第042回 Guanyin Subdues the Red Boy as the Boy-Attendant Sudhana

第042回Chapter 42

話說那六健將出洞門，徑往西南上，依路而走。The story goes that the six Sturdy Officers left the cave gate and headed straight southwest, following the road.行者心中暗想道：「他要請老大王吃我師父，老大王斷是牛魔王。Sun Wukong thought to himself: "He wants to invite the Old Great King to eat my master — the Old Great King must certainly be the Bull Demon King.自老孫當年與他相會，真個意合情投，交遊甚厚。Ever since old Sun met him years ago, we truly hit it off and became close friends.至如今我歸正道，他還是邪魔。Now that I have returned to the right path, he is still an evil demon.雖則久別，還記得他模樣。Though we've been apart a long time, I still remember what he looks like.且等老孫變作牛魔王，哄他一哄，看是何如。」Let old Sun transform into the Bull Demon King and fool him a bit, and see what happens."

好行者，躲離了六個小妖，展開翅，飛向前邊，離小妖有十數里遠近，搖身一變，變作個牛魔王；Splendid Wukong — he slipped away from the six little demons, spread his wings, and flew on ahead; when he was some ten-odd li from the little demons, he shook himself and transformed into the Bull Demon King;拔下幾根毫毛，叫：「變！」即變作幾個小妖。he plucked a few strands of hair, called "Change!", and they at once turned into several little demons.在那山凹裡，駕鷹牽犬，搭弩張弓，充作打圍的樣子，等候那六健將。In a fold of the mountain, they flew hawks and led hounds, nocked crossbows and drew bows, putting on the appearance of a hunting party, and waited for the six Sturdy Officers.

那一夥廝拖廝扯正行時，忽然看見牛魔王坐在中間，慌得興烘掀、掀烘興撲的跪下道：「老大王爺爺在這裡也。」那雲裡霧、霧裡雲、急如火、快如風都是肉眼凡胎，那裡認得真假，也就一同跪倒，磕頭道：「爺爺，小的們是火雲洞聖嬰大王處差來，請老大王爺爺去吃唐僧肉，壽延千紀哩。」行者借口答道：「孩兒們起來，同我回家去，換了衣服來也。」小妖叩頭道：「望爺爺方便，不消回府罷。As that band walked along pulling and dragging each other, they suddenly saw the Bull Demon King seated in their midst; startled, Xinghongxian and Xianhongxingpu dropped to their knees, saying, "Grandfather Old Great King is right here!" As for Yunlixia, Wulixiaoyun, Jiruhuo, and Kuairufeng — being but mortal eyes of flesh, how could they tell true from false? — they too knelt down together, kowtowing and saying, "Grandfather, we little ones were sent from the Sage Child Great King of the Fiery Cloud Cave, to invite Grandfather Old Great King to come eat Tang Monk's flesh and extend your life by a thousand years." Wukong, playing along, answered, "Rise, my children, and come home with me first to change my clothes." The little demons kowtowed and said, "We beg Grandfather's indulgence — there's no need to return to your palace.路程遙遠，恐我大王見責，小的們就此請行。」行者笑道：「好乖兒女。The road is far, and we fear our Great King will blame us for delay — we beg to set off from right here." Wukong laughed and said, "What obedient children.也罷，也罷，向前開路，我和你去來。」六怪抖擻精神，向前喝路。Very well, very well — go on ahead and clear the way, and I'll come with you." The six demons roused their spirits and shouted the way open as they went ahead.大聖隨後而來。The Great Sage followed behind.

不多時，早到了本處。Before long, they had already reached the place.快如風、急如火撞進洞裡：「報大王：老大王爺爺來了。」妖王歡喜道：「你們卻中用，這等來的快。」即便叫各路頭目擺隊伍，開旗鼓，迎接老大王爺爺。Kuairufeng and Jiruhuo rushed into the cave: "Report to the Great King: Grandfather Old Great King has arrived!" The demon king said joyfully, "So you're useful after all, coming back this fast." He at once called for the chieftains of every division to form ranks, raise banners and beat drums, and go out to welcome Grandfather Old Great King.滿洞群妖遵依旨令，齊齊整整，擺將出去。The whole host of demons in the cave obeyed the order and, all neat and orderly, filed out.這行者昂昂烈烈，挺著胸脯，把身子抖了一抖，卻將那架鷹犬的毫毛都收回身上。Wukong, lofty and imposing, thrust out his chest, shook his body once, and drew back onto himself all the hairs that had formed the hawk-flying, hound-leading attendants.拽開大步，徑走入門裡，坐在南面當中。He strode forward in long steps, walked straight in through the gate, and seated himself facing south in the center.紅孩兒當面跪下，朝上叩頭道：「父王，孩兒拜揖。」行者道：「孩兒免禮。」那妖王四大拜，拜畢，立於下手。Red Boy knelt down before him and kowtowed upward, saying, "Father King, your child bows in greeting." Wukong said, "Rise, my child, no need for ceremony." The demon king made four great bows, and when finished, stood off to one side.行者道：「我兒，請我來有何事？」妖王躬身道：「孩兒不才，昨日獲得一人，乃東土大唐和尚。Wukong said, "My son, why have you invited me here?" The demon king bowed and said, "Your unworthy child captured someone yesterday — a monk from the Great Tang of the Eastern Land.常聽得人講，他是一個十世修行之人，有人吃他一塊肉，壽似蓬瀛不老仙。I have often heard people say he is a man who has cultivated through ten lifetimes, and that whoever eats a piece of his flesh will live as long as an ageless immortal of Penglai and Yingzhou.愚男不敢自食，特請父王同享唐僧之肉，壽延千紀。」Your foolish son dared not eat him alone, and specially invites Father King to share the flesh of the Tang Monk with me, that our lives be extended a thousand years."

行者聞言，打了個失驚道：「我兒，是那個唐僧？」妖王道：「是往西天取經的人也。」行者道：「我兒，可是孫行者師父麼？」妖王道：「正是。」行者擺手搖頭道：「莫惹他，莫惹他。Hearing this, Wukong gave a start and said, "My son, which Tang Monk is this?" The demon king said, "The one journeying to the Western Heaven to fetch scriptures." Wukong said, "My son, could it be Sun Wukong's master?" The demon king said, "Exactly so." Wukong waved his hand and shook his head, saying, "Don't provoke him, don't provoke him.別的還好惹，孫行者是那樣人哩。Anyone else you might get away with provoking, but Sun Wukong is not that kind of person.我賢郎你不曾會他，那猴子神通廣大，變化多端。My worthy son, you have never met him — that monkey has vast magic powers and countless transformations.他曾大鬧天宮，玉皇上帝差十萬天兵，佈下天羅地網，也不曾捉得他。He once wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace; the Jade Emperor sent a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and cast a net of heaven and earth, yet still could not capture him.你怎麼敢吃他師父？How dare you eat his master?快早送出去還他，不要惹那猴子。Send him out quickly and return him — do not provoke that monkey.他若打聽著你吃了他師父，他也不來和你打，他只把那金箍棒往山腰裡搠個窟窿，連山都掬了去。If he finds out you've eaten his master, he won't even bother to fight you — he'll simply jab his gold-banded staff into the mountainside and gouge a hole through it, scooping the whole mountain away.我兒，弄得你何處安身？My son, where then would you find a place to settle?教我倚靠何人養老？」And on whom would I then rely in my old age?"

