第081回 At the Sea-Pacifying Monastery Tang Sanzang Falls Ill

第081回Chapter 81

話表三藏師徒到鎮海禪林寺，眾僧相見，安排齋供。The story goes that Sanzang and his disciples arrived at Zhenhai Chanlin Temple, where the assembled monks came out to greet them and laid out a vegetarian feast.四眾食畢，那女子也得些食力。When the four pilgrims had finished eating, the girl too recovered some strength from the food.漸漸天昏，方丈裡點起燈來。Gradually the sky darkened, and lamps were lit in the abbot's quarters.眾僧一則是問唐僧取經來歷，二則是貪看那女子，都攢攢簇簇，排列燈下。The monks, partly to ask Tang Sanzang about the history of his scripture pilgrimage, and partly eager to steal looks at the girl, gathered in thick clusters, arrayed beneath the lamplight.三藏對那初見的喇嘛僧道：「院主，明日離了寶山，西去的路途如何？」那僧雙膝跪下。Sanzang said to the lama monk he was meeting for the first time, 'Abbot, tomorrow we leave this precious mountain — what is the road west like?' The monk dropped to both knees.慌得長老一把扯住道：「院主請起。Startled, the elder grabbed hold of him and said, 'Please rise, Abbot.'我問你個路程，你為何行禮？」那僧道：「老師父明日西行，路途平正，不須費心。'I only asked you about the road ahead — why do you kneel?' The monk said, 'Reverend Master, tomorrow's journey west is smooth and level; there is no need to trouble your mind.'只是眼下有件事兒不尷尬，一進門就要說，恐怕冒犯洪威。'It's just that there is a matter at present that is rather awkward — I should have spoken of it the moment you arrived, but I feared it might offend your mighty presence.'卻才齋罷，方敢大膽奉告：老師東來，路遙辛苦，都在小和尚房中安歇甚好；'Only now that the meal is over do I dare speak boldly of it: you, Reverend Master, have come a long weary road from the east, and it would be well that you rest here in this humble monk's quarters;'只是這位女菩薩，不方便，不知請他那裡睡好。」三藏道：「院主，你不要生疑，說我師徒們有甚邪意。'it is only that this Bodhisattva-like young lady presents a difficulty — I do not know where would be proper to have her sleep.' Sanzang said, 'Abbot, do not let suspicion arise, thinking that my disciples and I harbor any improper intent.'早間打黑松林過，撞見這個女子綁在樹上。'This morning as we passed through Black Pine Forest, we came upon this girl bound to a tree.'小徒孫悟空不肯救他，是我發菩提心，將他救了。'My disciple Sun Wukong was unwilling to save her; it was I who, moved by a bodhi heart of compassion, rescued her.'到此，隨院主送他那裡睡去。」那僧謝道：「既老師寬厚，請他到天王殿裡，就在天王爺爺身後，安排個草鋪，教他睡罷。」三藏道：「甚好，甚好。」遂此時眾小和尚引那女子往殿後睡去。'Now that we have arrived here, it is up to you, Abbot, to decide where to send her to sleep.' The monk thanked him and said, 'Since the Reverend Master is so generous, let her go to the Hall of the Heavenly Kings, and behind the statue of the Heavenly King let a straw pallet be laid out for her to sleep on.' Sanzang said, 'Very good, very good.' Thereupon several young monks led the girl off to sleep behind the hall.長老就在方丈中，請眾院主自在，遂各散去。The elder then remained in the abbot's quarters, and asked the assembled abbots to take their ease, whereupon each went his own way.三藏吩咐悟空：「辛苦了，早睡早起。」遂一處都睡了，不敢離側，護著師父。Sanzang instructed Wukong, 'You have all worked hard — sleep early and rise early.' So they all slept together in one place, not daring to leave his side, guarding their master.漸入夜深，正是那：As the night deepened, it was just as the verse says:

话表三藏师徒到镇海禅林寺，众僧相见，安排斋供。四众食毕，那女子也得些食力。渐渐天昏，方丈里点起灯来。众僧一则是问唐僧取经来历，二则是贪看那女子，都攒攒簇簇，排列灯下。三藏对那初见的喇嘛僧道：「院主，明日离了宝山，西去的路途如何？」那僧双膝跪下。慌得长老一把扯住道：「院主请起。我问你个路程，你为何行礼？」那僧道：「老师父明日西行，路途平正，不须费心。只是眼下有件事儿不尴尬，一进门就要说，恐怕冒犯洪威。却才斋罢，方敢大胆奉告：老师东来，路遥辛苦，都在小和尚房中安歇甚好；只是这位女菩萨，不方便，不知请他那里睡好。」三藏道：「院主，你不要生疑，说我师徒们有甚邪意。早间打黑松林过，撞见这个女子绑在树上。小徒孙悟空不肯救他，是我发菩提心，将他救了。到此，随院主送他那里睡去。」那僧谢道：「既老师宽厚，请他到天王殿里，就在天王爷爷身后，安排个草铺，教他睡罢。」三藏道：「甚好，甚好。」遂此时众小和尚引那女子往殿后睡去。长老就在方丈中，请众院主自在，遂各散去。三藏吩咐悟空：「辛苦了，早睡早起。」遂一处都睡了，不敢离侧，护著师父。渐入夜深，正是那：

一宵晚話不題。Of that night's conversation nothing more need be told.及天明了，行者起來，教八戒、沙僧收拾行囊、馬匹，卻請師父走路。When day broke, Wukong rose and told Bajie and Sha Seng to pack up the baggage and ready the horse, then went to ask the Master to set off.此時長老還貪睡未醒。At that moment the elder was still deep in sleep and had not yet woken.行者近前叫聲：「師父。」那師父把頭擡了一擡，又不曾答應得出。Wukong went up close and called out, 'Master!' The Master raised his head slightly but could not manage to answer.行者問：「師父怎麼說？」長老呻吟道：「我怎麼這般頭懸眼脹，渾身皮骨皆疼？」八戒聽說，伸手去摸摸身上，有些發熱。Wukong asked, 'Master, what do you say?' The elder groaned, 'Why is it that my head feels so light and dizzy, my eyes so swollen, and every bone and inch of skin on my body aches?' Hearing this, Bajie reached out and felt his body — it was somewhat feverish.獃子笑道：「我曉得了，這是昨晚見沒錢的飯，多吃了幾碗，倒沁著頭睡，傷食了。」行者喝道：「胡說！The idiot laughed and said, 'I know what it is — last night, seeing a free meal, you ate a few bowls too many, then lay right down with your head sunk low, and it's given you indigestion.' Wukong shouted, 'Nonsense!'等我問師父，端的何如。」三藏道：「我半夜之間起來解手，不曾戴得帽子，想是風吹了。」行者道：「這還說得是。'Let me ask the Master exactly what happened.' Sanzang said, 'In the middle of the night I got up to relieve myself, and not having put on my hat, I suppose the wind struck me.' Wukong said, 'That sounds more like it.'如今可走得路麼？」三藏道：「我如今起坐不得，怎麼上馬？'Can you travel now?' Sanzang said, 'I cannot even sit up now — how could I mount the horse?'但只誤了路啊。」行者道：「師父說那裡話。'But this will delay our journey.' Wukong said, 'Master, what kind of talk is that?'常言道：『一日為師，終身為父。』我等與你做徒弟，就是兒子一般。'As the saying goes, "One day a teacher, a father for life." We, being your disciples, are just like your sons.'又說道：『養兒不用阿金溺銀，只是見景生情便好。』你既身子不快，說甚麼誤了行程？'And there is another saying: "In raising a son, one need not shower him in gold and silver — it is enough that he responds rightly to the occasion." Since your body is unwell, why speak of delaying the journey?'便寧耐幾日何妨？」兄弟們都伏侍著師父，不覺的早盡午來昏又至，良宵才過又侵晨。'What harm is there in resting patiently a few more days?' So the brothers all attended upon their master, and before they knew it morning gave way to noon, dusk followed, and no sooner had a fine night passed than dawn crept in again.

