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《陳敬濟弄一得雙 潘金蓮熱心冷麵 - Chen Jingji Gains Two from One Move Pan Jinlian Warm Heart, Cold Face》 | English translation: AI and Chinese Text Project users [?] | Library Resources |
| 1 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 詩曰： |
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聞道雙銜鳳帶，不妨單著鮫綃。夜香知為阿誰燒？悵望水沉煙梟。 雲鬢風前綠捲，玉顏想處紅潮，莫交空負可憐宵，月下雙灣步俏。 右調《西江月》 | ||
| Hearing that double-ornamented phoenix sashes are mentioned, it is not wrong to wear a single piece of 鲛绡. At night, the incense knows for whom it is burned? Longingly gazing at the sinking water and smoke hawks. Before the wind, her cloud-like hair rolls green; in my thoughts, her jade-like face blushes red. Do not let this pitiable night pass in vain, beneath the moonlight, her twin steps are graceful and charming. The above is "Xi Jiang Yue" (West River Moon). | ||
| 2 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 話說潘金蓮與陳敬濟，自從在廂房裡得手之後，兩個人嘗著甜頭兒，日逐白日偷寒，黃昏送暖。或倚肩嘲笑，或並坐調情，掐打揪撏，通無忌憚。或有人跟前不得說話，將心事寫了，搓成紙條兒，丟在地下，你有話傳與我，我有話傳與你。一日，四月天氣，潘金蓮將自己袖的一方銀絲汗貼兒，裹著一個紗香袋兒，裡面裝一縷頭髮並些松柏兒，封的停當，要與敬濟。不想敬濟不在廂房內，遂打窗眼內投進去。後敬濟進房，看見彌封甚厚，打開卻是汗巾香袋兒，紙上寫一詞，名《寄生草》： |
| It is said that since Pan Jinlian and Chen Jingji had their first success in the 厢房 (xiangfang, side room), the two of them tasted sweetness; they stole moments together during the day and warmed each other at dusk. Sometimes leaning on each other's shoulders and laughing, or sitting side by side to flirt, pinching, pulling, and grabbing—completely without restraint. When they could not speak in front of others, they would write down their thoughts, roll the paper into a strip, and drop it on the ground; you passed messages to me, I passed messages to you. One day, on a April day, Pan Jinlian wrapped a silver-threaded sweatband from her own sleeve with a gauze sachet inside, which contained a strand of hair and some pine needles; she sealed it properly to give to Jingji. Unbeknownst to her, Jingji was not in the 厢房 (xiangfáng, side room), so she threw it through the window opening. Later, when Jingji entered the room and saw that it was sealed very tightly, he opened it to find a sweatband sachet. On the paper inside was written a verse titled "Jishengcao" (Parasitic Grass): | ||
| 將奴這銀絲帕，並香囊寄與他。當初結下青絲發。松柏兒要你常牽掛，淚珠兒滴寫相思話。夜深燈照的奴影兒孤，休負了夜深潛等荼縻架。 | ||
| I send him this silver-threaded handkerchief and fragrant sachet. We once tied our black hair together in a vow. The pine needles ask you to always remember me; my tears write words of longing for you. At deep night, the lamp casts a lonely shadow of me—do not betray the silent waiting beneath the tea vine trellis at midnight. | ||
| 3 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 敬濟見詞上約他在荼縻架下等候，私會佳期。隨即封了一柄湘妃筆金扇兒，亦寫了一詞在上回答他，袖入花園內。不想月娘正在金蓮房中坐著，這敬濟三不知，走進角門就叫：「可意人在家不在？」這金蓮聽見是他語音，恐怕月娘聽見決撒了，連忙掀帘子走出來。看著他擺手兒，佯說：「我道是誰，原來是陳姐夫來尋大姐。大姐剛纔在這裡，和他每往花園亭子上摘花兒去了。」這敬濟見有月娘在房裡，就把物事暗暗遞與婦人袖了，他就出去了。月娘便問：「陳姐夫來做甚麼？」金蓮道：「他來尋大姐，我回他往花園中去了。」以此瞞過月娘。少頃，月娘起身回後邊去了。金蓮向袖中取出拆開，卻是湘妃竹金扇兒一柄，上面一種青蒲，半溪流水，有《水仙子》一首詞兒： |
| Jingji saw in the verse that she had arranged to meet him under the tea vine trellis for a secret rendezvous. He immediately sealed an Xiangfei brush gold fan, also wrote a verse on it as a reply, and slipped it into the garden. Unbeknownst to them, Yue Niang was sitting in Jinlian's room. Jingji, without realizing it, walked through the side gate and called out: "My beloved, are you at home or not?" Jinlian heard his voice and, fearing that Yue Niang would overhear and expose the secret, hurriedly pulled aside the curtain and stepped out. She looked at him, waved her hand, and pretended to say: "I thought it was someone else; it's only Uncle Chen looking for my elder sister." "My elder sister just left here and went with them to the garden pavilion to pick flowers." Seeing that Yue Niang was in the room, Jingji secretly handed the item to the woman and tucked it into her sleeve before leaving. Yue Niang then asked: "What did Uncle Chen come for?" Jinlian said, "He came looking for my elder sister; I told him she had gone to the garden." In this way, they deceived Yue Niang. After a short while, Yue Niang got up and went back to the rear part of the house. Jinlian took it out from her sleeve and opened it; it was a golden fan made of Xiangfei bamboo, with a painting of green rush grass and a stream flowing in the background. On it was written a verse of "Shuixianszi" (Water Nymph): | ||
