得爬起来又去。你看他奔上大路，疑心生暗鬼，步步只疑是行者变化了跟住他，故见一物，即疑是行者。走有七八里，见一只老虎从山坡上跑过，他也不怕，举著钉钯道：「师兄来听说谎的？这遭不编了。」又走处，那山风来得甚猛，呼的一声，把颗枯木刮倒，滚至面前，他又跌脚搥胸的道：「哥啊，这是怎的起？一行说不敢编谎罢了，又变甚么树来打人？」又走向前，只见一个白颈老鸦，当头喳喳的连叫几声，他又道：「哥哥，不羞，不羞。我说不编就不编了，只管又变著老鸦怎的？你来听么？」原来这一番行者却不曾跟他去，他那里却自惊自怪，乱疑乱猜，故无往而不疑是行者随他身也。呆子惊疑且不题。

卻說那山叫做平頂山，那洞叫做蓮花洞。Let us tell instead of that mountain, called Pingding Shan, Level-Top Mountain, and that cave, called Lianhua Dong, Lotus Cave.洞裡兩妖：一喚金角大王，一喚銀角大王。In the cave there were two demons: one called Great King Jinjiao, Golden Horn, the other called Great King Yinjiao, Silver Horn.金角正坐，對銀角說：「兄弟，我們多少時不巡山了？」銀角道：「有半個月了。」金角道：「兄弟，你今日與我去巡巡。」銀角道：「今日巡山怎的？」金角道：「你不知。Jinjiao was sitting there, and said to Yinjiao, "Brother, how long has it been since we last scouted the mountain?" Yinjiao said, "It's been half a month." Jinjiao said, "Brother, today go out and scout it for me." Yinjiao said, "Why scout the mountain today?" Jinjiao said, "You don't know.近聞得東土唐朝差個御弟唐僧往西方拜佛，一行四眾，叫做孫行者、豬八戒、沙和尚，連馬五口。I've recently heard that from the Tang court in the Eastern Land, a royal brother-monk named Tang Seng has been sent west to worship Buddha, a party of four altogether, called Sun Xingzhe, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sha, along with a horse, five in all.你看他在那處，與我把他拿來。」銀角道：「我們要吃人，那裡不撈幾個。Watch out for wherever they may be, and seize him and bring him to me." Yinjiao said, "If we want to eat people, there's no shortage to be had anywhere.這和尚到得那裡，讓他去罷。」金角道：「你不曉得。When this monk gets there, just let him go on his way." Jinjiao said, "You don't understand.我當年出天界，嘗聞得人言：唐僧乃金蟬長老臨凡，十世修行的好人，一點元陽未泄，有人吃他肉，延壽長生哩。」銀角道：「若是吃了他肉就可以延壽長生，我們打甚麼坐，立甚麼功，煉甚麼龍與虎，配甚麼雌與雄？In the years when I left the Heavenly realm, I once heard it said among men: Tang Seng is the Elder Golden Cicada come down to the mortal world, a good man who has cultivated through ten lifetimes, his primal yang never once spent, and whoever eats his flesh will gain long life and eternal youth." Yinjiao said, "If eating his flesh alone can grant long life and eternal youth, then why should we sit in meditation, build up merit, refine the dragon and tiger, or pair the female and male?只該吃他去了。We should simply go eat him and be done with it.等我去拿他來。」金角道：「兄弟，你有些性急，且莫忙著。Let me go and capture him." Jinjiao said, "Brother, you're a bit hot-tempered, don't rush into it.你若走出門，不管好歹，但是和尚就拿將來，假如不是唐僧，卻也不當人子。If you go out the gate and, without telling good from bad, seize any monk you come across, and it turns out not to be Tang Seng, that would hardly do either.我記得他的模樣，曾將他師徒畫了一個影，圖了一個形。I remember what he looks like—I once had his likeness, and that of his disciples, painted, their forms captured on a scroll.你可拿去，但遇著和尚，以此照驗照驗。」又將某人是某名字，一一說了。Take it with you, and whenever you come across a monk, use it to check and verify." And one by one he told him the names of each person.銀角得了圖像，知道姓名，即出洞，點起三十名小怪，便來山上巡邏。Once Yinjiao had the portrait and knew the names, he left the cave at once, mustered thirty junior demons, and went up the mountain to patrol.

