Journey to the West: The Four Pilgrims · chapter 8 of 25
Six Robbers
六个强盗
A farmer remembers the monkey under the mountain, Wukong has his first bath in five hundred years, and six robbers make a very big mistake.
Read what you hear
- Tang Seng 天黑了。悟空，前边有个房子，我们去住一晚吧。
Tiān hēi le. Wùkōng, qiánbian yǒu gè fángzi, wǒmen qù zhù yì wǎn ba.
It's getting dark. Wukong, there's a house ahead. Let's ask to stay the night.
- Sun Wukong 好！老孙去叫门。有人吗？开门！
Hǎo! Lǎo Sūn qù jiào mén. Yǒu rén ma? Kāi mén!
Sure! Old Sun will knock. Anyone home? Open up!
- Narrator 门开了。一个老人看见悟空，大叫：“妖怪！穿虎皮的妖怪！”
Mén kāi le. Yí gè lǎorén kànjiàn Wùkōng, dà jiào: “Yāoguài! Chuān hǔpí de yāoguài!”
The door opened. An old man saw Wukong and screamed, “A demon! A demon in a tiger skin!”
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- Sun Wukong 老人家别怕！老孙不是妖怪，你好好看看！
Lǎorénjia bié pà! Lǎo Sūn bú shì yāoguài, nǐ hǎohǎo kànkan!
Don't be scared, old man! Old Sun is no demon. Take a good look!
- Narrator 老人看了又看，笑了：“是你！我小时候看见过你，你在五行山下，头上都是草！”
Lǎorén kàn le yòu kàn, xiào le: “Shì nǐ! Wǒ xiǎoshíhou kànjiàn guo nǐ, nǐ zài Wǔxíng Shān xià, tóu shàng dōu shì cǎo!”
The old man looked and looked, then laughed. “It's you! I saw you when I was a boy, under the Five Elements Mountain, with grass all over your head!”
- Sun Wukong 对！那时候，老孙脸上的土，比头上的草还多！
Duì! Nà shíhou, Lǎo Sūn liǎn shàng de tǔ, bǐ tóu shàng de cǎo hái duō!
That's right! Back then, Old Sun had more dirt on his face than grass on his head!
- Tang Seng 原来你们认识！太好了。
Yuánlái nǐmen rènshi! Tài hǎo le.
So you two know each other! Wonderful.
- Sun Wukong 老人家，有水吗？老孙五百年没洗澡了！
Lǎorénjia, yǒu shuǐ ma? Lǎo Sūn wǔbǎi nián méi xǐzǎo le!
Old man, got any water? Old Sun hasn't had a bath in five hundred years!
- Tang Seng 五百年？快去洗，快去洗！
Wǔbǎi nián? Kuài qù xǐ, kuài qù xǐ!
Five hundred years? Go and wash! Go!
- Sun Wukong 舒服！师父，有针和线吗？老孙要做好裙子。
Shūfu! Shīfu, yǒu zhēn hé xiàn ma? Lǎo Sūn yào zuò hǎo qúnzi.
Ahh, that's good! Master, have you got a needle and thread? Old Sun wants to finish his skirt properly.
- Tang Seng 针和线，给你。我还有一件白衣服，短了一点儿，也给你吧。
Zhēn hé xiàn, gěi nǐ. Wǒ hái yǒu yí jiàn bái yīfu, duǎn le yìdiǎnr, yě gěi nǐ ba.
Here's a needle and thread. And I have a white shirt that's a little short. You can have that too.
- Sun Wukong 白衣服，虎皮裙子！师父，老孙像不像一个和尚？
Bái yīfu, hǔpí qúnzi! Shīfu, Lǎo Sūn xiàng bu xiàng yí gè héshang?
A white shirt and a tiger-skin skirt! Master, does Old Sun look like a monk?
- Tang Seng 像，像我的好徒弟。
Xiàng, xiàng wǒ de hǎo túdì.
You do. You look like my good disciple.
