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五行山下

Under the Five-Element Mountain

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孙悟空sūnwùkōng大闹天宫dànào-tiāngōng，打来打去dǎlái-dǎqù，谁shéi也yě打dǎ不bù赢yíng他tā。玉皇大帝yùhuáng-dàdì没有méiyǒu办法bànfǎ，就jiù请qǐng西天xītiān的de如来佛祖来lái帮忙bāngmáng。

如来佛祖笑xiào着zhe问wèn：“你nǐ为什么wèishénme要yào在zài天宫tiāngōng里打人dǎrén？”孙悟空sūnwùkōng大声dàshēng说shuō：“玉皇大帝yùhuáng-dàdì坐zuò的de那nà把bǎ椅子yǐzi，应该yīnggāi让ràng我wǒ来lái坐zuò！我wǒ会huì七十二qīshí’èr变biàn，还有háiyǒu筋斗jīndǒu云yún，一个yígè筋斗jīndǒu就jiù能néng飞fēi十万八千里shíwànbāqiānlǐ。我wǒ是shì齐天大圣qítiān-dàshèng，谁shéi也yě比不上bǐbushàng我wǒ！”

如来佛祖说shuō：“好hǎo，我们wǒmen来lái比bǐ一yì比bǐ。你nǐ站zhàn到dào我wǒ的de右手yòushǒu上shàng，如果rúguǒ你nǐ能néng跳出tiàochū我wǒ的de手心shǒuxīn，天宫tiāngōng就jiù给gěi你nǐ。如果rúguǒ跳不出去tiàobu-chūqù，你nǐ就jiù回huí花果山huāguǒshān去qù，再zài学xué几千jǐqiān年nián吧ba。”

孙悟空sūnwùkōng想xiǎng：“这zhè个gè人rén真zhēn傻shǎ！他tā的de手shǒu那么nàme小xiǎo，比bǐ一yì张zhāng桌子zhuōzi还hái小xiǎo。我wǒ一下yíxià就jiù能néng飞fēi出去chūqu！”他tā跳tiào到dào如来rúlái佛祖fózǔ的de右手yòushǒu上shàng，大dà叫jiào一声yìshēng：“我wǒ走zǒu了le！”就jiù翻fān了le一个yígè筋斗jīndǒu，一下子yíxiàzi不见bújiàn了le。

他tā飞fēi啊a飞fēi啊a，飞fēi了le很hěn久jiǔ很hěn久jiǔ，看见kànjiàn前面qiánmiàn有yǒu五wǔ根gēn粉红色fěnhóngsè的de柱子zhùzi，很hěn高gāo很hěn高gāo，一直yìzhí高gāo到dào天上tiānshàng。他tā想xiǎng：“这里zhèlǐ一定yídìng是shì世界shìjiè的de最zuì边上biānshang了le。我wǒ得děi在zài这里zhèlǐ写xiě点diǎn什么shénme，回去huíqù才cái有人yǒurén信xìn我wǒ。”他tā把bǎ一yì根gēn毛máo变成biànchéng一yì支zhī笔bǐ，在zài中间zhōngjiān的de柱子zhùzi上shàng写xiě了le八bā个gè大字dàzì：“齐天大圣qítiān-dàshèng到此一游dàocǐ-yìyóu”。写xiě完wán了le，他tā想xiǎng了le想xiǎng，又yòu在zài第一dìyī根gēn柱子zhùzi下面xiàmiàn撒尿sāniào。他tā笑xiào着zhe说shuō：“这下zhèxià好hǎo了le，谁shéi也yě不能bùnéng说shuō我wǒ没méi来lái过guò！”

他tā又yòu翻fān了le一个yígè筋斗jīndǒu，飞fēi了le回来huílai，站zhàn在zài如来rúlái佛祖fózǔ的de手shǒu上shàng，大声dàshēng说shuō：“我wǒ已经yǐjīng到dào了le世界shìjiè的de最zuì边上biānshang，还hái在zài那里nàlǐ写xiě了le字zì。快kuài把bǎ天宫tiāngōng给gěi我wǒ！”

如来rúlái佛祖fózǔ说shuō：“你nǐ这zhè只zhī猴子hóuzi，你nǐ一直yìzhí都dōu在zài我wǒ的de手shǒu上shàng，哪儿nǎr也yě没méi去qù！”孙悟空sūnwùkōng说shuō：“不bù可能kěnéng！不bú信xìn，你nǐ跟gēn我wǒ去qù看看kànkan！”如来rúlái佛祖fózǔ说shuō：“不用búyòng去qù，你nǐ自己zìjǐ看看kànkan我wǒ的de手shǒu吧ba。”

