第046回 The Contest of Magic Exposes the Three Animal-Spirits

第046回Chapter 46

話說那國王見孫行者有呼龍使聖之法，即將關文用了寶印，便要遞與唐僧，放行西路。The story goes that when the king saw that Sun Wukong possessed the power to summon dragons and command spirits, he stamped the travel rescript with the treasure seal and was about to hand it to Tang Seng, granting him passage west.那三個道士慌得拜倒在金鑾殿上啟奏。The three Daoist priests, alarmed, prostrated themselves before the throne in the golden hall to submit a memorial.那皇帝即下龍位，御手忙攙道：「國師今日行此大禮，何也？」道士說：「陛下，我等至此匡扶社稷，保國安民，苦歷二十年來今日這和尚弄法力，抓了丟去，敗了我們聲名。The emperor at once rose from his dragon throne and hastily reached out with his own hand to raise them up, saying, "Why does the National Preceptor perform such a great obeisance today?" The Daoist said, "Your Majesty, we came here to uphold the altars of state and protect the country and its people, laboring bitterly for twenty years — yet today this monk used magic power to snatch away the rain and cast it aside, ruining our reputation.陛下以一場之雨，就恕殺人之罪，可不輕了我等也？"Your Majesty, on the strength of a single rainfall you would pardon the crime of manslaughter — is that not making light of us?望陛下且留住他的關文，讓我兄弟與他再賭一賭，看是何如？」那國王著實昏亂，東說向東，西說向西，真個收了關文，道：「國師，你怎麼與他賭？」虎力大仙道：「我與他賭坐禪。」國王道：「國師差矣。We beg Your Majesty to withhold his travel rescript a while longer and let my brothers contend with him once more in a wager, to see how it turns out." The king, thoroughly muddled, swayed east when told east and west when told west, and indeed took back the rescript, saying, "National Preceptor, how will you contend with him?" Immortal Huli said, "I will wager with him at sitting in meditation." The king said, "There, National Preceptor, you are mistaken.那和尚乃禪教出身，必然先會禪機，才敢奉旨求經，你怎與他賭此？」大仙道：「我這坐禪，比常不同，有一異名，教做雲梯顯聖。」國王道：「何為雲梯顯聖？」大仙道：「要一百張桌子，五十張作一禪臺，一張一張疊將起去，不許手攀而上，亦不用梯凳而登，各駕一朵雲頭，上臺坐下，約定幾個時辰不動。」That monk comes from a Chan background and surely already understands the workings of meditation before he dared receive the imperial edict to seek scriptures — how can you wager with him on that?" The Immortal said, "This sitting meditation of mine is no ordinary kind; it has a special name — it is called 'Ascending the Cloud Ladder to Manifest Sagehood.'" The king said, "What is meant by 'Ascending the Cloud Ladder to Manifest Sagehood'?" The Immortal said, "We need a hundred tables. Fifty tables will form one meditation platform, stacked one upon another, and one may not climb up by hand nor mount by ladder or stool — each rides up on a cloud of his own and sits atop the platform, agreeing to remain motionless for a set number of hours."

话说那国王见孙行者有呼龙使圣之法，即将关文用了宝印，便要递与唐僧，放行西路。那三个道士慌得拜倒在金銮殿上启奏。那皇帝即下龙位，御手忙搀道：「国师今日行此大礼，何也？」道士说：「陛下，我等至此匡扶社稷，保国安民，苦历二十年来今日这和尚弄法力，抓了丢去，败了我们声名。陛下以一场之雨，就恕杀人之罪，可不轻了我等也？望陛下且留住他的关文，让我兄弟与他再赌一赌，看是何如？」那国王著实昏乱，东说向东，西说向西，真个收了关文，道：「国师，你怎么与他赌？」虎力大仙道：「我与他赌坐禅。」国王道：「国师差矣。那和尚乃禅教出身，必然先会禅机，才敢奉旨求经，你怎与他赌此？」大仙道：「我这坐禅，比常不同，有一异名，教做云梯显圣。」国王道：「何为云梯显圣？」大仙道：「要一百张桌子，五十张作一禅台，一张一张叠将起去，不许手攀而上，亦不用梯凳而登，各驾一朵云头，上台坐下，约定几个时辰不动。」

國王見此有些難處，就便傳旨問道：「那和尚，我國師要與你賭『雲梯顯聖』坐禪，那個會麼？」行者聞言，沉吟不答。The king saw that this posed some difficulty, and so sent word to ask, "Monk, my National Preceptor wishes to wager with you at 'Ascending the Cloud Ladder to Manifest Sagehood' in sitting meditation — can anyone among you do this?" Hearing this, Xingzhe fell silent and did not answer.八戒道：「哥哥，怎麼不言語？」行者道：「兄弟，實不瞞你說。Bajie said, "Elder brother, why do you say nothing?" Xingzhe said, "Brother, to tell you the truth—若是踢天弄井、攪海翻江、擔山趕月、換斗移星諸般巧事，我都幹得；if it's kicking heaven or stirring up wells, churning the sea or overturning rivers, carrying mountains or chasing the moon, swapping the Dipper or shifting the stars, and all such clever feats, I can do every one of them;就是砍頭剁腦、剖腹剜心、異樣騰那卻也不怕；even having my head chopped off, my brains hacked out, my belly split open, or my heart gouged out, and all manner of strange contortions, I fear none of it;但說坐禪，我就輸了。but when it comes to sitting in meditation, I would lose.我那裡有這坐性？Where would I ever get the patience to sit still?你就把我鎖在鐵柱子上，我也要上下爬蹅，莫想坐得住。」三藏忽的開言道：「我會坐禪。」行者歡喜道：「卻好，卻好。Even if you chained me to an iron pillar, I would still scramble up and down — there's no hope of my sitting still." Sanzang suddenly spoke up, "I can sit in meditation." Xingzhe said joyfully, "Excellent, excellent.可坐得多少時？」三藏道：「我幼年遇方上禪僧講道，那性命根本上，定性存神，在死生關裡，也坐二三個年頭。」行者道：「師父若坐二三年，我們就不取經罷。How long can you sit?" Sanzang said, "In my youth I met itinerant Chan monks who preached the Way, and as for stabilizing one's nature and preserving the spirit at the very root of life, within the pass between life and death, I once sat for two or three years." Xingzhe said, "Master, if you sit for two or three years, we might as well give up fetching the scriptures.多也不上二三個時辰，就下來了。」三藏道：「徒弟呀，卻是不能上去。」行者道：「你上前答應，我送你上去。」At most, in no more than two or three hours, you'll come down again." Sanzang said, "Disciple, ah, but I cannot get up there." Xingzhe said, "You step forward and answer him — I will send you up."

国王见此有些难处，就便传旨问道：「那和尚，我国师要与你赌『云梯显圣』坐禅，那个会么？」行者闻言，沉吟不答。八戒道：「哥哥，怎么不言语？」行者道：「兄弟，实不瞒你说。若是踢天弄井、搅海翻江、担山赶月、换斗移星诸般巧事，我都干得；就是砍头剁脑、剖腹剜心、异样腾那却也不怕；但说坐禅，我就输了。我那里有这坐性？你就把我锁在铁柱子上，我也要上下爬蹅，莫想坐得住。」三藏忽的开言道：「我会坐禅。」行者欢喜道：「却好，却好。可坐得多少时？」三藏道：「我幼年遇方上禅僧讲道，那性命根本上，定性存神，在死生关里，也坐二三个年头。」行者道：「师父若坐二三年，我们就不取经罢。多也不上二三个时辰，就下来了。」三藏道：「徒弟呀，却是不能上去。」行者道：「你上前答应，我送你上去。」

那長老果然合掌當胸道：「貧僧會坐禪。」國王教傳旨，立禪臺。The elder indeed pressed his palms together at his chest and said, "This poor monk can sit in meditation." The king ordered that word be passed to set up the meditation platforms.國家有倒山之力，不消半個時辰，就設起兩座臺，在金鑾殿左右。The kingdom had the strength to move mountains, and in less than half an hour, two platforms were erected to the left and right of the golden hall.

那长老果然合掌当胸道：「贫僧会坐禅。」国王教传旨，立禅台。国家有倒山之力，不消半个时辰，就设起两座台，在金銮殿左右。

那虎力大仙下殿，立於階心，將身一縱，踏一朵席雲，徑上西邊臺上坐下。Immortal Huli came down from the hall, stood in the middle of the steps, gave a leap, mounted a cloud like a mat, and went straight up to sit on the western platform.行者拔一根毫毛，變做假像，陪著八戒、沙僧，立於下面；Xingzhe plucked one hair and transformed it into a false likeness of himself, which stood below beside Bajie and Sha Seng;他卻作五色祥雲，把唐僧撮起空中，徑至東邊臺上坐下；he himself formed a five-colored auspicious cloud, scooped Tang Seng up into the air, and went straight to sit on the eastern platform;他又斂祥光，變作一個蟭蟟蟲，飛在八戒耳朵邊道：「兄弟，仔細看著師父，再莫與老孫替身說話。」那獃子笑道：「理會得，理會得。」then he gathered in the auspicious light and turned himself into a tiny gnat, flying to Bajie's ear and saying, "Brother, watch our master closely, and don't go talking to old Monkey's stand-in again." The idiot laughed, "Understood, understood."

