Journey to the West: The Four Pilgrims · chapter 5 of 8
A Pig Called Eight Rules
猪八戒
A fight that lasts all night, a very embarrassing story from heaven, and a new disciple for Tang Seng, with a very big appetite.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 悟空追到山上，和猪妖怪打了一个晚上。
Wùkōng zhuī dào shān shang, hé zhū yāoguài dǎ le yí gè wǎnshang.
Wukong chased him up the mountain, and the two of them fought the whole night long.
- Zhu Bajie 你这个弼马温，打了一夜，还不累吗？
Nǐ zhège Bìmǎwēn, dǎ le yí yè, hái bú lèi ma?
You Bimawen, we've fought all night! Aren't you tired yet?
- Sun Wukong 老孙不累！呆子，你是什么妖怪？快说！
Lǎo Sūn bú lèi! Dāizi, nǐ shì shénme yāoguài? Kuài shuō!
Old Sun's not tired at all! What kind of monster are you, dummy? Out with it!
Chapter 5 is part of SayMei Stories ($2.99 a month) and SayMei Premium. Chapter 1 of Journey to the West: The Four Pilgrims 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 and The Odyssey from start to finish.
- Zhu Bajie 我可不是一般的妖怪！我以前是天蓬元帅，管着天河！
Wǒ kě bú shì yìbān de yāoguài! Wǒ yǐqián shì Tiānpéng Yuánshuài, guǎnzhe Tiān Hé!
I'm no ordinary monster! I used to be Marshal Tianpeng, commander of the Heavenly River!
- Sun Wukong 天蓬元帅？那你怎么变成猪了？
Tiānpéng Yuánshuài? Nà nǐ zěnme biànchéng zhū le?
Marshal Tianpeng? Then how did you end up a pig?
- Zhu Bajie 这个……那年蟠桃会，我喝多了酒，看见嫦娥，就拉着她的手不放……
Zhège… nà nián Pántáo Huì, wǒ hē duō le jiǔ, kànjiàn Cháng'é, jiù lāzhe tā de shǒu bú fàng…
Well... at the Peach Banquet that year, I drank too much, and when I saw Chang'e, I grabbed her hand and wouldn't let go...
- Zhu Bajie 玉帝很生气，把我赶到了地上。我走错了门，出来就是一头猪了！
Yùdì hěn shēngqì, bǎ wǒ gǎn dào le dìshang. Wǒ zǒu cuò le mén, chūlái jiù shì yì tóu zhū le!
The Jade Emperor was furious and threw me down to earth. I went through the wrong door, and when I came out, I was a pig!
- Sun Wukong 哈哈哈！喝多了酒，走错了门！呆子，你真是一头笨猪！
Hāhāhā! Hē duō le jiǔ, zǒu cuò le mén! Dāizi, nǐ zhēn shì yì tóu bèn zhū!
Ha ha ha! Too much wine, and then the wrong door! Dummy, you really are a silly pig!
- Zhu Bajie 你笑什么？你大闹天宫，不是也被压在山下了吗？
Nǐ xiào shénme? Nǐ dà nào Tiāngōng, bú shì yě bèi yā zài shān xià le ma?
What are you laughing at? You raised havoc in heaven, and didn't you end up stuck under a mountain?
- Sun Wukong 老孙现在出来了！老孙在保护唐僧，去西天取经！
Lǎo Sūn xiànzài chūlái le! Lǎo Sūn zài bǎohù Táng Sēng, qù Xītiān qǔjīng!
Well, Old Sun is out now! Old Sun is protecting Tang Seng on his journey to the West for the scriptures!
- Narrator 猪妖怪一听，钉耙就掉在了地上。
Zhū yāoguài yì tīng, dīngpá jiù diào zài le dì shang.
The moment the pig monster heard this, his rake dropped to the ground.
- Zhu Bajie 取经的人？观音菩萨让我在这里等他！他在哪儿？
Qǔjīng de rén? Guānyīn Púsà ràng wǒ zài zhèlǐ děng tā! Tā zài nǎr?
The monk fetching the scriptures? Guanyin told me to wait here for him! Where is he?
- Zhu Bajie 你这个猴子，怎么不早说？
Nǐ zhège hóuzi, zěnme bù zǎo shuō?
You monkey, why didn't you say so before?
- Sun Wukong 你也没问啊！
Nǐ yě méi wèn a!
You never asked!
- Narrator 悟空拉着猪妖怪的大耳朵，把他带回了高老庄。
Wùkōng lāzhe zhū yāoguài de dà ěrduo, bǎ tā dài huí le Gāolǎo Zhuāng.
Wukong led the pig monster back to Gao Village by one of his big ears.
- Zhu Bajie 哎哟，猴哥，轻一点儿！我的耳朵！
Āiyō, Hóugē, qīng yìdiǎnr! Wǒ de ěrduo!
