詩曰：
混沌未分天地亂，茫茫渺渺無人見。自從盤古破鴻濛，開闢從茲清濁辨。覆載群生仰至仁，發明萬物皆成善。欲知造化會元功，須看《西遊釋厄傳》。
诗曰：
混沌未分天地乱，茫茫渺渺无人见。自从盘古破鸿蒙，开辟从兹清浊辨。覆载群生仰至仁，发明万物皆成善。欲知造化会元功，须看《西游释厄传》。
A poem says:
Before chaos parted, heaven and earth were tangled;vast and dim, they lay beyond all human sight.Then Pangu broke the primal darkness open;from that beginning, clear and turbid stood apart.All living things beneath and between them look to their supreme kindness;all things they bring to light become good.To know creation’s work through cycles great and small,read Journey to the West: The Tale of Deliverance from Ordeals.
蓋聞天地之數，有十二萬九千六百歲為一元。將一元分為十二會，乃子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥之十二支也。每會該一萬八百歲。且就一日而論：子時得陽氣，而丑則雞鳴；寅不通光，而卯則日出；辰時食後，而巳則挨排；日午天中，而未則西蹉；申時晡，而日落酉，戌黃昏，而人定亥。譬於大數，若到戌會之終，則天地昏曚而萬物否矣。再去五千四百歲，交亥會之初，則當黑暗，而兩間人物俱無矣，故曰混沌。又五千四百歲，亥會將終，貞下起元，近子之會，而復逐漸開明。邵康節曰：
「冬至子之半，天心無改移。一陽初動處，萬物未生時。」
到此，天始有根。再五千四百歲，正當子會，輕清上騰，有日，有月，有星，有辰。日、月、星、辰，謂之四象。故曰，天開於子。又經五千四百歲，子會將終，近丑之會，而逐漸堅實。《易》曰：「大哉乾元！至哉坤元！萬物資生，乃順承天。」至此，地始凝結。再五千四百歲，正當丑會，重濁下凝，有水，有火，有山，有石，有土。水、火、山、石、土，謂之五形。故曰，地闢於丑。又經五千四百歲，丑會終而寅會之初，發生萬物。曆曰：「天氣下降，地氣上升；天地交合，群物皆生。」至此，天清地爽，陰陽交合。再五千四百歲，正當寅會，生人，生獸，生禽，正謂天地人，三才定位。故曰，人生於寅。
盖闻天地之数，有十二万九千六百岁为一元。将一元分为十二会，乃子、丑、寅、卯、辰、巳、午、未、申、酉、戌、亥之十二支也。每会该一万八百岁。且就一日而论：子时得阳气，而丑则鸡鸣；寅不通光，而卯则日出；辰时食后，而巳则挨排；日午天中，而未则西蹉；申时晡，而日落酉，戌黄昏，而人定亥。譬于大数，若到戌会之终，则天地昏曚而万物否矣。再去五千四百岁，交亥会之初，则当黑暗，而两间人物俱无矣，故曰混沌。又五千四百岁，亥会将终，贞下起元，近子之会，而复逐渐开明。邵康节曰：
「冬至子之半，天心无改移。一阳初动处，万物未生时。」
到此，天始有根。再五千四百岁，正当子会，轻清上腾，有日，有月，有星，有辰。日、月、星、辰，谓之四象。故曰，天开于子。又经五千四百岁，子会将终，近丑之会，而逐渐坚实。《易》曰：「大哉乾元！至哉坤元！万物资生，乃顺承天。」至此，地始凝结。再五千四百岁，正当丑会，重浊下凝，有水，有火，有山，有石，有土。水、火、山、石、土，谓之五形。故曰，地辟于丑。又经五千四百岁，丑会终而寅会之初，发生万物。历曰：「天气下降，地气上升；天地交合，群物皆生。」至此，天清地爽，阴阳交合。再五千四百岁，正当寅会，生人，生兽，生禽，正谓天地人，三才定位。故曰，人生于寅。
It is said that, in the reckoning of heaven and earth, 129,600 years make one great cycle. Each great cycle is divided into twelve ages, named for the twelve earthly branches: zi, chou, yin, mao, chen, si, wu, wei, shen, you, xu and hai. Each age comprises 10,800 years. Take a single day for comparison: at zi the yang energy stirs, and at chou the cock crows; at yin no light has yet come through, and at mao the sun rises; at chen the morning meal is over, and at si the hours press onward; at wu the sun stands in midheaven, and at wei it slips westward; shen is late afternoon, and at you the sun sets; xu brings dusk, and at hai people settle down for the night. On the larger scale, by the end of the age of xu, heaven and earth grow dim and all things fall into decline. Another 5,400 years pass, bringing the beginning of the age of hai: darkness reigns, and neither people nor other creatures remain between heaven and earth. This is called chaos. After another 5,400 years, the age of hai draws to its end. Out of the closing phase a new beginning arises; as the age of zi approaches, light gradually returns. Shao Kangjie says:
“At the winter solstice, halfway through zi,Heaven’s heart does not shift or change.One thread of yang first stirs,while all things still await their birth.”
At this point heaven begins to take root. Another 5,400 years bring the age of zi itself. The light and clear rise upward, forming the sun, the moon, the stars and the constellations. Sun, moon, stars and constellations are called the four celestial forms. Hence the saying: heaven opens at zi. Another 5,400 years pass. The age of zi draws to an end, the age of chou approaches, and things gradually grow solid. The Book of Changes says: “Great indeed is the primal power of Qian! Supreme indeed is the primal power of Kun! All things draw on it for birth, and it obediently follows Heaven.” At this point earth begins to condense. Another 5,400 years bring the age of chou itself. The heavy and turbid settle downward, forming water, fire, mountains, stone and soil. Water, fire, mountains, stone and soil are called the five earthly forms. Hence the saying: earth is opened at chou. Another 5,400 years pass. The age of chou ends, the age of yin begins, and all things come to life. The calendar says: “Heaven’s energy descends, earth’s energy rises; heaven and earth unite, and all things are born.” At this point heaven is clear and earth is fresh, and yin and yang join together. Another 5,400 years bring the age of yin itself. Humans, beasts and birds are born: heaven, earth and humanity, the three powers, each take their appointed place. Hence the saying: humanity is born at yin.
感盤古開闢，三皇治世，五帝定倫，世界之間，遂分為四大部洲：曰東勝神洲，曰西牛賀洲，曰南贍部洲，曰北俱蘆洲。這部書單表東勝神洲。海外有一國土，名曰傲來國。國近大海，海中有一座名山，喚為花果山。此山乃十洲之祖脈，三島之來龍，自開清濁而立，鴻濛判後而成。真個好山！有詞賦為證。賦曰：
勢鎮汪洋，威寧瑤海。勢鎮汪洋，潮湧銀山魚入穴；威寧瑤海，波翻雪浪蜃離淵。水火方隅高積上，東海之處聳崇巔。丹崖怪石，削壁奇峰。丹崖上，彩鳳雙鳴；削壁前，麒麟獨臥。峰頭時聽錦雞鳴，石窟每觀龍出入。林中有壽鹿仙狐，樹上有靈禽玄鶴。瑤草奇花不謝，青松翠柏長春。仙桃常結果，修竹每留雲。一條澗壑籐蘿密，四面原堤草色新。正是百川會處擎天柱，萬劫無移大地根。
感盘古开辟，三皇治世，五帝定伦，世界之间，遂分为四大部洲：曰东胜神洲，曰西牛贺洲，曰南赡部洲，曰北俱芦洲。这部书单表东胜神洲。海外有一国土，名曰傲来国。国近大海，海中有一座名山，唤为花果山。此山乃十洲之祖脉，三岛之来龙，自开清浊而立，鸿蒙判后而成。真个好山！有词赋为证。赋曰：
势镇汪洋，威宁瑶海。势镇汪洋，潮涌银山鱼入穴；威宁瑶海，波翻雪浪蜃离渊。水火方隅高积上，东海之处耸崇巅。丹崖怪石，削壁奇峰。丹崖上，彩凤双鸣；削壁前，麒麟独卧。峰头时听锦鸡鸣，石窟每观龙出入。林中有寿鹿仙狐，树上有灵禽玄鹤。瑶草奇花不谢，青松翠柏长春。仙桃常结果，修竹每留云。一条涧壑籐萝密，四面原堤草色新。正是百川会处擎天柱，万劫无移大地根。
After Pangu opened heaven and earth, the Three Sovereigns governed the world and the Five Emperors established the order of human relations. The world was then divided into four great continents: the Eastern Continent of Purvavideha, the Western Continent of Aparagodaniya, the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa and the Northern Continent of Uttarakuru. This book tells only of the Eastern Continent. Beyond the sea lay a land called the kingdom of Aolai. The kingdom stood beside a great sea, and in that sea rose a famous mountain called Flower-Fruit Mountain. This mountain was the ancestral vein of the Ten Isles, the source of the dragon veins of the Three Islands. It had stood since the clear and turbid first separated, and had taken shape when primal chaos was divided. What a fine mountain it was! There is a rhapsody to prove it. It says:
Its mass holds the ocean steady;its might brings peace to the jewelled sea.Its mass holds the ocean steady:tides surge in silver mountains and fish retreat to their holes.Its might brings peace to the jewelled sea:waves turn in snowy billows and giant clams leave the depths.High it piles up where water and fire have their quarters;lofty its summit rises in the East Sea.Crimson cliffs and strange rocks,sheer walls and wondrous peaks.On the crimson cliffs,bright phoenixes call in pairs;before the sheer walls,a qilin lies alone.From the peaks come frequent cries of golden pheasants;at the rocky caves, dragons are often seen passing in and out.In the woods live long-lived deer and immortal foxes;in the trees perch sacred birds and dark cranes.Jewelled grasses and rare flowers never fade;green pines and emerald cypresses keep an endless spring.Immortal peaches always bear fruit;tall bamboos forever hold the clouds.Dense vines fill a ravine;fresh grass clothes the banks on every side.Truly: a pillar that props the sky where a hundred rivers meet,a root of the earth unmoved through countless cosmic ages.