一宵晚话不题。及天明了，行者起来，教八戒、沙僧收拾行囊、马匹，却请师父走路。此时长老还贪睡未醒。行者近前叫声：「师父。」那师父把头抬了一抬，又不曾答应得出。行者问：「师父怎么说？」长老呻吟道：「我怎么这般头悬眼胀，浑身皮骨皆疼？」八戒听说，伸手去摸摸身上，有些发热。呆子笑道：「我晓得了，这是昨晚见没钱的饭，多吃了几碗，倒沁著头睡，伤食了。」行者喝道：「胡说！等我问师父，端的何如。」三藏道：「我半夜之间起来解手，不曾戴得帽子，想是风吹了。」行者道：「这还说得是。如今可走得路么？」三藏道：「我如今起坐不得，怎么上马？但只误了路啊。」行者道：「师父说那里话。常言道：『一日为师，终身为父。』我等与你做徒弟，就是儿子一般。又说道：『养儿不用阿金溺银，只是见景生情便好。』你既身子不快，说甚么误了行程？便宁耐几日何妨？」兄弟们都伏侍著师父，不觉的早尽午来昏又至，良宵才过又侵晨。

光陰迅速，早過了三日。Time flew swiftly by, and already three days had passed.那一日，師父欠身起來叫道：「悟空，這兩日病體沉痾，不曾問得你：那個脫命的女菩薩，可曾有人送些飯與他吃？」行者笑道：「你管他怎的？One day, the Master raised himself up and called out, 'Wukong, these past two days my illness has weighed heavily on me, and I have not had the chance to ask you: that girl who was saved from death — has anyone brought her food to eat?' Wukong laughed and said, 'Why do you concern yourself with her?'且顧了自家的病著。」三藏道：「正是，正是。'Just take care of your own illness first.' Sanzang said, 'Quite right, quite right.'你且扶我起來，取出我的紙、筆、墨，寺裡借個硯臺來使使。」行者道：「要怎的？」長老道：「我要修一封書，並關文封在一處，你替我送上長安駕下，見太宗皇帝一面。」行者道：「這個容易，我老孫別事無能，若說送書，人間第一。'Help me sit up, and fetch out my paper, brush, and ink, and borrow an inkstone from the temple for me to use.' Wukong said, 'What for?' The elder said, 'I want to compose a letter, and seal it together with the travel rescript, for you to deliver up to Chang'an on my behalf, to see Emperor Taizong face to face.' Wukong said, 'That's easy enough. Old Monkey is good for little else, but when it comes to delivering letters, I am first under heaven.'你把書收拾停當取與我，我一觔斗送到長安，遞與唐王，再一觔斗轉將回來，你的筆硯還不乾哩。'Just get the letter ready and hand it to me — with one somersault I'll deliver it to Chang'an and give it to the Tang emperor, and with another somersault I'll be back again, before your brush and ink have even dried.'但只是你寄書怎的？'But why is it you want to send a letter at all?'且把書意念念我聽，念了再寫不遲。」長老滴淚道：「我寫著：'Just recite the gist of it to me first, and it won't be too late to write it after.' The elder, tears falling, said, 'I shall write it thus:'

光阴迅速，早过了三日。那一日，师父欠身起来叫道：「悟空，这两日病体沉疴，不曾问得你：那个脱命的女菩萨，可曾有人送些饭与他吃？」行者笑道：「你管他怎的？且顾了自家的病著。」三藏道：「正是，正是。你且扶我起来，取出我的纸、笔、墨，寺里借个砚台来使使。」行者道：「要怎的？」长老道：「我要修一封书，并关文封在一处，你替我送上长安驾下，见太宗皇帝一面。」行者道：「这个容易，我老孙别事无能，若说送书，人间第一。你把书收拾停当取与我，我一觔斗送到长安，递与唐王，再一觔斗转将回来，你的笔砚还不干哩。但只是你寄书怎的？且把书意念念我听，念了再写不迟。」长老滴泪道：「我写著：

行者聽得此言，忍不住呵呵大笑道：「師父，你忒不濟，略有些些病兒，就起這個意念。Hearing these words, Wukong could not help but burst out laughing, 'Master, you're too faint-hearted — the moment you have some slight illness, you get thoughts like these.'你若是病重，要死要活，只消問我，我老孫自有個本事：問道那個閻王敢起心？'If you were gravely ill, on the brink of life and death, you'd only need to ask me — Old Monkey has his own means. Ask which King Yama would dare have such a thought,'那個判官敢出票？'which judge would dare issue a warrant,'那個鬼使來勾取？'which ghost messenger would dare come to fetch your soul?'若惱了我，我拿出那大鬧天宮之性子，又一路棍，打入幽冥，捉住十代閻王，一個個抽了他的筋，還不饒他哩。」三藏道：「徒弟呀，我病重了，切莫說這大話。」'If they angered me, I would bring out the temper that once threw Heaven's Palace into great turmoil, and with my staff clearing the way I would smash straight into the underworld, seize the Ten Kings of Hell, and pull the sinews out of every one of them, and even then I would not let them off.' Sanzang said, 'Disciple, my illness is severe — do not speak such wild boasts.'

行者听得此言，忍不住呵呵大笑道：「师父，你忒不济，略有些些病儿，就起这个意念。你若是病重，要死要活，只消问我，我老孙自有个本事：问道那个阎王敢起心？那个判官敢出票？那个鬼使来勾取？若恼了我，我拿出那大闹天宫之性子，又一路棍，打入幽冥，捉住十代阎王，一个个抽了他的筋，还不饶他哩。」三藏道：「徒弟呀，我病重了，切莫说这大话。」

八戒上前道：「師兄，師父說不好，你只管說好，十分不尷尬。Bajie stepped forward and said, 'Elder Brother, the Master says he is not well, yet you keep insisting he is fine — this is most improper.'我們趁早商量，先賣了馬，典了行囊，買棺木送終散火。」行者道：「獃子又胡說了，你不知道。'We had better plan ahead — sell the horse, pawn the baggage, buy a coffin, see him off, and then go our separate ways.' Wukong said, 'The idiot is talking nonsense again — you don't understand.'師父是我佛如來第二個徒弟，原叫做金蟬長老，只因他輕慢佛法，該有這場大難。」八戒道：「哥啊，師父既是輕慢佛法，貶回東土，在是非海內，口舌場中，託化做人身，發願往西天拜佛求經，遇妖精就捆，逢魔頭就吊，受諸苦惱，也夠了，怎麼又叫他害病？」行者道：「你那裡曉得。'Master is the second disciple of our Buddha Tathagata, originally called Elder Golden Cicada; it was only because he treated the Buddhist teachings with disrespect that he was fated to suffer this ordeal.' Bajie said, 'Brother, if the Master showed disrespect for the Dharma and was banished back to the Land of the East, into this sea of right and wrong, this arena of gossiping tongues, taking on human form, vowing to go west to worship the Buddha and seek the scriptures — bound by every demon he meets, strung up by every fiend he encounters — surely he has suffered enough. Why must he also be made to fall ill?' Wukong said, 'What would you know of it?'老師父不曾聽佛講法，打了一個盹，往下一試，左腳屣了一粒米，下界來，該有這三日病。」八戒驚道：「像老豬吃東西潑潑撒撒的，也不知害多少年代病是。」行者道：「兄弟，佛不與你眾生為念，你又不知。'While our Reverend Master was listening to the Buddha preach the Dharma, he dozed off for a moment, and as he tilted downward, his left foot kicked over a single grain of rice — and for that, once he descended to the lower world, he was fated to suffer this three-day illness.' Bajie exclaimed in alarm, 'The way old Pig spills and scatters his food when he eats, there's no telling how many years of illness I ought to suffer for it!' Wukong said, 'Brother, the Buddha does not keep such things in mind for common creatures like you — you simply don't understand.'人云：『鋤禾日當午，汗滴禾下土。'As the saying goes: "Hoeing the rice at noon's high sun, sweat drips down to the earth beneath the grain."'誰知盤中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。』師父只今日一日，明日就好了。」三藏道：「我今日比昨日不同：咽喉裡十分作渴。'"Who knows that of the food upon the plate, every grain is hard-won toil?" The Master need only bear it one more day — by tomorrow he'll be well.' Sanzang said, 'Today I feel different from yesterday: my throat is terribly parched.'你去那裡有涼水，尋些來我吃。」行者道：「好了，師父要水吃，便是好了。'Go find some cool water somewhere and bring it for me to drink.' Wukong said, 'Good — if the Master wants water to drink, that means he's getting better.'等我取水去。」'Let me go fetch the water.'

