Journey to the West: The Four Pilgrims · chapter 21 of 25
The Yellow Wind
黄风
Wukong pounds on the Yellow Wind Cave's door, and Bajie wins the first fight of the day. Then the king comes out, with a wind like no other.
Read what you hear
- Zhu Bajie 别怕，别怕，有老猪在。师父在黄风洞里，哥哥去救他了。
Bié pà, bié pà, yǒu Lǎo Zhū zài. Shīfu zài Huángfēng Dòng lǐ, gēge qù jiù tā le.
Easy, easy, Old Zhu is here. Master is in Yellow Wind Cave, and my brother has gone to save him.
- Sun Wukong 开门！开门！黄风怪，快放了我师父！
Kāi mén! Kāi mén! Huángfēng Guài, kuài fàng le wǒ shīfu!
Open up! Open up! Yellow Wind demon, let my master go, now!
- the Yellow Wind King 孙行者来了？好，不用等三天了！虎先锋，去打死他，再煮唐僧！
Sūn Xíngzhě lái le? Hǎo, bú yòng děng sān tiān le! Hǔ Xiānfēng, qù dǎsǐ tā, zài zhǔ Táng Sēng!
Sun Wukong is here? Good, no need to wait three days! Tiger Vanguard, go and kill him. Then we boil Tang Seng!
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- Narrator 洞门开了。虎先锋带着五十个小妖，跑了出来。
Dòng mén kāi le. Hǔ Xiānfēng dàizhe wǔshí gè xiǎoyāo, pǎo le chūlai.
The cave door opened. Out ran the Tiger Vanguard with fifty little demons.
- Sun Wukong 又是你这只老虎！你的虎皮呢？今天老孙不会再上当了！看棒！
Yòu shì nǐ zhè zhī lǎohǔ! Nǐ de hǔpí ne? Jīntiān Lǎo Sūn bú huì zài shàngdàng le! Kàn bàng!
You again, tiger! Where's your tiger skin? Old Sun won't fall for that trick again today! Here comes my staff!
- Zhu Bajie 小妖都跑了……老虎往老猪这里跑来了？好啊！看我的钉耙！
Xiǎoyāo dōu pǎo le… Lǎohǔ wǎng Lǎo Zhū zhèlǐ pǎo lái le? Hǎo a! Kàn wǒ de dīngpá!
The little demons have all run off... and the tiger's running straight at Old Zhu? Wonderful! Have a taste of my rake!
- Narrator 八戒打死了虎先锋。
Bājiè dǎsǐ le Hǔ Xiānfēng.
Bajie killed the Tiger Vanguard.
- Zhu Bajie 哥哥，你看！你让他跑了，老猪一下就打死了！
Gēge, nǐ kàn! Nǐ ràng tā pǎo le, Lǎo Zhū yíxià jiù dǎsǐ le!
Brother, look! You let him get away, and Old Zhu killed him with one blow!
- Sun Wukong 好呆子，比老孙还快！你和马在山下等着，老孙去打大王。
Hǎo dāizi, bǐ Lǎo Sūn hái kuài! Nǐ hé mǎ zài shān xià děngzhe, Lǎo Sūn qù dǎ dàwáng.
Nice work, you idiot, even faster than Old Sun! You and the horse wait down here. Old Sun is going after the king.
- Zhu Bajie 哥哥，小心！大王出来了！
Gēge, xiǎoxīn! Dàwáng chūlai le!
Brother, look out! The king is coming out!
- Sun Wukong 你是黄风大王？穿着金色的衣服，真好看啊！
Nǐ shì Huángfēng Dàwáng? Chuānzhe jīnsè de yīfu, zhēn hǎokàn a!
You're the Yellow Wind King? All dressed in gold. How pretty!
- the Yellow Wind King 你是孙行者？我还以为孙行者很高很大……原来这么小！
Nǐ shì Sūn Xíngzhě? Wǒ hái yǐwéi Sūn Xíngzhě hěn gāo hěn dà… yuánlái zhème xiǎo!
You're Sun Wukong? I thought Sun Wukong would be big and tall... and you're this small!