| 紫竹白紗甚逍遙，綠囗青蒲巧製成，金鉸銀錢十分妙。美人兒堪用著，遮炎天少把風招。有人處常常袖著，無人處慢慢輕搖，休教那俗人見偷了。 | ||
| Purple bamboo and white gauze are so carefree; green rush grass is skillfully crafted, with golden hinges and silver coins—truly exquisite. It's suitable for a beauty to use, shading the scorching summer heat while gently fanning the breeze. When among people, keep it tucked in your sleeve; when alone, slowly and lightly fan yourself—do not let vulgar people see and steal it. | ||
| 4 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 婦人看見其詞，到於晚夕月上時，早把春梅、秋菊兩個丫頭打發些酒與他吃，關在那邊炕屋睡。然後自在房中，綠半啟，絳燭高燒，收拾床鋪衾枕，薰香澡牝，獨立木香棚下，專等敬濟來赴佳期。西門大姐那夜恰好被月娘請去後邊，聽王姑子宣捲去了，只有元宵兒在屋裡。敬濟梯己與了他一方手帕，分付他：「看守房中，我往你五娘那邊下棋去。等大姑娘進來，你快來。」元宵兒應諾了。敬濟得手，走來花園中，只見花篩月影，參差提成映。走到荼縻架下，遠望見婦人摘去冠兒，亂輓烏雲，悄悄在木香棚下獨立。這敬濟猛然從荼縻架下突出，雙手把婦人抱住。把婦人唬了一跳，說：「呸，小短命！猛然外事出來，唬了我一跳。早是我，你摟便將就罷了，若是別人，你也恁膽大摟起來？」敬濟吃得半酣兒，笑道：「早是摟了你，就錯摟了紅娘，也是沒奈何。」兩個於是相摟相抱，攜手進入房中。房中熒煌煌掌著燈燭，桌上設著酒餚，一面頂了角門，並肩而坐飲酒。婦人便問：「你來，大姐在那裡？」敬濟道：「大姐後邊聽宣捲去了，我分付下元宵兒，有事來這裡叫，我只說在這裡下棋。」說畢，上歡笑做一處。飲酒多時，常言「風流茶說合，酒是色媒人」，不覺竹葉穿心，桃花上臉，一個嘴兒相親，一個腮兒廝搵，罩了燈，上床交接。有《六娘子》小詞為證： |
| The woman, upon reading the verse, on that evening when the moon rose, sent some wine to her two maidservants, Chunmei and Qiuju, so they would be drunk and locked them in the kang room (a heated sleeping chamber) on the other side. Then, at her leisure in the room, she slightly opened the green curtain, lit a high red candle, prepared the bed with quilts and pillows, bathed and perfumed herself, and stood alone beneath the wood-scented trellis, waiting specially for Jingji to come for their tryst. That night, Ximen Dajie happened to be invited by Yue Niang to the back part of the house and went to listen to a nun named Wang recite scriptures; only Yuanxiao was in the room. Jingji secretly gave him a handkerchief and instructed him: "Watch the room for me; I'm going to play chess with your Fifth Madam." "Come quickly when the eldest daughter comes in." Yuanxiao nodded and agreed. Jingji, having succeeded in his plan, came to the garden; he saw moonlight filtering through the flowers, casting uneven shadows. He walked to under the tea vine trellis and saw from afar that the woman had removed her cap, disheveled her black hair in a haphazard way, and was standing quietly alone beneath the wood-scented arbor. Jingji suddenly emerged from under the tea vine trellis, grabbed her with both hands and embraced her. The woman was startled and said, "Hmph! You little short-liver!" Suddenly appearing out of nowhere like that really scared me. If it had been someone else, would you have dared to hug them so boldly?" Jingji, half-drunk and laughing, said: "Even if I had hugged you by mistake for Hongniang, it would have been unavoidable." The two then embraced each other and hand in hand entered the room. Inside the room, the lamps and candles burned brightly; a table was set with wine and delicacies. They shut the side gate from inside, sat shoulder to shoulder, and drank together. The woman then asked: "You came—where is my elder sister?" Jingji said, "My elder sister went to the back part to listen to scriptures being recited. I gave instructions to Yuanxiao; if anything happens he will come here and call me. I just told them I was playing chess here." After saying this, they laughed joyfully together. After drinking for a long time, as the old saying goes: "Romance is brewed in tea; wine is the matchmaker of passion." Soon they were overcome with emotion—bamboo leaves seemed to pierce their hearts and peach blossoms bloomed on their faces. One kissed the other's lips, one smudged the other's cheek with affection. They turned off the lamp and climbed into bed together. There is a short verse titled "Liuniangzi" to attest to this: | ||