妖王道：「父王說那裡話，長他人志氣，滅孩兒的威風。The demon king said, "Father King, what kind of talk is this? Boosting another's ambition while destroying your own child's spirit.那孫行者共有兄弟三人，領唐僧在我半山之中，被我使個變化，將他師父攝來。That Sun Wukong has two sworn brothers with him in all — while they were leading the Tang Monk halfway up my mountain, I used a transformation and snatched his master away.他與那豬八戒當時尋到我的門前，講甚麼攀親託熟之言，被我怒發沖天，與他交戰幾合，也只如此，不見甚麼高作。He and that Zhu Bajie then came searching to my very gate, spouting some talk of claiming kinship and old acquaintance; I flew into a towering rage and fought him a few rounds — and that's all he amounted to, nothing so remarkable.那豬八戒刺邪裡就來助戰，是孩兒吐出三昧真火，把他燒敗了一陣。Zhu Bajie then charged in from the side to help fight, so your child spat out true samadhi fire and burned him into a rout.慌得他去請四海龍王助雨，又不能滅得我三昧真火，被我燒了一個小發昏，連忙著豬八戒去請南海觀音菩薩。In his panic he went to ask the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas for rain to help, but that still could not put out my samadhi fire; I scorched him half-senseless, and he hastily sent Zhu Bajie to fetch the Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South Sea.是我假變觀音，把豬八戒賺來，見吊在如意袋中，也要蒸他與眾小的們吃哩。So I disguised myself as Guanyin and lured Zhu Bajie in — he is now hanging in the Ruyi sack, and I mean to steam him too, for the little ones to eat.那行者今早又來我的門首吆喝，我傳令教拿他，慌得他把包袱都丟下走了。That Wukong came shouting at my gate again this morning; I gave the order to seize him, and in his panic he threw down even the luggage and fled.卻才去請父王來看看唐僧活像，方可蒸與你吃，延壽長生不老也。」And so I have just now invited Father King to come and take a look at the living likeness of the Tang Monk, before he is steamed for you to eat, that your life may be extended in eternal youth."

行者笑道：「我賢郎啊，你只知有三昧火贏得他，不知他有七十二般變化哩。」妖王道：「憑他怎麼變化，我也認得，諒他決不敢進我門來。」行者道：「我兒，你雖然認得他，他卻不變大的，如狼犺大象，恐進不得你門；Wukong laughed and said, "My worthy son, you only know that your samadhi fire defeated him, but you don't know he has seventy-two transformations." The demon king said, "No matter how he transforms, I would still recognize him — I reckon he'd never dare come in through my gate." Wukong said, "My son, though you may recognize him, he won't transform into something large and clumsy like an elephant, for that could hardly fit through your gate;他若變作小的，你卻難認。」妖王道：「憑他變甚小的，我這裡每一層門上有四五個小妖把守，他怎生得入？」行者道：「你是不知。if he transforms into something small, though, you'll find it hard to recognize him." The demon king said, "No matter how small he transforms into, I have four or five little demons guarding every single gate here — how could he possibly get in?" Wukong said, "You don't know.他會變蒼蠅、蚊子、虼蚤，或是蜜蜂、蝴蝶並蟭蟟蟲等項，又會變我模樣，你卻那裡認得？」妖王道：「勿慮，他就是鐵膽銅心，也不敢近我門來也。」He can transform into a fly, a mosquito, a flea, or a bee, a butterfly, a cicada, and the like — and he can even transform into my own appearance. How then would you recognize him?" The demon king said, "Don't worry — even if he had a heart of iron and gall of bronze, he still wouldn't dare come near my gate."

行者道：「既如此說，賢郎甚有手段，實是敵得他過，方來請我吃唐僧的肉，奈何我今日還不吃哩。」妖王道：「如何不吃？」行者道：「我近來年老，你母親常勸我作些善事。Wukong said, "Since you put it that way, my worthy son, you truly have great skill and are indeed a match for him, and so you've invited me to eat the Tang Monk's flesh — but it happens that I won't eat it today." The demon king said, "Why not eat it?" Wukong said, "I've grown old of late, and your mother often urges me to do some good deeds.我想無甚作善，且持些齋戒。」妖王道：「不知父王是長齋，是月齋？」行者道：「也不是長齋，也不是月齋，喚做雷齋，每月只該四日。」妖王問：「是那四日？」行者道：「三辛逢初六。I've thought that, having no other way to do good, I might as well keep a bit of a fast." The demon king said, "I wonder, Father King, is it a permanent fast or a monthly one?" Wukong said, "Neither a permanent fast nor a monthly one — it's called the Thunder Fast, only four days a month." The demon king asked, "Which four days?" Wukong said, "The three Xin days, plus whenever the sixth falls on one.今朝是辛酉日，一則當齋，二來酉不會客。Today happens to be a Xinyou day — first, it falls on a fast day, and second, one does not receive guests on a You day.且等明日，我去親自刷洗蒸他，與兒等同享罷。」Just wait until tomorrow, and I'll go scrub him clean myself and steam him, to share with you children then."

那妖王聞言，心中暗想道：「我父王平日吃人為生，今活夠有一千餘歲，怎麼如今又吃起齋來了？Hearing this, the demon king thought to himself: "My father king has lived on eating people all his life, and now he's lived over a thousand years — how is it that he's suddenly started keeping fasts?想當初作惡多端，這三四日齋戒，那裡就積得過來？Considering how much evil he did in the past, how could three or four days of fasting possibly make up for it?此言有假，可疑，可疑。」即抽身走出二門之下，叫六健將來問：「你們老大王是那裡請來的？」小妖道：「是半路請來的。」妖王道：「我說你們來的快。There's something false in this talk — suspicious, suspicious." He at once slipped away out to the second gate and summoned the six Sturdy Officers to question them: "Where exactly did you invite your Old Great King from?" The little demons said, "We invited him on the road, halfway there." The demon king said, "I did wonder why you came back so fast.不曾到家麼？」小妖道：「是，不曾到家。」妖王道：「不好了，著了他假也，這不是老大王。」小妖一齊跪下道：「大王，自家父親也認不得？」妖王道：「觀其形容動靜都像，只是言語不像。You never even reached his home?" The little demons said, "That's right, we never reached his home." The demon king said, "That's bad — we've been tricked by a fake. This is not the Old Great King." The little demons all knelt down together and said, "Great King, could you not even recognize your own father?" The demon king said, "In looks and manner he resembles him exactly — it's only his words that don't match.只怕著了他假，吃了人虧。I'm afraid we've fallen for a trick and been taken advantage of.你們都要仔細：會使刀的刀要出鞘，會使槍的槍要磨明；All of you be on your guard: those who can use knives, draw your blades; those who can use spears, sharpen them bright;會使棍的使棍，會使繩的使繩。those who can use cudgels, take up your cudgels; those who can use ropes, take up your ropes.待我再去問他，看他言語如何。Let me go question him again and see what he says.若果是老大王，莫說今日不吃，明日不吃，便遲個月何妨？If he truly is the Old Great King, then never mind not eating today or tomorrow — what harm would it be even to delay a whole month?假若言語不對，只聽我哏的一聲，就一齊下手。」群魔各各領命訖。But if his words don't add up, just listen for my grunt of 'Hng!' and then all strike together." The horde of demons each received the order.