那虎力大仙下殿，立于阶心，将身一纵，踏一朵席云，径上西边台上坐下。行者拔一根毫毛，变做假像，陪著八戒、沙僧，立于下面；他却作五色祥云，把唐僧撮起空中，径至东边台上坐下；他又敛祥光，变作一个蟭蟟虫，飞在八戒耳朵边道：「兄弟，仔细看著师父，再莫与老孙替身说话。」那呆子笑道：「理会得，理会得。」

卻說那鹿力大仙在繡墩上坐看多時，他兩個在高臺上不分勝負，這道士就助他師兄一功：將腦後短髮拔了一根，捻著一團，彈將上去，徑至唐僧頭上，變作一個大臭蟲，咬住長老。Meanwhile Immortal Luli, seated on an embroidered stool, watched for a long while; when the two of them on the high platforms remained evenly matched, this Daoist decided to lend his elder brother a hand: he plucked a single short hair from the back of his head, rolled it into a little ball, and flicked it upward, straight to the top of Tang Seng's head, where it turned into a large stinkbug and bit the elder.那長老先前覺癢，然後覺疼。At first the elder felt an itch, and then he felt pain.原來坐禪的不許動手，動手算輸。Now, one who sits in meditation is not allowed to move his hands — to move a hand counts as losing.一時間疼痛難禁，他縮著頭，就著衣襟擦癢。After a while the pain became unbearable, and he drew in his head and rubbed at the itch with the hem of his robe.八戒道：「不好了，師父羊兒風發了。」沙僧道：「不是，是頭風發了。」行者聽見道：「我師父乃志誠君子，他說會坐禪，斷然會坐；Bajie said, "This is bad — the master's fit of epilepsy has come on." Sha Seng said, "No, it's a wind-affliction of the head." Xingzhe, hearing this, said, "My master is a man of utter sincerity; if he said he could sit in meditation, then he surely can;說不會，只是不會。if he said he could not, then he simply could not.君子家，豈有謬乎？How could a gentleman speak falsely?你兩個休言，等我上去看看。」The two of you say nothing more — let me go up and take a look."

却说那鹿力大仙在绣墩上坐看多时，他两个在高台上不分胜负，这道士就助他师兄一功：将脑后短发拔了一根，捻著一团，弹将上去，径至唐僧头上，变作一个大臭虫，咬住长老。那长老先前觉痒，然后觉疼。原来坐禅的不许动手，动手算输。一时间疼痛难禁，他缩著头，就著衣襟擦痒。八戒道：「不好了，师父羊儿风发了。」沙僧道：「不是，是头风发了。」行者听见道：「我师父乃志诚君子，他说会坐禅，断然会坐；说不会，只是不会。君子家，岂有谬乎？你两个休言，等我上去看看。」

好行者，嚶的一聲，飛在唐僧頭上，只見有豆粒大小一個臭蟲叮他師父，慌忙用手捻下，替師父撓撓摸摸。Good Xingzhe — with a buzz he flew up to the top of Tang Seng's head, and there he saw a stinkbug the size of a bean biting his master; hastily he pinched it off with his hand and scratched and rubbed his master's head for him.那長老不疼不癢，端坐上面。The elder, now free of pain and itch, sat upright atop the platform.行者暗想道：「和尚頭光，虱子也安不得一個，如何有此臭蟲？Xingzhe thought to himself secretly, "A monk's head is shaved bare — not even a louse could settle on it, so how did this stinkbug get here?想是那道士弄的玄虛，害我師父。It must be some trick the Daoist worked to harm my master.哈哈，枉自也不見輸贏，等老孫去弄他一弄！」這行者飛將上去，金殿獸頭上落下，搖身一變，變作一條七寸長的蜈蚣，徑來道士鼻凹裡叮了一下。Ha, it would be a shame to let the match end without a clear winner or loser — let old Monkey go give him a taste of the same!" This Xingzhe flew up, dropped down from the beast-head ornament on the golden hall, shook himself, and turned into a centipede seven inches long, going straight to bite the Daoist in the hollow of his nose.那道士坐不穩，一個觔斗，翻將下去，幾乎喪了性命，幸虧大小官員人多救起。The Daoist could not hold his seat, turned a somersault, and tumbled down, nearly losing his life; fortunately the many officials, high and low, rushed to save him.國王大驚，即著當駕太師領他往文華殿裡梳洗去了。The king, greatly alarmed, at once ordered the Grand Tutor in attendance to take him to the Wenhua Hall to be washed and groomed.行者仍駕祥雲，將師父馱下階前，已是長老得勝。Xingzhe, still riding his auspicious cloud, carried his master down before the steps — by now the elder had won the match.

好行者，嘤的一声，飞在唐僧头上，只见有豆粒大小一个臭虫叮他师父，慌忙用手捻下，替师父挠挠摸摸。那长老不疼不痒，端坐上面。行者暗想道：「和尚头光，虱子也安不得一个，如何有此臭虫？想是那道士弄的玄虚，害我师父。哈哈，枉自也不见输赢，等老孙去弄他一弄！」这行者飞将上去，金殿兽头上落下，摇身一变，变作一条七寸长的蜈蚣，径来道士鼻凹里叮了一下。那道士坐不稳，一个觔斗，翻将下去，几乎丧了性命，幸亏大小官员人多救起。国王大惊，即著当驾太师领他往文华殿里梳洗去了。行者仍驾祥云，将师父驮下阶前，已是长老得胜。

那國王只教放行。The king wished only to let them pass.鹿力大仙又奏道：「陛下，我師兄原有暗風疾，因到了高處，冒了天風，舊疾舉發，故令和尚得勝。Immortal Luli again submitted, "Your Majesty, my elder brother has always suffered a hidden wind ailment; because he went up to such a height and was struck by the heavenly wind, his old illness flared up, and that is why the monk seemed to win.且留下他，等我與他賭隔板猜枚。」國王道：「怎麼叫做『隔板猜枚』？」鹿力道：「貧道有隔板知物之法，看那和尚可能夠？Let him be kept here a while longer, and let me wager with him at 'Guessing Objects Through a Partition.'" The king said, "What is meant by 'Guessing Objects Through a Partition'?" Luli said, "This poor Daoist has the art of knowing objects through a partition — let us see whether that monk is capable of it.他若猜得過我，讓他出去；If he guesses correctly against me, let him go free;猜不著，憑陛下問擬罪名，雪我昆仲之恨，不污了二十年保國之恩也。」真個那國王十分昏亂，依此讒言，即傳旨：將一硃紅漆的櫃子，命內官擡到宮殿。if he cannot guess it, then let Your Majesty judge and sentence him as you see fit, to wash away the grievance of my brothers, so that our twenty years of service in protecting the realm shall not be sullied." The king, utterly muddled indeed, followed this slanderous counsel and at once issued an order: a vermillion lacquered cabinet was to be carried by the palace attendants into the hall.教娘娘放上件寶貝。He had the Empress place a treasure inside it.須臾擡出，放在白玉階前，教僧道：「你兩家各賭法力，猜那櫃中是何寶貝。」In a moment it was carried out and set before the white jade steps, and the monk and the Daoist were told, "The two of you shall each wager your powers, guessing what treasure lies within this cabinet."

那国王只教放行。鹿力大仙又奏道：「陛下，我师兄原有暗风疾，因到了高处，冒了天风，旧疾举发，故令和尚得胜。且留下他，等我与他赌隔板猜枚。」国王道：「怎么叫做『隔板猜枚』？」鹿力道：「贫道有隔板知物之法，看那和尚可能够？他若猜得过我，让他出去；猜不著，凭陛下问拟罪名，雪我昆仲之恨，不污了二十年保国之恩也。」真个那国王十分昏乱，依此谗言，即传旨：将一朱红漆的柜子，命内官抬到宫殿。教娘娘放上件宝贝。须臾抬出，放在白玉阶前，教僧道：「你两家各赌法力，猜那柜中是何宝贝。」

三藏道：「徒弟，櫃中之物，如何得知？」行者斂祥光，還變作蟭蟟蟲，釘在唐僧頭上道：「師父放心，等我去看看來。」好大聖，輕輕飛到櫃上，爬在那櫃腳之下，見有一條板縫兒。Sanzang said, "Disciple, how am I to know what is inside the cabinet?" Xingzhe gathered in his auspicious light and again turned into a gnat, fastening himself atop Tang Seng's head, and said, "Master, set your mind at ease — let me go and take a look." Good Great Sage — he flew lightly onto the cabinet, crawled down beneath its legs, and found a crack between the boards.他鑽將進去，見一個紅漆丹盤，內放一套宮衣，乃是山河社稷襖、乾坤地理裙。He wriggled his way in, and there he saw a red-lacquered vermillion tray, on which lay a set of palace robes — a jacket embroidered with mountains, rivers, and the altars of state, and a skirt patterned with the earth and its geography.用手拿起來，抖亂了，咬破舌尖上，一口血哨噴將去，叫聲：「變！」即變作一件破爛流丟一口鐘。He picked it up with his hands, shook it into disarray, bit through the tip of his tongue, and spat out a mouthful of blood, crying, "Change!" — and it at once turned into a tattered, dripping, cracked bell.臨行又撒上一泡臊溺。Before leaving he also sprayed a puddle of urine over it.卻還從板縫裡鑽出來，飛在唐僧耳朵上道：「師父，你只猜是破爛流丟一口鐘。」三藏道：「他教猜寶貝哩，流丟是件甚寶貝？」行者道：「莫管他，只猜著便是。」Then he crawled back out through the crack in the boards and flew to perch on Tang Seng's ear, saying, "Master, just guess it's a tattered, dripping, cracked bell." Sanzang said, "They asked us to guess a treasure — what sort of treasure is a 'dripping cracked bell'?" Xingzhe said, "Never mind that — just guess it and it will be right."