| 入門來，奴摟抱在懷。奴把錦被兒伸開，俏冤家頑的十分怪。嗏，將奴腳兒抬。腳兒抬，揉亂了烏雲，（髟狄）髻兒歪。 | ||
| As I entered the room, you embraced me in your arms. I spread out the brocade quilt; my charming beloved played with me most mischievously. Ah, lift up my feet. Lifting my feet, you messed up my black hair; my braid became crooked. | ||
| 5 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 兩人雲雨才畢，只聽得元宵叫門說：「大姑娘進房中來了。」這敬濟慌的穿衣去了。正是： |
| Just as the two finished their love-making, they heard Yuanxiao knocking on the door and saying: "The eldest daughter is coming into the room." Jingji hurriedly dressed and left. Indeed: | ||
| 狂蜂浪蝶有時見，飛入梨花無處尋。 | ||
| Wild bees and butterflies appear from time to time, flying into the pear blossoms where they vanish without a trace. | ||
| 6 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 原來潘金蓮那邊三間樓上，中間供養佛像，兩邊稍間堆放生藥香料。兩個自此以後，情沾肺腑，意密如漆，無日不相會做一處。一日也是合當有事，潘金蓮早辰梳妝打扮，走來樓上觀音菩薩前燒香。不想陳敬濟正拿鑰匙上樓，開庫房門拿藥材香料，撞遇在一處。這婦人且不燒香，見樓上無人，兩個摟抱著親嘴咂舌，一個叫「親親五娘」，一個呼「心肝短命」，因說：「趁無人，咱在這裡幹了罷。」一面解褪衣褲，就在一張春凳上雙鳧飛肩，靈根半入，不勝綢繆。當初沒巧不成話，兩個正幹得好，不防春梅正上樓來，拿盒子取茶葉看見。兩個湊手腳不迭，都吃了一驚。春梅恐怕羞了他，連忙倒退回身子，走下胡梯。慌的敬濟兜小衣不迭，婦人穿上裙子，忙叫春梅：「我的好姐姐，你上來，我和你說話。」那春梅於是走上樓來。金蓮道：「我的好姐姐，你姐夫不是別人，我今叫你知道了罷。俺兩個情孚意合，拆散不開。你千萬休對人說，只放在你心裡。」春梅便說：「好娘，說那裡話。奴伏侍娘這幾年，豈不知娘心腹，肯對人說！」婦人道：「你若肯遮蓋俺們，趁你姐夫在這裡，你也過來和你姐夫睡一睡，我方信你。你若不肯，只是不可憐見俺每了。」那春梅把臉羞的一紅一白，只得依他。卸下湘裙，解開褲帶，仰在凳上，盡著這小伙兒受用。有這等事！正是：明珠兩顆皆無價，可奈檀郎盡得鑽。有《紅繡鞋》為證： |
| Originally, in Pan Jinlian's three-room upper floor residence, the central room housed a Buddhist statue, while the two side rooms were used for storing medicinal herbs and fragrant spices. From then on, the two became deeply attached to each other; their feelings were as close as glue and lacquer. They met together every day without fail. One day, it was as if fate had arranged for something to happen: early in the morning, Pan Jinlian dressed up and went upstairs to burn incense before the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Unbeknownst to her, Chen Jingji was just then taking the key upstairs to open the storeroom and take out medicinal herbs and spices. They unexpectedly met face to face. The woman stopped burning incense and, seeing that no one was upstairs, the two embraced each other, kissed passionately, one calling "Dear Fifth Madam," the other exclaiming "My precious darling." They said: "Since there's no one here, let's just do it right now." While undressing each other's pants and clothes, they lay on a spring bench with their shoulders entwined; the male organ was half inserted, and they were deeply entangled in passion. Fate is strange—just as the two were in the midst of their passionate act, Chunmei happened to come upstairs carrying a box to fetch tea leaves and saw them. The two scrambled to cover themselves and were both startled. Chunmei, fearing she would embarrass them, quickly turned around and hurried down the stairs. Jingji was so flustered that he could barely pull up his underclothes, and the woman quickly put on her skirt. She hurriedly called out to Chunmei: "My dear elder sister, come upstairs; I have something to say to you." Chunmei then went upstairs. Jinlian said: "My dear elder sister, your brother-in-law is no one else; I will now tell you the truth." The two of us are deeply in love and cannot be separated. You must never tell anyone, but keep it hidden in your heart." Chunmei replied: "Madam, why say such things?" "I have served you for these years; how could I not know your innermost thoughts? Would I dare to speak of them to others!" The woman said: "If you are willing to cover for us, while your brother-in-law is here now, come over and sleep with him too; only then will I believe you." "If you refuse, it means you are not kind-hearted toward us." Chunmei's face turned red and pale with embarrassment but had no choice but to obey. She took off her Xiang skirt, unfastened her pants, lay on the bench, and let this young man have his way with her. How outrageous! Indeed: two pearls of immeasurable value, yet how could the young master resist drilling into them? There is a "Hongxiuxie" (Red Embroidered Shoes) verse to attest: | ||