這妖王復轉身到於裡面，對行者當面又拜。The demon king turned back inside again and bowed once more before Wukong.行者道：「孩兒，家無常禮，不須拜。Wukong said, "My child, there's no need for such formal ceremony at home — no need to bow.但有甚話，只管說來。」妖王伏於地下道：「愚男一則請來奉獻唐僧之肉，二來有句話兒上請：我前日閑行，駕祥光，直至九霄空內，忽逢著祖庭道齡張先生。」行者道：「可是做天師的張道齡麼？」妖王道：「正是。」行者問曰：「有甚話說？」妖王道：「他見孩兒生得五官周正，三停平等，他問我是幾年那月那日那時出世。Just say whatever it is you have to say." The demon king prostrated himself on the ground and said, "Your foolish son had two purposes in inviting you — first, to offer up the Tang Monk's flesh, and second, there's a matter I wish to ask about: the other day, while I was out riding on auspicious clouds, I went all the way up into the ninth heaven, and there I happened to meet Master Zhang Daoling of the ancestral court." Wukong said, "Could that be Zhang Daoling, the Celestial Master?" The demon king said, "Exactly so." Wukong asked, "What did he say?" The demon king said, "Seeing that your child's five features are well-formed and the three proportions of my face are even, he asked me in what year, month, day, and hour I was born.兒因年幼，記得不真。Your child, being young, could not remember it clearly.先生子平精熟，要與我推看五星。The Master is expert in the art of fortune-calculation and wished to calculate my Five Stars for me.今請父王，正欲問此。That is exactly what I wished to ask Father King about today.倘或下次再得會他，好煩他推算。」行者聞言，坐在上面暗笑道：「好妖怪呀！Should I happen to meet him again next time, I could then trouble him to calculate it." Hearing this, Wukong, seated up above, laughed secretly to himself: "What a fine demon this is!老孫自歸佛果，保唐師父，一路上也捉了幾個妖精，不似這廝剋剝。Ever since old Sun turned to the fruits of Buddhahood and began escorting Master Tang, I've caught quite a few demons along the way, but none so grasping and cunning as this fellow.他問我甚麼家長禮短、少米無柴的話說，我也好信口捏膿答他。If he'd asked me about ordinary household matters, running short of rice or firewood and the like, I could easily have made up some answer off the top of my head.他如今問我生年月日，我卻怎麼知道？」好猴王，也十分乖巧：巍巍端坐中間，也無一些兒懼色，面上反喜盈盈的笑道：「賢郎請起。But now he's asking me his birth year, month, and day — how am I supposed to know that?" But the fine Monkey King was very clever indeed: he sat there imposingly in the middle, showing not the slightest trace of fear, and instead smiled with an air of delight on his face, saying, "Rise, my worthy son.我因年老，連日有事不遂心懷，把你生時果偶然忘了，且等到明日回家，問你母親便知。」Being old, I've had troubles these past few days that haven't gone as I wished, and I happened to forget the time of your birth — just wait until I go home tomorrow and ask your mother, and you'll know at once."

妖王道：「父王把我八個字時常不離口論說，說我有同天不老之壽，怎麼今日一旦忘了？The demon king said, "Father King, you're always talking about my eight birth-characters, saying I'm fated to live as long as heaven itself and never grow old — how could you suddenly forget it today?豈有此理，必是假的。」哏的一聲，群妖槍刀簇擁，望行者沒頭沒臉的劄來。That makes no sense — this must be a fake!" With a grunt of "Hng!", the demon horde closed in with spears and blades, thrusting wildly at Wukong's head and face.這大聖使金箍棒架住了，現出本像，對妖精道：「賢郎，你卻沒理那裡兒子好打爺的？」那妖王滿面羞慚，不敢回視。The Great Sage used his gold-banded staff to block them, revealing his true form, and said to the demon, "My worthy son, where is the sense in a son beating his own father?" The demon king's whole face flushed with shame, and he dared not look back.行者化金光，走出他的洞府。Wukong turned into a shaft of golden light and left the demon's cave.小妖道：「大王，孫行者走了。」妖王道：「罷罷罷，讓他走了罷，我吃他這一場虧也。The little demons said, "Great King, Sun Wukong has gotten away." The demon king said, "Enough, enough — let him get away then, I've suffered a real loss from this business.且關了門，莫與他打話，只來刷洗唐僧，蒸吃便罷。」Let's just shut the gates and not exchange another word with him — I'll simply go scrub the Tang Monk clean and steam him to eat, and be done with it."

卻說那行者搴著鐵棒，呵呵大笑，自澗那邊而來。Now to tell of Wukong: hefting his iron staff, laughing heartily, he came from the far side of the ravine.沙僧聽見，急出林迎著道：「哥啊，這半日方回，如何這等哂笑，想救出師父來也？」行者道：「兄弟，雖不曾救得師父，老孫卻得個上風來了。」沙僧道：「甚麼上風？」行者道：「原來豬八戒被那怪假變觀音哄將回來，吊於皮袋之內。Sha Monk heard him and hurried out of the woods to meet him, saying, "Brother, you've only just returned after all this while — why are you laughing so? Have you managed to rescue Master?" Wukong said, "Brother, though I haven't rescued Master, old Sun has gained the upper hand." Sha Monk said, "What upper hand?" Wukong said, "It turns out Zhu Bajie was tricked back by that demon disguised as Guanyin, and is hanging inside a leather sack.我欲設法救援，不期他著甚麼六健將去請老大王來吃師父肉。I wanted to find a way to rescue him, but it happened that the demon sent his so-called six Sturdy Officers to invite the Old Great King to come eat Master's flesh.是老孫想著他老大王必是牛魔王，就變了他的模樣，充將進去，坐在中間。Old Sun figured that this Old Great King must be the Bull Demon King, so I transformed into his likeness and passed myself off as him, going in and sitting right in the middle.他叫父王，我就應他；When he called me Father King, I answered him;他便叩頭，我就直受。when he kowtowed, I accepted it outright.著實快活，果然得了上風。」沙僧道：「哥啊，你便圖這般小便宜，恐師父性命難保。」行者道：「不須慮，等我去請菩薩來。」沙僧道：「你還腰疼哩。」行者道：「我不疼了。It was truly delightful — I really did get the upper hand." Sha Monk said, "Brother, if you go chasing after such petty advantages, I'm afraid Master's life may be hard to preserve." Wukong said, "No need to worry — let me go and invite the Bodhisattva here." Sha Monk said, "But your back still aches." Wukong said, "It doesn't hurt anymore.古人云：『人逢喜事精神爽。』你看著行李、馬匹，等我去。」沙僧道：「你置下仇了，恐他害我師父，你須快去快來。」行者道：「我來得快，只消頓飯時，就回來矣。」As the ancients said, 'A person's spirits rise when good fortune comes.' You watch over the luggage and the horse, and let me go." Sha Monk said, "You've stirred up his enmity now — I fear he may harm our master, so you must go quickly and return quickly." Wukong said, "I'll be quick about it — it will take no more than the time of a single meal, and I'll be back."