三藏道：「徒弟，柜中之物，如何得知？」行者敛祥光，还变作蟭蟟虫，钉在唐僧头上道：「师父放心，等我去看看来。」好大圣，轻轻飞到柜上，爬在那柜脚之下，见有一条板缝儿。他钻将进去，见一个红漆丹盘，内放一套宫衣，乃是山河社稷袄、干坤地理裙。用手拿起来，抖乱了，咬破舌尖上，一口血哨喷将去，叫声：「变！」即变作一件破烂流丢一口钟。临行又撒上一泡臊溺。却还从板缝里钻出来，飞在唐僧耳朵上道：「师父，你只猜是破烂流丢一口钟。」三藏道：「他教猜宝贝哩，流丢是件甚宝贝？」行者道：「莫管他，只猜著便是。」

唐僧進前一步，正要猜，那鹿力大仙道：「我先猜，那櫃裡是山河社稷襖、乾坤地理裙。」唐僧道：「不是，不是，櫃裡是件破爛流丟一口鐘。」國王道：「這和尚無禮，敢笑我國中無寶，猜甚麼流丟一口鐘。」教：「拿了！」那兩班校尉就要動手。Tang Seng stepped forward, about to make his guess, when Immortal Luli said, "Let me guess first — inside the cabinet is a jacket embroidered with mountains, rivers, and the altars of state, and a skirt patterned with the earth and its geography." Tang Seng said, "No, no — inside the cabinet is a tattered, dripping, cracked bell." The king said, "This monk is insolent! How dare he mock our kingdom as having no treasures, guessing something like a 'dripping cracked bell.'" He ordered, "Seize him!" The two ranks of guard officers were about to lay hands on him.慌得唐僧合掌高呼：「陛下，且赦貧僧一時，待打開櫃看。Tang Seng, alarmed, pressed his palms together and cried aloud, "Your Majesty, pray pardon this poor monk a moment longer, and let the cabinet be opened to see.端的是寶，貧僧領罪；If it truly is a treasure, this poor monk will accept the punishment;如不是寶，卻不屈了貧僧也？」國王教打開看。but if it is not a treasure, would that not be a great injustice done to this poor monk?" The king ordered the cabinet opened to look.當駕官即開了，捧出丹盤來看，果然是件破爛流丟一口鐘。The attending official at once opened it, lifted out the vermillion tray to look, and indeed it was a tattered, dripping, cracked bell.國王大怒道：「是誰放上此物？」龍座後面閃上三宮皇后道：「我主，是梓童親手放的山河社稷襖、乾坤地理裙，卻不知怎麼變成此物？」國王道：「御妻請退，寡人知之。The king, enraged, said, "Who put this thing inside?" From behind the dragon throne the Third Consort Empress stepped forward and said, "My lord, it was I, your consort, who placed inside with my own hands the jacket embroidered with mountains, rivers, and the altars of state, and the skirt patterned with the earth and its geography — how it came to change into this thing, I do not know." The king said, "My royal consort, please withdraw — I understand it myself.宮中所用之物，無非是緞絹綾羅，那有此甚麼流丟？」教：「擡上櫃來，等朕親藏一寶貝，再試如何。」那皇帝即轉後宮，把御花園裡仙桃樹上結得一個大桃子，有碗來大小，摘下，放在櫃內，又擡下叫猜。The things used within the palace are nothing but silks and damasks and gauzes — where would there be any such 'dripping cracked bell'?" He ordered, "Carry the cabinet up again, and let me myself hide a treasure inside, to test him once more." The emperor then went back to the rear palace, and from the immortal peach tree in the imperial garden he picked a great peach, as large as a bowl, and placed it inside the cabinet, then had it carried out again for the guessing.

唐僧进前一步，正要猜，那鹿力大仙道：「我先猜，那柜里是山河社稷袄、干坤地理裙。」唐僧道：「不是，不是，柜里是件破烂流丢一口钟。」国王道：「这和尚无礼，敢笑我国中无宝，猜甚么流丢一口钟。」教：「拿了！」那两班校尉就要动手。慌得唐僧合掌高呼：「陛下，且赦贫僧一时，待打开柜看。端的是宝，贫僧领罪；如不是宝，却不屈了贫僧也？」国王教打开看。当驾官即开了，捧出丹盘来看，果然是件破烂流丢一口钟。国王大怒道：「是谁放上此物？」龙座后面闪上三宫皇后道：「我主，是梓童亲手放的山河社稷袄、干坤地理裙，却不知怎么变成此物？」国王道：「御妻请退，寡人知之。宫中所用之物，无非是缎绢绫罗，那有此甚么流丢？」教：「抬上柜来，等朕亲藏一宝贝，再试如何。」那皇帝即转后宫，把御花园里仙桃树上结得一个大桃子，有碗来大小，摘下，放在柜内，又抬下叫猜。

唐僧道：「徒弟啊，又來猜了。」行者道：「放心，等我再去看看。」又嚶的一聲，飛將去，還從板縫兒鑽進去，見是一個桃子，正合他意。Tang Seng said, "Disciple, ah, they're going to guess again." Xingzhe said, "Set your mind at ease — let me go take another look." Again with a buzz he flew off, once more crawling in through the crack in the boards, and saw it was a peach — which suited him perfectly.即現了原身，坐在櫃裡，將桃子一頓口啃得乾乾淨淨，連兩邊腮凹兒都啃淨了，將核兒安在裡面。He then resumed his true form, sat inside the cabinet, and devoured the peach in one go until it was utterly clean, gnawing even the hollows on both sides down to nothing, and set the pit back inside.仍變蟭蟟蟲，飛將出去，釘在唐僧耳朵上道：「師父，只猜是個桃核子。」長老道：「徒弟啊，休要弄我。He then turned once more into a gnat, flew out, and fastened himself on Tang Seng's ear, saying, "Master, just guess it's a bare peach pit." The elder said, "Disciple, ah, don't play tricks on me.先前不是口快，幾乎拿去典刑。Earlier it was only because I spoke too hastily that I nearly went to the executioner.這番須猜寶貝方好。This time we must guess a real treasure for it to go well.桃核子是甚寶貝？」行者道：「休怕，只管贏他便了。」What sort of treasure is a peach pit?" Xingzhe said, "Don't be afraid — just be sure to beat him, that's all."

唐僧道：「徒弟啊，又来猜了。」行者道：「放心，等我再去看看。」又嘤的一声，飞将去，还从板缝儿钻进去，见是一个桃子，正合他意。即现了原身，坐在柜里，将桃子一顿口啃得干干净净，连两边腮凹儿都啃净了，将核儿安在里面。仍变蟭蟟虫，飞将出去，钉在唐僧耳朵上道：「师父，只猜是个桃核子。」长老道：「徒弟啊，休要弄我。先前不是口快，几乎拿去典刑。这番须猜宝贝方好。桃核子是甚宝贝？」行者道：「休怕，只管赢他便了。」

三藏正要開言，聽得那羊力大仙道：「貧道先猜，是一顆仙桃。」三藏猜道：「不是桃，是個光桃核子。」那國王喝道：「是朕放的仙桃，如何是核？Just as Sanzang was about to speak, he heard Immortal Yangli say, "This poor Daoist will guess first — it is an immortal peach." Sanzang guessed, "It is not a peach — it is a bare, fleshless peach pit." The king shouted, "It was an immortal peach that I myself placed inside — how could it be a pit?三國師猜著了。」三藏道：「陛下，打開來看就是。」當駕官又擡上去打開，捧出丹盤，果然是一個核子，皮肉俱無。The Third National Preceptor has guessed correctly." Sanzang said, "Your Majesty, simply open it and look." The attending official again carried it up and opened it, lifting out the vermillion tray, and indeed it was a pit, with neither skin nor flesh remaining.國王見了，心驚道：「國師，休與他賭鬥了，讓他去罷。Seeing this, the king's heart was shaken, and he said, "National Preceptors, stop contending with him — let him go.寡人親手藏的仙桃，如今只是一核子，是甚人吃了？The immortal peach I hid with my own hands has become nothing but a pit — who could have eaten it?想是有鬼神暗助他也。」八戒聽說，與沙僧微微冷笑道：「還不知他是會吃桃子的積年哩。」It must be that spirits and ghosts are secretly aiding him." Hearing this, Bajie said to Sha Seng with a faint, cold smile, "Little do they know he's an old hand at eating peaches."

三藏正要开言，听得那羊力大仙道：「贫道先猜，是一颗仙桃。」三藏猜道：「不是桃，是个光桃核子。」那国王喝道：「是朕放的仙桃，如何是核？三国师猜著了。」三藏道：「陛下，打开来看就是。」当驾官又抬上去打开，捧出丹盘，果然是一个核子，皮肉俱无。国王见了，心惊道：「国师，休与他赌斗了，让他去罢。寡人亲手藏的仙桃，如今只是一核子，是甚人吃了？想是有鬼神暗助他也。」八戒听说，与沙僧微微冷笑道：「还不知他是会吃桃子的积年哩。」

正話間，只見那虎力大仙從文華殿梳洗了，走上殿道：「陛下，這和尚有搬運抵物之術。In the midst of this conversation, Immortal Huli, now washed and groomed, came from the Wenhua Hall and walked up into the hall, saying, "Your Majesty, this monk has the arts of spiriting things away and substituting objects.擡上櫃來，我破他術法，與他再猜。」國王道：「國師還要猜甚？」虎力道：「術法只抵得物件，卻抵不得人身。Carry the cabinet up again, and let me break his sorcery, and guess with him once more." The king said, "National Preceptor, what more do you wish to guess?" Huli said, "Sorcery can only substitute objects — it cannot substitute a living person.將這道童藏在裡面，管教他抵換不得。」這小童果藏在櫃裡，掩上櫃蓋，擡將下去，教：「那和尚再猜，這三番是甚寶貝？」Let this young Daoist boy be hidden inside — that will surely keep him from making any substitution." So this young boy was indeed hidden inside the cabinet, the lid was closed over him, and it was carried down, with the order, "Let the monk guess again — what treasure is this third round?"

