卻說比丘國君臣黎庶送唐僧四眾出城，有二十里之遠，還不肯捨。三藏勉強下輦，乘馬辭別而行，目送者直至望不見蹤影方回。四眾行夠多時，又過了冬殘春盡，看不了野花山樹，景物芳菲。前面又見一座高山峻嶺。三藏心驚，問道：「徒弟，前面高山有路無路？是必小心。」行者笑道：「師父這話，也不像走長路的，卻似個公子王孫，坐井觀天之類。自古道：『山不礙路，路自通山。』何以言有路無路？」三藏道：「雖然是山不礙路，但恐嶮峻之間生怪物，密叢深處出妖精。」八戒道：「放心，放心。這裡來相近極樂不遠，管取太平無事。」
却说比丘国君臣黎庶送唐僧四众出城，有二十里之远，还不肯舍。三藏勉强下辇，乘马辞别而行，目送者直至望不见踪影方回。四众行够多时，又过了冬残春尽，看不了野花山树，景物芳菲。前面又见一座高山峻岭。三藏心惊，问道：「徒弟，前面高山有路无路？是必小心。」行者笑道：「师父这话，也不像走长路的，却似个公子王孙，坐井观天之类。自古道：『山不碍路，路自通山。』何以言有路无路？」三藏道：「虽然是山不碍路，但恐崄峻之间生怪物，密丛深处出妖精。」八戒道：「放心，放心。这里来相近极乐不远，管取太平无事。」
Now, the ruler, ministers and common people of the kingdom of Bhikshu escorted the Tang Monk and his three disciples out of the city. They went twenty li and still could not bear to part. Sanzang finally managed to get out of the carriage. He mounted his horse, said goodbye and went on. Those seeing them off watched until they could no longer make out a trace of them before they returned. The four travelled for a long time, through the last of winter and the whole of spring. They could not take in all the wild flowers and mountain trees, all the fragrant beauty of the landscape. Ahead they saw another high mountain with steep ridges. Sanzang grew alarmed and asked, “Disciples, is there a road through that high mountain ahead? Do be careful.” Pilgrim laughed. “Master, that hardly sounds like someone who has travelled a long road. You sound more like a pampered nobleman’s son, the sort who sits in a well and thinks he has seen the sky. As the old saying goes, ‘Mountains do not bar the road; the road finds its way through the mountains.’ Why ask whether there is a road?” Sanzang said, “Even if mountains do not bar the road, I fear that monsters may lurk among the dangerous heights, and demons emerge from deep within the thickets.” Bajie said, “Set your mind at rest, set your mind at rest. From here it’s not far to the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. I guarantee peace and no trouble at all.”
師徒正說，不覺的到了山腳下。行者取出金箍棒，走上石崖，叫道：「師父，此間乃轉山的路兒，忒好走。快來，快來。」長老只得放懷策馬。沙僧教：「二哥，你把擔子挑一肩兒。」真個八戒接了擔子挑上，沙僧攏著韁繩，老師父穩坐雕鞍，隨行者都奔山崖上大路。但見那山：
雲霧籠峰頂，潺湲湧澗中。百花香滿路，萬樹密叢叢。梅青李白，柳綠桃紅。杜鵑啼處春將暮，紫燕呢喃社已終。嵯峨石，翠蓋松。崎嶇嶺道，突兀玲瓏。削壁懸崖峻，薜蘿草木穠。千巖競秀如排戟，萬壑爭流遠浪洪。
老師父緩觀山景，忽聞啼鳥之聲，又起思鄉之念，兜馬叫道：「徒弟！
我自天牌傳旨意，錦屏風下領關文。觀燈十五離東土，才與唐王天地分。甫能龍虎風雲會，卻又師徒拗馬軍。行盡巫山峰十二，何時對子見當今？」
行者道：「師父，你常以思鄉為念，全不似個出家人。放心且走，莫要多憂。古人云：『欲求生富貴，須下死工夫。』」三藏道：「徒弟雖然說得有理，但不知西天路還在那裡哩。」八戒道：「師父，我佛如來捨不得那三藏經，知我們要取去，想是搬了；不然，如何只管不到？」沙僧道：「莫胡談，只管跟著大哥走。只把工夫捱他，終須有個到之之日。」
师徒正说，不觉的到了山脚下。行者取出金箍棒，走上石崖，叫道：「师父，此间乃转山的路儿，忒好走。快来，快来。」长老只得放怀策马。沙僧教：「二哥，你把担子挑一肩儿。」真个八戒接了担子挑上，沙僧拢着缰绳，老师父稳坐雕鞍，随行者都奔山崖上大路。但见那山：
云雾笼峰顶，潺湲涌涧中。百花香满路，万树密丛丛。梅青李白，柳绿桃红。杜鹃啼处春将暮，紫燕呢喃社已终。嵯峨石，翠盖松。崎岖岭道，突兀玲珑。削壁悬崖峻，薜萝草木秾。千岩竞秀如排戟，万壑争流远浪洪。
老师父缓观山景，忽闻啼鸟之声，又起思乡之念，兜马叫道：「徒弟！
我自天牌传旨意，锦屏风下领关文。观灯十五离东土，才与唐王天地分。甫能龙虎风云会，却又师徒拗马军。行尽巫山峰十二，何时对子见当今？」
行者道：「师父，你常以思乡为念，全不似个出家人。放心且走，莫要多忧。古人云：『欲求生富贵，须下死工夫。』」三藏道：「徒弟虽然说得有理，但不知西天路还在那里哩。」八戒道：「师父，我佛如来舍不得那三藏经，知我们要取去，想是搬了；不然，如何只管不到？」沙僧道：「莫胡谈，只管跟着大哥走。只把工夫挨他，终须有个到之之日。」
As master and disciples talked, they reached the foot of the mountain without noticing. Pilgrim took out his gold-banded cudgel, climbed onto a rocky ledge and called, “Master, here’s a road round the mountain, a lovely easy walk. Come on, come on!” The elder could only put his worries aside and urge his horse forward. Sha Monk said, “Second Brother, take a turn with the baggage.” Bajie duly took it onto his shoulder. Sha Monk held the reins, and their old master sat securely in his carved saddle as they all followed Pilgrim onto the broad road along the cliff. This is what they saw:
Cloud and mist enfold the peaks;murmuring waters surge within the ravine.A hundred flowers scent the road;ten thousand trees stand thick in groves.Green plum fruit, white plum blossom;green willows, red peach bloom.Where cuckoos cry, spring nears its end;purple swallows twitter, the spring altar festival now past.Towering rocks,pines with emerald canopies.A rugged ridge road,lofty crags pierced through with hollows.Sheer walls and hanging cliffs rise steep;creepers, grasses, trees grow lush.A thousand splendid rocks compete like ranks of halberds;ten thousand valleys race their waters toward the distant flood.
Their old master took his time admiring the mountain scenery. Suddenly the birdsong reached his ears, and homesickness stirred again. He turned his horse and called, “Disciples!
The imperial tablet brought the sovereign’s command;beneath a brocade screen I received my travel papers.After viewing the lanterns on the fifteenth, I left the Eastern Land;only then did Heaven and earth part me from the Tang Emperor.No sooner had dragon and tiger met with wind and cloudthan master and disciples became a troop struggling with stubborn mounts.I have travelled all twelve peaks of the Wu Mountains;when shall I face the reigning Emperor again?”
Pilgrim said, “Master, you are always thinking of home. You’re nothing like a man who has left his household to become a monk. Set your mind at rest and keep going; don’t worry so much. The ancients said, ‘To win wealth and honour in life, you must work hard enough to die.’” Sanzang said, “What you say is reasonable, disciple, but I still don’t know where the road to the Western Heaven lies.” Bajie said, “Master, our Buddha can’t bear to part with those scriptures of the Three Baskets. Knowing we mean to take them away, he must have moved. Otherwise, why do we never get there?” Sha Monk said, “Don’t talk nonsense. Just keep following Elder Brother. Put in the time, and one day we’re bound to arrive.”
師徒正自閑敘，又見一派黑松大林。唐僧害怕，又叫道：「悟空，我們才過了那崎嶇山路，怎麼又遇這個深黑松林？是必在意。」行者道：「怕他怎的？」三藏道：「說那裡話？『不信直中直，須防仁不仁。』我也與你走過好幾處松林，不似這林深遠？你看：
東西密擺，南北成行。東西密擺徹雲霄，南北成行侵碧漢。密查荊棘週圍結，蓼卻纏枝上下盤。藤來纏葛，葛去纏藤。藤來纏葛，東西客旅難行；葛去纏藤，南北經商怎進。這林中住半年，那分日月；行數里，不見斗星。你看那背陰之處千般景，向陽之所萬叢花。又有那千年槐，萬載檜，耐寒松，山桃果，野芍藥，旱芙蓉，一攢攢密砌重堆，亂紛紛神仙難畫。又聽得百鳥聲：鸚鵡哨，杜鵑啼；喜鵲穿枝，烏鴉反哺；黃鸝飛舞，百舌調音；鷓鴣鳴，紫燕語；八哥兒學人說話，畫眉郎也會看經。又見那大蟲擺尾，老虎磕牙；多年狐狢妝娘子，日久蒼狼吼振林。就是托塔天王來到此，縱會降妖也失魂。」
孫大聖公然不懼，使鐵棒上前劈開大路，引唐僧徑入深林。逍逍遙遙，行經半日，未見出林之路。唐僧叫道：「徒弟，一向西來，無數的山林崎嶮，幸得此間清雅，一路太平。這林中奇花異卉，其實可人情意。我要在此坐坐：一則歇馬；二則腹中饑了，你去那裡化些齋來我吃。」行者道：「師父請下馬，老孫化齋去來。」那長老果然下了馬，八戒將馬拴在樹上。沙僧歇下行李，取了缽盂，遞與行者。行者道：「師父穩坐，莫要驚怕，我去了就來。」三藏端坐松陰之下，八戒、沙僧卻去尋花覓果閑耍。
师徒正自闲叙，又见一派黑松大林。唐僧害怕，又叫道：「悟空，我们才过了那崎岖山路，怎么又遇这个深黑松林？是必在意。」行者道：「怕他怎的？」三藏道：「说那里话？『不信直中直，须防仁不仁。』我也与你走过好几处松林，不似这林深远？你看：
东西密摆，南北成行。东西密摆彻云霄，南北成行侵碧汉。密查荆棘周围结，蓼却缠枝上下盘。藤来缠葛，葛去缠藤。藤来缠葛，东西客旅难行；葛去缠藤，南北经商怎进。这林中住半年，那分日月；行数里，不见斗星。你看那背阴之处千般景，向阳之所万丛花。又有那千年槐，万载桧，耐寒松，山桃果，野芍药，旱芙蓉，一攒攒密砌重堆，乱纷纷神仙难画。又听得百鸟声：鹦鹉哨，杜鹃啼；喜鹊穿枝，乌鸦反哺；黄鹂飞舞，百舌调音；鹧鸪鸣，紫燕语；八哥儿学人说话，画眉郎也会看经。又见那大虫摆尾，老虎磕牙；多年狐狢妆娘子，日久苍狼吼振林。就是托塔天王来到此，纵会降妖也失魂。」