| 假認做女婿親厚，往來和丈母歪偷。人情里包藏鬼胡油。明講做兒女禮，暗結下燕鶯儔，他兩個見今有。 | ||
| Pretending to be the son-in-law and showing false affection, secretly meeting with the mother-in-law. Human relationships conceal devil's lard. They openly speak of filial propriety, yet secretly form a pair like swallows and orioles; the two are now united. | ||
| 7 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 當下盡著敬濟與春梅耍完，大家方纔走散。自此以後，潘金蓮便與春梅打成一家，與這小伙兒暗約偷期，非只一日，只背著秋菊。 |
| At that moment, Jingji played with Chunmei to his heart's content, and only then did they all disperse. From then on, Pan Jinlian became close with Chunmei and secretly arranged trysts with this young man, not just for one day, but always keeping it hidden from Qiuju. | ||
| 8 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 六月初一日，潘姥姥老病沒了，有人來說。吳月娘買一張插桌，三牲冥紙，教金蓮坐轎子往門外探喪祭祀，去了一遭回來。到次日，六月初三日，金蓮起來得早，在月娘房裡坐著，說了半日話出來，走在大廳院子里牆根下，急了溺尿。正撩起裙子，蹲踞溺尿。原來西門慶死了，沒人客來往，等閑大廳儀門只是關閉不開。敬濟在東廂房住，才起來，忽聽見有人在牆根溺的尿刷刷的響，悄悄向窗眼裡張看，卻不想是他，便道：「是那個撒野，在這裡溺尿？撩起衣服，看濺濕了裙子？」這婦人連忙繫上裙子，走到窗下問道：「原來你在屋裡，這咱才起來，好自在。大姐沒在房裡麼？」敬濟道：「在後邊，幾時出來！昨夜三更才睡，大娘後邊拉著我聽宣《紅羅寶捲》，坐到那咱晚，險些兒沒把腰累斷了，今日白扒不起來。」金蓮道：「賊牢成的，就休搗謊哄我！昨日我不在家，你幾時在上房內聽宣捲來？丫鬟說你昨日在孟三兒房裡吃飯來。」敬濟道：「早是大姐看著，俺每都在上房內，幾時在他屋裡去來！」說著，這小伙兒站在炕上，把那話弄得硬硬的，直豎的一條棍，隔窗眼裡舒過來。婦人一見，笑的要不得，罵道：「怪賊牢拉的短命，猛可舒出你老子頭來，唬了我一跳。你趁早好好抽進去，我好不好拿針刺與你一下子，教你忍痛哩！」敬濟笑道：「你老人家這回兒又不待見他起來，你好歹打發他個好處去，也是你一點陰騭。」婦人罵道：「好個怪牢成久慣的囚根子！」一面向腰裡摸出面青銅小鏡來，放在窗欞上，假做勻臉照鏡，一面用朱唇吞裹吮咂他那話，吮咂的這小郎君一點靈犀灌頂，滿腔春意融心。正咂在熱鬧處，忽聽得有人走的腳步兒響，這婦人連忙摘下鏡子，走過一邊。敬濟便把那話抽回去。卻不想是來安兒小廝走來，說：「傅大郎前邊請姐夫吃飯哩。」敬濟道：「教你傅大郎且吃著，我梳頭哩，就來。」來安兒回去了。婦人便悄悄向敬濟說：「晚夕你休往那裡去了，在屋裡，我使春梅叫你。好歹等我，有話和你說。」敬濟道：「謹依來命。」婦人說畢，回房去了。敬濟梳洗畢，往鋪中自做買賣。不題。 |
| On the first day of the sixth month, Grandma Pan passed away due to her old illness; someone came to deliver the news. Wu Yue Niang bought an incense table, three sacrificial offerings and paper money for the dead, and had Jinlian ride in a palanquin to mourn at the gate and perform funeral rites; she went once and returned. The next day, on the third day of the sixth month, Jinlian got up early and sat in Yue Niang's room, chatting for a while before leaving. As she walked along the wall at the courtyard of the main hall, she urgently needed to urinate. She just lifted her skirt and squatted down to urinate. Originally, since Ximen Qing had died, no guests came or went; the main hall and ceremonial gate were usually closed and not opened. Jingji, who was staying in the east 厢房 (xiang fang), had just gotten up when he suddenly heard someone urinating at the wall with a splashing sound. He quietly peered through the window and saw to his surprise that it was her. He said: "Who is this rascal urinating here?" "Did you lift your clothes up, and get your skirt wet?" The woman quickly fastened her skirt and walked to the window, asking: "So you were in your room all along? Just getting up now—how leisurely." "Is my elder sister not in her room?" Jingji replied, "She's at the back; who knows when she'll come out!" "I just went to sleep at three in the morning. Auntie had me drag myself back there to listen to the recitation of 'Hongluo Baojuan' (The Red Silk Sutra); I sat until then, almost breaking my waist from exhaustion, and today I'm so tired I can barely get up." Jinlian said: "You lazy good-for-nothing—don't try to lie and fool me!" "I wasn't at home yesterday, so when were you in the main house listening to scriptures?" "The maid said that you had dinner at Meng San'er's room yesterday." Jingji said, "Thank goodness for my sister watching over us; we were all in the main house. When would we have gone to his room?" As he was speaking, the young man stood on the kang bed and made his penis hard as a stiff rod. He pushed it straight through the window opening. The woman saw it and couldn't stop laughing. She scolded, "You wretched good-for-nothing! Suddenly sticking your father's head out like that—it scared me half to death." "Pull it back in right now, or I'll take a needle and poke you with it—just wait until the pain teaches you a lesson!" Jingji laughed and said, "You old thing, you don't like it when he's erect again. You might as well