那座山正當頂上，有一塊仙石。其石有三丈六尺五寸高，有二丈四尺圍圓。三丈六尺五寸高，按周天三百六十五度；二丈四尺圍圓，按政曆二十四氣。上有九竅八孔，按九宮八卦。四面更無樹木遮陰，左右倒有芝蘭相襯。蓋自開闢以來，每受天真地秀，日精月華，感之既久，遂有靈通之意。內育仙胞，一日迸裂，產一石卵，似圓毬樣大。因見風，化作一個石猴，五官俱備，四肢皆全。便就學爬學走，拜了四方。目運兩道金光，射沖斗府。驚動高天上聖大慈仁者玉皇大天尊玄穹高上帝，駕座金闕雲宮靈霄寶殿，聚集仙卿，見有金光燄燄，即命千里眼、順風耳開南天門觀看。二將果奉旨出門外，看的真，聽的明。須臾回報道：「臣奉旨觀聽金光之處，乃東勝神洲海東傲來小國之界，有一座花果山，山上有一仙石，石產一卵，見風化一石猴，在那裡拜四方，眼運金光，射沖斗府。如今服餌水食，金光將潛息矣。」玉帝垂賜恩慈曰：「下方之物，乃天地精華所生，不足為異。」
那座山正当顶上，有一块仙石。其石有三丈六尺五寸高，有二丈四尺围圆。三丈六尺五寸高，按周天三百六十五度；二丈四尺围圆，按政历二十四气。上有九窍八孔，按九宫八卦。四面更无树木遮阴，左右倒有芝兰相衬。盖自开辟以来，每受天真地秀，日精月华，感之既久，遂有灵通之意。内育仙胞，一日迸裂，产一石卵，似圆毬样大。因见风，化作一个石猴，五官俱备，四肢皆全。便就学爬学走，拜了四方。目运两道金光，射冲斗府。惊动高天上圣大慈仁者玉皇大天尊玄穹高上帝，驾座金阙云宫灵霄宝殿，聚集仙卿，见有金光燄燄，即命千里眼、顺风耳开南天门观看。二将果奉旨出门外，看的真，听的明。须臾回报道：「臣奉旨观听金光之处，乃东胜神洲海东傲来小国之界，有一座花果山，山上有一仙石，石产一卵，见风化一石猴，在那里拜四方，眼运金光，射冲斗府。如今服饵水食，金光将潜息矣。」玉帝垂赐恩慈曰：「下方之物，乃天地精华所生，不足为异。」
Right on the summit of that mountain stood an immortal stone. It was thirty-six and a half Chinese feet high and twenty-four feet round. Its height corresponded to the 365 degrees of the circuit of heaven; its girth to the twenty-four seasonal divisions of the calendar. It had nine cavities and eight openings, corresponding to the Nine Palaces and the Eight Trigrams. No trees stood on any side to shade it, though sacred fungi and fragrant orchids grew beside it. Ever since creation it had received the pure breath of heaven and the finest essence of earth, the strength of the sun and the radiance of the moon. After feeling their influence for so long, it acquired a spiritual awareness. An immortal embryo grew within it. One day the stone burst open and produced a stone egg, about the size of a round ball. The egg met the wind and changed into the Stone Monkey, with all five features and all four limbs complete. At once he learned to crawl and walk, and bowed to the four quarters. Two beams of golden light shot from his eyes and pierced the Palace of the Dipper. This startled the Supreme Sage of High Heaven, the Great Compassionate and Benevolent One, the Jade Emperor, Great Celestial Venerable, Exalted Sovereign of the Dark Firmament. Seated in the Hall of Divine Mists in the Cloud Palace of the Golden Gates, with his immortal ministers gathered round him, he saw the golden light blaze and ordered Thousand-League Eye and Wind-Borne Ear to open the Southern Gate of Heaven and look. The two generals obeyed, went outside the gate, saw clearly and heard distinctly. In a moment they returned to report: “Your servants have obeyed the command to look and listen where the golden light appeared. In the Eastern Continent of Purvavideha, within the little kingdom of Aolai east of the sea, there is a mountain called Flower-Fruit Mountain. On it stood an immortal stone, which produced an egg. The egg met the wind and became the Stone Monkey, who bowed to the four quarters and shot golden light from his eyes into the Palace of the Dipper. He is now taking food and water, and the golden light will soon die away.” The Jade Emperor graciously replied, “A creature of the lower world, born of the essence of heaven and earth. There is nothing remarkable in that.”
那猴在山中，卻會行走跳躍，食草木，飲澗泉，採山花，覓樹果；與狼蟲為伴，虎豹為群，獐鹿為友，獼猿為親；夜宿石崖之下，朝遊峰洞之中。真是：
「山中無甲子，寒盡不知年。」
那猴在山中，却会行走跳跃，食草木，饮涧泉，采山花，觅树果；与狼虫为伴，虎豹为群，獐鹿为友，猕猿为亲；夜宿石崖之下，朝游峰洞之中。真是：
「山中无甲子，寒尽不知年。」
In the mountains the Stone Monkey learned to walk and leap. He ate plants, drank from the streams, picked mountain flowers and sought fruit in the trees. Wolves and other wild creatures were his companions, tigers and leopards his company, roe deer and deer his friends, macaques and apes his kin. At night he slept beneath rocky cliffs; in the morning he roamed the peaks and caves. Truly,
“In the mountains no one counts the passing cycles;winter ends, and no one knows the year.”
一朝天氣炎熱，與群猴避暑，都在松陰之下頑耍。你看他一個個：
跳樹攀枝，採花覓果；拋彈子，邷麼兒；跑沙窩，砌寶塔；趕蜻蜓，撲𧈢蜡；參老天，拜菩薩；扯葛籐，編草帓；捉虱子，咬又掐；理毛衣，剔指甲。挨的挨，擦的擦；推的推，壓的壓；扯的扯，拉的拉：青松林下任他頑，綠水澗邊隨洗濯。
一朝天气炎热，与群猴避暑，都在松阴之下顽耍。你看他一个个：
跳树攀枝，采花觅果；抛弹子，邷么儿；跑沙窝，砌宝塔；赶蜻蜓，扑𧈢蜡；参老天，拜菩萨；扯葛籐，编草帓；捉虱子，咬又掐；理毛衣，剔指甲。挨的挨，擦的擦；推的推，压的压；扯的扯，拉的拉：青松林下任他顽，绿水涧边随洗濯。
One hot day he and the other monkeys took shelter from the heat and played beneath the pines. Look at them, every one:
Leaping into trees, climbing branches,picking flowers, hunting fruit;tossing pellets,playing with tiles;running through sandy hollows,building pagodas;chasing dragonflies,swatting insects;paying respects to old Heaven,bowing to Bodhisattvas;pulling down vines,weaving grass sashes;catching lice,biting and pinching them;grooming their coats,picking at their nails.Some pressed close,some rubbed against each other;some shoved,some sat on the others;some tugged,some pulled.Under the green pines they played as they pleased,beside the green stream they washed as they wished.
一群猴子耍了一會，卻去那山澗中洗澡。見那股澗水奔流，真個似滾瓜湧濺。古云：「禽有禽言，獸有獸語。」眾猴都道：「這股水不知是那裡的水。我們今日趕閑無事，順澗邊往上溜頭尋看源流，耍子去耶！」喊一聲，都拖男挈女，呼弟呼兄，一齊跑來，順澗爬山，直至源流之處，乃是一股瀑布飛泉。但見那：
一派白虹起，千尋雪浪飛。海風吹不斷，江月照還依。冷氣分青嶂，餘流潤翠微。潺湲名瀑布，真似掛簾帷。
一群猴子耍了一会，却去那山涧中洗澡。见那股涧水奔流，真个似滚瓜涌溅。古云：「禽有禽言，兽有兽语。」众猴都道：「这股水不知是那里的水。我们今日赶闲无事，顺涧边往上溜头寻看源流，耍子去耶！」喊一声，都拖男挈女，呼弟呼兄，一齐跑来，顺涧爬山，直至源流之处，乃是一股瀑布飞泉。但见那：
一派白虹起，千寻雪浪飞。海风吹不断，江月照还依。冷气分青嶂，余流润翠微。潺湲名瀑布，真似挂帘帷。
After playing for a while, the monkeys went to bathe in the mountain stream. The water rushed along, tumbling and splashing like rolling melons. As the old saying goes, “Birds have their own speech, beasts their own language.” The monkeys all said, “Where does this water come from? We’ve nothing to do today. Let’s follow the bank upstream and find its source — it’ll be fun!” With a shout, males and females in tow, brothers calling to brothers, they all ran off together. They climbed the mountain beside the stream until they reached its source: a waterfall, a flying torrent. This is what they saw:
A white rainbow rises in a single sweep;snowy waves fly a thousand fathoms down.The sea wind cannot break it;the river moon shines on its unbroken flow.Its chill divides the green peaks;its runoff moistens the emerald slopes.This rushing water is called a waterfall:it truly hangs like a curtain.