好大聖，說話間躲離了沙僧，縱觔斗雲，徑投南海。Splendid Great Sage — even as he spoke, he took leave of Sha Monk, mounted his cloud somersault, and headed straight for the South Sea.在那半空裡，那消半個時辰，望見普陀山景。Up in midair, in less than half an hour, he caught sight of the scenery of Mount Putuo.須臾，按下雲頭，直至落伽崖上。In a moment he brought his cloud down and arrived right at Mount Luojia's cliff.端肅正行，只見二十四路諸天迎著道：「大聖，那裡去？」行者作禮畢，道：「要見菩薩。」諸天道：「少停，容通報。」時有鬼子母諸天來潮音洞外報道：「菩薩得知：孫悟空特來參見。」菩薩聞報，即命進去。Walking along solemnly and properly, he saw the Twenty-Four Devas of Heaven come to greet him, saying, "Great Sage, where are you headed?" Wukong made his bow and said, "I wish to see the Bodhisattva." The Devas said, "Wait a moment, and allow us to announce you." Just then the Deva Mother of Demon Children went to the front of Tidal Sound Cave to report, "May the Bodhisattva know: Sun Wukong has come especially for an audience." Upon hearing the report, the Bodhisattva at once ordered him brought in.大聖斂衣皈命，捉定步，徑入裡邊，見菩薩倒身下拜。The Great Sage straightened his robes, composed his mind in submission, steadied his steps, walked straight inside, and prostrated himself full-length before the Bodhisattva.菩薩道：「悟空，你不領金蟬子西方求經去，卻來此何幹？」行者道：「上告菩薩：弟子保護唐僧前行，至一方，乃號山枯松澗火雲洞。The Bodhisattva said, "Wukong, instead of leading Golden Cicada onward to seek scriptures in the West, what brings you here?" Wukong said, "I report to the Bodhisattva: your disciple was escorting Tang Priest onward when we came to a place called Withered Pine Ravine, Fiery Cloud Cave, on Hao Mountain.有一個紅孩兒妖精，喚作聖嬰大王，把我師父攝去。There is a demon called Red Boy, styled the Sage Child Great King, who has snatched my master away.是弟子與豬悟能等尋至門前，與他交戰。Your disciple, together with Zhu Wuneng and the others, searched our way to his gate and did battle with him.他放出三昧火來，我等不能取勝，救不出師父。He unleashed samadhi fire, and we were unable to win, nor could we rescue our master.急上東洋大海，請到四海龍王，施雨水，又不能勝火，把弟子都燻壞了，幾乎喪了殘生。」菩薩道：「既他是三昧火，神通廣大，怎麼去請龍王，不來請我？」行者道：「本欲來的，只是弟子被煙燻了，不能駕雲，卻教豬八戒來請菩薩。」菩薩道：「悟能不曾來呀。」行者道：「正是。I hurried to the Eastern Ocean and invited the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas to bring rain, but even that could not overcome the fire, and I was smoked and scorched until I nearly lost my life." The Bodhisattva said, "Since his was samadhi fire, of such vast power, why did you go ask the Dragon Kings instead of coming to ask me?" Wukong said, "I did originally mean to come, but your disciple was so smoke-choked that I could not ride the clouds, so I sent Zhu Bajie to come invite the Bodhisattva instead." The Bodhisattva said, "Wuneng never came here." Wukong said, "Exactly so.未曾到得寶山，被那妖精假變做菩薩模樣，把豬八戒又賺入洞中，現吊在一個皮袋裡，也要蒸吃哩。」Before he could reach your precious mountain, that demon disguised himself as the Bodhisattva and lured Zhu Bajie into the cave instead — he is now hanging inside a leather sack, and the demon means to steam and eat him too."

菩薩聽說，心中大怒道：「那潑妖敢變我的模樣？」恨了一聲，將手中寶珠、淨瓶往海心裡撲的一摜。Hearing this, the Bodhisattva grew greatly angry at heart and said, "That vile demon dares to disguise himself as me?" With a sound of resentment, she flung the treasure pearl and pure vase from her hand with a splash into the middle of the sea.諕得那行者毛骨竦然，即起身侍立下面，道：「這菩薩火性不退，好是怪老孫說的話不好，壞了他的德行，就把淨瓶摜了，可惜，可惜。This gave Wukong such a fright that his hair stood on end and his bones went cold; he at once rose and stood attending below, thinking, "This Bodhisattva's fiery temper hasn't cooled a bit — it seems she blames old Sun for saying the wrong thing and tarnishing her virtue, so she's thrown away her pure vase. What a pity, what a pity!早知送了我老孫，卻不是一件大人事？」If she'd known better, wouldn't giving it to old Sun instead have been a far more sensible thing to do?"

說不了，只見那海當中翻波跳浪，鑽出個瓶來。Before he had finished thinking this, he saw the waves in the middle of the sea churn and leap, and the vase came bursting up out of the water.原來是一個怪物馱著出來。It turned out that a strange creature was carrying it up on its back.行者仔細看那馱瓶的怪物，怎生模樣：Wukong looked closely at the creature carrying the vase, to see what manner of thing it was:

那龜馱著淨瓶，爬上崖邊，對菩薩點頭二十四點，權為二十四拜。The turtle, bearing the pure vase on its back, crawled up to the edge of the cliff and nodded its head twenty-four times toward the Bodhisattva, in place of twenty-four bows.行者見了，暗笑道：「原來是看瓶的。Seeing this, Wukong laughed secretly to himself: "So it's the vase-keeper.想是不見瓶，就問他要。」菩薩道：「悟空，你在下面說甚麼？」行者道：「沒說甚麼。」菩薩教：「拿上瓶來。」這行者即去拿瓶。I suppose when the vase went missing, she simply asked him for it back." The Bodhisattva said, "Wukong, what are you muttering down there?" Wukong said, "Nothing at all." The Bodhisattva ordered, "Bring up the vase." Wukong went at once to pick up the vase.唉！Alas!莫想拿得他動。He could not budge it in the least.好便似蜻蜓撼石柱，怎生搖得半分毫？It was just like a dragonfly trying to shake a stone pillar — how could it move even the tiniest bit?行者上前跪下道：「菩薩，弟子拿不動。」菩薩道：「你這猴頭，只會說嘴。Wukong stepped forward, knelt down, and said, "Bodhisattva, your disciple cannot lift it." The Bodhisattva said, "You monkey-head, all you're good for is boasting.瓶兒你也拿不動，怎麼去降妖縛怪？」行者道：「不瞞菩薩說。You can't even lift a little vase — how do you expect to subdue demons and bind monsters?" Wukong said, "I won't hide it from the Bodhisattva.平日拿得動，今日拿不動。Ordinarily I could lift it, but today I cannot.想是吃了妖精虧，觔力弱了。」菩薩道：「常時是個空瓶；I suppose having suffered at that demon's hands has weakened my strength." The Bodhisattva said, "Ordinarily it is an empty vase;如今是淨瓶拋下海去，這一時間，轉過了三江五湖、八海四瀆、溪源潭洞之間，共借了一海水在裡面。but now, since the pure vase was thrown down into the sea, in that short time it passed through the Three Rivers and Five Lakes, the Eight Seas and Four Great Rivers, and all the streams, springs, pools, and caverns between, and has borrowed a whole sea's worth of water into itself.你那裡有架海的斤量？Where would you get the strength to bear the weight of an entire sea?此所以拿不動也。」行者合掌道：「是，弟子不知。」That is why you cannot lift it." Wukong pressed his palms together and said, "Indeed, your disciple did not know."