八戒上前道：「师兄，师父说不好，你只管说好，十分不尴尬。我们趁早商量，先卖了马，典了行囊，买棺木送终散火。」行者道：「呆子又胡说了，你不知道。师父是我佛如来第二个徒弟，原叫做金蝉长老，只因他轻慢佛法，该有这场大难。」八戒道：「哥啊，师父既是轻慢佛法，贬回东土，在是非海内，口舌场中，托化做人身，发愿往西天拜佛求经，遇妖精就捆，逢魔头就吊，受诸苦恼，也够了，怎么又叫他害病？」行者道：「你那里晓得。老师父不曾听佛讲法，打了一个盹，往下一试，左脚屣了一粒米，下界来，该有这三日病。」八戒惊道：「像老猪吃东西泼泼撒撒的，也不知害多少年代病是。」行者道：「兄弟，佛不与你众生为念，你又不知。人云：『锄禾日当午，汗滴禾下土。谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。』师父只今日一日，明日就好了。」三藏道：「我今日比昨日不同：咽喉里十分作渴。你去那里有凉水，寻些来我吃。」行者道：「好了，师父要水吃，便是好了。等我取水去。」

即時取了缽盂，往寺後面香積廚取水。He at once took up the alms bowl and went to the Fragrant Kitchen behind the temple to fetch water.忽見那些和尚一個個眼兒通紅，悲啼哽咽，只是不敢放聲大哭。There he suddenly saw that the monks, one and all, had eyes red from weeping, choked with grief, yet not daring to cry aloud.行者道：「你們這些和尚忒小家子樣。Wukong said, 'You monks are being far too petty about this.'我們住幾日，臨行謝你，柴火錢照日算還，怎麼這等膿包？」眾僧慌跪下道：「不敢，不敢。」行者道：「怎麼不敢？'We've stayed here a few days, and when we leave we'll thank you properly and pay you back day by day for firewood and food — why be such spineless cowards about it?' The monks, flustered, dropped to their knees and said, 'We would not dare, we would not dare.' Wukong said, 'Would not dare what?'想是我那長嘴和尚食腸大，吃傷了你的本兒也？」眾僧道：「老爺，我這荒山，大大小小也有百十眾和尚，每一人養老爺一日，也養得起百十日。'I suppose it's that long-mouthed monk of mine, whose stomach is so large, who has eaten his way through your provisions?' The monks said, 'My lord, in this humble mountain temple of ours there are, great and small, a hundred or so monks; if each one of us fed you for a single day, we could support you for a hundred days and more.'怎麼敢欺心，計較甚麼食用？」行者道：「既不計較，你卻為甚麼啼哭？」眾僧道：「老爺，不知是那山裡來的妖邪在這寺裡。'How would we dare be so mean-hearted as to fuss over the cost of your food and drink?' Wukong said, 'If you're not fussing over that, then why are you weeping?' The monks said, 'My lord, we don't know from which mountain it came, but there is a demon-spirit haunting this temple.'我們晚夜間著兩個小和尚去撞鐘打鼓，只聽得鐘鼓響罷，再不見人回。'At night we send two young monks to strike the bell and beat the drum, and no sooner do we hear the bell and drum sound than the two never return.'至次日找尋，只見僧帽、僧鞋丟在後邊園裡，骸骨尚存，將人吃了。'The next day, when we go searching, we find only their monks' caps and shoes cast off in the garden behind, with their bones still lying there — they had been eaten.'你們住了三日，我寺裡不見了六個和尚。'In the three days since you arrived, six monks have gone missing from our temple.'故此，我兄弟們不由的不怕，不由的不傷。'That is why we brother monks cannot help but be afraid, cannot help but grieve.'因見你老師父貴恙，不敢傳說，忍不住淚珠偷垂也。」行者聞言，又驚又喜道：「不消說了，必定是妖魔在此傷人也。'Seeing that your reverend Master was gravely ill, we did not dare speak of it, yet could not stop tears from secretly falling.' Hearing this, Wukong was both alarmed and pleased, and said, 'Say no more — it must certainly be a demon harming people here.'等我與你剿除他。」眾僧道：「老爺，妖精不精者不靈。'Let me wipe it out for you.' The monks said, 'My lord, a spirit that were not potent could not be called a spirit.'一定會騰雲駕霧，一定會出幽入冥。'It surely can ride clouds and mount mist, surely can pass from the shadow-realm into the underworld and back.'古人道得好：『莫信直中直，須防人不仁。』老爺，你莫怪我們說：你若拿得他住哩，便與我荒山除這條禍根，正是三生有幸了；'As the ancients well said, "Do not trust too readily in what seems straightforwardly straight; guard against those without benevolence." My lord, do not blame us for saying so: if you are able to capture and subdue it, you will have removed this root of calamity from our humble mountain, and that would be the good fortune of three lifetimes for us;'若還拿他不住啊，卻有好些兒不便處。」行者道：「怎叫做好些不便處？」那眾僧道：「直不相瞞老爺說，我這荒山雖有百十眾和尚，卻都只是自小兒出家的。'but if you should fail to subdue it, there would be a good many inconvenient consequences.' Wukong said, 'What do you mean by "a good many inconvenient consequences"?' The monks said, 'To be perfectly honest with you, my lord, though this humble mountain of ours has a hundred or so monks, every one of us left home to become a monk from early childhood.'髮長尋刀削，衣單破衲縫。'When our hair grows long we find a blade to shave it; when our robes grow thin and torn we mend them with patchwork.'早晨起來洗著臉，叉手躬身皈依大道；'Rising in the morning we wash our faces, then fold our hands and bow low, taking refuge in the Great Way;'夜來收拾燒著香，虔心叩齒念的彌陀。'at night we tidy up and burn incense, reverently clicking our teeth as we chant the name of Amitabha.'舉頭看見佛蓮九品，秇三乘慈航共法雲，願見祇園釋世尊低頭看見心，受五戒，度大千，生生萬法中，願悟頑空與色空。'Raising our heads we behold the nine grades of the Buddha's lotus, cultivate the compassionate ferry of the Three Vehicles together with the clouds of Dharma, and wish to behold the World-Honored One of Jetavana Garden; lowering our heads we look within our own hearts, keep the Five Precepts, seek to deliver the great multitude of beings, and amid the ten thousand dharmas of life after life, we hope to awaken to stubborn emptiness and to the emptiness of form.'諸檀越來啊，老的小的、長的矮的、胖的瘦的，一個個敲木魚，擊金磬，挨挨拶拶，兩卷《法華經》，一策《梁王懺》；'When the patrons come, old and young, tall and short, fat and thin, each one of us strikes the wooden fish, sounds the golden chime, and crowded shoulder to shoulder we chant two scrolls of the Lotus Sutra, one volume of the Emperor Liang's Repentance;'諸檀越不來啊，新的舊的、生的熟的、村的俏的，一個個合著掌，瞑著目，悄悄冥冥，入定蒲團上，牢關月下門。'when the patrons do not come, whether new acquaintance or old, stranger or familiar face, rustic or comely, each one of us presses palms together, closes our eyes, and in silent stillness enters meditation upon the cushion, firmly barring the gate beneath the moon.'一任他鶯啼鳥語閑爭鬥，不上我方便慈悲大法乘。'Let the orioles cry and the birds chatter and squabble idly as they please — none of it touches our expedient and compassionate Great Vehicle of the Dharma.'因此上，也不會伏虎，也不會降龍；'For this reason, we know nothing of subduing tigers, nor of taming dragons;'也不識的怪，也不識的精。'we do not recognize monsters, nor do we know spirits when we see them.'你老爺若還惹起那妖魔啊，我百十個和尚只夠他齋一飽。'If you, my lord, should stir that demon to anger, our hundred-odd monks would only be enough to fill its belly for a single meal.'一則墮落我眾生輪迴；'First, it would cast us common beings down into the cycle of rebirth;'二則滅抹了這禪林古跡；'second, it would wipe out this ancient site of our Chan monastery;'三則如來會上全沒半點兒光輝。'and third, it would leave not a shred of glory for the Tathagata's assembly.'這卻是好些兒不便處。」'These, then, are the many inconveniences we spoke of.'