眾猴拍手稱揚道：「好水，好水！原來此處遠通山腳之下，直接大海之波。」又道：「那一個有本事的，鑽進去尋個源頭出來，不傷身體者，我等即拜他為王。」連呼了三聲，忽見叢雜中跳出一個石猴，應聲高叫道：「我進去，我進去。」好猴！也是他：
今日芳名顯，時來大運通。有緣居此地，天遣入仙宮。
众猴拍手称扬道：「好水，好水！原来此处远通山脚之下，直接大海之波。」又道：「那一个有本事的，钻进去寻个源头出来，不伤身体者，我等即拜他为王。」连呼了三声，忽见丛杂中跳出一个石猴，应声高叫道：「我进去，我进去。」好猴！也是他：
今日芳名显，时来大运通。有缘居此地，天遣入仙宫。
The monkeys clapped and cried, “Fine water! Fine water! So this reaches right down to the foot of the mountain and joins the waves of the great sea.” Then they said, “Whoever has the skill to go through, find the source and come back unharmed — we’ll bow to him as our king.” They called this out three times. Suddenly the Stone Monkey sprang from the crowd and shouted back, “I’ll go in! I’ll go in!” What a monkey! For him, too:
Today his glorious name is made known;his hour has come, his great good fortune opens.Fate has brought him to this place;Heaven sends him into an immortal palace.
你看他瞑目蹲身，將身一縱，徑跳入瀑布泉中，忽睜睛擡頭觀看，那裡邊卻無水無波，明明朗朗的一架橋梁。他住了身，定了神，仔細再看，原來是座鐵板橋。橋下之水，沖貫於石竅之間，倒掛流出去，遮閉了橋門。卻又欠身上橋頭，再走再看，卻似有人家住處一般，真個好所在。但見那：
翠蘚堆藍，白雲浮玉，光搖片片煙霞。虛窗靜室，滑凳板生花。乳窟龍珠倚掛，縈迴滿地奇葩。鍋灶傍崖存火跡，樽罍靠案見殽渣。石座石床真可愛，石盆石碗更堪誇。又見那一竿兩竿修竹，三點五點梅花。幾樹青松常帶雨，渾然像個人家。
你看他瞑目蹲身，将身一纵，径跳入瀑布泉中，忽睁睛抬头观看，那里边却无水无波，明明朗朗的一架桥梁。他住了身，定了神，仔细再看，原来是座铁板桥。桥下之水，冲贯于石窍之间，倒挂流出去，遮闭了桥门。却又欠身上桥头，再走再看，却似有人家住处一般，真个好所在。但见那：
翠藓堆蓝，白云浮玉，光摇片片烟霞。虚窗静室，滑凳板生花。乳窟龙珠倚挂，萦回满地奇葩。锅灶傍崖存火迹，樽罍靠案见殽渣。石座石床真可爱，石盆石碗更堪夸。又见那一竿两竿修竹，三点五点梅花。几树青松常带雨，浑然像个人家。
Watch him close his eyes, crouch low and launch himself straight into the waterfall. Suddenly he opened his eyes and raised his head to look. Inside there was neither water nor wave, only a bridge, plainly visible in the light. He stopped, steadied himself and looked more closely: it was a bridge of iron plates. The water beneath it ran through a hole in the rock and poured out in a hanging sheet, hiding the bridge’s entrance. He straightened up, stepped onto the bridge and went on looking as he walked. It seemed just like a place where people lived. What a fine spot! This is what he saw:
Green moss heaps up its blue-green colour; white clouds float like jade; light shimmers through drifting mists.Open windows, quiet rooms;smooth benches, slabs patterned like flowers.In milky grottoes dragon pearls cling and hang;rare blossoms wind across the floor.Pots and stoves beside the cliff still bear traces of fire;wine jars by the table still hold scraps of food.Stone seats and stone beds are lovely to see;stone basins and stone bowls deserve still greater praise.Here are one or two tall bamboos,there three or five plum blossoms.A few green pines forever glisten with rain:altogether, it looks like someone’s home.
看罷多時，跳過橋中間，左右觀看。只見正當中有一石碣，碣上有一行楷書大字，鐫著「花果山福地，水簾洞洞天」。
看罢多时，跳过桥中间，左右观看。只见正当中有一石碣，碣上有一行楷书大字，镌着「花果山福地，水帘洞洞天」。
After looking for a long time, he leaped across the middle of the bridge and glanced to either side. Right in the centre stood a stone tablet, carved with a line of large characters in regular script: “The blessed land of Flower-Fruit Mountain, the cave heaven of the Water-Curtain Cave.”
石猿喜不自勝，急抽身往外便走，復瞑目蹲身，跳出水外，打了兩個呵呵道：「大造化！大造化！」眾猴把他圍住，問道：「裡面怎麼樣？水有多深？」石猴道：「沒水！沒水！原來是一座鐵板橋，橋那邊是一座天造地設的家當。」眾猴道：「怎見得是個家當？」石猴笑道：「這股水乃是橋下沖貫石竅，倒掛下來遮閉門戶的。橋邊有花有樹，乃是一座石房。房內有石窩、石灶、石碗、石盆、石床、石凳。中間一塊石碣上，鐫著『花果山福地，水簾洞洞天』。真個是我們安身之處。裡面且是寬闊，容得千百口老小。我們都進去住，也省得受老天之氣。這裡邊：
刮風有處躲，下雨好存身。霜雪全無懼，雷聲永不聞。煙霞常照耀，祥瑞每蒸熏。松竹年年秀，奇花日日新。」
石猿喜不自胜，急抽身往外便走，复瞑目蹲身，跳出水外，打了两个呵呵道：「大造化！大造化！」众猴把他围住，问道：「里面怎么样？水有多深？」石猴道：「没水！没水！原来是一座铁板桥，桥那边是一座天造地设的家当。」众猴道：「怎见得是个家当？」石猴笑道：「这股水乃是桥下冲贯石窍，倒挂下来遮闭门户的。桥边有花有树，乃是一座石房。房内有石窝、石灶、石碗、石盆、石床、石凳。中间一块石碣上，镌着『花果山福地，水帘洞洞天』。真个是我们安身之处。里面且是宽阔，容得千百口老小。我们都进去住，也省得受老天之气。这里边：
刮风有处躲，下雨好存身。霜雪全无惧，雷声永不闻。烟霞常照耀，祥瑞每蒸熏。松竹年年秀，奇花日日新。」
The Stone Monkey was beside himself with joy. He hurried back outside, closed his eyes and crouched again, and leaped out through the water. Giving two great laughs, he cried, “What luck! What luck!” The monkeys crowded round him and asked, “What’s it like inside? How deep is the water?” The Stone Monkey said, “No water! No water! There’s a bridge of iron plates, and on the other side a whole home made by heaven and earth.” “How do you know it’s a home?” the monkeys asked. The Stone Monkey laughed. “This water flows under the bridge, rushes through a hole in the rock and hangs down to hide the doorway. Beside the bridge there are flowers and trees, and a house of stone. Inside are stone pots, stone stoves, stone bowls, stone basins, stone beds and stone benches. In the middle stands a stone tablet, carved with ‘The blessed land of Flower-Fruit Mountain, the cave heaven of the Water-Curtain Cave.’ It’s just the place for us to settle. There’s plenty of room inside, enough for hundreds and thousands, old and young. If we all go in and live there, we won’t have to put up with Heaven’s moods any more. In there:
When the wind blows, there is shelter;when rain falls, a safe retreat.No fear of frost or snow;no sound of thunder, ever.Bright mists shine forever;auspicious vapours always rise.Pine and bamboo flourish year by year;rare flowers are fresh each day.”