Ow, Brother Monkey, go easy! My ear!
- Zhu Bajie 师父！我等了你好久了！从观音菩萨来的那天起，我一口肉也不吃了！
Shīfu! Wǒ děng le nǐ hǎojiǔ le! Cóng Guānyīn Púsà lái de nà tiān qǐ, wǒ yì kǒu ròu yě bù chī le!
Master! I've waited so long for you! Ever since the day Guanyin came, I haven't eaten a single bite of meat!
- Tang Seng 好，好！你不吃肉，很好。我给你起个名字，叫八戒吧。
Hǎo, hǎo! Nǐ bù chī ròu, hěn hǎo. Wǒ gěi nǐ qǐ gè míngzi, jiào Bājiè ba.
Good, good! No meat, that's very good. I'll give you a name: Bajie, Eight Rules.
- Zhu Bajie 八戒？好名字！以后，我就是猪八戒！
Bājiè? Hǎo míngzi! Yǐhòu, wǒ jiù shì Zhū Bājiè!
Bajie? What a fine name! From now on, I'm Zhu Bajie!
- Narrator 那天晚上，高太公请大家吃饭。
Nà tiān wǎnshang, Gāo Tàigōng qǐng dàjiā chīfàn.
That evening, Old Gao gave a farewell dinner for everyone.
- Zhu Bajie 好吃，好吃！丈人，再来十个包子！不，二十个！
Hǎochī, hǎochī! Zhàngren, zài lái shí gè bāozi! Bù, èrshí gè!
Delicious, delicious! Father-in-law, ten more buns! No, make it twenty!
- Tang Seng 八戒，出家人要少吃一点儿……
Bājiè, chūjiārén yào shǎo chī yìdiǎnr…
Bajie, a monk ought to eat a little less...
- Zhu Bajie 师父，老猪肚子大，少吃一点儿，就走不动了！
Shīfu, Lǎo Zhū dùzi dà, shǎo chī yìdiǎnr, jiù zǒu bu dòng le!
Master, Old Pig has a big belly. If I eat any less, I won't be able to walk!
- Sun Wukong 哈哈！呆子，你的肚子，比高老庄的房子还大！
Hāhā! Dāizi, nǐ de dùzi, bǐ Gāolǎo Zhuāng de fángzi hái dà!
Ha ha! Dummy, your belly is bigger than the houses in Gao Village!
- Zhu Bajie 丈人，你好好照顾翠兰。如果我们没取到经，老猪还回来做女婿！
Zhàngren, nǐ hǎohǎo zhàogù Cuìlán. Rúguǒ wǒmen méi qǔ dào jīng, Lǎo Zhū hái huílái zuò nǚxu!
Father-in-law, take good care of Cuilan. If we don't get the scriptures, Old Pig will come back and be your son-in-law again!
- Sun Wukong 呆子，别乱说！快走吧！
Dāizi, bié luàn shuō! Kuài zǒu ba!
Dummy, stop talking nonsense! Let's go!
- Old Gao 好，好！你们快走吧，我家的包子都没有了！
Hǎo, hǎo! Nǐmen kuài zǒu ba, wǒ jiā de bāozi dōu méiyǒu le!
Yes, yes! Off you go, please. There isn't a bun left in my house!
- Narrator 又走了很多天，他们来到一条大河边。河上没有船。
Yòu zǒu le hěn duō tiān, tāmen láidào yì tiáo dà hé biān. Hé shang méiyǒu chuán.
Many days later, they came to a great river. There wasn't a boat in sight.
- Zhu Bajie 猴哥，这条河这么大，没有船，我们怎么过去？
Hóugē, zhè tiáo hé zhème dà, méiyǒu chuán, wǒmen zěnme guòqù?
Brother Monkey, this river is so big, and there's no boat. How do we get across?
- Narrator 忽然，一个妖怪从水里跳出来，要抓唐僧！
Hūrán, yí gè yāoguài cóng shuǐ lǐ tiào chūlái, yào zhuā Táng Sēng!
Suddenly a monster leapt out of the water and lunged for Tang Seng!
- Zhu Bajie 师父，小心！水里有妖怪！
Shīfu, xiǎoxīn! Shuǐ lǐ yǒu yāoguài!
Master, look out! There's a monster in the water!
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What changed in the story?
- Who was the pig monster before he came down to earth?
“我以前是天蓬元帅，管着天河！”
- Why was he sent down from heaven?
“我喝多了酒，看见嫦娥，就拉着她的手不放……”
- Why does the pig monster drop his rake?
“老孙在保护唐僧，去西天取经！”……“取经的人？观音菩萨让我在这里等他！”
- What does Tang Seng praise before he names the pig Bajie?
“你不吃肉，很好。我给你起个名字，叫八戒吧。”
- What does Bajie tell Old Gao before they leave?
“如果我们没取到经，老猪还回来做女婿！”