那菩薩走上前，將右手輕輕的提起淨瓶，托在左手掌上。The Bodhisattva stepped forward, lightly lifted the pure vase with her right hand, and rested it upon the palm of her left hand.只見那龜點點頭，鑽下水去了。The turtle then nodded its head and dove back down into the water.行者道：「原來是個養家看瓶的夯貨。」菩薩坐定道：「悟空，我這瓶中甘露水漿，比那龍王的私雨不同，能滅那妖精的三昧火。Wukong said, "So it's just a dull creature kept at home to mind the vase." The Bodhisattva, having settled herself, said, "Wukong, the sweet dew in this vase of mine is not like the Dragon King's private rain — it can extinguish that demon's samadhi fire.待要與你拿了去，你卻拿不動；I would let you carry it there yourself, but you cannot lift it;待要著善財龍女與你同去，你卻又不是好心，專一只會騙人。I would send Sudhana and the Dragon Girl to go with you, but you have no good intentions and are given entirely to tricking people.你見我這龍女貌美，淨瓶又是個寶物，你假若騙了去，卻那有工夫又來尋你？If you saw how lovely my Dragon Girl is, and that the pure vase is a treasure besides, and you were to trick them away from me, where would I find the time to go chasing after you to get them back?你須是留些甚麼東西作當。」行者道：「可憐！You must leave something behind as a pledge." Wukong said, "Have mercy!菩薩這等多心。The Bodhisattva is far too suspicious.我弟子自秉沙門，一向不幹那樣事了。Since I, your disciple, embraced monkhood, I have never done such things again.你教我留些當頭，卻將何物？You tell me to leave something behind as a pledge — but what could I offer?我身上這件綿布直裰，還是你老人家賜的。This robe of cotton cloth I'm wearing was given to me by you, venerable one.這條虎皮裙子，能值幾個銅錢？This tiger-skin skirt — how many coppers could it possibly be worth?這根鐵棒，早晚卻要護身。This iron rod I need morning and night to protect myself.但只是頭上這個箍兒，是個金的，卻又被你弄了個方法兒長在我頭上，取不下來。As for this band on my head, it's made of gold, and you used some trick to make it grow fast to my skull — it can't be taken off.你今要當頭，情願將此為當。If you want a pledge from me now, I'm willing to offer this as collateral.你念個鬆箍兒咒，將此除去罷；Recite the spell to loosen the band and remove it, then—不然，將何物為當？」菩薩道：「你好自在啊！otherwise, what else could I possibly offer as a pledge?" The Bodhisattva said, "What an easy life you lead!我也不要你的衣服、鐵棒、金箍，只將你那腦後救命的毫毛拔一根與我作當罷。」行者道：「這毫毛也是你老人家與我的。I don't want your robe, your iron rod, or your golden band. Just pull out one of those life-saving hairs from the back of your head and give it to me as a pledge." Sun Wukong said, "These hairs were also given to me by you, venerable one.但恐拔下一根，就拆破群了，又不能救我性命。」菩薩罵道：「你這猴子！But I'm afraid that if I pull one out, it will break up the set, and then it won't be able to save my life." The Bodhisattva scolded him, "You monkey!你便一毛也不拔，教我這善財也難捨。」行者笑道：「菩薩，你卻也多疑。You won't even give up a single hair — you make it hard for me, the Merciful One, to be generous either." Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Bodhisattva, you are far too suspicious.正是『不看僧面看佛面』。It is just as they say: 'though you care nothing for the monk's face, spare a thought for the Buddha's.'千萬救我師父一難罷。」那菩薩：Please, in every way, save my master from this disaster." And so the Bodhisattva:

孫大聖十分歡喜，請觀音出了潮音仙洞。Sun the Great Sage was overjoyed, and invited Guanyin to leave the Chaoyin Immortal Cave.諸天大神都列在普陀巖上。All the heavenly guardians and great gods stood lined up on Mount Putuo's cliffs.菩薩道：「悟空，過海。」行者躬身道：「請菩薩先行。」菩薩道：「你先過去。」行者磕頭道：「弟子不敢在菩薩面前施展。The Bodhisattva said, 'Wukong, let us cross the sea.' Sun Wukong bowed and said, 'Please, Bodhisattva, go first.' The Bodhisattva said, 'You go across first.' Sun Wukong kowtowed and said, 'Your disciple dares not display his powers before the Bodhisattva.若駕觔斗雲啊，掀露身體，恐菩薩怪我不敬。」菩薩聞言，即著善財龍女去蓮花池裡劈一瓣蓮花，放在石巖下邊水上。If I were to mount my cloud-somersault, I'd have to bare my body, and I fear the Bodhisattva would blame me for disrespect." Hearing this, the Bodhisattva at once had Shancai and the Dragon Girl go to the lotus pond, pluck off a single petal, and set it on the water beneath the rocky cliff.教行者：「你上那蓮花瓣兒，我渡你過海。」行者見了道：「菩薩，這花瓣兒又輕又薄，如何載得我起？She told Sun Wukong, 'Step onto that lotus petal, and I will ferry you across the sea.' Seeing it, Sun Wukong said, 'Bodhisattva, this petal is so light and thin — how could it possibly bear my weight?這一屣翻跌下水去，卻不濕了虎皮裙？If I take one step and tumble into the water, won't my tiger-skin skirt get soaked?走了硝，天冷怎穿？」菩薩喝道：「你且上去看。」行者不敢推辭，捨命往上跳。If the tanning salts wash out of it, how will I wear it in the cold weather?" The Bodhisattva snapped, "Just get on and see." Sun Wukong dared not refuse, and risking his life, leapt onto it.果然先見輕小，到上面比海船還大三分。Indeed at first it looked small and light, but once he was on top of it, it proved even sturdier than a seagoing ship.行者歡喜道：「菩薩，載得我了。」菩薩道：「既載得，如何不過去？」行者道：「又沒了篙、槳、篷、桅，怎生得過？」菩薩道：「不用。」只把他一口氣吹開吸攏，又著實一口氣吹過南洋苦海，得登彼岸。Sun Wukong said happily, 'Bodhisattva, it can carry me!' The Bodhisattva said, 'Since it can carry you, why don't you cross over?' Sun Wukong said, 'But there's no pole, no oar, no sail, no mast — how could I possibly get across?' The Bodhisattva said, 'No need for those.' She simply blew a breath to push it out and draw it back, then blew one solid breath that carried him clear across the bitter sea of the Southern Ocean, until he reached the far shore.行者卻腳屣實地，笑道：「這菩薩賣弄神通，把老孫這等呼來喝去，全不費力也。」Once his feet touched solid ground, Sun Wukong laughed and said, 'This Bodhisattva is showing off her divine powers, ordering old Monkey about like this without the least effort at all.'

那菩薩吩咐概眾諸天各守仙境，著善財龍女閉了洞門。The Bodhisattva instructed all the assembled heavenly beings to guard the immortal realm, and told Shancai and the Dragon Girl to close the cave gate.他卻縱祥雲，躲離普陀巖，到那邊叫：「惠岸何在？」惠岸（乃托塔李天王第二個太子，俗名木叉是也。）乃菩薩親傳授的徒弟，不離左右，稱為護法惠岸行者。She then rode her auspicious cloud away from Mount Putuo, and once on the other side called out, 'Where is Hui'an?' Hui'an — the second son of Heavenly King Li the Pagoda-Bearer, known in the secular world as Muzha — was a disciple the Bodhisattva had personally trained; he never left her side, and was called Protector-of-the-Dharma Hui'an the Pilgrim.惠岸即對菩薩合掌伺候。Hui'an at once pressed his palms together and stood in attendance before the Bodhisattva.菩薩道：「你快上界去，見你父王，問他借天罡刀來一用。」惠岸道：「師父用著幾何？」菩薩道：「全副都要。」The Bodhisattva said, 'Go up to Heaven at once, see your father the king, and ask to borrow his Heaven-Ladle Swords for a while.' Hui'an said, 'How many does my master need?' The Bodhisattva said, 'I need the whole set.'

惠岸領命，即駕雲頭，徑入南天門裡，到雲樓宮殿，見父王下拜。Having received his orders, Hui'an mounted his cloud and went straight in through the Southern Gate of Heaven to the Cloud Tower Palace, where he bowed before his father the king.天王見了，問：「兒從何來？」木叉道：「師父是孫悟空請來降妖，著兒拜上父王，將天罡刀借了一用。」天王即喚哪吒將刀取三十六把，遞與木叉。Seeing him, the Heavenly King asked, 'Where have you come from, my son?' Muzha said, 'My master was invited by Sun Wukong to subdue a demon, and she sent me to pay respects to you, father, and to ask to borrow the Heaven-Ladle Swords for a while.' The Heavenly King at once summoned Nezha to fetch thirty-six of the swords and hand them to Muzha.木叉對哪吒說：「兄弟，你回去多拜上母親：我事緊急，等送刀來再磕頭罷。」忙忙相別，按落祥光，徑至南海，將刀捧與菩薩。Muzha said to Nezha, 'Brother, when you go back, give my respects to Mother — my errand is urgent, so I'll kowtow to her properly once I've delivered the swords.' In great haste they took leave of each other; he brought his auspicious light down and went straight to the Southern Sea, where he presented the swords to the Bodhisattva with both hands.

