Three Borrowings of the Plantain Fan | 三借芭蕉扇

English Original

The Tang Priest and his three disciples—Monkey (Wukong), Pig, and Friar Sand—were journeying to the Western Heaven. They felt the air grow strangely hot for autumn and soon learned the Fiery Mountains lay ahead.

These mountains spanned 800 li in circumference, barren of all vegetation. A cake seller informed them that crossing was impossible without a magic plantain fan, owned only by Princess Iron Fan. After settling his master, Monkey went to her Plantain Cave.

The princess, wife of the Bull Demon King and mother of Red Boy, bore a grudge. Monkey had previously subdued Red Boy for attempting to eat the Tang Priest. She refused to lend the fan and, with one wave, blew Monkey far away.

Learning of this, Bodhisattva Lingji gave Monkey a Wind-Fixing Pill. On his second visit, with the pill in his mouth, Monkey stood firm against the fan's power. The princess retreated and locked her cave. Monkey then transformed into an insect, entering her belly as she drank tea. In agony, she promised the fan but gave him a fake.

For the third attempt, Monkey decided to impersonate the Bull Demon King and successfully obtained the fan. Discovering the trick, the real Bull Demon King gave chase, leading to a fierce fight. Pig and Friar Sand soon arrived to aid Monkey, forcing the demon to reveal his true form.

With the genuine plantain fan, Monkey extinguished the mountain fires. The master and disciples then resumed their westward journey to fetch the scriptures.


中文翻译

唐僧与他的三个徒弟——孙悟空、猪八戒和沙和尚——正前往西天取经。他们感到空气异常炎热,虽值秋季。随后得知前方正是火焰山

此山方圆八百里,寸草不生。一位卖糕少年告知,若无铁扇公主的芭蕉宝扇,便无法过山。安顿好师父后,孙悟空便前往芭蕉洞求见铁扇公主。

公主是牛魔王的妻子、红孩儿的母亲。因孙悟空曾降伏企图吃掉唐僧的红孩儿,公主怀恨在心,拒绝借扇,并用宝扇将孙悟空扇得无影无踪。

灵吉菩萨得知后,赠予孙悟空一粒定风丹。孙悟空第二次借扇时,口含定风丹,任凭公主如何挥扇也岿然不动。公主急忙回洞紧闭大门。孙悟空却变作小虫,趁公主喝茶时钻入其腹中。公主疼痛难忍,只得答应借扇,却给了一把假扇。

第三次,孙悟空决定变作牛魔王的模样,骗得了真扇。牛魔王闻讯急忙追来,与孙悟空展开激战。不久,猪八戒和沙和尚前来助战,迫使牛魔王现出原形。

孙悟空用芭蕉扇熄灭了山火。师徒四人继续西行,踏上了求取真经的旅程。

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