正话间，只见那虎力大仙从文华殿梳洗了，走上殿道：「陛下，这和尚有搬运抵物之术。抬上柜来，我破他术法，与他再猜。」国王道：「国师还要猜甚？」虎力道：「术法只抵得物件，却抵不得人身。将这道童藏在里面，管教他抵换不得。」这小童果藏在柜里，掩上柜盖，抬将下去，教：「那和尚再猜，这三番是甚宝贝？」

三藏道：「又來了！」行者道：「等我再去看看。」嚶的又飛去，鑽入裡面，見是一個小童兒。Sanzang said, "Here it comes again!" Xingzhe said, "Let me go take another look." With a buzz he flew off again, wriggled inside, and saw it was a young boy.好大聖，他卻有見識，果然是騰那天下少，似這伶俐世間稀。Good Great Sage — he had resourcefulness indeed; truly, such shape-shifting skill is rare under heaven, and such cleverness as his is seldom found in this world.他就搖身一變，變作個老道士一般容貌，進櫃裡，叫聲：「徒弟。」童兒道：「師父，你從那裡來的？」行者道：「我使遁法來的。」童兒道：「你來有甚麼教誨？」行者道：「那和尚看見你進櫃來了，他若猜個道童，卻不又輸了？He shook himself and changed into the likeness of an old Daoist priest, entered the cabinet, and called out, "Disciple." The boy said, "Master, where have you come from?" Xingzhe said, "I came by a technique of escape." The boy said, "What instructions have you come to give me?" Xingzhe said, "That monk saw you go into the cabinet — if he guesses it's a Daoist boy, then we shall lose again, shan't we?是特來和你計較計較：剃了頭，我們猜和尚罷。」童兒道：「但憑師父處治，只要我們贏他便了；So I have come especially to talk it over with you: let us shave your head, and we'll have him guess 'monk' instead." The boy said, "Whatever the master decides, so long as we beat him;若是再輸與他，不但低了聲名，又恐朝廷不敬重了。」行者道：「說得是。if we lose to him again, not only will our reputation suffer, but I fear the court will no longer hold us in respect." Xingzhe said, "Well said.我兒過來，贏了他，我重重賞你。」將金箍棒就變作一把剃頭刀，摟抱著那童兒，口裡叫道：「乖乖，忍著疼，莫放聲，等我與你剃頭。」須臾，剃下髮來，窩作一團，塞在那櫃腳紇絡裡。Come here, my child — win this for me and I will reward you handsomely." He then changed his gold-banded cudgel into a razor, and embracing the boy, said, "There, there, bear the pain and don't cry out — let me shave your head for you." In a moment the hair was shaved off; he balled it up and stuffed it into a crevice at the foot of the cabinet.收了刀兒，摸著他的光頭道：「我兒，頭便像個和尚，只是衣裳不趁。He put away the razor, felt the boy's bare shaven head, and said, "My child, your head now looks like a monk's, only your clothes don't match.脫下來，我與你變一變。」那道童穿的一領蔥白色雲頭花絹繡錦沿邊的鶴氅，真個脫下來。Take them off, and I will transform them for you." The Daoist boy was wearing a scallion-green cloud-patterned robe of embroidered silk trimmed with brocade, a crane-feather cloak — and indeed he took it off.被行者吹一口仙氣，叫：「變！」即變做一件土黃色的直裰兒，與他穿了。Xingzhe blew a breath of immortal breath upon it and cried, "Change!" — and it at once turned into an earthen-yellow monk's robe, which he put on the boy.卻又拔下兩根毫毛，變作一個木魚兒，遞在他手裡道：「徒弟，須聽著：但叫道童，千萬莫出去；He then plucked two more hairs and changed them into a wooden fish, placing it in the boy's hands, and said, "Disciple, listen carefully: if they call out 'Daoist boy,' whatever you do, do not come out;若叫和尚，你就與我頂開櫃蓋，敲著木魚，念一卷佛經鑽出來，方得成功也。」童兒道：「我只會念《三官經》、《北斗經》、《消災經》，不會念佛家經。」行者道：「你可會念佛？」童兒道：「阿彌陀佛，那個不會念？」行者道：「也罷，也罷，就念佛，省得我又教你。if they call out 'monk,' then push open the cabinet lid for me, strike the wooden fish, chant a scripture of the Buddhist faith, and crawl out — only then will our plan succeed." The boy said, "I only know how to chant the Scripture of the Three Officials, the Scripture of the Northern Dipper, and the Scripture for Averting Calamity — I don't know any Buddhist scripture." Xingzhe said, "Can you chant the Buddha's name?" The boy said, "Amitabha — who doesn't know how to chant that?" Xingzhe said, "Very well then, just chant that, and it will spare me teaching you further.切記著，我去也。」還變蟭蟟蟲，鑽出去，飛在唐僧耳輪邊道：「師父，你只猜是個和尚。」三藏道：「這番他準贏了。」行者道：「你怎麼定得？」三藏道：「經上有云：『佛、法、僧三寶。』和尚卻也是一寶。」Remember it well — I am going now." He again turned into a gnat, crawled out, and flew to Tang Seng's earlobe, saying, "Master, just guess it's a monk." Sanzang said, "This time he is certain to win." Xingzhe said, "How can you be so sure?" Sanzang said, "The scriptures say, 'The Three Treasures are the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.' A monk too is a treasure."

三藏道：「又来了！」行者道：「等我再去看看。」嘤的又飞去，钻入里面，见是一个小童儿。好大圣，他却有见识，果然是腾那天下少，似这伶俐世间稀。他就摇身一变，变作个老道士一般容貌，进柜里，叫声：「徒弟。」童儿道：「师父，你从那里来的？」行者道：「我使遁法来的。」童儿道：「你来有甚么教诲？」行者道：「那和尚看见你进柜来了，他若猜个道童，却不又输了？是特来和你计较计较：剃了头，我们猜和尚罢。」童儿道：「但凭师父处治，只要我们赢他便了；若是再输与他，不但低了声名，又恐朝廷不敬重了。」行者道：「说得是。我儿过来，赢了他，我重重赏你。」将金箍棒就变作一把剃头刀，搂抱著那童儿，口里叫道：「乖乖，忍著疼，莫放声，等我与你剃头。」须臾，剃下发来，窝作一团，塞在那柜脚纥络里。收了刀儿，摸著他的光头道：「我儿，头便像个和尚，只是衣裳不趁。脱下来，我与你变一变。」那道童穿的一领葱白色云头花绢绣锦沿边的鹤氅，真个脱下来。被行者吹一口仙气，叫：「变！」即变做一件土黄色的直裰儿，与他穿了。却又拔下两根毫毛，变作一个木鱼儿，递在他手里道：「徒弟，须听著：但叫道童，千万莫出去；若叫和尚，你就与我顶开柜盖，敲著木鱼，念一卷佛经钻出来，方得成功也。」童儿道：「我只会念《三官经》、《北斗经》、《消灾经》，不会念佛家经。」行者道：「你可会念佛？」童儿道：「阿弥陀佛，那个不会念？」行者道：「也罢，也罢，就念佛，省得我又教你。切记著，我去也。」还变蟭蟟虫，钻出去，飞在唐僧耳轮边道：「师父，你只猜是个和尚。」三藏道：「这番他准赢了。」行者道：「你怎么定得？」三藏道：「经上有云：『佛、法、僧三宝。』和尚却也是一宝。」

正說處，只見那虎力大仙道：「陛下，第三番是個道童。」只管叫，他那裡肯出來。Just as this was being said, Immortal Huli spoke up, "Your Majesty, this third round is a Daoist boy." He called and called, but the one inside would not come out.三藏合掌道：「是個和尚。」八戒盡力高叫道：「櫃裡是個和尚。」那童兒忽的頂開櫃蓋，敲著木魚，念著佛，鑽出來。Sanzang pressed his palms together and said, "It is a monk." Bajie shouted with all his might, "Inside the cabinet is a monk!" The boy suddenly pushed open the cabinet lid, struck the wooden fish, chanting the Buddha's name, and crawled out.喜得那兩班文武齊聲喝采。The two ranks of civil and military officials, delighted, all cheered at once.諕得那三個道士拑口無言。The three Daoists were so alarmed their mouths clamped shut and they could say not a word.

正说处，只见那虎力大仙道：「陛下，第三番是个道童。」只管叫，他那里肯出来。三藏合掌道：「是个和尚。」八戒尽力高叫道：「柜里是个和尚。」那童儿忽的顶开柜盖，敲著木鱼，念著佛，钻出来。喜得那两班文武齐声喝采。諕得那三个道士拑口无言。

國王道：「這和尚是有鬼神輔佐。The king said, "This monk must have spirits and ghosts assisting him.怎麼道士入櫃，就變做和尚？How else could a Daoist boy go into the cabinet and come out transformed into a monk?縱有待詔跟進去，也只剃得頭便了，如何衣服也能趁體，口裡又會念佛？Even if a court barber had gone in after him, he could only have shaved the head — how could the clothes fit him so perfectly too, and how could his mouth chant the Buddha's name?國師啊，讓他去罷。」虎力大仙道：「陛下，左右是棋逢對手，將遇良材。National Preceptor, ah, let him go." Immortal Huli said, "Your Majesty, in any case, a worthy opponent has met his match, a fine talent has met his rival.貧道將鍾南山幼時學的武藝，索性與他賭一賭。」國王道：「有甚麼武藝？」虎力道：「弟兄三個，都有些神通：會砍下頭來，又能安上；This poor Daoist will use the martial arts I learned in my youth on Mount Zhongnan, and contend with him outright once more." The king said, "What sort of martial arts?" Huli said, "The three of us brothers each have some measure of divine power: we can cut off our own heads and set them back on again;剖腹剜心，還再長完；split open our bellies and gouge out our hearts, and have them grow whole again;滾油鍋裡，又能洗澡。」國王大驚道：「此三事都是尋死之路。」虎力道：「我等有此法力，才敢出此朗言，斷要與他賭個才休。」那國王叫道：「東土的和尚，我國師不肯放你，還要與你賭砍頭、剖腹、下滾油鍋洗澡哩。」and we can bathe in a cauldron of boiling oil." The king, greatly alarmed, said, "All three of these are paths to certain death." Huli said, "It is precisely because we have such powers that we dare speak such bold words — we are determined to contend with him until the matter is settled." The king then called out, "Monk of the Tang court, my National Preceptor will not release you — he still wishes to wager with you at beheading, disemboweling, and bathing in a cauldron of boiling oil."

