Erlang Shen, the God with Three Eyes · chapter 4 of 4
The Real Jiang Ziya
真的姜子牙
Two Jiang Taigongs, one white ape, and a hill where every change meets an answer. Can the boy with three eyes catch the cleverest monster of all?
Read what you hear
- Yuan Hong 杨戬，快开门，外面很冷，我是姜太公啊！
Yáng Jiǎn, kuài kāimén, wàimiàn hěn lěng, wǒ shì Jiāng Tàigōng a!
Yang Jian, open the door quick! It's cold out here, and I'm Jiang Taigong!
- Jiang Ziya 声音很像我。他一定是袁洪，可是我们怎么办？
Shēngyīn hěn xiàng wǒ. Tā yídìng shì Yuán Hóng, kěshì wǒmen zěnmebàn?
That voice sounds just like me. It must be Yuan Hong, but what do we do?
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 太公别怕，我用第三只眼睛看一看。
Tàigōng biépà, wǒ yòng dìsān zhī yǎnjīng kàn yi kàn.
Don't be afraid, Taigong. I'll take a look with my third eye.
Chapter 4 is part of SayMei Stories ($2.99 a month) and SayMei Premium. Chapter 1 of Erlang Shen, the God with Three Eyes is free, and so are The Second Cup of Tea, Mulan, The Butterfly Lovers, Journey to the West: The Monkey King, Cinderella, The Night of the Nian, Chang'e and the Moon, The Great Race: The Twelve Animals, Aesop's Fables, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, The Ugly Duckling, Pangu and Nüwa: How the World Began, Beauty and the Beast, The Magic Lotus Lantern, Alice in Wonderland, Zhong Kui the Demon Queller, The Odyssey, Robin Hood and Jiang Ziya Goes Fishing from start to finish.
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 哇，我看见了，外面是一只白色的大猿！
Wā, wǒ kànjiàn le, wàimiàn shì yì zhī báisè de dàyuán!
Wow, I can see him! Outside is a big white ape!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 他穿着您的衣服，可是，他的尾巴还在外面！
Tā chuānzhe nín de yīfú, kěshì, tā de wěiba hái zài wàimiàn!
He's wearing your clothes, but his tail is still sticking out!
- Jiang Ziya 哈哈哈，他连尾巴也忘了变，真有意思！
Hāhāhā, tā lián wěiba yě wàng le biàn, zhēn yǒuyìsi!
Ha ha ha, he even forgot to change his tail. How funny!
- Yuan Hong 哎……什么尾巴？我没有尾巴！
Āi…… Shénme wěiba? Wǒ méiyǒu wěiba!
Hey... what tail? I have no tail!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 有，你看，它还在动呢！
Yǒu, nǐ kàn, tā hái zài dòng ne!
You do! Look, it's still moving!
- Yuan Hong 你能看见我？好小子，明天早上，我们山上见！
Nǐ néng kànjiàn wǒ? Hǎo xiǎozi, míngtiān zǎoshàng, wǒmen shānshàng jiàn!
You can see me? Little brat! Meet me on the hill tomorrow morning!
- Jiang Ziya 杨戬，谢谢你，今天你救了我们所有的人。
Yáng Jiǎn, xièxiè nǐ, jīntiān nǐ jiù le wǒmen suǒyǒu de rén.
Yang Jian, thank you. Today you saved all of us.
- Narrator 第二天早上，牛妖和羊妖已经跑了，只有袁洪在山上等着。
Dì'èr tiān zǎoshàng, niú yāo hé yáng yāo yǐjīng pǎo le, zhǐyǒu Yuán Hóng zài shānshàng děng zhe.
The next morning, the ox and goat monsters had already run away. Only Yuan Hong was waiting on the hill.
- Yuan Hong 杨戬，我的变化很多，你一个小孩子，怎么赢我？
Yáng Jiǎn, wǒ de biànhuà hěnduō, nǐ yí gè xiǎoháizi, zěnme yíng wǒ?
Yang Jian, I have many changes. How can a little kid like you beat me?
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 变化多，不一定就好，我们比一比吧。
Biànhuà duō, bù yídìng jiù hǎo, wǒmen bǐ yi bǐ ba.
Having many changes isn't always better. Let's see who wins.
- Yuan Hong 你看好，我要变大。我要变成一座山！
Nǐ kànhǎo, wǒ yào biàndà. Wǒ yào biànchéng yí zuò shān!