眾猴聽得，個個歡喜。都道：「你還先走，帶我們進去，進去。」石猴卻又瞑目蹲身，往裡一跳，叫道：「都隨我進來，進來。」那些猴有膽大的，都跳進去了；膽小的，一個個伸頭縮頸，抓耳撓腮，大聲叫喊，纏一會，也都進去了。跳過橋頭，一個個搶盆奪碗，佔灶爭床，搬過來，移過去，正是猴性頑劣，再無一個寧時，只搬得力倦神疲方止。石猿端坐上面道：「列位呵，『人而無信，不知其可。』你們才說有本事進得來，出得去，不傷身體者，就拜他為王。我如今進來又出去，出去又進來，尋了這一個洞天與列位安眠穩睡，各享成家之福，何不拜我為王？」眾猴聽說，即拱伏無違，一個個序齒排班，朝上禮拜，都稱「千歲大王」。自此，石猿高登王位，將「石」字兒隱了，遂稱「美猴王」。有詩為證。詩曰：
三陽交泰產群生，仙石胞含日月精。借卵化猴完大道，假他名姓配丹成。內觀不識因無相，外合明知作有形。歷代人人皆屬此，稱王稱聖任縱橫。
众猴听得，个个欢喜。都道：「你还先走，带我们进去，进去。」石猴却又瞑目蹲身，往里一跳，叫道：「都随我进来，进来。」那些猴有胆大的，都跳进去了；胆小的，一个个伸头缩颈，抓耳挠腮，大声叫喊，缠一会，也都进去了。跳过桥头，一个个抢盆夺碗，占灶争床，搬过来，移过去，正是猴性顽劣，再无一个宁时，只搬得力倦神疲方止。石猿端坐上面道：「列位呵，『人而无信，不知其可。』你们才说有本事进得来，出得去，不伤身体者，就拜他为王。我如今进来又出去，出去又进来，寻了这一个洞天与列位安眠稳睡，各享成家之福，何不拜我为王？」众猴听说，即拱伏无违，一个个序齿排班，朝上礼拜，都称「千岁大王」。自此，石猿高登王位，将「石」字儿隐了，遂称「美猴王」。有诗为证。诗曰：
三阳交泰产群生，仙石胞含日月精。借卵化猴完大道，假他名姓配丹成。内观不识因无相，外合明知作有形。历代人人皆属此，称王称圣任纵横。
Every monkey was delighted to hear this. “You go first again,” they all said. “Take us in! Take us in!” The Stone Monkey closed his eyes, crouched and leaped inside once more, calling, “Follow me in, all of you! Come in!” The bold monkeys jumped straight through. The timid ones poked out their heads and drew back their necks, scratched their ears and cheeks, and yelled at the tops of their voices. After fussing for a while, they too all went in. They leaped past the end of the bridge and began snatching basins, grabbing bowls, claiming stoves and fighting over beds, moving things here and shifting them there. Such is the unruly nature of monkeys: not a moment’s peace. Only when their strength was spent and their spirits worn out did they stop. The Stone Monkey sat upright in the place of honour and said, “Gentlemen, ‘If a man cannot be trusted, I don’t see how he can get anywhere.’ You just said that whoever could come in and go out unharmed would be your king. Now I’ve come in and gone out, gone out and come in, and found you this cave heaven, where every one of you can sleep safe and sound and enjoy the comfort of a home. Why haven’t you bowed to me as your king?” At this the monkeys bowed low without objection. They lined up in order of age and made their obeisance, all hailing him as “Great King, may you live a thousand years!” From then on the Stone Monkey occupied his royal throne. He dropped the word “Stone” from his title and was called the Handsome Monkey King (Meihouwang). There is a poem to prove it. A poem says:
Three yang powers join in harmony to bring forth living things;the immortal stone’s womb holds the essence of sun and moon.Through an egg a monkey takes shape and completes the Great Way;through his name and surname the elixir is perfected.Look within: it cannot be known, for it has no form;join it to what lies without: it is clearly known, for it takes shape.Through every age, all people belong to this;as kings or sages, they may range at will.
美猴王領一群猿猴、獼猴、馬猴等，分派了君臣佐使。朝遊花果山，暮宿水簾洞，合契同情，不入飛鳥之叢，不從走獸之類，獨自為王，不勝歡樂。是以：
春採百花為飲食，夏尋諸果作生涯。秋收芋栗延時節，冬覓黃精度歲華。
美猴王领一群猿猴、猕猴、马猴等，分派了君臣佐使。朝游花果山，暮宿水帘洞，合契同情，不入飞鸟之丛，不从走兽之类，独自为王，不胜欢乐。是以：
春采百花为饮食，夏寻诸果作生涯。秋收芋栗延时节，冬觅黄精度岁华。
The Handsome Monkey King led his band of apes, macaques and big monkeys, assigning the places of ruler, ministers, aides and messengers. By day they roamed Flower-Fruit Mountain; at night they slept in the Water-Curtain Cave. Bound by a common feeling, they kept apart from the flocks of birds and the herds of beasts. He was king in his own right, and their happiness knew no bounds. Thus:
In spring they pick a hundred flowers for their food;in summer they seek all kinds of fruit to live on.In autumn they gather taro and chestnuts to last the season;in winter they find Solomon’s seal to carry them through the year.
美猴王享樂天真，何期有三五百載。一日，與群猴喜宴之間，忽然憂惱，墮下淚來。眾猴慌忙羅拜道：「大王何為煩惱？」猴王道：「我雖在歡喜之時，卻有一點兒遠慮，故此煩惱。」眾猴又笑道：「大王好不知足。我等日日歡會，在仙山福地，古洞神洲，不伏麒麟轄，不伏鳳凰管，又不伏人間王位所拘束，自由自在，乃無量之福，為何遠慮而憂也？」猴王道：「今日雖不歸人王法律，不懼禽獸威嚴，將來年老血衰，暗中有閻王老子管著，一旦身亡，可不枉生世界之中，不得久注天人之內？」眾猴聞此言，一個個掩面悲啼，俱以無常為慮。
美猴王享乐天真，何期有三五百载。一日，与群猴喜宴之间，忽然忧恼，堕下泪来。众猴慌忙罗拜道：「大王何为烦恼？」猴王道：「我虽在欢喜之时，却有一点儿远虑，故此烦恼。」众猴又笑道：「大王好不知足。我等日日欢会，在仙山福地，古洞神洲，不伏麒麟辖，不伏凤凰管，又不伏人间王位所拘束，自由自在，乃无量之福，为何远虑而忧也？」猴王道：「今日虽不归人王法律，不惧禽兽威严，将来年老血衰，暗中有阎王老子管着，一旦身亡，可不枉生世界之中，不得久注天人之内？」众猴闻此言，一个个掩面悲啼，俱以无常为虑。
The Handsome Monkey King enjoyed his innocent pleasures for three or five hundred years — who would have expected it? One day, in the midst of a merry feast with the monkeys, he suddenly grew troubled and began to weep. The monkeys hurried to bow around him. “Great King, what troubles you?” The Monkey King said, “Happy as I am now, there’s something ahead that worries me. That is what troubles me.” The monkeys laughed again. “Great King, you really don’t know when you’re well off! Every day we make merry together in this immortal mountain, this blessed land, this ancient cave on a sacred continent. No qilin rules us, no phoenix commands us, and no human king holds us in his power. We are free to do as we please — a blessing beyond measure. Why fret over what lies ahead?” The Monkey King said, “Today we are beyond the laws of human kings and have no fear of the might of birds or beasts. But when we grow old and our blood runs thin, that old fellow the King of the Underworld will be ruling us unseen. Once we die, won’t our birth into this world have been wasted, since we cannot remain for ever among gods and men?” At these words every monkey covered his face and wept, all of them troubled by mortality.
只見那班部中，忽跳出一個通背猿猴，厲聲高叫道：「大王若是這般遠慮，真所謂道心開發也。如今五蟲之內，惟有三等名色不伏閻王老子所管。」猴王道：「你知那三等人？」猿猴道：「乃是佛與仙與神聖三者，躲過輪迴，不生不滅，與天地山川齊壽。」猴王道：「此三者居於何所？」猿猴道：「他只在閻浮世界之中，古洞仙山之內。」猴王聞之，滿心歡喜道：「我明日就辭汝等下山，雲遊海角，遠涉天涯，務必訪此三者，學一個不老長生，常躲過閻君之難。」噫！這句話，頓教跳出輪迴網，致使齊天大聖成。眾猴鼓掌稱揚，都道：「善哉，善哉！我等明日越嶺登山，廣尋些果品，大設筵宴送大王也。」
只见那班部中，忽跳出一个通背猿猴，厉声高叫道：「大王若是这般远虑，真所谓道心开发也。如今五虫之内，惟有三等名色不伏阎王老子所管。」猴王道：「你知那三等人？」猿猴道：「乃是佛与仙与神圣三者，躲过轮回，不生不灭，与天地山川齐寿。」猴王道：「此三者居于何所？」猿猴道：「他只在阎浮世界之中，古洞仙山之内。」猴王闻之，满心欢喜道：「我明日就辞汝等下山，云游海角，远涉天涯，务必访此三者，学一个不老长生，常躲过阎君之难。」噫！这句话，顿教跳出轮回网，致使齐天大圣成。众猴鼓掌称扬，都道：「善哉，善哉！我等明日越岭登山，广寻些果品，大设筵宴送大王也。」
Suddenly a long-armed ape sprang from the ranks and cried out in a loud, sharp voice, “Great King, if you can think so far ahead, then truly your heart has awakened to the Way. Of the five kinds of creature, only three sorts are beyond that old King of the Underworld’s rule.” “Do you know which three?” asked the Monkey King. The ape said, “Buddhas, immortals and divine sages. They escape the wheel of rebirth, are neither born nor destroyed, and live as long as heaven and earth, mountains and rivers.” “Where do these three live?” asked the Monkey King. The ape said, “Only in the world of Jambudvipa, in ancient caves and immortal mountains.” The Monkey King was filled with joy. “Tomorrow I’ll take leave of you and go down the mountain. I’ll wander to the corners of the sea and travel to the ends of the earth. I must find these three and learn how to live for ever without growing old, and always escape the troubles the King of the Underworld brings.” Ah! These very words brought him straight out of the net of rebirth and made him the Great Sage Equal to Heaven (Qitian Dasheng). The monkeys clapped and cheered. “Wonderful! Wonderful! Tomorrow we’ll cross the ridges and climb the mountains, gather plenty of fruit, and lay a great farewell feast for our king.”