send him off to a good place; that would be one small act of kindness from you." The woman scolded, "What an incorrigible rascal!" While pretending to adjust her face in front of a small bronze mirror she took out from her waist and placed on the window lattice, she used her red lips to suckle his penis. As she sucked it, this young man felt as if a single drop of spiritual essence had poured into his head, melting waves of springtime desire into his heart. Just as she was in the midst of this pleasurable moment, suddenly she heard footsteps approaching. The woman quickly took down the mirror and moved to one side. Jingji then pulled his penis back inside. To their surprise, it was Lai An'er, a young servant boy, who came over and said: "Fu Dalang is asking in front for Brother-in-law to come eat." Jingji replied, "Tell Fu Dalang to go ahead and eat. I'm still combing my hair; I'll be right there." Lai Aner went back. The woman then quietly said to Jingji, "Tonight don't go anywhere else; stay in the house. I'll have Chunmei call for you." "Wait for me at least; there's something I want to say to you." Jingji said, "I'll follow your orders faithfully." After saying this, the woman went back to her room. Jingji finished combing and washing, then went to his shop to attend to business on his own. No further mention is made of it. | ||
| 9 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 不一時，天色晚來。那日，月黑星密，天氣十分炎熱。婦人令春梅燒湯熱水，要在房中洗澡，修剪足甲。床上收拾衾枕，趕了蚊子，放下紗帳子，小篆內炷了香。春梅便叫：「娘不，今日是頭伏，你不要些鳳仙花染指甲？我替你尋些來。」婦人道：「你那裡尋去？」春梅道：「我直往那邊大院子里才有，我去拔幾根來。娘教秋菊尋下杵臼，搗下蒜。」婦人附耳低言，悄悄分付春梅：「你就廂房中請你姐夫晚夕來，我和他說話。」春梅去了，這婦人在房中，比及洗了香肌，修了足甲，也有好一回。只見春梅拔了幾顆鳳仙花來，整叫秋菊搗了半日。婦人又與他他幾鐘酒吃，打發他廚下先睡了。婦人燈光下染了十指春蔥，令春梅拿凳子放在天井內，鋪著涼簟衾枕納涼。約有更闌時分，但見朱戶無聲，玉繩低轉，牽牛、織女二星隔在天河兩岸。又忽聞一陣花香，幾點螢火。婦人手拈紈扇，伏枕而待。春梅把角門虛掩。正是： |
| Before long, the day turned to evening. That night, with no moon and many stars shining, the weather was extremely hot. The woman ordered Chunmei to heat up water for a bath and to trim her toenails in her room. She arranged the quilt and pillow on the bed, drove away the mosquitoes, lowered the mosquito net, and lit incense in a small censer. Chunmei then called out: "Madam, today is the first day of Fu (the first ten days of the dog days of summer). Won't you like some hibiscus flowers to dye your fingernails?" "I'll go find some for you." The woman asked, "Where would you go to find them?" Chunmei said: "I have to go all the way over to that big courtyard on the other side. I'll go pluck a few for you." "Madam, please ask Qiujv to get out the pestle and mortar and crush some garlic." The woman leaned in close, whispering to Chunmei: "Go invite your brother-in-law from the 厢房 (xiangfang) over here tonight; I want to talk with him." After Chunmei left, the woman in her room took a long time to bathe and trim her toenails. Soon Chunmei came back with several hibiscus flowers, and it took Qiujv the whole day to crush them. The woman gave them a few cups of wine to drink and sent them off to sleep in the kitchen first. Under the lamplight, the woman dyed her ten fingers with hibiscus. She ordered Chunmei to bring a stool and place it in the courtyard, where she spread out a cool mat, quilt, and pillow for cooling off. It was about the time of the end of the first watch. The red gate stood in silence, and the Jade Rope slowly turned as the stars of Zhuniu (Orion) and Zhiwu (Vega) were separated on either side of the Milky Way. Suddenly, a faint floral fragrance wafted through the air along with the flickering glow of fireflies. The woman held a silk fan in her hand and lay on the pillow, waiting patiently. Chunmei left the side gate slightly ajar. It was precisely: | ||
| 待月西廂下，迎風戶半開。隔牆花影動，疑是玉人來。 | ||
| Waiting for the moon beneath the western 厢 (xiang), the door is half-open to greet the breeze. The flower shadows beyond the wall stir—could it be a jade-like beauty approaching? | ||
| 10 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 原來敬濟約定搖木瑾花樹為號，就知他來了。婦人見花枝搖影，知是他來，便在院內咳嗽接應。他推開門進來，兩個並肩而坐。婦人便問：「你來，房中有誰？」敬濟道：「大姐今日沒出來，我已分付元宵兒在房裡，有事先來叫我。」因問：「秋菊睡了？」婦人道：「已睡熟了。」說畢，相摟相抱，二人就在院內凳上，赤身露體，席上交歡。不勝繾綣。但見： |
