第九十三回第九十三回Chapter Ninety-Three

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Chapter Ninety-Three · Investiture of the Gods

Jinzha takes Youhun Pass by cunning

A line drawing in the manner of a late-Qing lithographed edition: on the road outside a pass fortress, an elder Daoist with a sword slung on his back turns away with head thrown back and one palm raised, a long sleeve swung out and gripped by a kneeling army officer with a wretched face, while a younger Daoist beside him lays a hand on his arm and leans in with a sly smile.

詩曰:

斗柄看看又向東,竇榮枉自逞英風。金吒設智開周業,徹地多謀弄女紅。

诗曰:

斗柄看看又向东,窦荣枉自逞英风。金吒设智开周业,彻地多谋弄女红。

A poem says:

Little by little the handle of the Dipper turns east again;in vain does Dou Rong flaunt his heroic spirit.Jinzha lays a clever plan to open the Zhou’s great work;the Earth-Piercing Lady, full of schemes, toys at her woman’s needlework.

總為浮雲遮曉日,故教殺氣鎖崆峒。須知王霸終歸主,枉使生靈泣路窮。

总为浮云遮晓日,故教杀气锁崆峒。须知王霸终归主,枉使生灵泣路穷。

It is all because drifting clouds veil the morning sunthat the air of slaughter is made to lock in Kongtong.Know that the kingly and the mighty come at last to their true master;in vain are living souls made to weep at the end of the road.

話說袁洪上了「山河社稷圖」,如四象變化有無窮之妙,思山即山,思水即水,想前即前,想後即後,袁洪不覺現了原身。忽然見一陣香風撲鼻,異樣甜美,這猴兒爬上樹去一望,見一株桃樹,綠葉森森,兩邊搖蕩,下墜一枝紅滴滴的仙桃,顏色鮮潤,嬌嫩可愛。白猿看見,不覺忻羨,遂攀枝穿葉,摘取仙桃下來,聞一聞,撲鼻馨香,心中大喜,一口吞而食之。方纔倚松靠石而坐,未及片時,忽然見楊戩仗劍而來。白猿欲待起身,竟不能起。不知食了此桃,將腰墜下,早被楊戩一把抓住頭皮,用縛妖索綑住,收了「山河社稷圖」,望正南謝了女媧娘娘,將白猿拎著,逕回周營而來。有詩單讚女媧娘娘授楊戩祕法,伏梅山七怪,詩曰:

话说袁洪上了「山河社稷图」,如四象变化有无穷之妙,思山即山,思水即水,想前即前,想后即后,袁洪不觉现了原身。忽然见一阵香风扑鼻,异样甜美,这猴儿爬上树去一望,见一株桃树,绿叶森森,两边摇荡,下坠一枝红滴滴的仙桃,颜色鲜润,娇嫩可爱。白猿看见,不觉忻羡,遂攀枝穿叶,摘取仙桃下来,闻一闻,扑鼻馨香,心中大喜,一口吞而食之。方才倚松靠石而坐,未及片时,忽然见杨戬仗剑而来。白猿欲待起身,竟不能起。不知食了此桃,将腰坠下,早被杨戬一把抓住头皮,用缚妖索捆住,收了「山河社稷图」,望正南谢了女娲娘娘,将白猿拎着,径回周营而来。有诗单赞女娲娘娘授杨戬秘法,伏梅山七怪,诗曰:

Now, once Yuan Hong was on the Map of Mountains, Rivers and the Realm, it was like the endless wonders of the changes of the Four Images: think of a mountain and there was a mountain, think of water and there was water, think of going forward and he was forward, think of going back and he was back; and without knowing it, Yuan Hong turned back into his true form. Suddenly a gust of fragrant wind struck his nose, strangely sweet. The monkey climbed a tree to look, and saw a peach tree thick with green leaves swaying on either side, and hanging down from it a branch with an immortal peach, glowing red, its colour fresh and moist, tender and lovely. When the white ape saw it, he could not help longing for it; he climbed along the branches, pushed through the leaves, picked the immortal peach and brought it down. He sniffed it, and the fragrance filled his nose. Delighted, he swallowed it in one gulp. Then he sat down, leaning against a pine with his back to a rock. Before a moment had passed, he suddenly saw Yang Jian coming, sword in hand. The white ape tried to get up, but he could not rise. Little did he know that eating the peach had dragged his waist down; already Yang Jian had seized him by the scalp and bound him with the Demon-Binding Rope. Yang Jian put away the Map of Mountains, Rivers and the Realm, bowed his thanks to the goddess Nüwa toward the due south, and, carrying the white ape, went straight back to the Zhou camp. There is a poem in praise of the goddess Nüwa alone, who taught Yang Jian a secret art and so subdued the Seven Monsters of Mount Mei. It says:

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