国王道：「这和尚是有鬼神辅佐。怎么道士入柜，就变做和尚？纵有待诏跟进去，也只剃得头便了，如何衣服也能趁体，口里又会念佛？国师啊，让他去罢。」虎力大仙道：「陛下，左右是棋逢对手，将遇良材。贫道将钟南山幼时学的武艺，索性与他赌一赌。」国王道：「有甚么武艺？」虎力道：「弟兄三个，都有些神通：会砍下头来，又能安上；剖腹剜心，还再长完；滚油锅里，又能洗澡。」国王大惊道：「此三事都是寻死之路。」虎力道：「我等有此法力，才敢出此朗言，断要与他赌个才休。」那国王叫道：「东土的和尚，我国师不肯放你，还要与你赌砍头、剖腹、下滚油锅洗澡哩。」

行者正變作蟭蟟蟲，往來報事，忽聽此言，即收了毫毛，現出本相，哈哈大笑道：「造化，造化，買賣上門了。」八戒道：「這三件都是喪性命的事，怎麼說買賣上門？」行者道：「你還不知我的本事。」八戒道：「哥哥，你只像這等變化騰那也夠了，怎麼還有這等本事？」行者道：「我啊：Xingzhe, who had just been flying back and forth as a gnat carrying news, hearing this, at once withdrew the hair, resumed his true form, and laughed heartily, "What luck, what luck — business has come to my door!" Bajie said, "All three of these are life-threatening affairs — how can you call it business coming to your door?" Xingzhe said, "You still don't know my true abilities." Bajie said, "Elder brother, with all this shape-shifting and sleight of hand, you already have plenty — what more abilities could you have?" Xingzhe said, "Well, I—

行者正变作蟭蟟虫，往来报事，忽听此言，即收了毫毛，现出本相，哈哈大笑道：「造化，造化，买卖上门了。」八戒道：「这三件都是丧性命的事，怎么说买卖上门？」行者道：「你还不知我的本事。」八戒道：「哥哥，你只像这等变化腾那也够了，怎么还有这等本事？」行者道：「我啊：

八戒、沙僧聞言，呵呵大笑。Hearing this, Bajie and Sha Seng burst out laughing.

八戒、沙僧闻言，呵呵大笑。

行者上前道：「陛下，小和尚會砍頭。」國王道：「你怎麼會砍頭？」行者道：「我當年在寺裡修行，曾遇著一個方上禪和子，教我一個砍頭法，不知好也不好，如今且試試新。」國王笑道：「那和尚年幼不知事，砍頭那裡好試新？Xingzhe stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, this little monk knows how to have his head cut off." The king said, "How do you know how to have your head cut off?" Xingzhe said, "Back in the day, cultivating in the monastery, I once met an itinerant Chan monk who taught me a method of beheading — I don't know if it's any good, but let me try it out fresh today." The king laughed, "This monk is young and doesn't understand — how can beheading be something to try out fresh?頭乃六陽之首，砍下即便死矣。」虎力道：「陛下，正要他如此，方才出得我們之氣。」那昏君信他言語，即傳旨，教設殺場。The head is the chief of the six yang forces — cut it off and you die at once." Huli said, "Your Majesty, that is exactly what we want, so that we may finally vent the anger in our hearts." The befuddled king, believing his words, at once gave the order to set up the execution ground.

行者上前道：「陛下，小和尚会砍头。」国王道：「你怎么会砍头？」行者道：「我当年在寺里修行，曾遇著一个方上禅和子，教我一个砍头法，不知好也不好，如今且试试新。」国王笑道：「那和尚年幼不知事，砍头那里好试新？头乃六阳之首，砍下即便死矣。」虎力道：「陛下，正要他如此，方才出得我们之气。」那昏君信他言语，即传旨，教设杀场。

一聲傳旨，即有羽林軍三千，擺列朝門之外。At the word of the decree, three thousand Imperial Guardsmen at once arrayed themselves outside the court gate.國王教：「和尚先去砍頭。」行者欣然應道：「我先去，我先去。」拱著手，高呼道：「國師，恕大膽，占先了。」拽回頭，往外就走。The king ordered, "Let the monk go first to be beheaded." Xingzhe answered cheerfully, "I'll go first, I'll go first." He cupped his hands and called out loudly, "National Preceptor, forgive my boldness — I claim the first turn." Then he turned on his heel and walked straight out.唐僧一把扯住道：「徒弟呀，仔細些，那裡不是耍處。」行者道：「怕他怎的？Tang Seng seized him by the hand and said, "Disciple, ah, be careful — that is no place for jesting." Xingzhe said, "What is there to fear?撒了手，等我去來。」Let go of my hand, and let me go."

一声传旨，即有羽林军三千，摆列朝门之外。国王教：「和尚先去砍头。」行者欣然应道：「我先去，我先去。」拱著手，高呼道：「国师，恕大胆，占先了。」拽回头，往外就走。唐僧一把扯住道：「徒弟呀，仔细些，那里不是耍处。」行者道：「怕他怎的？撒了手，等我去来。」

那大聖徑至殺場裡面，被劊子手撾住了，綑做一團，按在那土墩高處，只聽喊一聲：「開刀！」颼的把個頭砍將下來。The Great Sage went straight to the execution ground, where he was seized by the executioners, bound into a tight bundle, and pressed down upon the high earthen mound; then came a shout, "Behead him!" and with a whoosh the head was cut clean off.又被劊子手一腳踢了去，好似滾西瓜一般，滾有三四十步遠近。The executioner then gave it a kick, and it went rolling off like a rolling watermelon, tumbling some thirty or forty paces away.行者腔子中更不出血。From the stump of Xingzhe's neck, not a drop of blood flowed.只聽得肚裡叫聲：「頭來！」慌得鹿力大仙見有這般手段，即念咒語，教本坊土地、神祗：「將人頭扯住，待我贏了和尚，奏了國王，與你把小祠堂蓋作大廟宇，泥塑像改作正金身。」原來那些土地、神祗因他有五雷法，也服他使喚，暗中真個把行者頭按住了。Only a voice was heard calling from within his belly, "Head, come back!" Immortal Luli, seeing such skill, was alarmed, and at once recited an incantation, summoning the local land-gods and spirits of that place: "Hold that head fast, and once I have beaten this monk and reported it to the king, I will have your little shrine rebuilt into a great temple, and your clay image remade into a true golden form." Now, because Huli possessed the Five Thunders magic, these local land-gods and spirits were also obliged to obey his commands, and secretly they truly did hold Xingzhe's head down.行者又叫聲：「頭來！」那頭一似生根，莫想得動。Xingzhe called out again, "Head, come back!" but the head seemed to have taken root — there was no hope of moving it.行者心焦，捻著拳，掙了一掙，將綑的繩子就皆掙斷，喝聲：「長！」颼的腔子內長出一個頭來。Xingzhe, anxious now, clenched his fists and gave a mighty heave, snapping every one of the ropes that bound him, and shouted, "Grow!" — with a whoosh a new head grew out from the stump of his neck.諕得那劊子手個個心驚，羽林軍人人膽戰。This so terrified the executioners that every one of their hearts quailed, and the Imperial Guardsmen trembled to a man.那監斬官急走入朝奏道：「萬歲，那小和尚砍了頭，又長出一顆來了。」八戒冷笑道：「沙僧，那知哥哥還有這般手段。」沙僧道：「他有七十二般變化，就有七十二個頭哩。」The supervising official of the execution rushed into the court to report, "Your Majesty, that little monk was beheaded, and yet another head has grown out." Bajie said with a cold laugh, "Sha Seng, who would have known elder brother had such skill as this?" Sha Seng said, "He has seventy-two transformations — so he could grow seventy-two heads if he liked."

那大圣径至杀场里面，被刽子手挝住了，捆做一团，按在那土墩高处，只听喊一声：「开刀！」飕的把个头砍将下来。又被刽子手一脚踢了去，好似滚西瓜一般，滚有三四十步远近。行者腔子中更不出血。只听得肚里叫声：「头来！」慌得鹿力大仙见有这般手段，即念咒语，教本坊土地、神祗：「将人头扯住，待我赢了和尚，奏了国王，与你把小祠堂盖作大庙宇，泥塑像改作正金身。」原来那些土地、神祗因他有五雷法，也服他使唤，暗中真个把行者头按住了。行者又叫声：「头来！」那头一似生根，莫想得动。行者心焦，捻著拳，挣了一挣，将捆的绳子就皆挣断，喝声：「长！」飕的腔子内长出一个头来。諕得那刽子手个个心惊，羽林军人人胆战。那监斩官急走入朝奏道：「万岁，那小和尚砍了头，又长出一颗来了。」八戒冷笑道：「沙僧，那知哥哥还有这般手段。」沙僧道：「他有七十二般变化，就有七十二个头哩。」

說不了，行者走來，叫聲：「師父。」三藏大喜道：「徒弟，辛苦麼？」行者道：「不辛苦，倒好耍子。」八戒道：「哥哥，可用刀瘡藥麼？」行者道：「你是摸摸看，可有刀痕？」那獃子伸手一摸，就笑得呆呆睜睜道：「妙哉，妙哉！Before he had finished speaking, Xingzhe came walking up and called out, "Master." Sanzang, greatly pleased, said, "Disciple, was it hard on you?" Xingzhe said, "Not hard at all — quite good fun, actually." Bajie said, "Elder brother, do you need any wound medicine for the blade cut?" Xingzhe said, "Why don't you feel for yourself and see if there's any scar?" The idiot reached out and felt, then broke into a foolish, wide-eyed grin, "Marvelous, marvelous!卻也長得完全，截疤兒也沒些兒。」It's grown back whole and complete — there isn't even the trace of a scar."