| Originally, Jingji had agreed to shake the mujin hua (a type of flower tree) as a signal; thus, he would know when she arrived. The woman saw the swaying shadow of the flowers and knew it was him. She then coughed in the courtyard as a response. He pushed open the door and came in, and the two sat side by side. The woman then asked: "You've come—anyone at home?" Jingji replied, "My elder sister hasn't come out today. I've already instructed Yuanxiaoer to stay in the room and inform me first if anything happens." He then asked: "Has Qiujv gone to sleep?" The woman said, "She's already fast asleep." After saying this, they embraced each other and lay on the bench in the courtyard. Naked, they made love right there on the mat. They were completely entangled in passion. One could see: | ||
| 情興兩和諧，摟定香肩臉搵腮。手捻香乳綿似軟，實奇哉！掀起腳兒脫繡鞋，玉體著郎懷。舌送丁香口便開，倒鳳填鸞雲雨罷，囑多才：明朝千萬早些來。 | ||
| Their passions harmonized perfectly; he embraced her fragrant shoulders, pressing his face against her cheeks. His hands fondled her soft and tender breasts—it was truly wondrous! She lifted her feet to remove her embroidered shoes, placing her jade-like body into his arms. Her tongue sent the clove of passion to her lips, parting them as she embraced him in a passionate storm. After their love-making ended like phoenix and 鸾 (luan) clouds dispersing, she entrusted him with these words: "Tomorrow morning, please come early at all costs." | ||
| 11 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 兩個雲雨畢，婦人拿出五兩碎銀子來，遞與敬濟說：「門外你潘姥姥死了，棺材已是你爹在日與了他。三日入殮時，你大娘教我去探喪燒紙來了。明日出殯，你大娘不放我去，說你爹熱孝在身，只見出門。這五兩銀子交與你，明早央你蚤去門外發送發送你潘姥姥，打發抬錢，看著下入土內，你來家。就同我去一般。」這敬濟一手接了銀子，說：「這個不打緊。我明日絕早就出門，乾畢事，來回你老人家。」說畢，恐大姐進房，老早歸廂房中去了。 |
| After they had finished their love-making, the woman took out five taels of broken silver and handed it to Jingji. She said: "Your grandmother-in-law outside the gate has died; the coffin was already given by your father when he was alive." "On the third day, during the wrapping of her body for burial, my elder sister-in-law sent me to attend the funeral and burn paper offerings." "Tomorrow is the day of her burial, but my elder sister-in-law won't let me go. She says you are still in mourning for your father and should not leave the house." "I'm giving you these five taels of silver. Tomorrow morning, I beg you to go early and send off your grandmother-in-law at the gate; use this money for the bearers' fee, watch over her burial until she is laid in the ground, then come home." "It should be just like I went with you." Jingji took the silver in one hand and said, "This isn't a problem." "I'll leave home very early tomorrow morning, finish everything quickly, and return to you right away, my dear old lady." After saying this, fearing that his elder sister might come into the room, he left early and returned to the 厢房 (xiangfáng). | ||
| 12 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 一宿晚景休題。到次日，到飯時就來家。金蓮才起來，在房中梳頭。敬濟走來回話，就門外昭化寺里，拿了兩枝茉莉花兒來婦人戴。婦人問：「棺材下了葬了？」敬濟道：「我管何事，不打發他老人家黃金入了櫃，我敢來回話！還剩了二兩六七錢銀子，交付與你妹子收了，盤纏度日。千恩萬謝，多多上覆你。」婦人聽見他娘入土，落下淚來。便叫春梅：「把花兒浸在盞內，看茶來與你姐夫吃。」不一時，兩盒兒蒸酥，四碟小菜，打發敬濟吃了茶，往前邊去了。由是越發與這小伙兒日親日近。 |
| No further mention is made of the rest of the night. The next day, he returned home by mealtime. Jinlian had just gotten up and was combing her hair in her room. Jingji came over to report, bringing two jasmine flowers from the Zhaohua Temple outside the gate for the woman to wear. The woman asked: "Has the coffin been buried?" Jingji replied, "How could I possibly neglect my duty? If I hadn't seen to it that the old lady was properly laid in her coffin and placed into the earth with golden offerings, how dare I come back to report?" "There was still two taels and six or seven qian of silver left, which I handed over to your younger sister to keep for her daily expenses." "Many thanks; please convey my gratitude to you again and again." Hearing that his mother had been buried, the woman shed tears. She then called to Chunmei: "Soak the flowers in a cup and bring tea for your brother-in-law." Before long, two small boxes of steamed cakes and four little dishes were brought out. After Jingji had drunk his tea and eaten, he went to the front part of the house. From then on, she became even closer and more intimate with this young man day by day. | ||
