Journey to the West: The Four Pilgrims · chapter 19 of 25
A Pig Called Eight Rules
八戒
Wukong finally says why he has come, and the monster's answer surprises everyone. Then a wise man who lives in a tree has a gift for Tang Seng.
Read what you hear
- Sun Wukong 谁叫我来的？老孙保护师父去西天取经，高老庄的人请我们来抓你！
Shéi jiào wǒ lái de? Lǎo Sūn bǎohù shīfu qù Xītiān qǔjīng, Gāolǎo Zhuāng de rén qǐng wǒmen lái zhuā nǐ!
Who sent me? Old Sun is guarding his master on the way to the Western Heaven for the scriptures, and Gao Village asked us to catch you!
- Narrator 福陵山上，妖怪一听，马上放下了钉耙。
Fúlíng Shān shàng, yāoguài yì tīng, mǎshàng fàngxià le dīngpá.
On Fuling Mountain the monster heard this and at once put down his rake.
- Zhu Bajie 取经人在哪里？你怎么不早说？
Qǔjīng rén zài nǎlǐ? Nǐ zěnme bù zǎo shuō?
Where is the pilgrim? Why didn't you say so before?
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- Sun Wukong 你说什么？你也在等他？
Nǐ shuō shénme? Nǐ yě zài děng tā?
What did you say? You've been waiting for him too?
- Zhu Bajie 菩萨叫老猪在这里等取经人，老猪天天都在等！哥哥，你等我一下！
Púsà jiào Lǎo Zhū zài zhèlǐ děng qǔjīng rén, Lǎo Zhū tiāntiān dōu zài děng! Gēge, nǐ děng wǒ yíxià!
Guanyin told Old Zhu to wait here for the pilgrim, and Old Zhu has been waiting every single day! Brother, wait for me a moment!
- Narrator 他放火烧了云栈洞。悟空拉着他的耳朵，回到了高老庄。
Tā fànghuǒ shāo le Yúnzhàn Dòng. Wùkōng lā zhe tā de ěrduo, huídào le Gāolǎo Zhuāng.
He set fire to Cloud-Path Cave. Then Wukong led him by the ear back to Gao Village.
- Zhu Bajie 哥哥，轻一点儿！我的耳朵！
Gēge, qīng yìdiǎnr! Wǒ de ěrduo!
Brother, not so hard! My ear!
- Tang Seng 悟空，这是高太公家的妖怪女婿？
Wùkōng, zhè shì Gāo Tàigōng jiā de yāoguài nǚxu?
Wukong, is this Old Gao's monster son-in-law?
- Zhu Bajie 师父！老猪等你很久了！
Shīfu! Lǎo Zhū děng nǐ hěn jiǔ le!
Master! Old Zhu has waited so long for you!
- Tang Seng 快起来。你有名字吗？
Kuài qǐlai. Nǐ yǒu míngzi ma?
Get up, quickly. Do you have a name?
- Zhu Bajie 菩萨给我起了名字，叫猪悟能。
Púsà gěi wǒ qǐ le míngzi, jiào Zhū Wùnéng.
Guanyin gave me a name: Zhu Wuneng.
- Tang Seng 悟能？好名字！你和悟空，真像一家人。
Wùnéng? Hǎo míngzi! Nǐ hé Wùkōng, zhēn xiàng yìjiārén.
Wuneng? A fine name! You and Wukong sound like one family.
- Sun Wukong 师父，他可比老孙丑多了！
Shīfu, tā kě bǐ Lǎo Sūn chǒu duō le!
Master, he's a lot uglier than Old Sun!
- Tang Seng 你不吃肉，我再给你起个名字，叫八戒。
Nǐ bù chī ròu, wǒ zài gěi nǐ qǐ gè míngzi, jiào Bājiè.
You don't eat meat, so I'll give you one more name: Bajie, 'eight rules'.
- Zhu Bajie 八戒？好！那……师父，今天可以吃肉了吗？
Bājiè? Hǎo! Nà… shīfu, jīntiān kěyǐ chī ròu le ma?
Bajie? Great! Master, does that mean I can eat meat today?
- Tang Seng 不可以！
Bù kěyǐ!
You may not!
- Sun Wukong 呆子！刚有了名字，就想吃肉！
Dāizi! Gāng yǒu le míngzi, jiù xiǎng chī ròu!
You idiot! You've only just got a name, and already you want meat!