次日，眾猴果去採仙桃，摘異果，刨山藥，斸黃精。芝蘭香蕙，瑤草奇花，般般件件，整整齊齊，擺開石凳石桌，排列仙酒仙餚。但見那：
金丸珠彈，紅綻黃肥。金丸珠彈臘櫻桃，色真甘美；紅綻黃肥熟梅子，味果香酸。鮮龍眼，肉甜皮薄；火荔枝，核小囊紅。林檎碧實連枝獻，枇杷緗苞帶葉擎。兔頭梨子雞心棗，消渴除煩更解酲。香桃爛杏，美甘甘似玉液瓊漿；脆李楊梅，酸蔭蔭如脂酥膏酪。紅囊黑子熟西瓜，四瓣黃皮大柿子。石榴裂破，丹砂粒現火晶珠；芋栗剖開，堅硬肉團金瑪瑙。胡桃銀杏可傳茶，椰子葡萄能做酒。榛松榧柰滿盤盛，橘蔗柑橙盈案擺。熟煨山藥，爛煮黃精。搗碎茯苓並薏苡，石鍋微火漫炊羹。人間縱有珍饈味，怎比山猴樂更寧。
次日，众猴果去采仙桃，摘异果，刨山药，斸黄精。芝兰香蕙，瑶草奇花，般般件件，整整齐齐，摆开石凳石桌，排列仙酒仙肴。但见那：
金丸珠弹，红绽黄肥。金丸珠弹腊樱桃，色真甘美；红绽黄肥熟梅子，味果香酸。鲜龙眼，肉甜皮薄；火荔枝，核小囊红。林檎碧实连枝献，枇杷缃苞带叶擎。兔头梨子鸡心枣，消渴除烦更解酲。香桃烂杏，美甘甘似玉液琼浆；脆李杨梅，酸荫荫如脂酥膏酪。红囊黑子熟西瓜，四瓣黄皮大柿子。石榴裂破，丹砂粒现火晶珠；芋栗剖开，坚硬肉团金玛瑙。胡桃银杏可传茶，椰子葡萄能做酒。榛松榧柰满盘盛，橘蔗柑橙盈案摆。熟煨山药，烂煮黄精。捣碎茯苓并薏苡，石锅微火漫炊羹。人间纵有珍馐味，怎比山猴乐更宁。
Next day the monkeys did indeed go out to pick immortal peaches and rare fruits, dig up yams and grub out Solomon’s seal. Sacred fungi, orchids and fragrant herbs, jewelled grasses and rare flowers — every kind was set out in good order. They arranged stone benches and tables and laid out immortal wines and dishes. This is what they saw:
Golden pellets, pearly balls; red fruit bursting, yellow fruit plump.Golden pellets and pearly balls were winter cherries, their colour lovely, their taste sweet;the bursting red and plump yellow were ripe plums, fragrant and tart.Fresh longans, with sweet flesh and thin skins;fiery lychees, with small stones and red husks.Green crabapples were offered still on their branches; yellow loquats were held up with their leaves.Rabbit-head pears and chicken-heart dates quenched thirst, eased fretting and cleared a drunken head.Fragrant peaches and ripe apricots, sweet as jade nectar and jewelled wine;crisp plums and waxberries, tart as rich cream and curds.Ripe watermelons with red flesh and black seeds; great persimmons with four lobes and yellow skins.Split pomegranates showed grains of cinnabar, beads of fiery crystal;opened taro and chestnuts revealed firm lumps of flesh like golden agate.Walnuts and ginkgo nuts went with tea; coconuts and grapes could be made into wine.Hazelnuts, pine nuts, torreya nuts and apples filled the platters; tangerines, sugar cane, mandarins and oranges covered the tables.Yams roasted through, Solomon’s seal boiled soft.Poria fungus and Job’s tears were pounded and slowly simmered into soup in stone pots over a low fire.Though the human world may have its finest delicacies, how could they match these mountain monkeys’ joy and peace?
群猴尊美猴王上坐，各依齒肩排於下邊，一個個輪流上前奉酒、奉花、奉果，痛飲了一日。
群猴尊美猴王上坐，各依齿肩排于下边，一个个轮流上前奉酒、奉花、奉果，痛饮了一日。
The monkeys seated the Handsome Monkey King in the place of honour and took their places below him according to age and seniority. One by one they came forward to offer wine, flowers and fruit, and they drank their fill all day.
次日，美猴王早起，教：「小的們，替我折些枯松，編作栰子，取個竹竿作篙，收拾些果品之類，我將去也。」果獨自登栰，儘力撐開，飄飄蕩蕩，徑向大海波中，趁天風，來渡南贍部洲地界。這一去，正是那：
天產仙猴道行隆，離山駕栰趁天風。飄洋過海尋仙道，立志潛心建大功。有分有緣休俗願，無憂無慮會元龍。料應必遇知音者，說破源流萬法通。
次日，美猴王早起，教：「小的们，替我折些枯松，编作栰子，取个竹竿作篙，收拾些果品之类，我将去也。」果独自登栰，尽力撑开，飘飘荡荡，径向大海波中，趁天风，来渡南赡部洲地界。这一去，正是那：
天产仙猴道行隆，离山驾栰趁天风。飘洋过海寻仙道，立志潜心建大功。有分有缘休俗愿，无忧无虑会元龙。料应必遇知音者，说破源流万法通。
Next morning the Handsome Monkey King rose early and gave his orders: “Little ones, break off some dead pine branches for me and bind them into a raft. Fetch a bamboo pole to punt with and pack some fruit and such things. I’m leaving.” Then he boarded the raft alone and pushed off with all his strength. Bobbing and drifting, he headed straight into the waves of the great sea and rode the wind from heaven toward the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa. Of this departure, truly:
The heaven-born immortal monkey, mighty in the Way,leaves his mountain on a raft and rides the wind from heaven.Over the waves and across the sea he seeks the immortals’ Way,his purpose firm, his heart intent on a great achievement.With his allotted fate and destined ties, he puts aside worldly wishes;free of worry, free of care, he meets the primal dragon.Surely he will find one who understands him,who will reveal the source and make all methods clear.
也是他運至時來，自登木栰之後，連日東南風緊，將他送到西北岸前，乃是南贍部洲地界。持篙試水，偶得淺水，棄了栰子，跳上岸來。只見海邊有人捕魚、打雁、穵蛤、淘鹽。他走近前，弄個把戲，妝個𡤫虎，嚇得那些人丟筐棄網，四散奔跑。將那跑不動的拿住一個，剝了他的衣裳，也學人穿在身上。搖搖擺擺，穿州過府，在市廛中學人禮，學人話。朝餐夜宿，一心裡訪問佛、仙、神聖之道，覓個長生不老之方。見世人都是為名為利之徒，更無一個為身命者。正是那：
爭名奪利幾時休？早起遲眠不自由！騎著驢騾思駿馬，官居宰相望王侯。只愁衣食耽勞碌，何怕閻君就取勾。繼子蔭孫圖富貴，更無一個肯回頭。
也是他运至时来，自登木栰之后，连日东南风紧，将他送到西北岸前，乃是南赡部洲地界。持篙试水，偶得浅水，弃了栰子，跳上岸来。只见海边有人捕鱼、打雁、穵蛤、淘盐。他走近前，弄个把戏，妆个𡤫虎，吓得那些人丢筐弃网，四散奔跑。将那跑不动的拿住一个，剥了他的衣裳，也学人穿在身上。摇摇摆摆，穿州过府，在市廛中学人礼，学人话。朝餐夜宿，一心里访问佛、仙、神圣之道，觅个长生不老之方。见世人都是为名为利之徒，更无一个为身命者。正是那：
争名夺利几时休？早起迟眠不自由！骑着驴骡思骏马，官居宰相望王侯。只愁衣食耽劳碌，何怕阎君就取勾。继子荫孙图富贵，更无一个肯回头。
His hour had come and his luck was good. From the day he boarded his wooden raft, a strong southeasterly wind blew day after day and carried him to the shore in the northwest, within the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa. Probing the water with his pole, he happened on a shallow place, abandoned the raft and jumped ashore. Along the beach he saw people fishing, shooting wild geese, digging for clams and gathering salt. He went up to them and played a trick, putting on a fierce look that frightened them into dropping their baskets and abandoning their nets. They scattered in all directions. He caught one who could not run away, stripped off the man’s clothes and put them on himself, as people did. Swaying and swaggering, he passed through provinces and prefectures, learning human manners and human speech in the marketplaces. He found meals by day and lodging by night, his whole mind set on asking about the ways of Buddhas, immortals and divine sages, and finding a means to live for ever without growing old. He saw that everyone was chasing fame and profit; not one cared for life itself. Truly:
When will the scramble for fame and profit end? Up early, late to bed, never free!Riding a donkey or mule, they long for a fine horse;made chief minister, they dream of being princes and lords.Food and clothing are their only worry, and keep them slaving;what care they if the King of the Underworld comes to summon them?They scheme for wealth and rank to pass to sons and grandsons;not one is willing to turn back.