即时取了钵盂，往寺后面香积厨取水。忽见那些和尚一个个眼儿通红，悲啼哽咽，只是不敢放声大哭。行者道：「你们这些和尚忒小家子样。我们住几日，临行谢你，柴火钱照日算还，怎么这等脓包？」众僧慌跪下道：「不敢，不敢。」行者道：「怎么不敢？想是我那长嘴和尚食肠大，吃伤了你的本儿也？」众僧道：「老爷，我这荒山，大大小小也有百十众和尚，每一人养老爷一日，也养得起百十日。怎么敢欺心，计较甚么食用？」行者道：「既不计较，你却为甚么啼哭？」众僧道：「老爷，不知是那山里来的妖邪在这寺里。我们晚夜间著两个小和尚去撞钟打鼓，只听得钟鼓响罢，再不见人回。至次日找寻，只见僧帽、僧鞋丢在后边园里，骸骨尚存，将人吃了。你们住了三日，我寺里不见了六个和尚。故此，我兄弟们不由的不怕，不由的不伤。因见你老师父贵恙，不敢传说，忍不住泪珠偷垂也。」行者闻言，又惊又喜道：「不消说了，必定是妖魔在此伤人也。等我与你剿除他。」众僧道：「老爷，妖精不精者不灵。一定会腾云驾雾，一定会出幽入冥。古人道得好：『莫信直中直，须防人不仁。』老爷，你莫怪我们说：你若拿得他住哩，便与我荒山除这条祸根，正是三生有幸了；若还拿他不住啊，却有好些儿不便处。」行者道：「怎叫做好些不便处？」那众僧道：「直不相瞒老爷说，我这荒山虽有百十众和尚，却都只是自小儿出家的。发长寻刀削，衣单破衲缝。早晨起来洗著脸，叉手躬身皈依大道；夜来收拾烧著香，虔心叩齿念的弥陀。举头看见佛莲九品，秇三乘慈航共法云，愿见祇园释世尊低头看见心，受五戒，度大千，生生万法中，愿悟顽空与色空。诸檀越来啊，老的小的、长的矮的、胖的瘦的，一个个敲木鱼，击金磬，挨挨拶拶，两卷《法华经》，一策《梁王忏》；诸檀越不来啊，新的旧的、生的熟的、村的俏的，一个个合著掌，瞑著目，悄悄冥冥，入定蒲团上，牢关月下门。一任他莺啼鸟语闲争斗，不上我方便慈悲大法乘。因此上，也不会伏虎，也不会降龙；也不识的怪，也不识的精。你老爷若还惹起那妖魔啊，我百十个和尚只够他斋一饱。一则堕落我众生轮回；二则灭抹了这禅林古迹；三则如来会上全没半点儿光辉。这却是好些儿不便处。」

行者聞得眾和尚說出這一端的話語，他便怒從心上起，惡向膽邊生，高叫一聲：「你這眾和尚，好獃哩！When Wukong heard the monks speak these words, anger rose up from his heart and malice sprang up beside his gall, and he cried out loudly, 'You monks are such fools!'只曉得那妖精，就不曉得我老孫的行止麼？」眾僧輕輕的答道：「實不曉得。」行者道：「我今日略節說說，你們聽著。'You only know of that demon-spirit, but do you not know of Old Monkey's own doings?' The monks answered timidly, 'Truly, we do not know.' Wukong said, 'Let me tell you a bit of it briefly today — listen well.'我也曾花果山伏虎降龍，我也曾上天堂大鬧天宮。'I have subdued tigers and tamed dragons on Flower-Fruit Mountain; I have also gone up to Heaven and thrown the Palace of Heaven into great turmoil.'饑時把老君的丹，略略咬了兩三顆；'When hungry, I took Laojun's elixir pills and casually bit off two or three;'渴時把玉帝的酒，輕輕呼了六七鍾。'when thirsty, I helped myself to the Jade Emperor's wine and lightly downed six or seven cups.'睜著一雙不白不黑的金睛眼，天慘淡，月朦朧；'With these golden pupils of mine, neither white nor black, wide open, the sky turned dim and the moon grew hazy;'拿著一條不短不長的金箍棒，來無影，去無蹤。'wielding this gold-banded staff of mine, neither short nor long, I came without a shadow and left without a trace.'說甚麼大精小怪，那怕他憊懶煨膿。'What matter if they be great spirits or small demons — why should I fear their wretched, festering tricks?'一趕趕上去，跑的跑，顫的顫，躲的躲，慌的慌；'Once I give chase, some run, some tremble, some hide, some panic;'一捉捉將來，銼的銼，燒的燒，磨的磨，舂的舂。'once I catch them, some get filed, some get burned, some get ground, some get pounded.'正是八仙同過海，獨自顯神通。'It was just as when the Eight Immortals crossed the sea, only it was I alone who showed off such divine power.'眾和尚，我拿這妖精與你看看，你才認得我老孫。」'You monks — I'll catch this demon-spirit for you to see, and only then will you truly know Old Monkey.'

行者闻得众和尚说出这一端的话语，他便怒从心上起，恶向胆边生，高叫一声：「你这众和尚，好呆哩！只晓得那妖精，就不晓得我老孙的行止么？」众僧轻轻的答道：「实不晓得。」行者道：「我今日略节说说，你们听著。我也曾花果山伏虎降龙，我也曾上天堂大闹天宫。饥时把老君的丹，略略咬了两三颗；渴时把玉帝的酒，轻轻呼了六七钟。睁著一双不白不黑的金睛眼，天惨淡，月朦胧；拿著一条不短不长的金箍棒，来无影，去无踪。说甚么大精小怪，那怕他惫懒煨脓。一赶赶上去，跑的跑，颤的颤，躲的躲，慌的慌；一捉捉将来，锉的锉，烧的烧，磨的磨，舂的舂。正是八仙同过海，独自显神通。众和尚，我拿这妖精与你看看，你才认得我老孙。」

眾僧聽著，暗點頭道：「這賊禿開大口，說大話，想是有些來歷。」都一個個諾諾連聲。The monks listened and nodded secretly to themselves, thinking, 'This bald rascal opens his mouth so wide and talks so big — he must have some real history behind him.' And one after another they all murmured their assent.只有那喇嘛僧道：「且住。Only the lama monk said, 'Wait a moment.'你老師父貴恙，你拿這妖精不至緊。'Your reverend Master is gravely ill — capturing this demon is not the most urgent matter.'俗語道：『公了登筵，不醉便飽；'As the common saying goes: "A man attending a banquet, if not drunk, is at least full;"'壯士臨陣，不死即傷。』你兩下裡角鬥之時，倘貽累你師父，不當穩便。」'"a warrior facing battle, if not killed, is at least wounded." Should the two of you come to blows and it bring trouble upon your Master, that would hardly be a safe course.'

众僧听著，暗点头道：「这贼秃开大口，说大话，想是有些来历。」都一个个诺诺连声。只有那喇嘛僧道：「且住。你老师父贵恙，你拿这妖精不至紧。俗语道：『公了登筵，不醉便饱；壮士临阵，不死即伤。』你两下里角斗之时，倘贻累你师父，不当稳便。」

行者道：「有理，有理。Wukong said, 'That's reasonable, reasonable.'我且送涼水與師父吃了再來。」掇起缽盂，著上涼水，轉出香積廚，就到方丈，叫聲：「師父，吃涼水哩。」三藏正當煩渴之時，便擡起頭來，捧著水，只是一吸。'Let me first take this cool water to my Master, and come back after.' He picked up the bowl, filled it with cool water, turned back out of the Fragrant Kitchen, and went straight to the abbot's quarters, calling out, 'Master, here's cool water to drink.' Sanzang, just then in the midst of his feverish thirst, raised his head, took the bowl in both hands, and drained it in a single draught.真個：渴時一滴如甘露，藥到真方病即除。Truly it was: when thirst is at its height, a single drop is like sweet dew; when the true remedy is applied, illness departs at once.行者見長老精神漸爽，眉目舒開，就問道：「師父，可吃些湯飯麼？」三藏道：「這涼水就是靈丹一般，這病兒減了一半，有湯飯也吃得些。」行者連聲高高叫道：「我師父好了，要湯飯吃哩。」教那些和尚忙忙的安排：淘米煮飯、捍麵烙餅，蒸饝饝、做粉湯，擡了四五桌。Wukong, seeing the elder's spirits gradually reviving, his brow and eyes relaxing, asked, 'Master, could you eat a little soup and rice?' Sanzang said, 'That cool water was like a miraculous elixir — my illness is already half gone; I could manage a little soup and rice.' Wukong called out again and again at the top of his voice, 'My Master is well! He wants soup and rice!' and had the monks hurry to prepare it: washing rice and cooking it, rolling dough and baking flatcakes, steaming buns, and making noodle soup, until four or five tables were brought out laden with food.唐僧只吃得半碗兒米湯，行者、沙僧止用了一席，其餘的都是八戒一肚餐之。Tang Sanzang managed only half a bowl of rice broth; Wukong and Sha Seng ate but a single table's worth between them; all the rest went into Bajie's belly alone.家火收去，點起燈來，眾僧各散。The dishes were cleared away, lamps were lit, and the monks each dispersed to their own quarters.