说不了，行者走来，叫声：「师父。」三藏大喜道：「徒弟，辛苦么？」行者道：「不辛苦，倒好耍子。」八戒道：「哥哥，可用刀疮药么？」行者道：「你是摸摸看，可有刀痕？」那呆子伸手一摸，就笑得呆呆睁睁道：「妙哉，妙哉！却也长得完全，截疤儿也没些儿。」

兄弟們正都歡喜，又聽得國王叫領關文：「赦你無罪。Just as the brothers were all rejoicing together, they heard the king call for the travel rescript to be handed over: "You are pardoned of all guilt.快去，快去。」行者道：「關文雖領，必須國師也赴曹砍砍頭，也當試新去來。」國王道：「大國師，那和尚也不肯放你哩。Go quickly, go quickly." Xingzhe said, "The rescript I will indeed accept, but the National Preceptor too must go to the execution ground and have his head cut off — he ought to try it out fresh as well." The king said, "Great National Preceptor, it seems this monk will not let you go either.你與他賭勝，且莫諕了寡人。」虎力也只得去，被幾個劊子手也綑翻在地，幌一幌，把頭砍下，一腳也踢將去，滾了有三十餘步。You must contend with him and win — only, pray, do not frighten your sovereign." Huli had no choice but to go; he too was bound and thrown down by several executioners, and with one swing his head was cut off and likewise kicked away, rolling more than thirty paces.他腔子裡也不出血，也叫一聲：「頭來！」行者即忙拔下一根毫毛，吹口仙氣，叫：「變！」變作一條黃犬，跑入場中，把那道士頭一口銜來，徑跑到御水河邊丟下不題。From the stump of his neck too no blood flowed, and he too called out, "Head, come back!" Xingzhe at once plucked a hair, blew a breath of immortal breath upon it, and cried, "Change!" — it turned into a yellow dog, which ran into the field, seized the Daoist's head in its mouth in one bite, and dashed straight to the Imperial Moat, where it dropped the head and ran off; we need not speak further of that.

兄弟们正都欢喜，又听得国王叫领关文：「赦你无罪。快去，快去。」行者道：「关文虽领，必须国师也赴曹砍砍头，也当试新去来。」国王道：「大国师，那和尚也不肯放你哩。你与他赌胜，且莫諕了寡人。」虎力也只得去，被几个刽子手也捆翻在地，幌一幌，把头砍下，一脚也踢将去，滚了有三十余步。他腔子里也不出血，也叫一声：「头来！」行者即忙拔下一根毫毛，吹口仙气，叫：「变！」变作一条黄犬，跑入场中，把那道士头一口衔来，径跑到御水河边丢下不题。

卻說那道士連叫三聲，人頭不到，怎似行者的手段，長不出來，腔子中，骨都都紅光迸出。Now, the Daoist called out three times in a row, but the head did not return — how could he match Xingzhe's skill? It would not grow back, and from the stump of his neck bright red blood came gushing and gurgling out.可憐空有喚雨呼風法，怎比長生果正仙。Pitiful indeed — for all his arts of summoning wind and rain, how could they compare to the true immortal fruits of eternal life?須臾，倒在塵埃。In a moment he collapsed and fell to the dust.眾人觀看，乃是一隻無頭的黃毛虎。The onlookers, gathering to look, found it was nothing but a headless yellow-furred tiger.

却说那道士连叫三声，人头不到，怎似行者的手段，长不出来，腔子中，骨都都红光迸出。可怜空有唤雨呼风法，怎比长生果正仙。须臾，倒在尘埃。众人观看，乃是一只无头的黄毛虎。

那監斬官又來奏：「萬歲，大國師砍下頭來，不能長出，死在塵埃，是一隻無頭的黃毛虎。」國王聞奏，大驚失色，目不轉睛，看那兩個道士。The supervising officer came to report again: "Your Majesty, the Great National Teacher's head was cut off and could not grow back — he died in the dust, and turns out to be a headless yellow-furred tiger." Hearing this report, the king was greatly startled and turned pale, staring fixedly at the two Daoists without blinking.鹿力起身道：「我師兄已是命倒祿絕了，如何是隻黃虎？Luli rose to his feet and said, "My elder martial brother's life and fortune have already ended — how could he be a yellow tiger?這都是那和尚憊懶，使的掩樣法兒，將我師兄變作畜類。This must all be the doing of that wretched monk, who used some trick of disguise to transform my elder brother into a beast.我今定不饒他，定要與他賭那剖腹剜心。」I will not let him off now — I am determined to compete with him in cutting open the belly and gouging out the heart."

那监斩官又来奏：「万岁，大国师砍下头来，不能长出，死在尘埃，是一只无头的黄毛虎。」国王闻奏，大惊失色，目不转睛，看那两个道士。鹿力起身道：「我师兄已是命倒禄绝了，如何是只黄虎？这都是那和尚惫懒，使的掩样法儿，将我师兄变作畜类。我今定不饶他，定要与他赌那剖腹剜心。」

國王聽說，方才定性回神。Hearing this, the king only then steadied his mind and came back to his senses.又叫：「小和尚，二國師還要與你賭哩。」行者道：「小和尚久不吃煙火食，前日西來，忽遇齋公家勸飯，多吃了幾個饝饝，這幾日腹中作痛，想是生蟲，正欲借陛下之刀，剖開肚皮，拿出臟腑，洗淨脾胃，方好上西天見佛。」國王聽說，教：「拿他赴曹。」那許多人攙的攙，扯的扯。He called out again, "Little monk, the Second National Teacher still wishes to compete with you." Xingzhe said, "This little monk has long eaten no cooked food; the other day, traveling west, I happened to meet a household offering a vegetarian meal and ate a few too many steamed buns. These past few days my belly has been aching — I suppose worms have bred in it. I was just about to borrow Your Majesty's knife to cut open my belly, take out my internal organs, and wash clean my spleen and stomach, so that I may properly go west to see the Buddha." Hearing this, the king ordered, "Take him to the execution ground." The many attendants there, some supporting him, some pulling him along, led him off.行者展脫手道：「不用人攙，自家走去。Xingzhe shook off their hands and said, "No need for anyone to support me — I'll walk there myself.但一件：不許縛手，我好用手洗刷臟腑。」國王傳旨，教：「莫綁他手。」But one thing: my hands must not be bound, so that I can use them to wash and scrub my organs." The king issued an edict: "Do not tie his hands."

国王听说，方才定性回神。又叫：「小和尚，二国师还要与你赌哩。」行者道：「小和尚久不吃烟火食，前日西来，忽遇斋公家劝饭，多吃了几个饝饝，这几日腹中作痛，想是生虫，正欲借陛下之刀，剖开肚皮，拿出脏腑，洗净脾胃，方好上西天见佛。」国王听说，教：「拿他赴曹。」那许多人搀的搀，扯的扯。行者展脱手道：「不用人搀，自家走去。但一件：不许缚手，我好用手洗刷脏腑。」国王传旨，教：「莫绑他手。」

行者搖搖擺擺，徑至殺場。Xingzhe swaggered along and went straight to the execution ground.將身靠著大樁，解開衣帶，露出肚腹。He leaned his body against the great stake, untied his sash, and bared his belly.那劊子手將一條繩套在他膊項上，一條繩紮住他腿足，把一口牛耳短刀幌一幌，著肚皮下一割，搠個窟窿。The executioner looped one rope around his neck and shoulders and bound another around his legs and feet, then flashed a short ox-eared knife and slashed it across the belly, stabbing open a hole.這行者雙手爬開肚腹，拿出腸臟來，一條條理夠多時，依然安在裡面，照舊盤曲。Xingzhe used both hands to pull open his belly, drew out his intestines and organs, and after arranging them strand by strand for quite a while, put them all back inside just as before, coiled as they had been.捻著肚皮，吹口仙氣，叫：「長！」依然長合。He pinched the skin of his belly together, blew a breath of immortal breath, and cried, "Grow!" — and it closed up again just as before.

行者摇摇摆摆，径至杀场。将身靠著大桩，解开衣带，露出肚腹。那刽子手将一条绳套在他膊项上，一条绳扎住他腿足，把一口牛耳短刀幌一幌，著肚皮下一割，搠个窟窿。这行者双手爬开肚腹，拿出肠脏来，一条条理够多时，依然安在里面，照旧盘曲。捻著肚皮，吹口仙气，叫：「长！」依然长合。

國王大驚，將他那關文捧在手中道：「聖僧莫誤西行，與你關文去罷。」行者笑道：「關文小可，也請二國師剖剖剜剜，何如？」國王對鹿力說：「這事不與寡人相干，是你要與他做對頭的，請去，請去。」鹿力道：「寬心，料我決不輸與他。」The king, greatly astonished, took the travel rescript in his hands and said, "Holy monk, do not delay your journey west — take your rescript and go." Xingzhe laughed and said, "The rescript is a small matter. But how about also inviting the Second National Teacher to have a cut-and-gouge as well?" The king said to Luli, "This matter is none of my concern — it was you who wished to be his rival. Go on, go on, then." Luli said, "Set your mind at ease — I reckon I will surely not lose to him."

国王大惊，将他那关文捧在手中道：「圣僧莫误西行，与你关文去罢。」行者笑道：「关文小可，也请二国师剖剖剜剜，何如？」国王对鹿力说：「这事不与寡人相干，是你要与他做对头的，请去，请去。」鹿力道：「宽心，料我决不输与他。」

你看他也像孫大聖，搖搖擺擺，徑入殺場。Just watch — he too, like the Great Sage Sun, swaggered straight into the execution ground.被劊子手套上繩，將牛耳短刀唿喇的一聲，割開肚腹。The executioner looped the rope around him, and with a swish of the short ox-eared knife, cut open his belly.他也拿出肝腸，用手理弄。He too drew out his liver and intestines and handled them with his hands.行者即拔一根毫毛，吹口仙氣，叫：「變！」即變作一隻餓鷹，展開翅爪，颼的把他五臟心肝，盡情抓去，不知飛向何方受用。Xingzhe at once plucked a hair, blew a breath of immortal breath onto it, and cried, "Change!" It instantly turned into a starving hawk, which spread its wings and talons and, with a swoosh, snatched up all his five viscera, heart, and liver, flying off — no one knew where — to enjoy them.這道士弄做一個空腔破肚淋漓鬼，少臟無腸浪蕩魂。This Daoist was thus reduced to a hollow-chested, split-bellied, blood-dripping ghost, an organless, gutless wandering soul.那劊子手蹬倒大樁，拖屍來看，呀！The executioner kicked over the great stake and dragged the corpse over to look — ah!原來是一隻白毛角鹿。It turned out to be a white-furred, antlered deer.