Watch closely! I'm growing big! I'm turning into a mountain!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 山？好，那我变得比山还要高！
Shān? Hǎo, nà wǒ biàn de bǐ shān háiyào gāo!
A mountain? Fine, then I'll grow taller than the mountain!
- Yuan Hong 什么？他比山还高？那我变小，变成一只小虫！
Shénme? Tā bǐ shān hái gāo? Nà wǒ biànxiǎo, biànchéng yì zhī xiǎochóng!
What? He's taller than a mountain? Then I'll shrink and become a tiny bug!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 小虫？我有第三只眼睛，你就在我的鞋子上！
Xiǎochóng? Wǒ yǒu dìsān zhī yǎnjīng, nǐ jiù zài wǒ de xiézi shàng!
A tiny bug? I have a third eye, and you're on my shoe!
- Yuan Hong 那我变成一块石头，看你怎么找我！
Nà wǒ biànchéng yí kuài shítou, kàn nǐ zěnme zhǎo wǒ!
Then I'll turn into a rock. Let's see you find me!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 石头的尾巴也会动，哮天犬，去！
Shítou de wěiba yě huìdòng, Xiàotiānquǎn, qù!
A rock's tail moves too. Xiaotian, go!
- Yuan Hong 好了好了，我不变了，我认输了！
Hǎo le hǎo le, wǒ bú biàn le, wǒ rènshū le!
Enough, enough! No more changing, I give up!
- Yuan Hong 我以后不再吓人。我回山上，安静地过日子。
Wǒ yǐhòu bú zài xiàrén. Wǒ huí shānshàng, ānjìng de guòrìzi.
I won't scare people anymore. I'll go back to my mountain and live quietly.
- Jiang Ziya 杨戬，你一个人，赢了七个妖怪，真了不起！
Yáng Jiǎn, nǐ yí gè rén, yíng le qī gè yāoguài, zhēn liǎobùqǐ!
Yang Jian, all by yourself, you beat seven monsters. How wonderful!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 不是我一个人，太公，还有哮天犬呢！
Bú shì wǒ yí gè rén, tàigōng, háiyǒu Xiàotiānquǎn ne!
Not just me, Taigong. There's Xiaotian too!
- Jiang Ziya 对，好狗！今天我钓到一条大鱼，一条有三只眼睛的鱼！
Duì, hǎo gǒu! Jīntiān wǒ diàodào yì tiáo dàyú, yì tiáo yǒu sān zhī yǎnjīng de yú!
Right, good dog! Today I caught a big fish, a fish with three eyes!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 我不是鱼，哈哈，我是杨戬！
Wǒ bú shì yú, hāhā, wǒ shì Yáng Jiǎn!
I'm not a fish, ha ha! I'm Yang Jian!
- Jiang Ziya 好，好。以后大家会叫你二郎神，你会很有名。
Hǎo, hǎo. Yǐhòu dàjiā huì jiào nǐ Èrláng Shén, nǐ huì hěn yǒumíng.
All right, all right. From now on everyone will call you Erlang Shen, and you will be famous.
- Jiang Ziya 还有，你会遇到一只金色的猴子。
Háiyǒu, nǐ huì yùdào yì zhī jīnsè de hóuzi.
And someday you'll meet a golden monkey.
- Jiang Ziya 他也有七十二变，和你一样！
Tā yě yǒu qīshí'èr biàn, hé nǐ yíyàng!
He has seventy-two changes too, just like you!
- Erlang Shen (Yang Jian) 七十二变对七十二变？太好玩了，我等不及了！
Qīshí'èr biàn duì qīshí'èr biàn? Tài hǎowán le, wǒ děng bu jí le!
Seventy-two changes against seventy-two changes? That sounds like fun. I can't wait!
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What changed in the story?
- How does Erlang know the false Jiang Taigong is a monster?
“外面是一只白色的大猿”…“他的尾巴还在外面！”
- Why is the tail funny?
“他连尾巴也忘了变”
- What does Yuan Hong turn into first in the last duel?
“我要变大，我要变成一座山！”
- How does Erlang beat Yuan Hong's changes?
“我有第三只眼睛，你就在我的鞋子上！”
- What does Jiang Taigong say about the golden monkey?
“你会遇到一只金色的猴子”…“他也有七十二变”