- Sun Wukong 小？老孙身上的毛，都能变成老孙！你看着：变！
Xiǎo? Lǎo Sūn shēnshang de máo, dōu néng biànchéng Lǎo Sūn! Nǐ kànzhe: biàn!
Small? Every hair on Old Sun can become Old Sun! Watch: Transform!
- Zhu Bajie 一百个哥哥？一个已经够多了！
Yìbǎi gè gēge? Yí gè yǐjīng gòu duō le!
A hundred brothers? One was already too many!
- the Yellow Wind King 一百个？好，我吹一下，看你们还在不在！
Yìbǎi gè? Hǎo, wǒ chuī yíxià, kàn nǐmen hái zài bu zài!
A hundred? Fine. One little blow, and we'll see if you're still here!
- Zhu Bajie 天哪！好大的风！一百个哥哥都在天上飞！
Tiān na! Hǎo dà de fēng! Yìbǎi gè gēge dōu zài tiānshàng fēi!
Oh no! What a wind! All one hundred brothers are flying around in the sky!
- Sun Wukong 沙子！沙子进了老孙的眼睛！好疼……睁不开了！
Shāzi! Shāzi jìn le Lǎo Sūn de yǎnjing! Hǎo téng… zhēng bu kāi le!
Sand! Sand in Old Sun's eyes! It hurts... I can't open them!
- the Yellow Wind King 小猴子，还打不打？回家去吧！
Xiǎo hóuzi, hái dǎ bu dǎ? Huí jiā qù ba!
Little monkey, still want to fight? Run along home!
- Zhu Bajie 哥哥！哥哥，你怎么哭了？这么多眼泪！
Gēge! Gēge, nǐ zěnme kū le? Zhème duō yǎnlèi!
Brother! Brother, why are you crying? So many tears!
- Sun Wukong 谁哭了？老孙没哭！是沙子！
Shéi kū le? Lǎo Sūn méi kū! Shì shāzi!
Who's crying? Old Sun is not crying! It's the sand!
- Zhu Bajie 好，好，是沙子。来，拉着老猪，我们去找个地方住。
Hǎo, hǎo, shì shāzi. Lái, lāzhe Lǎo Zhū, wǒmen qù zhǎo gè dìfang zhù.
All right, all right, it's the sand. Here, hold on to Old Zhu. Let's go find somewhere to stay.
- Narrator 夜里，山下有一个小房子。一个老人开了门。
Yèlǐ, shān xià yǒu yí gè xiǎo fángzi. Yí gè lǎorén kāi le mén.
That night, at the foot of the mountain, they came to a little house. An old man opened the door.
- Zhu Bajie 老人家，我哥哥碰到了黄风大王，眼睛疼得睁不开。
Lǎorénjia, wǒ gēge pèngdào le Huángfēng Dàwáng, yǎnjing téng de zhēng bu kāi.
Sir, my brother ran into the Yellow Wind King, and now his eyes hurt too much to open.
- Narrator 老人说：“大王的风啊，吹到谁，谁就活不了！”
Lǎorén shuō: “Dàwáng de fēng a, chuī dào shéi, shéi jiù huó bu liǎo!”
The old man said, “The king's wind? Anyone it hits won't live!”
- Zhu Bajie 活不了？哥哥，你……你还活着吗？
Huó bu liǎo? Gēge, nǐ… nǐ hái huózhe ma?
Won't live? Brother, are you... are you still alive?
- Sun Wukong 还活着。可是老孙的火眼金睛……什么都看不见了！
Hái huózhe. Kěshì Lǎo Sūn de huǒyǎn jīnjīng… shénme dōu kàn bu jiàn le!
Still alive. But Old Sun's fiery golden eyes... can't see a thing!
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What changed in the story?
- Why does the Yellow Wind King say there is no need to wait three days?
“孙行者来了？好，不用等三天了！”
- Who kills the Tiger Vanguard?
“八戒打死了虎先锋。”
- What does the Yellow Wind King laugh at when he first sees Wukong?
“原来这么小！”
- What happens to the hundred little Wukongs?
“一百个哥哥都在天上飞！”
- Why are tears running from Wukong's eyes?
“沙子进了老孙的眼睛！……是沙子！”