- Narrator 第二天，六个强盗从路边跳了出来，大叫：“留下马，留下东西！”
Dì èr tiān, liù gè qiángdào cóng lùbiān tiào le chūlai, dà jiào: “Liúxià mǎ, liúxià dōngxi!”
The next day, six robbers jumped out from the side of the road, shouting, “Leave the horse! Leave your things!”
- Tang Seng 悟空，他们都有刀！
Wùkōng, tāmen dōu yǒu dāo!
Wukong, they've all got swords!
- Sun Wukong 刀？来，往老孙头上打！
Dāo? Lái, wǎng Lǎo Sūn tóu shàng dǎ!
Swords? Come on, hit Old Sun on the head!
- Sun Wukong 打完了？老孙的头，一点儿也不疼！现在，老孙来！
Dǎ wán le? Lǎo Sūn de tóu, yìdiǎnr yě bù téng! Xiànzài, Lǎo Sūn lái!
Finished? Old Sun's head doesn't hurt one bit! Now it's Old Sun's turn!
- Narrator 悟空从耳朵里拿出金箍棒。六个强盗，都死了。
Wùkōng cóng ěrduo lǐ náchū jīn gū bàng. Liù gè qiángdào, dōu sǐ le.
Wukong took the Golden-Hoop Staff out of his ear. All six robbers died.
- Tang Seng 悟空！你……你打死了六个人！
Wùkōng! Nǐ… nǐ dǎsǐ le liù gè rén!
Wukong! You... you've killed six people!
- Sun Wukong 师父，我不打死他们，他们就打死你了！
Shīfu, wǒ bù dǎsǐ tāmen, tāmen jiù dǎsǐ nǐ le!
Master, if I hadn't killed them, they'd have killed you!
- Tang Seng 我们和尚，小猫小狗都不打。你怎么能打死人？
Wǒmen héshang, xiǎo māo xiǎo gǒu dōu bù dǎ. Nǐ zěnme néng dǎsǐ rén?
We monks won't even hit a kitten or a puppy. How could you kill people?
- Tang Seng 我说过，不要乱打人！你还说保护我？
Wǒ shuō guo, bú yào luàn dǎ rén! Nǐ hái shuō bǎohù wǒ?
I told you not to go around hitting people! And you call that protecting me?
- Tang Seng 你这样，怎么做和尚？怎么去西天？你……
Nǐ zhèyàng, zěnme zuò héshang? Zěnme qù Xītiān? Nǐ…
How can you be a monk like this? How can you go to the Western Heaven? You...
- Sun Wukong 好，老孙不做和尚了！老孙去也！
Hǎo, Lǎo Sūn bú zuò héshang le! Lǎo Sūn qù yě!
Fine! Old Sun is done being a monk! Old Sun is off!
- Tang Seng 悟空！悟空！他……他跳上筋斗云走了……
Wùkōng! Wùkōng! Tā… tā tiào shàng jīndǒuyún zǒu le…
Wukong! Wukong! He... he jumped on his somersault cloud, and he's gone...
- Narrator 路上，走来一个老奶奶，拿着一件衣服和一顶花帽子。
Lù shàng, zǒu lái yí gè lǎonǎinai, názhe yí jiàn yīfu hé yì dǐng huā màozi.
Down the road came an old woman, carrying a robe and a flowered cap.
- Tang Seng 这个猴子……我一个人，怎么去西天？
Zhège hóuzi… wǒ yí gè rén, zěnme qù Xītiān?
That monkey... How can I get to the Western Heaven all alone?
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What changed in the story?
- Why does the old man laugh after screaming at Wukong?
“我小时候看见过你，你在五行山下”
- What does Wukong ask for after his bath?
“有针和线吗？老孙要做好裙子”
- What happens when the robbers hit Wukong on the head?
“老孙的头，一点儿也不疼”
- Why is Tang Seng so angry with Wukong?
“你……你打死了六个人”
- What does Wukong do when Tang Seng keeps scolding him?
“老孙不做和尚了！老孙去也”