| 13 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 一日，七月天氣，婦人早辰約下他：「你今日休往那裡去，在房中等著，我往你房裡，和你頑耍。」這敬濟答應了，不料那日被崔本邀了他，和幾個朋友往門外耍子。去了一日，吃的大醉來家，倒在床上就睡著了，不知天高地下。黃昏時分，金蓮驀地到他房中，見他挺在床上，推他推不醒，就知他在那裡吃了酒來。可霎作怪，不想婦人摸到他袖子里，吊下一根金頭蓮瓣簪兒來，上面趿著兩溜字兒：「金勒馬嘶芳草地，玉樓人醉杏花天。」迎亮一看，認的是孟玉樓簪子：「怎生落在他袖中？想必他也和玉樓有些首尾。不然，他的簪子如何他袖著？怪道這短命，幾次在我面上無情無緒。我若不留幾個字兒與他，只說我沒來。等我寫四句詩在壁上，使他知道。待我見了，慢慢追問他下落。」於是取筆在壁上寫了四句。詩曰： |
| One day, on a July morning, the woman made an arrangement with him: "Don't go anywhere today. Wait in your room; I'll come to you and play." Jingji agreed, but unexpectedly that day he was invited by Cui Ben to go out with a few friends beyond the gate for fun. He stayed out all day, got very drunk when he returned home, and fell asleep on the bed without knowing whether it was up or down. In the evening, Jinlian suddenly went to his room and saw him lying straight on the bed. She tried pushing him but couldn't wake him up; she immediately realized he had been drinking somewhere. What was strange, however, was that when the woman touched his sleeve, a golden lotus blossom hairpin with an ornate head fell out. Attached to it were two lines of writing: "Golden bridles echo through fragrant grass; jade towers' inhabitants are drunk beneath apricot blossoms." Looking at it clearly, she recognized it as Meng Yulou's hairpin: "How did this end up in his sleeve?" "It must be that he also has some connection with Yulou." "If not, how could her hairpin end up in his possession?" "No wonder this wretch has been so indifferent and listless around me on several occasions." "If I don't leave him a note, he'll just think I didn't come." "Let me write four lines of poetry on the wall so that he knows." "When I see him, I'll slowly press him for details." With that in mind, she took up a brush and wrote four lines on the wall. The poem reads: | ||
| 獨步書齋睡未醒，空勞神女下巫雲。襄王自是無情緒，辜負朝朝暮暮情。 | ||
| Walking alone in the study, still asleep and not yet awake; in vain did the Lady of Heaven descend from Wuyun. King Xiang was naturally indifferent and unmoved, betraying the feelings that lasted day by day and night by night. | ||
| 14 | 陳敬濟弄... : | 寫畢，婦人回房去了。卻說敬濟一覺酒醒起來，房中掌上燈，因想起今日婦人來相會，我卻醉了。回頭見壁上寫了四句詩在壁上，墨跡猶新，念了一遍，就知他來到，空回去了。心中懊悔不已。「這咱已是起更時分，大姐、元宵兒都在後邊未出來，我若往他那邊去，角門又關了。」走來木槿花下，搖花枝為號，不聽見裡面動靜，不免踩著太湖石扒過粉牆去。那婦人見他有酒，醉了挺覺，大恨歸房，悶悶在心，就渾衣上床歪睡。不料半夜他扒過牆來，見院內無人，想丫鬟都睡了，悄悄躡足潛蹤走到房門首，見門虛掩，就挨身進來。窗間月色照見床上婦人獨自朝里歪著，低聲叫「可意人」，數聲不應，說道：「你休怪我，今日崔大哥眾朋友，邀了我往門外五里原莊上射箭耍子了一日，來家就醉了。不知你到，有負你之約，恕罪恕罪。」那婦人也不理他。敬濟見他不理，慌了，一面跪在地下，說了一遍又重覆一遍。被婦人反手望臉上撾了一下，罵道：「賊牢拉負心短命，還不悄悄的，丫頭聽見！我知道你有了人，把我不放到心上。你今日端的那去來？」敬濟道：「我本被崔大哥拉了門外射箭去，灌醉了來，就睡著了，失誤你約，你休惱。我看見你留詩在壁上，就知惱了你。」婦人道：「怪搗鬼牢拉的，別要說嘴，與我禁聲！你搗的鬼如泥彈兒圓，我手內放不過。你今日便是崔本叫了你吃酒，醉了來家，你袖子里這根簪子，卻是那裡的？」敬濟道：「是那日花園中拾的，今兩三日了。」婦人道：「你還肏神搗鬼，是那花園裡拾的？你再拾一根來，我才信你。這簪子是孟鹼兒那麻淫婦的頭上簪子，我認的千真萬真，上面還趿著他名字，你還哄我。嗔道前日我不在，他叫你房裡吃飯，原來你和他七個八個。我問你，還不肯認。你不和他兩個有首尾，他的簪子緣何到你手裡？原來把我的事都透露與他，怪道他前日見了我笑，原來有你的話在裡頭。自今以後，你是你，我是我，綠豆皮兒－－請退了。」敬濟聽了，急的賭神發咒，繼之以哭，道：「我敬濟若與他有一字絲麻皂線，靈的是東嶽城隍，活不到三十歲，生來碗大疔瘡，害三五年黃病，要湯不湯，要水不水。」那婦人終是不信，說道：「你這賊才料，說來的牙疼誓，虧你口內不害磣！」兩個絮聒了一回，見夜深了，不免解卸衣衫，挨身上床躺下。那婦人把身子扭過，倒背著他，使個性兒不理他，由著他姐姐長、姐姐短，只是反手望臉上撾過去。唬的敬濟氣也不敢出一口兒來，乾霍亂了一夜。將天明，敬濟恐怕丫頭起身，依舊越牆而過，往前邊廂房中去了。正是： |
| After finishing her writing, the woman returned to her room. Meanwhile, after waking up from a drunken sleep, Jing Ji found the lamp lit in his room. He then recalled that today the woman had come to meet him, but he had been drunk. He turned his head and saw four lines of poetry written on the wall, with fresh ink still wet. After reading them once, he realized she had come but left in vain. He was filled with regret. "It's already the first watch of the night, and Big Sister and Yuanxiao are still not out from behind. If I go to their side now, the side gate is locked." He walked over to under a kudzu bush, shook the branches as a signal, but hearing no movement from inside, he could