菩薩接在手中，拋將去，念個咒語，只見那刀化作一座千葉蓮臺。The Bodhisattva took them in her hands, tossed them up, and recited a spell — and at once the swords transformed into a thousand-petaled lotus throne.菩薩縱身上去，端坐在中間。The Bodhisattva sprang up onto it and sat squarely in the center.行者在傍暗笑道：「這菩薩省使儉用。Standing to the side, Sun Wukong laughed inwardly and said, 'This Bodhisattva is so thrifty and sparing.那蓮花池裡有五色寶蓮臺，捨不得坐將來，卻又問別人去借。」菩薩道：「悟空，休言語，跟我來也。」卻才都駕著雲頭，離了海上。She has a five-colored precious lotus throne right there in her own lotus pond, but couldn't bear to bring it along, and instead had to go borrow one from someone else." The Bodhisattva said, "Wukong, hold your tongue, and follow me." Only then did they all mount their clouds and leave the sea behind.白鸚哥展翅前飛，孫大聖與惠岸隨後。The white parrot spread its wings and flew ahead, with Sun the Great Sage and Hui'an following behind.

頃刻間，早見一座山頭。In a moment, a mountain peak already came into view.行者道：「這山就是號山了。Sun Wukong said, 'This mountain is Hao Mountain.從此處到那妖精門首，約摸有四百餘里。」菩薩聞言，即命住下祥雲，在那山頭上念一聲「唵」字咒語。From here to the demon's gate it's roughly four hundred li or more." Hearing this, the Bodhisattva at once had the auspicious cloud halt, and on the mountaintop recited the spell-word 'Om.'只見那山左山右，走出許多神鬼，卻乃是本山土地眾神，都到菩薩寶蓮座下磕頭。At once, from the left and right of the mountain, many spirits and gods came forth — these were the local earth gods of that mountain — and all came to kowtow beneath the Bodhisattva's precious lotus seat.菩薩道：「汝等俱莫驚張。The Bodhisattva said, 'None of you need be alarmed.我今來擒此魔王，你與我把這團圍打掃乾淨，要三百里遠近地方，不許一個生靈在地。I have come now to capture this demon king. I want you to clear this entire area for me thoroughly — within a radius of three hundred li, not a single living creature is to remain on the ground.將那窩中小獸，窟內雛蟲，都送在巔峰之上安生。」眾神遵依而退。Take the young beasts in their dens and the hatchlings in their burrows, and send them all up to settle safely on the mountain peaks." The assembled gods obeyed and withdrew.須臾間，又來回覆。In a short while, they returned to report.菩薩道：「既然乾淨，俱各回祠。」遂把淨瓶扳倒，唿喇喇傾出水來，就如雷響。The Bodhisattva said, 'Since it's cleared, you may all return to your shrines.' She then tipped over her pure vase, and with a great rushing sound the water poured out like a peal of thunder.真個是：Truly it was thus:

孫大聖見了，暗中讚嘆道：「果然是一個大慈大悲的菩薩！Seeing this, Sun the Great Sage secretly praised her, saying, 'She is truly a Bodhisattva of great mercy and great compassion!若老孫有此法力，將瓶兒望山一倒，管甚麼禽獸蛇蟲哩。」菩薩叫：「悟空，伸手過來。」行者即忙斂袖，將左手伸出。If old Monkey had such magic power, I'd just tip a vase toward the mountain and never worry about any bird, beast, snake, or bug." The Bodhisattva called, "Wukong, hold out your hand." Sun Wukong quickly rolled up his sleeve and held out his left hand.菩薩拔楊柳枝，蘸甘露，把手心裡寫一個「迷」字。The Bodhisattva plucked a willow twig, dipped it in sweet dew, and wrote the character 'mi' (confusion) on his palm.教他：「捏著拳頭，快去與那妖精索戰，許敗不許勝。She told him, 'Clench your fist, go quickly to challenge the demon to battle, and you're allowed to lose but not to win.敗將來我這跟前，我自有法力收他。」Lure him, defeated, back here in front of me, and I will have my own means of subduing him."

行者領命，返雲光，徑來至洞口。Having received his orders, Sun Wukong turned his cloud-light back and went straight to the mouth of the cave.一隻手使拳，一隻手使棒，高叫道：「妖怪開門！」那些小妖又進去報道：「孫行者又來了。」妖王道：「緊關了門，莫睬他。」行者叫道：「好兒子！With one hand he made a fist and with the other he wielded his rod, and he shouted loudly, 'Demon, open the door!' The little demons went in again to report, 'Sun the Pilgrim is back again.' The Demon King said, 'Shut the door tight, pay him no mind.' Sun Wukong shouted, 'Fine son you are!把老子趕在門外，還不開門？」小妖又報道：「孫行者罵出那話兒來了。」妖王只教：「莫睬他。」行者叫兩次，見不開門，心中大怒，舉鐵棒，將門一下，打了一個窟窿。You chase your old man out the door, and still won't open up?" The little demons again reported, "Sun the Pilgrim is cursing us with that kind of talk." The Demon King only said, "Pay him no mind." Sun Wukong called out twice, and seeing the door still would not open, he grew furious, raised his iron rod, and with one blow to the door smashed a hole clean through it.慌得那小妖跌將進去道：「孫行者打破門了。」妖王見報幾次，又聽說打破前門，急縱身，跳將出去，挺長槍，對行者罵道：「這猴子，老大不識起倒。In alarm, the little demons stumbled inside, crying, 'Sun the Pilgrim has broken the door!' The Demon King, having heard the reports several times and now hearing the front door was smashed, sprang up at once and leaped outside, leveled his long spear, and cursed at Sun Wukong, 'This monkey doesn't know when to stop.我讓你得些便宜，你還不知盡足，又來欺我。I let you get away with a little advantage, and still you're not satisfied, and come to bully me again.打破我門，你該個甚麼罪名？」行者道：「我兒，你趕老子出門，你該個甚麼罪名？」You smashed my door — what crime should you be charged with?" Sun Wukong said, "My son, you drove your old man out the door — what crime should you be charged with?"

那妖王羞怒，綽長槍，劈胸便刺；Shamed and enraged, the Demon King seized his long spear and thrust straight at Wukong's chest;這行者，舉鐵棒，架隔相還。Sun Wukong raised his iron rod and blocked, striking back in return.一番搭上手，鬥經四五個回合，行者捏著拳頭，拖著棒，敗將下來。Once they engaged, they fought through four or five rounds, and then Sun Wukong, keeping his fist clenched, dragged his rod, and feigned defeat, retreating.那妖王立在山前道：「我要刷洗唐僧去哩。」行者道：「好兒子，天看著你哩。The Demon King stood before the mountain and said, 'I'm going to go finish off Tang Seng.' Sun Wukong said, 'Fine son, Heaven is watching you.你來。」那妖精聞言，愈加嗔怒，喝一聲，趕到面前，挺槍又刺；Come on then." Hearing this, the demon grew even angrier, gave a shout, chased right up to him, leveled his spear and thrust again;這行者掄棒，又戰幾合，敗陣又走。Sun Wukong swung his rod, fought a few more rounds, and again feigned defeat and fled.那妖王罵道：「猴子，你在前有二三十合的本事，你怎麼如今正鬥時就要走了，何也？」行者笑道：「賢郎，老子怕你放火。」妖精道：「我不放火了，你上來。」行者道：「既不放火，走開些，好漢子莫在家門前打人。」那妖精不知是詐，真個舉槍又趕。The Demon King cursed, 'Monkey, before you had the skill to fight twenty or thirty rounds — why is it that now, just when we're really fighting, you want to run? Why is that?' Sun Wukong laughed and said, 'Worthy son, your old man is afraid you'll breathe fire.' The demon said, 'I won't breathe fire — come on and fight.' Sun Wukong said, 'Since you won't breathe fire, then move away a bit — a real man shouldn't fight right at his own front door.' Not realizing this was a trick, the demon really did raise his spear and give chase.行者拖了棒，放了拳頭。Sun Wukong dragged his rod along and opened his clenched fist.那妖王著了迷亂，只情追趕。The Demon King, now under the spell of confusion, gave chase with all his heart.前走的如流星過度，後走的如弩箭離弦。The one running in front was like a shooting star crossing the sky; the one running behind was like an arrow loosed from a crossbow.