孙大圣公然不惧，使铁棒上前劈开大路，引唐僧径入深林。逍逍遥遥，行经半日，未见出林之路。唐僧叫道：「徒弟，一向西来，无数的山林崎崄，幸得此间清雅，一路太平。这林中奇花异卉，其实可人情意。我要在此坐坐：一则歇马；二则腹中饥了，你去那里化些斋来我吃。」行者道：「师父请下马，老孙化斋去来。」那长老果然下了马，八戒将马拴在树上。沙僧歇下行李，取了钵盂，递与行者。行者道：「师父稳坐，莫要惊怕，我去了就来。」三藏端坐松阴之下，八戒、沙僧却去寻花觅果闲耍。
While master and disciples chatted at ease, they came upon a great forest of dark pines. The Tang Monk grew frightened and called again, “Wukong, we’ve only just come through that rugged mountain road. How have we run into this deep Black Pine Forest? Do take care.” Pilgrim said, “What’s there to fear?” Sanzang said, “What are you saying? ‘Do not trust that the upright are wholly upright; beware lest the kindly prove unkind.’ I’ve passed through several pine forests with you, but none was as deep and vast as this. Look:
Thickly ranked from east to west,in rows from south to north.Thickly ranked from east to west, they reach the clouds;in rows from south to north, they enter the blue heavens.Dense thorns knot round on every side;creepers coil through branches, high and low.Vines twine round kudzu;kudzu twines round vines.Vines twine round kudzu,and travellers east and west can barely pass;Kudzu twines round vines—how canmerchants north and south advance?Live half a year within this forest,and how could you tell sun from moon?Walk several li,and not a star of the Dipper can be seen.Look at the thousand sights within its shade,the myriad clumps of flowers in its sun.And there are thousand-year-old scholar trees, ten-thousand-year-old junipers, pines that bear the cold, mountain peaches, wild peonies and hardy hibiscus, densely clustered, heaped in layers, such a tangled profusion that an immortal could not paint it.Hear, too, the voices of a hundred birds:Parrots whistle,cuckoos cry;Magpies dart through branches,crows feed their parents;Golden orioles fly and dance,many-tongued birds tune their notes;Partridges call,purple swallows chatter;Mynas learn to speak like people,and gentleman thrushes even read the scriptures.And there are great striped beasts swishing their tails,tigers gnashing their teeth;Old foxes and badgers dress as ladies;ancient grey wolves roar and shake the woods.Even Heavenly King Li the Pagoda-Bearer would lose his wits here,for all his power to subdue demons.”
The Great Sage Sun was openly unafraid. He went ahead with his iron cudgel, hacked a broad road through and led the Tang Monk straight into the depths of the forest. They travelled at leisure for half a day, without finding a way out. The Tang Monk called, “Disciple, ever since we headed west we’ve met countless dangerous mountains and forests. Fortunately this place is peaceful and lovely, and all has been quiet along the way. The rare flowers and plants here are truly pleasing. I want to sit here for a while, first to rest the horse, and second because I’m hungry. Go somewhere and beg a little vegetarian food for me.” Pilgrim said, “Master, please dismount. Old Sun will go and beg some food.” The elder did dismount, and Bajie tied the horse to a tree. Sha Monk set down the baggage, took out the begging bowl and handed it to Pilgrim. Pilgrim said, “Master, sit comfortably and don’t be afraid. I’ll be back as soon as I’ve gone.” Sanzang sat upright beneath the pines, while Bajie and Sha Monk went off to amuse themselves looking for flowers and fruit.