行者道：「有理，有理。我且送凉水与师父吃了再来。」掇起钵盂，著上凉水，转出香积厨，就到方丈，叫声：「师父，吃凉水哩。」三藏正当烦渴之时，便抬起头来，捧著水，只是一吸。真个：渴时一滴如甘露，药到真方病即除。行者见长老精神渐爽，眉目舒开，就问道：「师父，可吃些汤饭么？」三藏道：「这凉水就是灵丹一般，这病儿减了一半，有汤饭也吃得些。」行者连声高高叫道：「我师父好了，要汤饭吃哩。」教那些和尚忙忙的安排：淘米煮饭、捍面烙饼，蒸饝饝、做粉汤，抬了四五桌。唐僧只吃得半碗儿米汤，行者、沙僧止用了一席，其余的都是八戒一肚餐之。家火收去，点起灯来，众僧各散。

三藏道：「我們今住幾日了？」行者道：「三整日矣。Sanzang said, 'How many days have we now stayed here?' Wukong said, 'A full three days.'明朝向晚，便就是四個日頭。」三藏道：「三日誤了許多路程。」行者道：「師父，也算不得路程，明日去罷。」三藏道：「正是，就帶幾分病兒，也沒奈何。」行者道：「既是明日要去，且讓我今晚捉了妖精看。」三藏驚道：「又捉甚麼妖精？」行者道：「有個妖精在這寺裡，等老孫替他捉捉。」唐僧道：「徒弟呀，我的病身未可，你怎麼又興此念？'By tomorrow evening it will be four full days.' Sanzang said, 'Three days have already cost us a good deal of travel time.' Wukong said, 'Master, that hardly counts against our journey — let us set off tomorrow.' Sanzang said, 'Just so; even carrying a bit of illness with me, there's no help for it.' Wukong said, 'Since we are to leave tomorrow, let me tonight go and catch this demon-spirit, just to see.' Sanzang, startled, said, 'What demon-spirit are you talking about catching now?' Wukong said, 'There's a demon-spirit in this temple — let Old Monkey go and catch it for them.' Tang Sanzang said, 'Disciple, my illness is not yet cured — why do you take up such a notion now?'倘那怪有神通，你拿他不住啊，卻又不是害我？」行者道：「你好滅人威風。'Should that demon have real powers and you fail to subdue it, would that not bring harm upon me as well?' Wukong said, 'How you dampen a man's spirit.'老孫到處降妖，你見我弱與誰的？'Old Monkey has subdued demons everywhere I've gone — have you ever seen me come off worse against anyone?'只是不動手，動手就要贏。」三藏扯住道：「徒弟，常言說得好：『遇方便時行方便，得饒人處且饒人。』『操心怎似存心好，爭氣何如忍氣高？』」孫大聖見師父苦苦勸他，不許降妖，他說出老實話來道：「師父，實不瞞你說，那妖在此吃了人了。」唐僧大驚道：「吃了甚麼人？」行者說道：「我們住了三日，已是吃了這寺裡六個小和尚了。」長老道：「『兔死狐悲，物傷其類。』他既吃了寺內之僧，我亦僧也，我放你去，只但用心仔細些。」行者道：「不消說，老孫的手到就消除了。」'It's only that I never make a move without winning once I do.' Sanzang caught hold of him and said, 'Disciple, the old saying goes well: "When there's a chance to be lenient, be lenient; where you can spare someone, spare them." "How can fretting over things compare to keeping a good heart? How can striving to win compare to the nobility of forbearance?"' Seeing that his Master was pleading earnestly with him and forbidding him to subdue the demon, the Great Sage Sun spoke the plain truth: 'Master, to tell you honestly, that demon here has already eaten people.' Tang Sanzang, greatly alarmed, said, 'Eaten what people?' Wukong said, 'In the three days we have stayed here, six young monks of this temple have already been eaten.' The elder said, '"When the rabbit dies, the fox grieves; a creature mourns its own kind." Since it has eaten monks of this temple, and I too am a monk, I will let you go — only be careful and thorough about it.' Wukong said, 'Say no more — the moment Old Monkey's hand reaches it, it will be done away with.'

三藏道：「我们今住几日了？」行者道：「三整日矣。明朝向晚，便就是四个日头。」三藏道：「三日误了许多路程。」行者道：「师父，也算不得路程，明日去罢。」三藏道：「正是，就带几分病儿，也没奈何。」行者道：「既是明日要去，且让我今晚捉了妖精看。」三藏惊道：「又捉甚么妖精？」行者道：「有个妖精在这寺里，等老孙替他捉捉。」唐僧道：「徒弟呀，我的病身未可，你怎么又兴此念？倘那怪有神通，你拿他不住啊，却又不是害我？」行者道：「你好灭人威风。老孙到处降妖，你见我弱与谁的？只是不动手，动手就要赢。」三藏扯住道：「徒弟，常言说得好：『遇方便时行方便，得饶人处且饶人。』『操心怎似存心好，争气何如忍气高？』」孙大圣见师父苦苦劝他，不许降妖，他说出老实话来道：「师父，实不瞒你说，那妖在此吃了人了。」唐僧大惊道：「吃了甚么人？」行者说道：「我们住了三日，已是吃了这寺里六个小和尚了。」长老道：「『兔死狐悲，物伤其类。』他既吃了寺内之僧，我亦僧也，我放你去，只但用心仔细些。」行者道：「不消说，老孙的手到就消除了。」

你看他燈光前吩咐八戒、沙僧看守師父，他喜孜孜跳出方丈，徑來佛殿看時，天上有星，月還未上，那殿裡黑暗暗的。Watch him now: before the lamplight he instructed Bajie and Sha Seng to keep watch over the Master, then, beaming with delight, he sprang out of the abbot's quarters and went straight to look at the Buddha hall. Stars were out in the sky, the moon had not yet risen, and the hall inside was pitch dark.他就吹出真火，點起琉璃，東邊打鼓，西邊撞鐘。He then breathed forth true fire, lit the glass lamps, beat the drum on the east side, and struck the bell on the west.響罷，搖身一變，變做個小和尚兒，年紀只有十二三歲，披著黃絹褊衫，白布直裰，手敲著木魚，口裡念經。When the sound had died away, he shook himself and transformed into a young novice monk of only twelve or thirteen years, wearing a short robe of yellow silk over a plain white cotton gown, striking a wooden fish with his hand and chanting sutras with his mouth.等到一更時分，不見動靜。He waited until the first watch of the night, but nothing stirred.二更時分，殘月才升，只聽見呼呼的一陣風響。By the second watch, the waning moon had just risen, when suddenly a gust of wind came whistling by.好風：What a wind:

你看他灯光前吩咐八戒、沙僧看守师父，他喜孜孜跳出方丈，径来佛殿看时，天上有星，月还未上，那殿里黑暗暗的。他就吹出真火，点起琉璃，东边打鼓，西边撞钟。响罢，摇身一变，变做个小和尚儿，年纪只有十二三岁，披著黄绢褊衫，白布直裰，手敲著木鱼，口里念经。等到一更时分，不见动静。二更时分，残月才升，只听见呼呼的一阵风响。好风：