猴王參訪仙道，無緣得遇。在於南贍部洲，串長城，遊小縣，不覺八九年餘。忽行至西洋大海，他想著海外必有神仙。獨自個依前作栰，又飄過西海，直至西牛賀洲地界。登岸遍訪多時，忽見一座高山秀麗，林麓幽深。他也不怕狼蟲，不懼虎豹，登在山頂上觀看。果是好山：
千峰排戟，萬仞開屏。日映嵐光輕鎖翠，雨收黛色冷含青。瘦籐纏老樹，古渡界幽程。奇花瑞草，修竹喬松。修竹喬松，萬載常青欺福地；奇花瑞草，四時不謝賽蓬瀛。幽鳥啼聲近，源泉響溜清。重重谷壑芝蘭繞，處處巉崖苔蘚生。起伏巒頭龍脈好，必有高人隱姓名。
猴王参访仙道，无缘得遇。在于南赡部洲，串长城，游小县，不觉八九年余。忽行至西洋大海，他想着海外必有神仙。独自个依前作栰，又飘过西海，直至西牛贺洲地界。登岸遍访多时，忽见一座高山秀丽，林麓幽深。他也不怕狼虫，不惧虎豹，登在山顶上观看。果是好山：
千峰排戟，万仞开屏。日映岚光轻锁翠，雨收黛色冷含青。瘦籐缠老树，古渡界幽程。奇花瑞草，修竹乔松。修竹乔松，万载常青欺福地；奇花瑞草，四时不谢赛蓬瀛。幽鸟啼声近，源泉响溜清。重重谷壑芝兰绕，处处巉崖苔藓生。起伏峦头龙脉好，必有高人隐姓名。
The Monkey King sought out the way of immortals, but had no luck in finding it. Roaming great walled cities and little counties in the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa, he spent eight or nine years there without noticing. Suddenly he came to the great western ocean. He thought there must be immortals beyond the sea, so alone, as before, he made a raft and drifted across the West Sea until he reached the Western Continent of Aparagodaniya. Once ashore, he searched far and wide for a long time. Then he came upon a tall, beautiful mountain, with deep, secluded woods about its foot. Fearing neither wolves nor other wild creatures, nor tigers nor leopards, he climbed to the summit and looked around. It was indeed a fine mountain:
A thousand peaks stand ranked like halberds; cliffs ten thousand fathoms high unfold like screens.Sunlight catches the mountain haze, lightly veiling its green; after rain, the dark blue slopes hold a cool green glow.Thin vines wind round ancient trees; an old ferry marks the secluded way.Rare flowers and auspicious grasses, tall bamboos and towering pines.Tall bamboos and towering pines, evergreen for ten thousand years, outdo the blessed lands;rare flowers and auspicious grasses, unfading through the seasons, surpass Penglai and Yingzhou.Close by, hidden birds are singing; clear springs sound as they flow.Orchids and sacred fungi fringe ravine after ravine; moss grows on every jagged cliff.These rolling ridges have a fine dragon vein: surely some lofty master lives here, his name concealed.
正觀看間，忽聞得林深之處有人言語。急忙趨步，穿入林中，側耳而聽，原來是歌唱之聲。歌曰：
「觀棋柯爛，伐木丁丁，雲邊谷口徐行。賣薪沽酒，狂笑自陶情。蒼逕秋高對月，枕松根、一覺天明。認舊林，登崖過嶺，持斧斷枯籐。收來成一擔，行歌市上，易米三升。更無些子爭競，時價平平。不會機謀巧算，沒榮辱、恬淡延生。相逢處，非仙即道，靜坐講《黃庭》。」
正观看间，忽闻得林深之处有人言语。急忙趋步，穿入林中，侧耳而听，原来是歌唱之声。歌曰：
「观棋柯烂，伐木丁丁，云边谷口徐行。卖薪沽酒，狂笑自陶情。苍径秋高对月，枕松根、一觉天明。认旧林，登崖过岭，持斧断枯籐。收来成一担，行歌市上，易米三升。更无些子争竞，时价平平。不会机谋巧算，没荣辱、恬淡延生。相逢处，非仙即道，静坐讲《黄庭》。」
As he looked, he suddenly heard someone speaking deep in the woods. He hurried into the forest and listened closely: it was a voice singing. The song went:
“Watching chess, the axe handle rots; chopping wood, the blows ring clear; slowly I walk by the valley mouth beneath the clouds.I sell firewood and buy wine,laughing wildly to make my own heart glad.On a green path in clear autumn I face the moon,pillow my head on a pine root and sleep till dawn.Back to the familiar woods, up cliffs and over ridges, axe in hand I cut dead vines.I gather them into a load, sing as I walk to market and trade them for three measures of rice.There is no wrangling, no contention;the going price is fair.I know no plots or clever schemes;free of honour and disgrace, I live my quiet life.Those I meet are immortals or men of the Way; we sit in peace and discuss the Yellow Court Scripture.”
美猴王聽得此言，滿心歡喜道：「神仙原來藏在這裡！」即忙跳入裡面，仔細再看，乃是一個樵子，在那裡舉斧砍柴。但看他打扮非常：
頭上戴箬笠，乃是新筍初脫之籜。身上穿布衣，乃是木綿撚就之紗。腰間繫環絛，乃是老蠶口吐之絲。足下踏草履，乃是枯莎槎就之爽。手執衠鋼斧，擔挽火麻繩。扳松劈枯樹，爭似此樵能。
美猴王听得此言，满心欢喜道：「神仙原来藏在这里！」即忙跳入里面，仔细再看，乃是一个樵子，在那里举斧砍柴。但看他打扮非常：
头上戴箬笠，乃是新笋初脱之箨。身上穿布衣，乃是木绵撚就之纱。腰间系环绦，乃是老蚕口吐之丝。足下踏草履，乃是枯莎槎就之爽。手执衠钢斧，担挽火麻绳。扳松劈枯树，争似此樵能。
Hearing this, the Handsome Monkey King was filled with joy. “So this is where an immortal is hiding!” He leaped into the woods and looked more closely. It was a woodcutter, raising his axe to chop firewood. But his dress was remarkable:
On his head a bamboo-leaf hat,made of sheaths newly shed by young shoots.On his body a cloth coat,woven from cotton yarn.Round his waist a looped sash,made of silk spun from old silkworms’ mouths.On his feet grass sandals,twisted from dry sedge.In his hand an axe of pure steel;for hauling his load, a hemp rope.Pulling down pine branches, splitting dead trees —who could match this woodcutter’s skill?
猴王近前叫道：「老神仙，弟子起手。」那樵漢慌忙丟了斧，轉身答禮道：「不當人，不當人。我拙漢衣食不全，怎敢當『神仙』二字？」猴王道：「你不是神仙，如何說出神仙的話來？」樵夫道：「我說甚麼神仙話？」猴王道：「我才來至林邊，只聽的你說：『相逢處，非仙即道，靜坐講《黃庭》。』《黃庭》乃道德真言，非神仙而何？」樵夫笑道：「實不瞞你說，這個詞名做《滿庭芳》，乃一神仙教我的。那神仙與我舍下相鄰，他見我家事勞苦，日常煩惱，教我遇煩惱時，即把這詞兒念念，一則散心，二則解困。我才有些不足處思慮，故此念念，不期被你聽了。」猴王道：「你家既與神仙相鄰，何不從他修行？學得個不老之方，卻不是好？」樵夫道：「我一生命苦：自幼蒙父母養育至八九歲，才知人事，不幸父喪，母親居孀。再無兄弟姊妹，只我一人，沒奈何，早晚侍奉。如今母老，一發不敢拋離。卻又田園荒蕪，衣食不足，只得斫兩束柴薪，挑向市廛之間，貨幾文錢，糴幾升米，自炊自造，安排些茶飯，供養老母。所以不能修行。」
猴王近前叫道：「老神仙，弟子起手。」那樵汉慌忙丢了斧，转身答礼道：「不当人，不当人。我拙汉衣食不全，怎敢当『神仙』二字？」猴王道：「你不是神仙，如何说出神仙的话来？」樵夫道：「我说甚么神仙话？」猴王道：「我才来至林边，只听的你说：『相逢处，非仙即道，静坐讲《黄庭》。』《黄庭》乃道德真言，非神仙而何？」樵夫笑道：「实不瞒你说，这个词名做《满庭芳》，乃一神仙教我的。那神仙与我舍下相邻，他见我家事劳苦，日常烦恼，教我遇烦恼时，即把这词儿念念，一则散心，二则解困。我才有些不足处思虑，故此念念，不期被你听了。」猴王道：「你家既与神仙相邻，何不从他修行？学得个不老之方，却不是好？」樵夫道：「我一生命苦：自幼蒙父母养育至八九岁，才知人事，不幸父丧，母亲居孀。再无兄弟姊妹，只我一人，没奈何，早晚侍奉。如今母老，一发不敢抛离。却又田园荒芜，衣食不足，只得斫两束柴薪，挑向市廛之间，货几文钱，籴几升米，自炊自造，安排些茶饭，供养老母。所以不能修行。」
The Monkey King came up and called, “Venerable immortal, your disciple pays his respects.” The woodcutter hastily dropped his axe, turned and returned the greeting. “I’m not worthy, not worthy! I’m a simple fellow who can barely feed and clothe himself. How could I dare accept the name ‘immortal’?” The Monkey King said, “If you’re not an immortal, how can you speak an immortal’s words?” “What immortal’s words did I speak?” asked the woodcutter. The Monkey King said, “I had just reached the edge of the woods when I heard you say, ‘Those I meet are immortals or men of the Way; we sit in peace and discuss the Yellow Court Scripture.’ The Yellow Court Scripture contains the true words of the Way and its virtue. If you’re not an immortal, what are you?” The woodcutter laughed. “To tell you the plain truth, that song is called ‘Fragrance Fills the Courtyard’. An immortal taught it to me. He’s a neighbour of mine. He saw how hard I had to work for my household and how I worried every day, so he told me to recite this song whenever I was troubled: first to ease my mind, and then to relieve my weariness. Just now I was fretting over something I lacked, so I recited it. I never expected you to hear.” The Monkey King said, “Since you live next door to an immortal, why not practise with him? Wouldn’t it be a fine thing to learn how never to grow old?” The woodcutter said, “My life has always been hard. My parents raised me till I was eight or nine, just old enough to understand things, when sadly my father died and my mother was left a widow. I have no brothers or sisters, only myself, so there was nothing for it but to care for her morning and night. Now she is old, and I dare leave her less than ever. Our fields lie waste, and we haven’t enough for food and clothing. All I can do is chop two bundles of firewood, carry them to market and sell them for a few copper coins, then buy a few measures of rice. I do the cooking myself and prepare tea and meals to support my old mother. That is why I cannot practise.”