却说那山叫做平顶山，那洞叫做莲花洞。洞里两妖：一唤金角大王，一唤银角大王。金角正坐，对银角说：「兄弟，我们多少时不巡山了？」银角道：「有半个月了。」金角道：「兄弟，你今日与我去巡巡。」银角道：「今日巡山怎的？」金角道：「你不知。近闻得东土唐朝差个御弟唐僧往西方拜佛，一行四众，叫做孙行者、猪八戒、沙和尚，连马五口。你看他在那处，与我把他拿来。」银角道：「我们要吃人，那里不捞几个。这和尚到得那里，让他去罢。」金角道：「你不晓得。我当年出天界，尝闻得人言：唐僧乃金蝉长老临凡，十世修行的好人，一点元阳未泄，有人吃他肉，延寿长生哩。」银角道：「若是吃了他肉就可以延寿长生，我们打甚么坐，立甚么功，炼甚么龙与虎，配甚么雌与雄？只该吃他去了。等我去拿他来。」金角道：「兄弟，你有些性急，且莫忙著。你若走出门，不管好歹，但是和尚就拿将来，假如不是唐僧，却也不当人子。我记得他的模样，曾将他师徒画了一个影，图了一个形。你可拿去，但遇著和尚，以此照验照验。」又将某人是某名字，一一说了。银角得了图像，知道姓名，即出洞，点起三十名小怪，便来山上巡逻。

卻說八戒運拙，正行處，可可的撞見群魔，當面擋住道：「那來的甚麼人？」獃子才擡起頭來，掀著耳朵，看見是些妖魔，他就慌了，心中暗道：「我若說是取經的和尚，他就撈了去。」只是說走路的。Now to tell of Bajie—his luck was out; just as he was walking along, he ran smack into the band of demons, who blocked his way head-on and said, "Who goes there?" The idiot only then lifted his head, raised his ears to look, and saw they were demons; he panicked, and thought to himself, "If I say I'm a monk fetching scriptures, they'll haul me off." So he only said he was a traveler passing through.小妖回報道：「大王，是走路的。」那三十名小怪，中間有認得的，有不認得的。A junior demon reported back, "Great King, he's just a traveler." Among those thirty junior demons, some recognized him and some did not.傍邊有聽著指點說話的道：「大王，這個和尚，像這圖中豬八戒模樣。」叫掛起影神圖來。One standing off to the side, who had heard the earlier instructions, said, "Great King, this monk looks like the Zhu Bajie in this portrait." And he called for the portrait of likenesses to be hung up.八戒看見，大驚道：「怪道這些時沒精神哩，原來是他把我的影神傳將來也。」小妖用槍挑著，銀角用手指道：「這騎白馬的是唐僧，這毛臉的是孫行者。……」八戒聽見道：「城隍，沒我便也罷了，豬頭三牲，清醮二十四分。」口裡嘮叨，只管許願。When Bajie saw it, he was greatly alarmed and said, "No wonder I've been out of sorts lately—so it's because he'd sent my likeness and spirit on ahead here!" A junior demon held it up on a spear-point, and Yinjiao pointed and said, "The one riding the white horse is Tang Seng, the hairy-faced one is Sun Xingzhe..." Hearing this, Bajie said, "City God, even if you leave me out, that's fine—a pig's head as offering, and twenty-four rounds of vegetarian rites for you." He kept muttering under his breath, making vow after vow.那怪又道：「這黑長的是沙和尚，這長嘴大耳的是豬八戒。」獃子聽見說他，慌得把個嘴揣在懷裡藏了。The demon went on, "The dark, tall one is Sha Seng, and the one with the long snout and big ears is Zhu Bajie." Hearing himself named, the idiot panicked and tucked his snout into his chest to hide it.那怪叫：「和尚，伸出嘴來。」八戒道：「胎裡病，伸不出來。」那怪令小妖使鉤子鉤出來。The demon called out, "Monk, stick out your snout." Bajie said, "It's a birth defect, I can't stick it out." The demon ordered a junior demon to hook it out with a hook.八戒慌得把個嘴伸出道：「小家形罷了，這不是？In a panic, Bajie stuck his snout out himself and said, "Just a little something, nothing much—see, isn't this it?你要看便就看，鉤怎的？」If you want to look, just look—why use a hook?"

却说八戒运拙，正行处，可可的撞见群魔，当面挡住道：「那来的甚么人？」呆子才抬起头来，掀著耳朵，看见是些妖魔，他就慌了，心中暗道：「我若说是取经的和尚，他就捞了去。」只是说走路的。小妖回报道：「大王，是走路的。」那三十名小怪，中间有认得的，有不认得的。傍边有听著指点说话的道：「大王，这个和尚，像这图中猪八戒模样。」叫挂起影神图来。八戒看见，大惊道：「怪道这些时没精神哩，原来是他把我的影神传将来也。」小妖用枪挑著，银角用手指道：「这骑白马的是唐僧，这毛脸的是孙行者。……」八戒听见道：「城隍，没我便也罢了，猪头三牲，清醮二十四分。」口里唠叨，只管许愿。那怪又道：「这黑长的是沙和尚，这长嘴大耳的是猪八戒。」呆子听见说他，慌得把个嘴揣在怀里藏了。那怪叫：「和尚，伸出嘴来。」八戒道：「胎里病，伸不出来。」那怪令小妖使钩子钩出来。八戒慌得把个嘴伸出道：「小家形罢了，这不是？你要看便就看，钩怎的？」