不一時，望見那菩薩了。Before long, the Bodhisattva came into view.行者道：「妖精，我怕你了，你饒我罷。Sun Wukong said, 'Demon, I'm afraid of you now — please spare me.你如今趕至南海觀音菩薩處，怎麼還不回去？」那妖王不信，咬著牙，只管趕來。You've chased me all the way here to the place of Guanyin Bodhisattva of the Southern Sea — why haven't you turned back yet?" The Demon King did not believe him, and gritting his teeth, kept right on chasing.行者將身一幌，藏在那菩薩的神光影裡。Sun Wukong gave his body a shake and hid himself within the shadow of the Bodhisattva's divine light.這妖精見沒了行者。The demon saw that Sun Wukong had vanished.走近前，睜圓眼，對菩薩道：「你是孫行者請來的救兵麼？」菩薩不答應。He stepped up close, opened his eyes wide, and said to the Bodhisattva, 'Are you the reinforcements Sun the Pilgrim invited here?' The Bodhisattva did not answer.妖王撚轉長槍，喝道：「咄！The Demon King twirled his long spear about and shouted, 'Bah!你是孫行者請來的救兵麼？」菩薩也不答應。Are you the reinforcements Sun the Pilgrim invited here?" Again the Bodhisattva did not answer.妖精望菩薩劈心刺一槍來。The demon thrust his spear straight at the Bodhisattva's heart.那菩薩化道金光，徑走上九霄空內。The Bodhisattva transformed into a beam of golden light and shot straight up into the ninefold heavens.行者跟定道：「菩薩，你好欺伏我罷了，那妖精再三問你，你怎麼推聾裝啞，不敢做聲，被他一槍搠走了，卻把那個蓮臺都丟下耶？」菩薩只教：「莫言語，看他再要怎的。」Sun Wukong followed close behind and said, 'Bodhisattva, it's one thing to trick and put one over on me, but when the demon asked you again and again, why did you pretend to be deaf and dumb and not dare say a word, letting him drive you off with one thrust of his spear, and even abandon your lotus throne?' The Bodhisattva only said, 'Don't speak — let's see what he does next.'

此時行者與木叉俱在空中，並肩同看。At this time Sun Wukong and Muzha were both up in the sky, watching side by side.只見那妖呵呵冷笑道：「潑猴頭，錯認了我也。They saw the demon laugh coldly and say, 'You wretched monkey, you've mistaken your man.他不知把我聖嬰當作個甚人，幾番家戰我不過，又去請個甚麼膿包菩薩來卻被我一槍，搠得無形無影去了，又把個寶蓮臺兒丟了。He has no idea who he's dealing with in me, Sheng Ying — after failing to beat me in battle several times, he went and invited some good-for-nothing Bodhisattva, and I drove her off without a trace with a single thrust of my spear, and she even left her precious lotus throne behind.且等我上去坐坐。」好妖精，他也學菩薩，盤手盤腳的坐在當中。Let me go up and sit on it a while." What a demon — he too imitated the Bodhisattva, crossing his hands and legs, and sat himself right in the middle of it.行者看見道：「好好好，蓮花臺兒好送人了。」菩薩道：「悟空，你又說甚麼？」行者道：「說甚？Seeing this, Sun Wukong said, 'Fine, fine, fine — a lotus throne, just given away to someone else!' The Bodhisattva said, 'Wukong, what are you saying now?' Sun Wukong said, 'What am I saying?說甚？What am I saying?蓮臺送了人了。The lotus throne has been given away to someone else.那妖精坐放臀下，終不得你還要哩？」菩薩道：「正要他坐哩。」行者道：「他的身軀小巧，比你還坐得穩當。」菩薩叫：「莫言語，且看法力。」That demon has planted his backside on it — surely you don't mean to still want it back?" The Bodhisattva said, "I want exactly for him to sit on it." Sun Wukong said, "His body is small and neat — he sits on it even more steadily than you do." The Bodhisattva said, "Don't speak, just watch my power."

他將楊柳枝往下指定，叫一聲：「退！」只見那蓮臺花彩俱無，祥光盡散，原來那妖王坐在刀尖之上。She pointed her willow twig downward and called out, 'Retreat!' At once the lotus throne's flowers and colors all vanished, its auspicious light entirely dispersed — and it turned out the Demon King was sitting on the tips of the swords.即命木叉：「使降妖杵，把刀柄兒打打去來。」那木叉按下雲頭，將降魔杵如築牆一般，築了有千百餘下。She at once ordered Muzha, 'Use your demon-quelling pestle and go strike at the sword hilts.' Muzha brought his cloud down and, wielding the demon-subduing pestle as if ramming a wall, pounded away over a thousand times.那妖精穿通兩腿刀尖出，血注成汪皮肉開。The sword tips pierced clean through both the demon's legs and came out the other side, blood pooling in great gouts as the flesh split open.好怪物，你看他咬著牙，忍著痛，且丟了長槍，用手將刀亂拔。What a monster — just look at him, gritting his teeth and enduring the pain, he flung down his long spear and used his hands to yank wildly at the swords, trying to pull them out.行者卻道：「菩薩啊，那怪物不怕痛，還拔刀哩。」菩薩見了，喚上木叉：「且莫傷他生命。」卻又把楊柳枝垂下，念聲「唵」字咒語，那天罡刀都變做倒鬚鉤兒，狼牙一般，莫能褪得。Sun Wukong said, 'Bodhisattva, that monster isn't afraid of pain — he's still pulling at the swords.' Seeing this, the Bodhisattva called to Muzha, 'Don't take his life.' She then lowered her willow twig again and recited the spell-word 'Om,' and all the Heaven-Ladle Swords turned into backward-barbed hooks, like wolf's fangs, so that they could not be pulled free.那妖精卻才慌了，扳著刀尖，痛聲苦告道：「菩薩，我弟子有眼無珠，不識你廣大法力。Only then did the demon panic, and clutching at the sword points, he cried out in pain and pleaded, 'Bodhisattva, I, your disciple, had eyes but no pupils, and failed to recognize your vast and boundless power.千乞垂慈，饒我性命，再不敢恃惡，願入法門戒行也。」I beg you a thousand times over to show mercy and spare my life — I will never again dare to rely on evil, and I am willing to enter the Dharma gate and take up its precepts."