那風才然過處，猛聞得蘭麝香熏，環珮聲響。No sooner had that wind passed than he caught, sharp and sudden, the fragrance of musk and orchid, and the tinkling sound of jade pendants.即欠身擡頭觀看，呀！He at once straightened up and raised his head to look — ah!卻是一個美貌佳人，徑上佛殿。It was a beautiful young woman, coming straight up into the Buddha hall.行者口裡嗚哩嗚喇，只情念經。Wukong, murmuring away in his mouth, kept right on chanting his sutras.那女子走近前，一把摟住道：「小長老，念的甚麼經？」行者道：「許下的。」女子道：「別人都自在睡覺，你還念經怎麼？」行者道：「許下的，如何不念？」女子摟住，與他親個嘴道：「我與你到後面耍耍去。」行者故意的扭過頭去道：「你有些不曉事。」女子道：「你會相面？」行者道：「也曉得些兒。」女子道：「你相我怎的樣子？」行者道：「我相你有些兒偷生㧚熟，被公婆趕出來的。」女子道：「相不著，相不著。The girl walked up close, threw her arms around him, and said, 'Little monk, what sutra are you chanting?' Wukong said, 'One I made a vow to recite.' The girl said, 'Everyone else is off sleeping in comfort — why are you still chanting sutras?' Wukong said, 'I made a vow to — how could I not recite it?' The girl embraced him and kissed him, saying, 'Come with me round the back for some fun.' Wukong deliberately twisted his head away and said, 'You don't quite understand things.' The girl said, 'Can you read faces?' Wukong said, 'I know a little of it.' The girl said, 'What do you read in my face?' Wukong said, 'I read that you've been sneaking around behind others' backs, and got thrown out by your parents-in-law.' The girl said, 'Wrong, wrong — not that at all.'我'I —'

那风才然过处，猛闻得兰麝香熏，环珮声响。即欠身抬头观看，呀！却是一个美貌佳人，径上佛殿。行者口里呜哩呜喇，只情念经。那女子走近前，一把搂住道：「小长老，念的甚么经？」行者道：「许下的。」女子道：「别人都自在睡觉，你还念经怎么？」行者道：「许下的，如何不念？」女子搂住，与他亲个嘴道：「我与你到后面耍耍去。」行者故意的扭过头去道：「你有些不晓事。」女子道：「你会相面？」行者道：「也晓得些儿。」女子道：「你相我怎的样子？」行者道：「我相你有些儿偷生㧚熟，被公婆赶出来的。」女子道：「相不著，相不著。我

趁如今星光月皎，也是有緣千里來相會。'—taking advantage of this starlit, moon-bright night, have come, by some fated bond, a thousand miles to meet you.'我和你到後園中交歡配鸞儔去也。」行者聞言，暗點頭道：「那幾個愚僧，都被色慾引誘，所以傷了性命。'Let you and I go to the back garden and become mates in joy together.' Hearing this, Wukong nodded to himself in silence, thinking, 'So those foolish monks were all lured by lust, and that is how they lost their lives.'他如今也來哄我。」就隨口答應道：「娘子，我出家人年紀尚幼，卻不知甚麼交歡之事。」女子道：「你跟我去，我教你。」行者暗笑道：「也罷，我跟他去，看他怎生擺佈。」"Now she too has come to fool me." He replied casually, "Dear lady, I am a monk still young in years, and know nothing of the affairs of love." The woman said, "Come with me, and I will teach you." Xingzhe laughed inwardly, thinking, "Very well, I'll go along with her and see what she has in mind."

趁如今星光月皎，也是有缘千里来相会。我和你到后园中交欢配鸾俦去也。」行者闻言，暗点头道：「那几个愚僧，都被色欲引诱，所以伤了性命。他如今也来哄我。」就随口答应道：「娘子，我出家人年纪尚幼，却不知甚么交欢之事。」女子道：「你跟我去，我教你。」行者暗笑道：「也罢，我跟他去，看他怎生摆布。」

他兩個摟著肩，攜著手，出了佛殿，徑至後邊園裡。The two of them, arms around shoulders and hands clasped, left the Buddha hall and went straight to the garden behind it.那怪把行者使個絆子腿，跌倒在地。The monster tripped Xingzhe with a leg-hook, and he fell to the ground.口裡「心肝哥哥」的亂叫，將手就去掐他的臊根。Crying "Dear heart, elder brother!" over and over, she reached out her hand to grab at his private parts.行者道：「我的兒，真個要吃老孫哩。」卻被行者接住他手，使個小坐跌法，把那怪一轆轤掀翻在地上。Xingzhe thought, "My child, so you really mean to devour old Sun!" But he caught her hand and, using a little sitting-fall technique, flipped the monster over like a windlass and threw her flat on the ground.那怪口裡還叫道：「心肝哥哥，你倒會跌你的娘哩。」行者暗算道：「不趁此時下手他，還到幾時？The monster still cried out, "Dear heart, elder brother, so you know how to throw your own mother down!" Xingzhe thought secretly, "If I don't strike now, when else will I get the chance?正是：『先下手為強，後下手遭殃。』」就把手一叉，腰一躬，一跳跳起來，現出原身法像，掄起金箍鐵棒，劈頭就打。Indeed: 'He who strikes first gains the advantage; he who strikes later suffers the harm.'" So he clasped his hands together, arched his back, and leapt up, revealing his true form, and swinging up his gold-banded iron rod, struck straight at her head.那怪倒也吃了一驚。The monster was quite startled.他心想道：「這個小和尚，這等利害。」打開眼一看，原來是那唐長老的徒弟姓孫的。She thought to herself, "This little monk is so fierce!" Opening her eyes for a look, she saw it was none other than the disciple of Tang the Elder, the one surnamed Sun.他也不懼他。Yet she was not afraid of him either.你說這精怪是甚麼精怪：You ask what sort of monster-spirit this was:

他两个搂著肩，携著手，出了佛殿，径至后边园里。那怪把行者使个绊子腿，跌倒在地。口里「心肝哥哥」的乱叫，将手就去掐他的臊根。行者道：「我的儿，真个要吃老孙哩。」却被行者接住他手，使个小坐跌法，把那怪一辘轳掀翻在地上。那怪口里还叫道：「心肝哥哥，你倒会跌你的娘哩。」行者暗算道：「不趁此时下手他，还到几时？正是：『先下手为强，后下手遭殃。』」就把手一叉，腰一躬，一跳跳起来，现出原身法像，抡起金箍铁棒，劈头就打。那怪倒也吃了一惊。他心想道：「这个小和尚，这等利害。」打开眼一看，原来是那唐长老的徒弟姓孙的。他也不惧他。你说这精怪是甚么精怪：

他自恃的神通廣大，便隨手架起雙股劍，玎玎璫璫的響，左遮右格，隨東倒西。Relying on her own vast magic powers, she at once raised her twin swords, which clanged and rang, parrying left and blocking right, swaying now east, now west.行者雖強些，卻也撈他不倒。Though Xingzhe was somewhat the stronger, he still could not manage to bring her down.陰風四起，殘月無光。A dark, chill wind rose on every side, and the waning moon gave no light.你看他兩人。Just watch the two of them.後園中一場好殺：In the back garden a fine battle raged:

他自恃的神通广大，便随手架起双股剑，玎玎珰珰的响，左遮右格，随东倒西。行者虽强些，却也捞他不倒。阴风四起，残月无光。你看他两人。后园中一场好杀：

那孫大聖精神抖擻，棍兒沒半點差池。The Great Sage Sun, full of vigor, wielded his rod without the slightest error.妖精自料敵他不住，猛可的眉頭一蹙，計上心來，抽身便走。The monster, reckoning she could not hold out against him, suddenly knitted her brows, and a scheme came to mind; she turned and fled.行者喝道：「潑貨，那走？Xingzhe shouted, "Vile creature, where do you think you're going?快快來降。」那妖精只是不理，直往後退。Surrender at once!" But the monster paid him no heed at all, and simply kept retreating.等行者趕到緊急之時，即將左腳上花鞋脫下來，吹口仙氣，念個咒語，叫一聲：「變！」就變做本身模樣，使兩口劍舞將來；When Xingzhe pressed her hard in pursuit, she pulled off the flowered shoe from her left foot, blew a breath of magic upon it, recited a spell, and cried, "Change!" — and it turned into her own likeness, wielding the two swords and dancing forward to meet him;真身一幌，化陣清風而去。while her true body gave a shake and turned into a gust of clear wind and was gone.這卻不是三藏的災星？And was this not indeed a star of calamity for Sanzang?他便徑撞到方丈裡，把唐三藏攝將去雲頭上，杳杳冥冥，霎霎眼，就到了陷空山，進了無底洞，叫小的們安排素筵席成親不題。She went straight to the abbot's chamber, seized Tang Sanzang, and carried him up onto a cloud; in the dim and misty distance, in the twinkling of an eye, she reached Xiankong Mountain, entered the Bottomless Cave, and ordered her underlings to prepare a vegetarian wedding feast — but no more of that for now.