你看他也像孙大圣，摇摇摆摆，径入杀场。被刽子手套上绳，将牛耳短刀唿喇的一声，割开肚腹。他也拿出肝肠，用手理弄。行者即拔一根毫毛，吹口仙气，叫：「变！」即变作一只饿鹰，展开翅爪，飕的把他五脏心肝，尽情抓去，不知飞向何方受用。这道士弄做一个空腔破肚淋漓鬼，少脏无肠浪荡魂。那刽子手蹬倒大桩，拖尸来看，呀！原来是一只白毛角鹿。

慌得那監斬官又來奏道：「二國師晦氣，正剖腹時，被一隻餓鷹將臟腑肝腸都刁去了，死在那裡。Alarmed, the supervising officer hurried again to report: "Ill luck struck the Second National Teacher — just as his belly was being cut open, a starving hawk snatched away all his organs, liver, and intestines, and he lies dead there.原身是個白毛角鹿也。」國王害怕道：「怎麼是個角鹿？」那羊力大仙又奏道：「我師兄既死，如何得現獸形？His true form turns out to be a white-furred antlered deer." The king said in fear, "How can he be an antlered deer?" The Immortal Yangli then also spoke up: "Since my elder martial brother is dead, how could he show the form of a beast?這都是那和尚弄術法坐害我等。This must all be that monk working sorcery to do us harm.等我與師兄報仇者。」國王道：「你有甚麼法力贏他？」羊力道：「我與他賭下滾油鍋洗澡。」國王便教取一口大鍋，滿著香油，教他兩個賭去。Let me take revenge for my elder brother." The king said, "What power do you have to defeat him?" Yangli said, "I will compete with him at bathing in a pot of boiling oil." The king then ordered a great cauldron brought, filled with fragrant oil, and had the two of them go compete.行者道：「多承下顧。Xingzhe said, "Much obliged for the invitation.小和尚一向不曾洗澡，這兩日皮膚燥癢，好歹盪盪去。」This little monk hasn't bathed in a long while, and these past couple of days my skin has been dry and itchy — I might as well go have a good soak."

慌得那监斩官又来奏道：「二国师晦气，正剖腹时，被一只饿鹰将脏腑肝肠都刁去了，死在那里。原身是个白毛角鹿也。」国王害怕道：「怎么是个角鹿？」那羊力大仙又奏道：「我师兄既死，如何得现兽形？这都是那和尚弄术法坐害我等。等我与师兄报仇者。」国王道：「你有甚么法力赢他？」羊力道：「我与他赌下滚油锅洗澡。」国王便教取一口大锅，满著香油，教他两个赌去。行者道：「多承下顾。小和尚一向不曾洗澡，这两日皮肤燥痒，好歹荡荡去。」

那當駕官果安下油鍋，架起乾柴，燃著烈火，將油燒滾，教和尚先下去。」行者合掌道：「不知文洗，武洗？」國王道：「文洗如何？The attending official indeed set up the oil cauldron, stacked dry firewood beneath it, lit a fierce fire, and boiled the oil, then told the monk to go in first. Xingzhe pressed his palms together and said, "I wonder — shall it be a civil bath or a martial bath?" The king asked, "What is a civil bath?武洗如何？」行者道：「文洗不脫衣服，似這般叉著手，下去打個滾，就起來，不許污壞了衣服，若有一點油膩算輸。And what is a martial bath?" Xingzhe said, "In a civil bath, one does not remove one's clothes — like this, with arms crossed, one goes in, takes a roll, and comes right back out, without soiling or damaging the clothes; if even a drop of grease gets on them, that counts as a loss.武洗要取一張衣架，一條手巾，脫了衣服，跳將下去，任意翻觔斗，豎蜻蜓，當耍子洗也。」國王對羊力說：「你要與他文洗，武洗？」羊力道：「文洗恐他衣服是藥鍊過的，隔油。In a martial bath, one takes a clothes-rack and a towel, strips off one's clothes, jumps in, and turns somersaults and stands on one's head at will, as though bathing for sport." The king asked Yangli, "Do you wish to have a civil bath or a martial bath with him?" Yangli said, "As for a civil bath, I fear his clothes may have been treated with some elixir that repels oil.武洗罷。」Let it be a martial bath."

那当驾官果安下油锅，架起干柴，燃著烈火，将油烧滚，教和尚先下去。」行者合掌道：「不知文洗，武洗？」国王道：「文洗如何？武洗如何？」行者道：「文洗不脱衣服，似这般叉著手，下去打个滚，就起来，不许污坏了衣服，若有一点油腻算输。武洗要取一张衣架，一条手巾，脱了衣服，跳将下去，任意翻觔斗，竖蜻蜓，当耍子洗也。」国王对羊力说：「你要与他文洗，武洗？」羊力道：「文洗恐他衣服是药炼过的，隔油。武洗罢。」

行者又上前道：「恕大膽，屢次占先了。」你看他脫了布直裰，褪了虎皮裙，將身一縱，跳在鍋內，翻波鬥浪，就似負水一般頑耍。Xingzhe stepped forward again and said, "Forgive my boldness — I've taken the lead again and again." Just watch him strip off his cloth robe, slip off his tiger-skin skirt, spring up with his body, and leap into the cauldron, tumbling through the churning waves and playing about as if swimming in water.八戒見了，咬著指頭對沙僧道：「我們也錯看了這猴子了。Seeing this, Bajie bit his finger and said to Shaseng, "We really misjudged this monkey.平時間劖言訕語，鬥他耍子，怎知他有這般真實本事。」他兩個唧唧噥噥，誇獎不盡。All this time we've been mocking and teasing him for sport — who would have known he had such real skill?" The two of them muttered on together, praising him without end.

行者又上前道：「恕大胆，屡次占先了。」你看他脱了布直裰，褪了虎皮裙，将身一纵，跳在锅内，翻波斗浪，就似负水一般顽耍。八戒见了，咬著指头对沙僧道：「我们也错看了这猴子了。平时间劖言讪语，斗他耍子，怎知他有这般真实本事。」他两个唧唧哝哝，夸奖不尽。

行者望見，心疑道：「那獃子笑我哩。Xingzhe, spotting this from a distance, grew suspicious at heart and thought, "That idiot is laughing at me.正是『巧者多勞拙者閑』。Truly it is: 'the clever labor much, while the clumsy sit idle.'老孫這般舞弄，他倒自在。Here I am, old Sun, putting on such a performance, while he sits there at ease.等我作成他綑一繩，看他可怕？」正洗浴，打個水花，淬在油鍋底上，變作個棗核釘兒，再也不起來了。Let me arrange for him to get bound with a rope, and see whether he's afraid." So, right in the middle of his bathing, he made a splash, plunged down to the bottom of the oil cauldron, transformed into a jujube-pit-shaped nail, and did not rise again.

行者望见，心疑道：「那呆子笑我哩。正是『巧者多劳拙者闲』。老孙这般舞弄，他倒自在。等我作成他捆一绳，看他可怕？」正洗浴，打个水花，淬在油锅底上，变作个枣核钉儿，再也不起来了。

那監斬官近前又奏：「萬歲，小和尚被滾油烹死了。」國王大喜，教撈上骨骸來看。The supervising officer came forward again and reported: "Your Majesty, the little monk has been boiled to death in the oil." The king was greatly pleased and ordered the bones fished out to be examined.劊子手將一把鐵笊籬在油鍋裡撈。The executioner took an iron strainer and scooped about in the oil cauldron.原來那笊籬眼稀，行者變得釘小，往往來來，從眼孔漏下去了，那裡撈得著。But the strainer's holes were coarse, and Xingzhe had turned himself as small as a nail; time and again he slipped back down through the holes, so there was no way to scoop him out.又奏道：「和尚身微骨嫩，俱炸化了。」國王教：「拿三個和尚下去。」兩邊校尉見八戒面兇，先揪翻，把背心綑了。The officer reported again: "The monk's body was slight and his bones tender — he has been entirely rendered away." The king then ordered, "Take the other three monks down as well." The guards on either side, seeing how fierce Bajie's face looked, seized and threw him down first, binding his arms behind his back.

那监斩官近前又奏：「万岁，小和尚被滚油烹死了。」国王大喜，教捞上骨骸来看。刽子手将一把铁笊篱在油锅里捞。原来那笊篱眼稀，行者变得钉小，往往来来，从眼孔漏下去了，那里捞得著。又奏道：「和尚身微骨嫩，俱炸化了。」国王教：「拿三个和尚下去。」两边校尉见八戒面凶，先揪翻，把背心捆了。

慌得三藏高叫：「陛下，赦貧僧一時。Alarmed, Tang Sanzang cried out loudly, "Your Majesty, grant this poor monk a moment's reprieve.我那個徒弟自從歸教，歷歷有功。That disciple of mine, ever since he took up the faith, has again and again performed meritorious deeds.今日衝撞國師，死在油鍋之內，奈何先死者為神。Today he offended the National Teachers and died in the oil cauldron — but so it is, one who dies first becomes a spirit.我貧僧怎敢貪生？How could this poor monk dare cling to life?正是天下官員也管著天下百姓。It is just as officials everywhere govern the common people everywhere.陛下若教臣死，臣豈敢不死？If Your Majesty orders your subject to die, how would your subject dare refuse to die?只望寬恩，賜我半盞涼漿水飯、三張紙馬，容到油鍋前，燒此一陌紙，也表我師徒一念，那時再領罪也。」國王聞言道：「也是，那中華人多有義氣。」命取些漿飯、黃錢與他。I only hope for your gracious mercy, to grant me half a cup of cool rice gruel and three paper horses, and allow me to go before the oil cauldron and burn this string of paper money, to express the sentiment between master and disciple — and then I shall accept my punishment." Hearing this, the king said, "That is fair enough — those people of China have much sense of loyalty and duty." He ordered some gruel and yellow paper money brought for him.果然取了，遞與唐僧。Indeed these were fetched and handed to Tang Seng.