猴王道：「據你說起來，乃是一個行孝的君子，向後必有好處。但望你指與我那神仙住處，卻好拜訪去也。」樵夫道：「不遠，不遠。此山叫做靈臺方寸山，山中有座斜月三星洞，那洞中有一個神仙，稱名須菩提祖師。那祖師出去的徒弟，也不計其數，見今還有三四十人從他修行。你順那條小路兒，向南行七八里遠近，即是他家了。」猴王用手扯住樵夫道：「老兄，你便同我去去，若還得了好處，決不忘你指引之恩。」樵夫道：「你這漢子甚不通變，我方才這般與你說了，你還不省？假若我與你去了，卻不誤了我的生意？老母何人奉養？我要斫柴，你自去，自去。」
猴王道：「据你说起来，乃是一个行孝的君子，向后必有好处。但望你指与我那神仙住处，却好拜访去也。」樵夫道：「不远，不远。此山叫做灵台方寸山，山中有座斜月三星洞，那洞中有一个神仙，称名须菩提祖师。那祖师出去的徒弟，也不计其数，见今还有三四十人从他修行。你顺那条小路儿，向南行七八里远近，即是他家了。」猴王用手扯住樵夫道：「老兄，你便同我去去，若还得了好处，决不忘你指引之恩。」樵夫道：「你这汉子甚不通变，我方才这般与你说了，你还不省？假若我与你去了，却不误了我的生意？老母何人奉养？我要斫柴，你自去，自去。」
The Monkey King said, “From what you tell me, you’re a good man who honours his mother. Surely good will come to you in time. I only ask you to show me where that immortal lives, so I can go and visit him.” The woodcutter said, “Not far, not far. This is called the Mountain of the Spirit Tower and the Square Inch. In it is the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars, where an immortal lives, called the Patriarch Subhuti. The disciples who have gone out from that Patriarch are beyond counting. Even now thirty or forty people are practising under him. Follow that little path south for seven or eight li, and you’ll come to his home.” The Monkey King caught the woodcutter by the hand. “Brother, come along with me. If I gain anything from it, I’ll never forget your kindness in showing me the way.” The woodcutter said, “You fellow, you’ve no sense at all. After everything I’ve just told you, don’t you understand? If I went with you, wouldn’t I lose my day’s business? Who would support my old mother? I have wood to chop. Go on your own, go on.”
猴王聽說，只得相辭。出深林，找上路徑，過一山坡，約有七八里遠，果然望見一座洞府。挺身觀看，真好去處！但見：
煙霞散彩，日月搖光。千株老柏，萬節修篁。千株老柏，帶雨半空青冉冉；萬節修篁，含煙一壑色蒼蒼。門外奇花佈錦，橋邊瑤草噴香。石崖突兀青苔潤，懸壁高張翠蘚長。時聞仙鶴唳，每見鳳凰翔。仙鶴唳時，聲振九皋霄漢遠；鳳凰翔起，翎毛五色彩雲光。玄猿白鹿隨隱見，金獅玉象任行藏。細觀靈福地，真個賽天堂。
猴王听说，只得相辞。出深林，找上路径，过一山坡，约有七八里远，果然望见一座洞府。挺身观看，真好去处！但见：
烟霞散彩，日月摇光。千株老柏，万节修篁。千株老柏，带雨半空青冉冉；万节修篁，含烟一壑色苍苍。门外奇花布锦，桥边瑶草喷香。石崖突兀青苔润，悬壁高张翠藓长。时闻仙鹤唳，每见凤凰翔。仙鹤唳时，声振九皋霄汉远；凤凰翔起，翎毛五色彩云光。玄猿白鹿随隐见，金狮玉象任行藏。细观灵福地，真个赛天堂。
At this the Monkey King could only take his leave. He came out of the deep woods, found the path and crossed a hillside. After about seven or eight li, he did indeed see a cave dwelling ahead. He straightened up and looked. What a fine place! This is what he saw:
Mists spread their colours;sun and moon shimmer with light.A thousand ancient cypresses,ten thousand joints of tall bamboo.A thousand ancient cypresses,wet with rain, softly green halfway up the sky;ten thousand joints of tall bamboo,holding mist, fill a ravine with deep blue-green.Rare flowers spread brocade before the gate;jewelled grasses breathe fragrance beside the bridge.Rocky cliffs jut high, their green moss moist;sheer walls rise aloft, their emerald moss growing long.Often comes the cry of immortal cranes;often phoenixes are seen in flight.When immortal cranes cry,their voices shake the far marshes and reach the distant sky;when phoenixes take wing,their five-coloured feathers shine like bright clouds.Dark apes and white deer appear and disappear at will;golden lions and jade elephants roam or hide as they please.Look closely at this sacred blessed land:it truly surpasses paradise.
又見那洞門緊閉，靜悄悄杳無人跡。忽回頭，見崖頭立一石碑，約有三丈餘高，八尺餘闊，上有一行十個大字，乃是「靈臺方寸山，斜月三星洞」。美猴王十分歡喜道：「此間人果是樸實，果有此山此洞。」看夠多時，不敢敲門。且去跳上松枝梢頭，摘松子吃了頑耍。
又见那洞门紧闭，静悄悄杳无人迹。忽回头，见崖头立一石碑，约有三丈余高，八尺余阔，上有一行十个大字，乃是「灵台方寸山，斜月三星洞」。美猴王十分欢喜道：「此间人果是朴实，果有此山此洞。」看够多时，不敢敲门。且去跳上松枝梢头，摘松子吃了顽耍。
He saw, too, that the cave doors were tightly shut. All was quiet, without a trace of anyone. Turning his head, he noticed a stone tablet on the cliff, more than thirty Chinese feet high and over eight feet wide, with a line of ten large characters: “The Mountain of the Spirit Tower and the Square Inch, the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars.” The Handsome Monkey King was delighted. “People here really are honest. There really is such a mountain and such a cave!” He looked for a long time but did not dare knock. Instead he leaped onto the tip of a pine branch, picked pine nuts to eat and played there.
少頃間，只聽得呀的一聲，洞門開處，裡面走出一個仙童，真個丰姿英偉，像貌清奇，比尋常俗子不同。但見他：
髽髻雙絲綰，寬袍兩袖風。貌和身自別，心與相俱空。物外長年客，山中永壽童。一塵全不染，甲子任翻騰。
少顷间，只听得呀的一声，洞门开处，里面走出一个仙童，真个丰姿英伟，像貌清奇，比寻常俗子不同。但见他：
髽髻双丝绾，宽袍两袖风。貌和身自别，心与相俱空。物外长年客，山中永寿童。一尘全不染，甲子任翻腾。
Before long he heard a creak. The cave doors opened, and a young immortal attendant came out, handsome and imposing, with a clear, uncommon look quite unlike an ordinary mortal’s. This is what he saw:
His topknots bound with two silken cords;his wide robe’s sleeves fill with the wind.His face and figure alike are set apart;both mind and outward form are empty.A long-lived guest beyond the world,a deathless boy within the mountain.Not one speck of dust defiles him;let the cycles of years tumble as they will.
那童子出得門來，高叫道：「甚麼人在此搔擾？」猴王撲的跳下樹來，上前躬身道：「仙童，我是個訪道學仙之弟子，更不敢在此搔擾。」仙童笑道：「你是個訪道的麼？」猴王道：「是。」童子道：「我家師父正才下榻，登壇講道，還未說出原由，就教我出來開門。說：『外面有個修行的來了，可去接待接待。』想必就是你了？」猴王笑道：「是我，是我。」童子道：「你跟我進來。」
那童子出得门来，高叫道：「甚么人在此搔扰？」猴王扑的跳下树来，上前躬身道：「仙童，我是个访道学仙之弟子，更不敢在此搔扰。」仙童笑道：「你是个访道的么？」猴王道：「是。」童子道：「我家师父正才下榻，登坛讲道，还未说出原由，就教我出来开门。说：『外面有个修行的来了，可去接待接待。』想必就是你了？」猴王笑道：「是我，是我。」童子道：「你跟我进来。」
The boy came out through the doorway and called loudly, “Who is making a disturbance here?” The Monkey King sprang down from the tree, came forward and bowed. “Immortal boy, I am a disciple seeking the Way and learning to become an immortal. I would never dare make a disturbance here.” The boy smiled. “You’re seeking the Way?” “Yes,” said the Monkey King. The boy said, “My Master had just risen from his couch and mounted the platform to expound the Way. Before he had begun to explain it, he told me to come out and open the doors. He said, ‘Someone seeking to practise has arrived outside. Go and receive him.’ That must be you?” The Monkey King laughed. “It’s me, it’s me.” “Follow me in,” said the boy.