not help but step on Taihu stones and climb over the whitewashed wall. The woman, seeing that he had drunk and was so drunk as to be unconscious, returned to her room in great anger, her heart full of gloom. She climbed onto the bed without changing clothes and lay there sullenly. Unbeknownst to her, in the middle of the night he climbed over the wall. Seeing no one in the courtyard and guessing that the maids were all asleep, he tiptoed quietly toward her room. Finding the door slightly ajar, he slipped inside. The moonlight through the window revealed a woman lying alone on the bed, facing inward. He whispered softly, "My beloved," but after several calls received no response and said, "Don't blame me; today Brother Cui and his friends invited me to go out for archery at their estate five li outside the gate all day long, and I came home drunk." "I didn't know you had come. I have failed to keep my appointment with you; please forgive me, please forgive me." The woman paid no attention to him at all. Seeing that she ignored him, Jing Ji became flustered and knelt on the ground, repeating his explanation over and over again. The woman turned around and slapped him across the face, scolding, "You wretched, faithless rogue! Don't make so much noise or the maids will hear!" "I know you've found someone else and no longer care for me." "Where exactly did you go today?" Jing Ji said, "I was originally dragged by Brother Cui to shoot arrows outside the gate. I got drunk and fell asleep, missing our appointment. Please don't be angry." "I saw your poem on the wall and knew you were upset with me." The woman said, "You wretched scoundrel! Don't talk nonsense anymore and be quiet!" "Your tricks are as round as mud balls, but I won't let them slip through my fingers." "Even if you were invited by Cui Ben today to drink and came home drunk, where did the hairpin in your sleeve come from?" Jing Ji said, "I picked it up in the garden that day; it's been two or three days now." The woman said, "You still dare to lie and play tricks. Did you really pick it up in the garden?" "Bring me another one like this if you want me to believe you." "This hairpin is the one from Meng Jian'er, that lewd woman. I recognize it for sure; there's even her name engraved on it. Don't try to fool me." She scolded, "The other day when I wasn't around, he invited you to eat in his room. So it turns out the two of you were up to something." "I'm asking you now and you still won't admit it." "If you two aren't involved, how did his hairpin end up in your possession?" "It turns out you told him everything about me. No wonder he smiled at me the other day; there must have been something you said in it." "From now on, you are you and I am I. We're as separate as mung bean skins—please leave!" Hearing this, Jing Ji was so desperate that he swore by the gods and began to weep bitterly. He said, "If I Jing Ji have even a single thread of connection with him, may Lord Dongyue Chenghuang make me die before reaching thirty years old, suffering from a large abscess on my face for three or five years, neither able to get soup nor water." The woman still did not believe him and said, "You scoundrel, the vows you speak are as hollow as toothaches. It's amazing your mouth doesn't rot from it!" The two bickered for a while, and as the night grew late, they had no choice but to undress and lie down on the bed. The woman turned her body away, facing the other direction, pretending not to care about him. No matter how he called her "older sister" this and that, she only slapped his face with a backhand strike. Frightened, Jing Ji dared not even breathe heavily all night long, suffering in silence like someone with dry cholera. As dawn approached, Jing Ji feared the maids would wake up and, as before, climbed over the wall to go back to his room in the front wing. Indeed: | ||
| 三光有影遣誰系？萬事無根只自生。 | ||
| The three lights have shadows, but who can bind them? All things are rootless and arise on their own. |
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