那孙大圣精神抖擞，棍儿没半点差池。妖精自料敌他不住，猛可的眉头一蹙，计上心来，抽身便走。行者喝道：「泼货，那走？快快来降。」那妖精只是不理，直往后退。等行者赶到紧急之时，即将左脚上花鞋脱下来，吹口仙气，念个咒语，叫一声：「变！」就变做本身模样，使两口剑舞将来；真身一幌，化阵清风而去。这却不是三藏的灾星？他便径撞到方丈里，把唐三藏摄将去云头上，杳杳冥冥，霎霎眼，就到了陷空山，进了无底洞，叫小的们安排素筵席成亲不题。

卻說行者鬥得心焦性燥，閃一個空，一棍把那妖精打落下來，乃是一隻花鞋。Now, Xingzhe, fighting on with a heart grown anxious and a temper grown hot, found an opening and struck the monster down with one blow of his rod — only to find it was a single flowered shoe.行者曉得中了他計，連忙轉身來看師父，那有個師父。Xingzhe realized at once that he had fallen for her trick, and hurriedly turned back to look for his master — but there was no master to be found.只見那獃子和沙僧口裡嗚哩嗚哪說甚麼。He saw only the idiot and Sha Seng, mumbling something unintelligible with their mouths.行者怒氣填胸，也不管好歹，撈起棍來一片打，連聲叫道：「打死你們，打死你們。」那獃子慌得走也沒路。Xingzhe's chest filled with rage, and heedless of right or wrong, he snatched up his rod and lashed out wildly, shouting over and over, "I'll beat you both to death! I'll beat you both to death!" The idiot was so panicked he had nowhere to run.沙僧卻是個靈山大將，見得事多，就軟款溫柔，近前跪下道：「兄長，我知道了，想你要打殺我兩個，也不去救師父，徑自回家去哩。」行者道：「我打殺你兩個，我自去救他。」沙僧笑道：「兄長說那裡話？Sha Seng, however, was a great general from Vulture Peak, who had seen much of the world, so he spoke gently and softly, coming forward and kneeling down: "Elder Brother, I understand now — you must mean to beat the two of us to death, and then, without going to save our master, head straight home by yourself." Xingzhe said, "Once I've beaten you two to death, I'll go save him myself." Sha Seng said with a smile, "Elder Brother, what kind of talk is that?無我兩個，真是『單絲不線，孤掌難鳴』。Without the two of us, it would truly be a case of 'a single thread makes no cord, one palm alone claps no sound.'兄啊，這行囊、馬匹，誰與看顧？Brother, who would look after the baggage and the horse?寧學管鮑分金，休仿孫龐鬥智。Better to follow the example of Guan and Bao sharing gold than to imitate Sun and Pang contending in cunning.自古道：『打虎還得親兄弟，上陣須教父子兵。』望兄長且饒打，待天明和你同心戮力，尋師去也。」行者雖是神通廣大，卻也明理識時。As the old saying goes: 'To fight a tiger you still need your own brothers; to go into battle you must have father and son together.' I beg Elder Brother to spare us the beating; once it's light we will join our hearts and strength with yours and go to find our master." Although Xingzhe possessed vast magic powers, he was also a reasonable man who understood the moment.見沙僧苦苦哀告，便就回心道：「八戒、沙僧，你都起來。Seeing Sha Seng plead so earnestly, he relented and said, "Bajie, Sha Seng, both of you get up.明日找尋師父。Tomorrow we will go search for our master.卻要用力。」那獃子聽見饒了，恨不得天也許下半邊，道：「哥啊，這個都在老豬身上。」兄弟們思思想想，那曾得睡，恨不得點頭喚出扶桑日，一口吹散滿天星。But you must both put your full strength into it." The idiot, hearing he was spared, was so relieved he could have promised half of heaven, and said, "Brother, leave this entirely to old Pig." The brothers lay there thinking and thinking, unable to sleep at all, longing to nod their heads and summon out the sun from Fusang, or blow away with one breath all the stars filling the sky.

却说行者斗得心焦性燥，闪一个空，一棍把那妖精打落下来，乃是一只花鞋。行者晓得中了他计，连忙转身来看师父，那有个师父。只见那呆子和沙僧口里呜哩呜哪说甚么。行者怒气填胸，也不管好歹，捞起棍来一片打，连声叫道：「打死你们，打死你们。」那呆子慌得走也没路。沙僧却是个灵山大将，见得事多，就软款温柔，近前跪下道：「兄长，我知道了，想你要打杀我两个，也不去救师父，径自回家去哩。」行者道：「我打杀你两个，我自去救他。」沙僧笑道：「兄长说那里话？无我两个，真是『单丝不线，孤掌难鸣』。兄啊，这行囊、马匹，谁与看顾？宁学管鲍分金，休仿孙庞斗智。自古道：『打虎还得亲兄弟，上阵须教父子兵。』望兄长且饶打，待天明和你同心戮力，寻师去也。」行者虽是神通广大，却也明理识时。见沙僧苦苦哀告，便就回心道：「八戒、沙僧，你都起来。明日找寻师父。却要用力。」那呆子听见饶了，恨不得天也许下半边，道：「哥啊，这个都在老猪身上。」兄弟们思思想想，那曾得睡，恨不得点头唤出扶桑日，一口吹散满天星。

三眾只坐到天曉，收拾要行，早有寺僧攔門來問：「老爺那裡去？」行者笑道：「不好說。The three of them simply sat until dawn, and as they were packing up to leave, the monks of the temple had already come to block the gate and ask, "Where are you gentlemen going?" Xingzhe said with a smile, "It's not easy to say.昨日對眾誇口，說與他們拿妖精，妖精未曾拿得，倒把我個師父不見了。Yesterday I boasted before everyone that I would catch the monster for them; well, the monster I never caught, but instead I've lost my own master.我們尋師父去哩。」眾僧害怕道：「老爺，小可的事，倒帶累老師；We're off to search for our master." The monks, alarmed, said, "Sirs, over such a trifling matter we have gone and implicated our venerable teacher;卻往那裡去尋？」行者道：「有處尋他。」眾僧忙道：「既去莫忙，且吃些早齋。」連忙的端了兩三盆湯飯。but where will you go to search?" Xingzhe said, "I have a place in mind to look for him." The monks said hastily, "If you must go, don't be in such a rush — first eat some morning fare." And they hurried to bring out two or three basins of soup and rice.八戒盡力吃個乾淨，道：「好和尚，我們尋著師父，再到你這裡來耍子。」行者道：「還到這裡吃他飯哩？Bajie ate every bit of it clean, saying, "Good monks, once we've found our master, we'll come back here to enjoy ourselves again." Xingzhe said, "Are you still thinking of coming back here to eat their food?你去天王殿裡看看那女子在否。」眾僧道：「老爺，不在了，不在了。Go and see whether that woman is still in the Hall of the Heavenly Kings." The monks said, "Sir, she's gone, she's gone.自是當晚宿了一夜，第二日就不見了。」She stayed the one night, and by the next day she had vanished."

三众只坐到天晓，收拾要行，早有寺僧拦门来问：「老爷那里去？」行者笑道：「不好说。昨日对众夸口，说与他们拿妖精，妖精未曾拿得，倒把我个师父不见了。我们寻师父去哩。」众僧害怕道：「老爷，小可的事，倒带累老师；却往那里去寻？」行者道：「有处寻他。」众僧忙道：「既去莫忙，且吃些早斋。」连忙的端了两三盆汤饭。八戒尽力吃个干净，道：「好和尚，我们寻著师父，再到你这里来耍子。」行者道：「还到这里吃他饭哩？你去天王殿里看看那女子在否。」众僧道：「老爷，不在了，不在了。自是当晚宿了一夜，第二日就不见了。」

行者喜喜歡歡的辭了眾僧，著八戒、沙僧牽馬挑擔，徑回東走。Xingzhe, quite pleased, took his leave of the monks and had Bajie and Sha Seng lead the horse and shoulder the load, and they set off straight back toward the east.八戒道：「哥哥差了，怎麼又往東行？」行者道：「你豈知道？Bajie said, "Brother, you've got it wrong — why are we heading east again?" Xingzhe said, "How would you know?前日在那黑松林綁的那個女子，老孫火眼金睛，把他認透了，你們都認做好人。The woman we found tied up the other day in the Black Pine Forest — with old Sun's fiery golden eyes, I saw right through her, but the two of you took her for a good person.今日吃和尚的也是他，攝師父的也是他。It was she who today would have devoured the monks, and she who has carried off our master.你們救得好女菩薩。A fine 'goddess' you two rescued indeed.今既攝了師父，還從舊路上找尋去也。」二人嘆服道：「好好好，真是粗中有細。Now that she's carried off our master, we must go back and search along the old road." The two of them sighed in admiration, "Good, good, truly — rough on the outside but careful within.去來，去來。」Let's go, let's go!"