那怪認得是八戒，掣出寶刀，上前就砍。The demon, recognizing him as Bajie, drew his precious blade and rushed forward to hack at him.這獃子舉釘鈀按住道：「我的兒，休無禮，看鈀！」那怪笑道：「這和尚是半路上出家的。」八戒道：「好兒子，有些靈性。The idiot raised his rake and blocked, saying, "My child, none of your rudeness—look out for the rake!" The demon laughed and said, "This monk became a monk partway through life." Bajie said, "Well, my fine lad, you've got some sense.你怎麼就曉得老爺是半路出家的？」那怪道：「你會使這鈀，一定是在人家園圃中築地，把他這鈀偷將來也。」八戒道：「我的兒，你那裡認得老爺這鈀，我不比那築地之鈀。How did you know that old master here became a monk partway through life?" The demon said, "You know how to wield that rake—you must have stolen it from someone's garden plot where it was used for tilling the soil." Bajie said, "My child, how would you recognize old master's rake here—it's nothing like that garden-tilling rake.這是：This is:

那怪认得是八戒，掣出宝刀，上前就砍。这呆子举钉钯按住道：「我的儿，休无礼，看钯！」那怪笑道：「这和尚是半路上出家的。」八戒道：「好儿子，有些灵性。你怎么就晓得老爷是半路出家的？」那怪道：「你会使这钯，一定是在人家园圃中筑地，把他这钯偷将来也。」八戒道：「我的儿，你那里认得老爷这钯，我不比那筑地之钯。这是：

那怪聞言，那裡肯讓。When the demon heard this, he was in no mood to yield at all.使七星劍，丟開解數，與八戒一往一來，在山中賭鬥有二十回合，不分勝負。Wielding his Seven-Star Sword, he let loose with all his moves, trading blows with Bajie back and forth, and the two battled it out on the mountain for some twenty rounds without either side gaining the upper hand.八戒發起狠來，捨死的相迎。Bajie worked himself into a fury and met him with reckless, life-or-death force.那怪見他捽耳朵，噴粘涎，舞釘鈀，口裡吆吆喝喝的，也盡有些悚懼，即回頭招呼小怪，一齊動手。Seeing him flap his ears, spray slobbering foam, and wield the rake, all the while shouting and bellowing, the demon felt more than a little dread himself, and at once turned to call the junior demons, and they all set upon him together.若是一個打一個，其實還好。If it had been one against one, it would truly have been fine.他見那些小妖齊上，慌了手腳，遮架不住，敗了陣，回頭就跑。But when he saw all the junior demons closing in together, he panicked, lost his footing, couldn't fend them all off, was routed, and turned to flee.原來是道路不平，未曾細看，忽被蓏蘿藤絆了個踉蹌。As it happened, the ground was uneven, and not having looked closely, he was suddenly tripped by a trailing gourd-vine and stumbled.掙起來正走，又被一個小妖睡倒在地，扳著他腳跟，撲的又跌了個狗吃屎。He struggled up and was running on, when another junior demon, lying flat on the ground, grabbed him by the heel, and down he went again, sprawling flat on his face.被一群趕上按住，抓鬃毛，揪耳朵，扯著腳，拉著尾，扛扛擡擡，擒進洞去。A crowd of them rushed up and pinned him down, grabbing his bristly mane, yanking his ears, pulling his feet, dragging his tail, hoisting and carrying him bodily, and hauled him into the cave.咦！Alas!正是：Indeed it is as the verse says:

那怪闻言，那里肯让。使七星剑，丢开解数，与八戒一往一来，在山中赌斗有二十回合，不分胜负。八戒发起狠来，舍死的相迎。那怪见他捽耳朵，喷粘涎，舞钉钯，口里吆吆喝喝的，也尽有些悚惧，即回头招呼小怪，一齐动手。若是一个打一个，其实还好。他见那些小妖齐上，慌了手脚，遮架不住，败了阵，回头就跑。原来是道路不平，未曾细看，忽被蓏萝藤绊了个踉跄。挣起来正走，又被一个小妖睡倒在地，扳著他脚跟，扑的又跌了个狗吃屎。被一群赶上按住，抓鬃毛，揪耳朵，扯著脚，拉著尾，扛扛抬抬，擒进洞去。咦！正是：

畢竟不知豬八戒性命如何，且聽下回分解。In the end, it is not yet known whether Zhu Bajie's life will be spared—listen to the explanation in the next chapter.

毕竟不知猪八戒性命如何，且听下回分解。