這猴王整衣端肅，隨童子徑入洞天深處觀看：
一層層深閣瓊樓，一進進珠宮貝闕，說不盡那靜室幽居。直至瑤臺之下，見那菩提祖師端坐在臺上，兩邊有三十個小仙侍立臺下。果然是：大覺金仙沒垢姿，西方妙相祖菩提。不生不滅三三行，全氣全神萬萬慈。空寂自然隨變化，真如本性任為之。與天同壽莊嚴體，歷劫明心大法師。
这猴王整衣端肃，随童子径入洞天深处观看：
一层层深阁琼楼，一进进珠宫贝阙，说不尽那静室幽居。直至瑶台之下，见那菩提祖师端坐在台上，两边有三十个小仙侍立台下。果然是：大觉金仙没垢姿，西方妙相祖菩提。不生不灭三三行，全气全神万万慈。空寂自然随变化，真如本性任为之。与天同寿庄严体，历劫明心大法师。
The Monkey King straightened his clothes and composed himself, then followed the boy deep into the cave heaven.
As he went he saw tier upon tier of lofty chambers and jewelled towers, court after court of pearl palaces and shell gates, with more quiet rooms and secluded dwellings than words could tell.At last he came to the foot of a jade terrace. There the Patriarch Subhuti sat upright, with thirty young immortals standing in attendance below the terrace on either side.Truly:A golden immortal of great awakening, his bearing free of stain;Patriarch Subhuti, the wondrous form of the West.Neither born nor destroyed, he follows the threefold three;his vital breath and spirit whole, his compassion beyond measure.Empty and still, he naturally follows change;his true and original nature acts at will.His majestic body lives as long as heaven;through countless ages he has understood the mind, a great master of the Law.
美猴王一見，倒身下拜，磕頭不計其數，口中只道：「師父，師父，我弟子志心朝禮，志心朝禮。」祖師道：「你是那方人氏？且說個鄉貫、姓名明白，再拜。」猴王道：「弟子乃東勝神洲傲來國花果山水簾洞人氏。」祖師喝令：「趕出去！他本是個撒詐搗虛之徒，那裡修甚麼道果！」猴王慌忙磕頭不住道：「弟子是老實之言，決無虛詐。」祖師道：「你既老實，怎麼說東勝神洲？那去處到我這裡隔兩重大海，一座南贍部洲，如何就得到此？」猴王叩頭道：「弟子飄洋過海，登界遊方，有十數個年頭，方才訪到此處。」
美猴王一见，倒身下拜，磕头不计其数，口中只道：「师父，师父，我弟子志心朝礼，志心朝礼。」祖师道：「你是那方人氏？且说个乡贯、姓名明白，再拜。」猴王道：「弟子乃东胜神洲傲来国花果山水帘洞人氏。」祖师喝令：「赶出去！他本是个撒诈捣虚之徒，那里修甚么道果！」猴王慌忙磕头不住道：「弟子是老实之言，决无虚诈。」祖师道：「你既老实，怎么说东胜神洲？那去处到我这里隔两重大海，一座南赡部洲，如何就得到此？」猴王叩头道：「弟子飘洋过海，登界游方，有十数个年头，方才访到此处。」
The moment the Handsome Monkey King saw him, he threw himself down and bowed, knocking his head on the ground more times than anyone could count. All he said was, “Master, Master! Your disciple pays his respects with all his heart, with all his heart!” The Patriarch said, “Where are you from? First tell me plainly your native place and your name, then bow.” The Monkey King said, “Your disciple comes from the Water-Curtain Cave on Flower-Fruit Mountain, in the kingdom of Aolai, in the Eastern Continent of Purvavideha.” The Patriarch shouted, “Throw him out! He’s a lying fraud. What fruit of the Way could he ever cultivate?” The Monkey King hurriedly kept knocking his head on the ground. “Your disciple speaks the honest truth. There is no lie or deceit.” The Patriarch said, “If you’re honest, why say the Eastern Continent of Purvavideha? Between that place and this lie two great seas and the Southern Continent of Jambudvipa. How could you have got here?” The Monkey King bowed his head. “Your disciple drifted across the seas and travelled through many lands. Only after more than ten years did I find this place.”
祖師道：「既是逐漸行來的也罷。你姓甚麼？」猴王又道：「我無性。人若罵我，我也不惱；若打我，我也不嗔。只是陪個禮兒就罷了。一生無性。」祖師道：「不是這個性。你父母原來姓甚麼？」猴王道：「我也無父母。」祖師道：「既無父母，想是樹上生的？」猴王道：「我雖不是樹上生，卻是石裡長的。我只記得花果山上有一塊仙石，其年石破，我便生也。」祖師聞言暗喜，道：「這等說，卻是個天地生成的。你起來走走我看。」猴王縱身跳起，拐呀拐的走了兩遍。祖師笑道：「你身軀雖是鄙陋，卻像個食松果的猢猻。我與你就身上取個姓氏，意思教你姓『猢』。猢字去了個獸傍，乃是個古月。古者，老也；月者，陰也。老陰不能化育，教你姓『猻』倒好。猻字去了獸傍，乃是個子系。子者，兒男也；系者。嬰細也，正合嬰兒之本論。教你姓『孫』罷。」猴王聽說，滿心歡喜，朝上叩頭道：「好！好！好！今日方知姓也。萬望師父慈悲，既然有姓，再乞賜個名字，卻好呼喚。」祖師道：「我門中有十二個字，分派起名，到你乃第十輩之小徒矣。」猴王道：「那十二個字？」祖師道：「乃廣、大、智、慧、真、如、性、海、穎、悟、圓、覺十二字。排到你，正當『悟』字。與你起個法名叫做『孫悟空』，好麼？」猴王笑道：「好！好！好！自今就叫做孫悟空也。」正是：
鴻濛初闢原無姓，打破頑空須悟空。
祖师道：「既是逐渐行来的也罢。你姓甚么？」猴王又道：「我无性。人若骂我，我也不恼；若打我，我也不嗔。只是陪个礼儿就罢了。一生无性。」祖师道：「不是这个性。你父母原来姓甚么？」猴王道：「我也无父母。」祖师道：「既无父母，想是树上生的？」猴王道：「我虽不是树上生，却是石里长的。我只记得花果山上有一块仙石，其年石破，我便生也。」祖师闻言暗喜，道：「这等说，却是个天地生成的。你起来走走我看。」猴王纵身跳起，拐呀拐的走了两遍。祖师笑道：「你身躯虽是鄙陋，却像个食松果的猢狲。我与你就身上取个姓氏，意思教你姓『猢』。猢字去了个兽傍，乃是个古月。古者，老也；月者，阴也。老阴不能化育，教你姓『狲』倒好。狲字去了兽傍，乃是个子系。子者，儿男也；系者。婴细也，正合婴儿之本论。教你姓『孙』罢。」猴王听说，满心欢喜，朝上叩头道：「好！好！好！今日方知姓也。万望师父慈悲，既然有姓，再乞赐个名字，却好呼唤。」祖师道：「我门中有十二个字，分派起名，到你乃第十辈之小徒矣。」猴王道：「那十二个字？」祖师道：「乃广、大、智、慧、真、如、性、海、颖、悟、圆、觉十二字。排到你，正当『悟』字。与你起个法名叫做『孙悟空』，好么？」猴王笑道：「好！好！好！自今就叫做孙悟空也。」正是：
鸿蒙初辟原无姓，打破顽空须悟空。
The Patriarch said, “If you came all that way by stages, very well. What is your surname?” The Monkey King said, “I have no temper. If people scold me, I don’t get upset; if they hit me, I don’t get angry. I just make a polite bow and leave it at that. I’ve never had a temper.” The Patriarch said, “I don’t mean temper. What was your parents’ surname?” The Monkey King said, “I have no parents either.” “Without parents,” said the Patriarch, “I suppose you grew on a tree?” The Monkey King said, “I didn’t grow on a tree, but I did grow inside a stone. All I remember is an immortal stone on Flower-Fruit Mountain. The year that stone split open, I was born.” The Patriarch was secretly pleased to hear this. “Then you were formed by heaven and earth themselves. Get up and walk about so I can see.” The Monkey King sprang to his feet and walked up and down twice with his loping gait. The Patriarch laughed. “Your body may be uncouth, but you look like a pine-nut-eating husun — a monkey. I’ll take a surname from your own body. I meant to call you Hu. Remove the animal radical from hu, 猢, and what remains is gu, 古, and yue, 月. Gu means old, and yue means yin. Old yin cannot bring forth life, so Sun would be better. Remove the animal radical from sun, 猻, and what remains is zi, 子, and xi, 系. Zi means a boy child, and xi means an infant’s smallness, which fits the basic idea of a newborn. Let your surname be Sun, 孫.” The Monkey King was filled with joy. He bowed toward the Patriarch and said, “Good! Good! Good! Only today have I learned my surname. I beg my Master’s compassion: now that I have a surname, please give me a personal name as well, so I can be called by it.” The Patriarch said, “In my school there are twelve characters used in turn to name each generation. You will be a young disciple of the tenth generation.” “What are those twelve characters?” asked the Monkey King. The Patriarch said, “Guang, Da, Zhi, Hui, Zhen, Ru, Xing, Hai, Ying, Wu, Yuan and Jue. In your turn it is the character Wu. I’ll give you the religious name Sun Wukong. Will that do?” The Monkey King laughed. “Good! Good! Good! From now on I’m called Sun Wukong!” Truly:
When primal chaos first opened, he had no surname;to break through stubborn emptiness, one must awaken to emptiness.
畢竟不知向後修些甚麼道果，且聽下回分解。
毕竟不知向后修些甚么道果，且听下回分解。
What fruit of the Way he went on to cultivate remains to be seen. To learn what happened next, read the next chapter.