第五十五回第五十五回Chapter Fifty-Five

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土行孫歸伏西岐

土行孙归伏西岐

Chapter Fifty-Five · Investiture of the Gods

Tu Xingsun submits to Xiqi

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: on the plain between Xiqi and the enemy camp, the old Jiang Ziya gallops toward the city on his antlered beast, looking back with a calm smile, sword in hand; the furious Tu Xingsun, a steel staff dragging, flings coils of rope into the sky, where the Daoist Ju Liusun stands on a cloud and catches them in his wide sleeves.

詩曰:

藏身匿影總無良,水到渠成為甚忙。背卻天真貪愛欲,有違師訓逐疆場。

诗曰:

藏身匿影总无良,水到渠成为甚忙。背却天真贪爱欲,有违师训逐疆场。

A poem says:

Hiding his body, hiding his shadow, he meant no good at all;when the water comes the channel forms — so why such haste?He turned his back on his true nature, greedy for love and desire,and, defying his master’s teaching, went chasing after battlefields.

百千伎倆終歸正,八九元功自異常。兩國始終成好合,認由月老定鸞凰。

百千伎俩终归正,八九元功自异常。两国始终成好合,认由月老定鸾凰。

His hundred thousand tricks in the end came back to the right;the eight-nine primal arts were extraordinary in themselves.Two warring states in the end made a happy match:it was the Old Man Under the Moon who paired the phoenixes.

話說楊戩借土遁往夾龍山來,正駕遁光,風聲霧色,不覺飄飄蕩蕩落將下來,乃是一座好山。但見:

话说杨戬借土遁往夹龙山来,正驾遁光,风声雾色,不觉飘飘荡荡落将下来,乃是一座好山。但见:

Now, Yang Jian was on his way to Mount Jialong by the earth escape. As he rode the escape light, amid the sound of wind and the colour of mist, before he knew it he came drifting, floating down, and landed on a fine mountain. This is what he saw:

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