慌得三藏高叫：「陛下，赦贫僧一时。我那个徒弟自从归教，历历有功。今日冲撞国师，死在油锅之内，奈何先死者为神。我贫僧怎敢贪生？正是天下官员也管著天下百姓。陛下若教臣死，臣岂敢不死？只望宽恩，赐我半盏凉浆水饭、三张纸马，容到油锅前，烧此一陌纸，也表我师徒一念，那时再领罪也。」国王闻言道：「也是，那中华人多有义气。」命取些浆饭、黄钱与他。果然取了，递与唐僧。

唐僧教沙和尚同去，行至階下，有幾個校尉把八戒揪著耳朵，拉在鍋邊。Tang Seng had Sha Wujing go along with him; as they walked down to below the steps, several guards, grabbing Bajie by the ears, dragged him along to the edge of the cauldron.三藏對鍋祝曰：「徒弟孫悟空：Sanzang faced the cauldron and prayed: "Disciple Sun Wukong:

唐僧教沙和尚同去，行至阶下，有几个校尉把八戒揪著耳朵，拉在锅边。三藏对锅祝曰：「徒弟孙悟空：

八戒聽見道：「師父，不是這般祝了。──沙和尚，你替我奠漿飯，等我禱。」那獃子綑在地下，氣呼呼的道：「闖禍的潑猴子，無知的弼馬溫；Hearing this, Bajie said, "Master, that's not how to pray. — Sha Wujing, you pour the offering of gruel for me, and let me do the praying instead." Bound there on the ground, the idiot said, huffing with anger: "You trouble-making wretched monkey, you ignorant Bimawen;該死的潑猴子，油烹的弼馬溫。You wretched monkey who deserved to die, you Bimawen boiled in oil.猴兒了帳，馬溫斷根。」孫行者在油鍋底上，聽得那獃子亂罵，忍不住現了本相，赤淋淋的站在油鍋底道：「饢糟的夯貨！The monkey's account is settled, the Bimawen's line is cut off." Sun Xingzhe, down at the bottom of the oil cauldron, heard the idiot cursing wildly, and unable to bear it any longer, revealed his true form and stood stark naked at the bottom of the cauldron, saying, "You rice-guzzling lump of a fool!你罵那個哩？」唐僧見了道：「徒弟，諕殺我也！」沙僧道：「大哥乾淨推佯死慣了。」Who are you cursing?" Seeing this, Tang Seng said, "Disciple, you've frightened me to death!" Sha Seng said, "Elder brother is simply used to playing dead."

八戒听见道：「师父，不是这般祝了。──沙和尚，你替我奠浆饭，等我祷。」那呆子捆在地下，气呼呼的道：「闯祸的泼猴子，无知的弼马温；该死的泼猴子，油烹的弼马温。猴儿了帐，马温断根。」孙行者在油锅底上，听得那呆子乱骂，忍不住现了本相，赤淋淋的站在油锅底道：「馕糟的夯货！你骂那个哩？」唐僧见了道：「徒弟，諕杀我也！」沙僧道：「大哥干净推佯死惯了。」

慌得那兩班文武上前來奏道：「萬歲，那和尚不曾死，又在油鍋裡鑽出來了。」監斬官恐怕虛誑朝廷，卻又奏道：「死是死了，只是日期犯兇，小和尚來顯魂哩。」行者聞言大怒，跳出鍋來，揩了油膩，穿上衣服，掣出棒，撾過監斬官，著頭一下，打做了肉團，道：「我顯甚麼魂哩？」諕得多官連忙解了八戒，跪地哀告：「恕罪，恕罪。」國王走下龍座，行者上殿扯住道：「陛下不要走，且教你三國師也下下油鍋去。」那皇帝戰戰兢兢道：「三國師，你救朕之命，快下鍋去，莫教和尚打我。」Alarmed, the ranks of civil and military officials rushed forward to report: "Your Majesty, that monk did not die after all — he has climbed out of the oil cauldron again." The supervising officer, afraid of having deceived the court, hastily reported instead: "He did indeed die — it's only that the date was inauspicious, and the little monk has come to manifest his spirit." Hearing this, Xingzhe flew into a rage, leapt out of the cauldron, wiped off the grease, put on his clothes, drew out his cudgel, seized the supervising officer, and struck him once on the head, beating him into a lump of flesh, saying, "What spirit am I manifesting?" This so frightened the many officials that they hurriedly untied Bajie and knelt on the ground pleading, "Forgive us, forgive us." The king rose from his dragon throne to flee, but Xingzhe went up into the hall and caught hold of him, saying, "Your Majesty, do not run off — let your Third National Teacher go down into the oil cauldron too." Trembling with fear, the emperor said, "Third National Teacher, save my life — go down into the cauldron quickly, and don't let the monk strike me."

慌得那两班文武上前来奏道：「万岁，那和尚不曾死，又在油锅里钻出来了。」监斩官恐怕虚诳朝廷，却又奏道：「死是死了，只是日期犯凶，小和尚来显魂哩。」行者闻言大怒，跳出锅来，揩了油腻，穿上衣服，掣出棒，挝过监斩官，著头一下，打做了肉团，道：「我显甚么魂哩？」諕得多官连忙解了八戒，跪地哀告：「恕罪，恕罪。」国王走下龙座，行者上殿扯住道：「陛下不要走，且教你三国师也下下油锅去。」那皇帝战战兢兢道：「三国师，你救朕之命，快下锅去，莫教和尚打我。」

羊力下殿，照依行者脫了衣服，跳下油鍋，也那般支吾洗浴。Yangli went down from the hall and, following Xingzhe's example, took off his clothes, jumped into the oil cauldron, and likewise made a show of bathing in it.行者放了國王，近油鍋邊，叫燒火的添柴。Xingzhe let go of the king, went near the edge of the oil cauldron, and called for the fire-tender to add more wood.卻伸手探了一把，呀！Then he reached out his hand and felt about — ah!那滾油都冰冷。The boiling oil was completely ice-cold.心中暗想道：「我洗時滾熱，他洗時卻冷。He thought to himself in secret, "When I bathed it was scalding hot, but when he bathes it is cold.我曉得了，這不知是那個龍王，在此護持他哩。」急縱身跳在空中，念聲「唵」字咒語，把那北海龍王喚來：「我把你這個帶角的蚯蚓，有鱗的泥鰍！I understand now — this must be some Dragon King, unknown to me, protecting him here." He at once sprang up into the air, recited the mantra syllable "Om," and summoned the Dragon King of the North Sea: "You, you horned earthworm, you scaled loach!你怎麼助道士，冷龍護住鍋底，教他顯聖贏我？」諕得那龍王喏喏連聲道：「敖順不敢相助。How dare you help this Daoist, sending a cold dragon to guard the bottom of the cauldron, so that he might show off his powers and defeat me?" Frightened, the Dragon King said again and again, "I, Ao Shun, would not dare to help him.大聖原來不知，這個孽畜苦修行了一場，脫得本殼，卻只是五雷法真受，其餘都屣了傍門，難歸仙道。Great Sage, you must not know — this wretched creature underwent bitter cultivation for a time and managed to shed his original shell, but he only truly received the Five Thunder Method; the rest he picked up from deviant sideline paths, and it is hard for him to return to the true immortal Way.這個是他在小茅山學來的『大開剝』。This trick is the 'Great Flaying' technique he learned on Xiaomao Mountain.那兩個已是大聖破了他法，現了本相。Those other two — the Great Sage has already broken their magic and made them reveal their true forms.這一個也是他自己煉的冷龍，只好哄瞞世俗之人耍子，怎瞞得大聖？This one too has refined a cold dragon of his own, which can only fool ordinary worldly people for sport — how could it deceive the Great Sage?小龍如今收了他冷龍，管教他骨碎皮焦。」行者道：「趁早收了，免打。」那龍王化一陣旋風，到油鍋邊，將冷龍捉下海去不題。I, this lesser dragon, will now take back his cold dragon, and see to it that his bones are crushed and his skin scorched." Xingzhe said, "Take it back at once, and spare yourself a beating." The Dragon King then turned into a whirlwind, went to the edge of the oil cauldron, seized the cold dragon, and carried it down to the sea — no more of that need be told.

羊力下殿，照依行者脱了衣服，跳下油锅，也那般支吾洗浴。行者放了国王，近油锅边，叫烧火的添柴。却伸手探了一把，呀！那滚油都冰冷。心中暗想道：「我洗时滚热，他洗时却冷。我晓得了，这不知是那个龙王，在此护持他哩。」急纵身跳在空中，念声「唵」字咒语，把那北海龙王唤来：「我把你这个带角的蚯蚓，有鳞的泥鳅！你怎么助道士，冷龙护住锅底，教他显圣赢我？」諕得那龙王喏喏连声道：「敖顺不敢相助。大圣原来不知，这个孽畜苦修行了一场，脱得本壳，却只是五雷法真受，其余都屣了傍门，难归仙道。这个是他在小茅山学来的『大开剥』。那两个已是大圣破了他法，现了本相。这一个也是他自己炼的冷龙，只好哄瞒世俗之人耍子，怎瞒得大圣？小龙如今收了他冷龙，管教他骨碎皮焦。」行者道：「趁早收了，免打。」那龙王化一阵旋风，到油锅边，将冷龙捉下海去不题。

行者下來，與三藏、八戒、沙僧立在殿前，見那道士在滾油鍋裡打掙，爬不出來。Xingzhe came down and stood before the hall together with Sanzang, Bajie, and Shaseng, watching the Daoist thrash about in the boiling oil, unable to climb out.滑了一跌，霎時間骨脫皮焦肉爛。He slipped and fell, and in an instant his bones came apart, his skin scorched, and his flesh turned to mush.

行者下来，与三藏、八戒、沙僧立在殿前，见那道士在滚油锅里打挣，爬不出来。滑了一跌，霎时间骨脱皮焦肉烂。

監斬官又來奏道：「萬歲，三國師煠化了也。」那國王滿眼垂淚，手撲著御案，放聲大哭道：The supervising officer came again to report: "Your Majesty, the Third National Teacher has been fried away." The king, tears streaming from his eyes, beat his hands upon the imperial desk and wept aloud, saying:

监斩官又来奏道：「万岁，三国师煠化了也。」那国王满眼垂泪，手扑著御案，放声大哭道：

這正是：This is truly:

这正是：

畢竟不知師徒們怎的維持，且聽下回分解。In the end, we do not know how master and disciples managed to sustain themselves — listen to the explanation in the next chapter.

毕竟不知师徒们怎的维持，且听下回分解。