- Old Gao 师父们，吃饭吧！米饭、青菜，还有饼！
Shīfumen, chī fàn ba! Mǐfàn, qīngcài, hái yǒu bǐng!
Masters, come and eat! Rice, greens, and cakes too!
- Zhu Bajie 好吃！老猪还要十个饼！
Hǎochī! Lǎo Zhū hái yào shí gè bǐng!
Delicious! Old Zhu wants ten more cakes!
- Old Gao 已经二十八，二十九……三十个饼了！
Yǐjīng èrshíbā, èrshíjiǔ… sānshí gè bǐng le!
That's twenty-eight, twenty-nine... thirty cakes already!
- Tang Seng 老人家，谢谢您。我们要走了。
Lǎorénjia, xièxie nín. Wǒmen yào zǒu le.
Thank you, sir. We must be on our way.
- Old Gao 师父们，这些银子，请拿去吧！
Shīfumen, zhèxiē yínzi, qǐng ná qù ba!
Masters, please take this silver!
- Tang Seng 我们和尚，不要钱。
Wǒmen héshang, bú yào qián.
We monks don't take money.
- Zhu Bajie 老猪也不要钱。你们要对翠兰好一点儿！取不到经，老猪再回来做女婿！
Lǎo Zhū yě bú yào qián. Nǐmen yào duì Cuìlán hǎo yìdiǎnr! Qǔ bu dào jīng, Lǎo Zhū zài huílai zuò nǚxu!
Old Zhu doesn't want money either. Just be good to Cuilan! If we can't get the scriptures, Old Zhu will come back and be your son-in-law again!
- Sun Wukong 呆子，别再胡说了！
Dāizi, bié zài húshuō le!
Idiot, enough of your nonsense!
- Tang Seng 八戒，这些东西，你来拿吧。
Bājiè, zhèxiē dōngxi, nǐ lái ná ba.
Bajie, you carry these things.
- Zhu Bajie 老猪刚做徒弟，就要拿这么多东西……
Lǎo Zhū gāng zuò túdì, jiù yào ná zhème duō dōngxi…
Old Zhu has only just become a disciple, and already he has to carry all this...
- Narrator 他们走了一个多月，来到一座山上。大树上，住着乌巢禅师。
Tāmen zǒu le yí gè duō yuè, láidào yí zuò shān shàng. Dà shù shàng, zhù zhe Wūcháo Chánshī.
After more than a month on the road they climbed a mountain. Up in a big tree lived the Crow's Nest Zen Master.
- Zhu Bajie 师父，这个乌巢禅师，老猪认识！他什么都知道。
Shīfu, zhège Wūcháo Chánshī, Lǎo Zhū rènshi! Tā shénme dōu zhīdào.
Master, Old Zhu knows this Crow's Nest Zen Master! He knows everything.
- Narrator 乌巢禅师给了唐僧心经，说：“前边妖怪很多，水里也有。怕的时候，就念心经。”
Wūcháo Chánshī gěi le Táng Sēng Xīnjīng, shuō: “Qiánbian yāoguài hěn duō, shuǐ lǐ yě yǒu. Pà de shíhou, jiù niàn Xīnjīng.”
The Crow's Nest Zen Master gave Tang Seng the Heart Sutra and said, “Ahead there are many demons, some in the water too. When you are afraid, read the Heart Sutra.”
- Sun Wukong 妖怪很多？好啊！老孙的金箍棒，正想动一动！
Yāoguài hěn duō? Hǎo a! Lǎo Sūn de jīn gū bàng, zhèng xiǎng dòng yi dòng!
Lots of demons? Good! Old Sun's Golden-Hoop Staff is itching for some work!
- Tang Seng 有了心经，我什么都不怕了。
Yǒu le Xīnjīng, wǒ shénme dōu bú pà le.
With the Heart Sutra, I'm not afraid of anything now.
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What changed in the story?
- Why does the monster put down his rake?
“老孙保护师父去西天取经”
- Why does Tang Seng give him the name Bajie?
“你不吃肉，我再给你起个名字，叫八戒。”
- What does Bajie ask his new master right after getting his name?
“师父，今天可以吃肉了吗？”
- What does Bajie tell the Gao family as he leaves?
“你们要对翠兰好一点儿！取不到经，老猪再回来做女婿！”
- What does the Zen master tell Tang Seng to do when he is afraid?
“怕的时候，就念心经。”