菩薩聞言，卻與二行者、白鸚哥低下金光，到了妖精面前，問道：「你可受吾戒行麼？」妖王點頭滴淚道：「若饒性命，願受戒行。」菩薩道：「你可入我門麼？」妖王道：「果饒性命，願入法門。」菩薩道：「既如此，我與你摩頂受戒。」就袖中取出一把金剃頭刀兒，近前去，把那怪分頂剃了幾刀，剃作一個太山壓頂，與他留下三個頂搭，挽起三個窩角揪兒。Hearing this, the Bodhisattva, together with the two pilgrims and the white parrot, brought her golden light down and came before the demon, and asked, 'Will you accept my precepts and discipline?' The Demon King nodded, tears falling, and said, 'If you spare my life, I am willing to accept the precepts.' The Bodhisattva said, 'Will you enter my gate?' The Demon King said, 'If you truly spare my life, I am willing to enter the Dharma gate.' The Bodhisattva said, 'Since that is so, I shall shave your crown and administer the precepts to you.' She then took a small golden razor from her sleeve, went up to him, and shaved the monster's head in several strokes, cutting it into the style of 'Mount Tai Pressing Down the Crown,' leaving him three tufts on top, which she gathered up into three coiled horn-like knots.行者在傍笑道：「這妖精大晦氣，弄得不男不女，不知像個甚麼東西。」菩薩道：「你今既受我戒，我卻也不慢你，稱你做善財童子，如何？」那妖點頭受持，只望饒命。Standing to the side, Sun Wukong laughed and said, 'This demon has terrible luck — made to look neither man nor woman, looking like goodness knows what.' The Bodhisattva said, 'Now that you have accepted my precepts, I won't slight you either — I shall call you Boy Shancai. How is that?' The demon nodded and accepted, hoping only that his life would be spared.菩薩卻用手一指，叫聲：「退！」撞的一聲，天罡刀都脫落塵埃，那童子身軀不損。The Bodhisattva then pointed with her hand and called out, 'Withdraw!' With a clattering sound, all the Heaven-Ladle Swords fell away into the dust, and the boy's body was left unharmed.

菩薩叫：「惠岸，你將刀送上天宮，還你父王，莫來接我，先到普陀巖會眾諸天等候。」那木叉領命，送刀上界，回海不題。The Bodhisattva said, 'Hui'an, take these swords up to the Palace of Heaven and return them to your father the king. Don't come to fetch me — go first to Mount Putuo to join the assembled heavenly beings and wait there.' Muzha received his orders, delivered the swords up to Heaven, and returned to the sea — no more of that for now.

卻說那童子野性不定，見那腿疼處不疼，臀破處不破，頭挽了三個揪兒，他走去綽起長槍，望菩薩道：「那裡有甚真法力降我？Now to tell of the boy — his wild nature was still unsettled, and seeing that his legs, which had hurt, no longer hurt, and his backside, which had been torn, was no longer torn, though his hair was now done up in three tufts, he went and snatched up his long spear again, and said to the Bodhisattva, 'What real magic power was there to subdue me?原來是個掩樣術法兒。It was nothing but some sleight-of-hand trick.不受甚戒，看槍！」望菩薩劈臉刺來。I won't accept any precepts — take this spear!" And he thrust straight at the Bodhisattva's face.恨得個行者掄鐵棒要打。This so enraged Sun Wukong that he swung up his iron rod, ready to strike.菩薩只叫：「莫打，我自有懲治。」卻又袖中取出一個金箍兒來道：「這寶貝原是我佛如來賜我往東土尋取經人的金、緊、禁三個箍兒。The Bodhisattva only called out, 'Don't strike — I have my own way of dealing with him.' She then took out from her sleeve a golden band and said, 'This treasure was originally given to me by our Buddha Tathagata, when I was sent to the Eastern Lands to find the pilgrim who would fetch the scriptures — three bands: the Golden, the Tight, and the Restraining.緊箍兒先與你戴了；The Tight-Fillet Band I already gave to you to wear;禁箍兒收了守山大神；the Restraining Band I used on the great god who guards the mountain;這個金箍兒未曾捨得與人，今觀此怪無禮，與他罷。」好菩薩，將箍兒迎風一幌，叫聲：「變！」即變作五個箍兒，望童子身上拋了去，喝聲：「著！」一個套在他頭頂上，兩個套在他左右手上，兩個套在他左右腳上。and this Golden Band I have never yet been willing to part with — but seeing how insolent this monster is now, I shall give it to him." What a Bodhisattva — she shook the band once in the wind and called out, "Change!" At once it turned into five separate bands, which she flung toward the boy's body, shouting, "Fasten!" One slipped onto the top of his head, two onto his left and right hands, and two onto his left and right feet.菩薩道：「悟空，走開些，等我念念金箍兒咒。」行者慌了道：「菩薩呀，請你來此降妖，如何卻要咒我？」菩薩道：「這篇咒不是緊箍兒咒咒你的，是金箍兒咒咒那童子的。」行者卻才放心，緊隨左右，聽他念咒。The Bodhisattva said, 'Wukong, step back a bit, while I recite the Golden-Band spell.' Sun Wukong panicked and said, 'Bodhisattva, I invited you here to subdue a demon — why would you want to recite a spell on me?' The Bodhisattva said, 'This spell is not the Tight-Fillet spell to bind you — it is the Golden-Band spell to bind that boy.' Only then did Sun Wukong set his mind at ease, and he stayed close by her side, listening as she recited the spell.菩薩捻著訣，默默的念了幾遍，那妖精搓耳揉腮，攢蹄打滾。The Bodhisattva formed a mudra with her fingers and silently recited the spell several times over, and the demon rubbed his ears and cheeks, drew his feet together, and rolled about on the ground in pain.正是：Truly it was just as the saying goes:

畢竟不知那童子怎的皈依，且聽下回分解。In the end, we do not know how the boy came to submit and take refuge — please listen to the explanation given in the next chapter.

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Wukong reaches the Southern Sea and appeals to Guanyin, who responds angrily when she hears that Red Boy counterfeited her appearance. She empties an entire sea into her vase, has Wukong carry it until compassion makes it light, and travels to the demon's mountain. There she turns lotus petals into a platform of blades and lets Red Boy believe he has seized her empty seat; when the points pierce him, he is trapped despite all his transformations and boasts.

Still defiant, Red Boy attacks with spear and fire, so Guanyin places five golden bands upon his limbs. At her command they tighten and force his hands together in an involuntary posture of worship. The demon finally submits and becomes Shancai, the Good-Wealth Child who attends the Bodhisattva. Wukong returns to the cave, frees Tripitaka and Bajie, and the reunited pilgrims leave the ravine while their former enemy follows Guanyin toward a religious life.

When it was written 背景

This 回 completes the Red Boy arc by replacing destruction with conversion: Guanyin does not merely extinguish the fire but redirects the demon's fierce energy into service. Her vase, lotus throne and binding bands turn recognizable devotional objects into instruments within an earthy comic battle, a blend typical of the novel. Learners who have just watched Wukong's resourcefulness fail can see the hierarchy of power clearly here, while the forced gesture of prayer raises the chapter's characteristic tension between compassionate salvation and coercive discipline.

Words in this chapter 生词

菩pú菩pú — used in 菩薩 (pú sà) · used in 菩提 (pú tí)
薩sà薩sà — used in 菩薩 (pú sà) · used in transliteration
妖yāo妖yāo — goblin · witch · devil · bewitching · enchanting · monster · phantom · demon
箍gū箍gū — hoop · to bind with hoops
僧sēng僧sēng — (bound form) Buddhist monk (abbr. for 僧伽 (sēng qié))
罡gāng罡gāng — stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper
王wángHSK 4王wáng — king or monarch · best or strongest of its type · grand · great (HSK 4)
孫sūn孫sūn — grandson · descendant
搠shuò搠shuò — daub · thrust
巖yán巖yán — variant of 岩 (yán)
惠huì惠huì — (bound form) act of kindness (from a superior) · (honorific prefix) kind (as in 惠顧 (huì gù))
裡lǐHSK 1裡lǐ — lining · interior · inside · internal · also written 裏 (lǐ) (HSK 1)