行者喜喜欢欢的辞了众僧，著八戒、沙僧牵马挑担，径回东走。八戒道：「哥哥差了，怎么又往东行？」行者道：「你岂知道？前日在那黑松林绑的那个女子，老孙火眼金睛，把他认透了，你们都认做好人。今日吃和尚的也是他，摄师父的也是他。你们救得好女菩萨。今既摄了师父，还从旧路上找寻去也。」二人叹服道：「好好好，真是粗中有细。去来，去来。」

三人急急到於林內，只見那：The three of them hurried on into the forest, where they saw:

三人急急到于林内，只见那：

行者心焦，掣出棒來，搖身一變，變作大鬧天宮的本相：三頭六臂，六隻手，理著三根棒，在林裡辟哩撥喇的亂打。Xingzhe, his heart burning with anxiety, drew out his rod and shook himself into the very form he had worn when he wreaked havoc in Heaven: three heads and six arms, six hands wielding three rods, thrashing about wildly through the forest with a great clatter.八戒見了道：「沙僧，師兄著了惱，尋不著師父，弄做個氣心風了。」原來行者打了一路，打出兩個老頭兒來：一個是山神，一個是土地，上前跪下道：「大聖，山神、土地來見。」八戒道：「好靈根啊，打了一路，打出兩個山神、土地；Seeing this, Bajie said, "Sha Seng, Elder Brother has worked himself into a fury — unable to find our master, he's gone half mad with rage." As it turned out, Xingzhe's thrashing along the way had beaten out two old men: one was the Mountain God, the other the Local Deity, who came forward and knelt down, saying, "Great Sage, the Mountain God and Local Deity have come to pay their respects." Bajie said, "What fine efficacy — thrashing along the way and beating out a Mountain God and a Local Deity;若再打一路，連太歲都打出來也。」行者問道：「山神、土地，汝等這般無禮，在此處專一結夥強盜。if he keeps thrashing a while longer, he'll even beat out the Grand Duke Jupiter himself." Xingzhe demanded, "Mountain God, Local Deity, how dare you be so insolent — banding together with bandits here in this place.強盜得了手，買些豬羊祭賽你，又與妖精結擄，打夥兒把我師父攝來。When the bandits succeed in their robbery, they buy a few pigs and sheep to offer you in sacrifice, and you've also joined forces with monsters, banding together to carry off my master.如今藏在何處？Where is he hidden now?快快的從實供來，免打。」二神慌了道：「大聖錯怪了我耶。Confess the truth at once, and you'll be spared a beating." The two deities, alarmed, said, "Great Sage, you wrong us.妖精不在小神山上，不伏小神管轄。The monster does not dwell on this lowly god's mountain, and is not under this lowly god's jurisdiction.但只夜間風響處，小神略知一二。」行者道：「既知，一一說來。」土地道：「那妖精攝你師父去，在那正南下，離此有千里之遙。But as for the place from which the wind sounded that night, this lowly god knows a little about it." Xingzhe said, "Since you know, tell me everything, one by one." The Local Deity said, "That monster carried your master off due south of here, a thousand li away.那廂有座山，喚做陷空山。Over there is a mountain called Xiankong Mountain — the Mountain of the Sunken Void.山中有個洞，叫做無底洞。In the mountain there is a cave, called the Bottomless Cave.是那山裡妖精，到此變化攝去也。」行者聽言，暗自驚心。It was the monster from that mountain who came here in disguise and carried him off." Hearing this, Xingzhe was secretly alarmed at heart.喝退了山神、土地，收了法身，現出本相，與八戒、沙僧道：「師父去得遠了。」八戒道：「遠便騰雲趕去。」He dismissed the Mountain God and Local Deity with a shout, withdrew his magic form, and resumed his true appearance, saying to Bajie and Sha Seng, "Our master has been taken far away." Bajie said, "If it's far, then let's mount the clouds and chase after him."

行者心焦，掣出棒来，摇身一变，变作大闹天宫的本相：三头六臂，六只手，理著三根棒，在林里辟哩拨喇的乱打。八戒见了道：「沙僧，师兄著了恼，寻不著师父，弄做个气心风了。」原来行者打了一路，打出两个老头儿来：一个是山神，一个是土地，上前跪下道：「大圣，山神、土地来见。」八戒道：「好灵根啊，打了一路，打出两个山神、土地；若再打一路，连太岁都打出来也。」行者问道：「山神、土地，汝等这般无礼，在此处专一结伙强盗。强盗得了手，买些猪羊祭赛你，又与妖精结掳，打伙儿把我师父摄来。如今藏在何处？快快的从实供来，免打。」二神慌了道：「大圣错怪了我耶。妖精不在小神山上，不伏小神管辖。但只夜间风响处，小神略知一二。」行者道：「既知，一一说来。」土地道：「那妖精摄你师父去，在那正南下，离此有千里之遥。那厢有座山，唤做陷空山。山中有个洞，叫做无底洞。是那山里妖精，到此变化摄去也。」行者听言，暗自惊心。喝退了山神、土地，收了法身，现出本相，与八戒、沙僧道：「师父去得远了。」八戒道：「远便腾云赶去。」

好獃子，一縱狂風先起；Such a fine idiot — with one bound he raised a wild wind and went first;隨後是沙僧駕雲；close behind, Sha Seng rode upon a cloud;那白馬原是龍子出身，馱了行李，也踏了風霧；the white horse, being by origin a dragon prince, bore the baggage and likewise trod upon wind and mist;大聖即起觔斗：一直南來。and the Great Sage at once mounted his cloud-somersault, heading straight south.不多時，早見一座大山，阻住雲腳。Before long, they already saw a great mountain blocking the foot of their clouds.三人採住馬，都按定雲頭。The three of them reined in the horse and brought their clouds to a halt.見那山：They looked at the mountain, and saw:

好呆子，一纵狂风先起；随后是沙僧驾云；那白马原是龙子出身，驮了行李，也踏了风雾；大圣即起觔斗：一直南来。不多时，早见一座大山，阻住云脚。三人采住马，都按定云头。见那山：

八戒道：「哥啊，這山如此嶮峻，必有妖邪。」行者道：「不消說了，山高原有怪，嶺峻豈無精？」叫：「沙僧，我和你且在此，著八戒先下山凹裡打聽打聽，看那條路好走，端的可有洞府，再看是那裡開門，俱細細打探，我們好一齊去尋師父救他。」八戒道：「老豬晦氣，先拿我頂缸。」行者道：「你夜來說都在你身上，如何打仰？」八戒道：「不要嚷，等我去。」獃子放下鈀，抖抖衣裳，空著手，跳下高山，找尋路徑。Bajie said, "Brother, this mountain is so steep and forbidding, there must surely be monsters and demons here." Xingzhe said, "No need to say it — where the mountain is high there are naturally monsters, and where the ridge is steep, how could there fail to be spirits?" He called out, "Sha Seng, you and I will wait here for now, while Bajie goes down first into the mountain hollow to make some inquiries — see which path is easiest to travel, whether there truly is a cave dwelling, and where its gate opens, and look into everything carefully, so that we can all go together to find our master and save him." Bajie said, "Just my rotten luck, made to take the blame first again." Xingzhe said, "Last night you said it was all up to you — why balk now?" Bajie said, "No need to shout, I'll go." So the idiot set down his rake, shook out his robe, and empty-handed, leaped down the high mountain to search out a path.

八戒道：「哥啊，这山如此崄峻，必有妖邪。」行者道：「不消说了，山高原有怪，岭峻岂无精？」叫：「沙僧，我和你且在此，著八戒先下山凹里打听打听，看那条路好走，端的可有洞府，再看是那里开门，俱细细打探，我们好一齐去寻师父救他。」八戒道：「老猪晦气，先拿我顶缸。」行者道：「你夜来说都在你身上，如何打仰？」八戒道：「不要嚷，等我去。」呆子放下钯，抖抖衣裳，空著手，跳下高山，找寻路径。

這一去，畢竟不知好歹如何，且聽下回分解。As for what came of this trip, good or ill, we do not yet know — listen to the explanation in the next chapter.

这一去，毕竟不知好歹如何，且听下回分解。