孙悟空sūnwùkōng一yí看kàn，如来rúlái佛祖fózǔ右手yòushǒu的de中指zhōngzhǐ上shàng，写xiě着zhe八bā个gè小字xiǎozì：“齐天大圣qítiān-dàshèng到此一游dàocǐ-yìyóu”。大拇指dàmúzhǐ下面xiàmiàn，还hái能néng闻到wéndào猴子hóuzi尿niào的de味儿wèir。原来yuánlái，那nà五wǔ根gēn柱子zhùzi，就是jiùshì如来rúlái佛祖fózǔ的de五wǔ根gēn手指shóuzhǐ！孙悟空sūnwùkōng吓xià了le一yí大dà跳tiào：“这zhè怎么zěnme可能kěnéng？我wǒ不bú信xìn，我wǒ再zài去qù看看kànkan！”

他tā刚gāng要yào跳tiào起来qǐlai，如来rúlái佛祖fózǔ把bǎ右手yòushǒu往wǎng下xià一yì翻fān，把bǎ孙悟空sūnwùkōng推tuī了le出去chūqu。五wǔ根gēn手指shóuzhǐ变成biànchéng了le五wǔ座zuò连lián在zài一起yìqǐ的de大山dàshān，叫jiào五行wǔxíng山shān，一下子yíxiàzi就jiù把bǎ孙悟空sūnwùkōng压yā在zài了le下面xiàmiàn。

孙悟空sūnwùkōng的de头tóu还hái在zài外面wàimiàn，可是kěshì他tā怎么zěnme也yě出不来chūbulái。他tā大dà叫jiào：“放fàng我wǒ出来chūlái！放fàng我wǒ出来chūlái！”如来rúlái佛祖fózǔ又yòu拿出náchū一yì张zhāng纸zhǐ，上面shàngmiàn写xiě着zhe六liù个gè字zì，把bǎ它tā贴tiē在zài山shān上shàng。这下zhèxià，这zhè座zuò山shān动dòng也yě不bú动dòng，孙悟空sūnwùkōng再也zàiyě出不来chūbulái了le。

如来rúlái佛祖fózǔ回huí西天xītiān的de时候shíhou，对duì山shān上shàng的de神仙shénxiān说shuō：“他tā饿è了le，就jiù给gěi他tā吃chī铁tiě丸子wánzi；他tā渴kě了le，就jiù给gěi他tā喝hē铜tóng水shuǐ。”

就jiù这样zhèyàng，孙悟空sūnwùkōng被bèi压yā在zài五行wǔxíng山shān下面xiàmiàn，等děng啊a等děng，一yì年nián，十shí年nián，一百yìbǎi年nián……一共yígòng等děng了le五百wúbǎi年nián。春天chūntiān下雨xiàyǔ，冬天dōngtiān下雪xiàxuě，他tā每天měitiān只能zhǐnéng看kàn着zhe天tiān，再也zàiyě不能bùnéng飞fēi了le。

他tā还hái不bù知道zhīdào，有yǒu一天yìtiān，一个yígè从cóng东边dōngbiān来lái的de和尚héshang会huì走过zǒuguò这zhè座zuò山shān，要yào去qù西天xītiān。到dào那时nàshí，齐天大圣qítiān-dàshèng的de新xīn故事gùshi，才cái刚刚gānggāng开始kāishǐ。

Key words

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
办法	bànfǎ	way; method; means
变	biàn	to change; to become; change; transformation
张	zhāng	surname Zhang
跳	tiào	to jump; to leap
不见	bújiàn	not to see
久	jiǔ	long (time)
一直	yìzhí	always; all along; continuously
一定	yídìng	surely; certainly; must
世界	shìjiè	world
毛	máo	surname Mao
变成	biànchéng	to change into; to turn into; to become
信	xìn	letter

English (for the teacher)

Sun Wukong was wreaking havoc in heaven, fighting this way and that, and nobody could beat him. The Jade Emperor didn't know what to do, so he asked the Buddha from the Western Paradise to come and help.

The Buddha smiled and asked: "Why are you hitting people in the Heavenly Palace?" Sun Wukong said loudly: "That chair the Jade Emperor sits in should be mine! I know the Seventy-Two Changes, and I have my Somersault Cloud: one somersault and I can fly a hundred and eight thousand li. I am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and nobody can compare with me!"

The Buddha said: "Fine, let's have a contest. Stand on my right hand, and if you can jump out of my palm, heaven is yours. If you can't jump out, you go back to your Flower Fruit Mountain and study for a few thousand more years."

Sun Wukong thought: "What a fool this man is! His hand is so small, it's smaller than a table. I can fly out of it in one go!" He jumped onto the Buddha's right hand and shouted: "I'm off!" He turned a somersault and was gone in an instant.

He flew and flew for a long, long time, until he saw five pink pillars ahead of him, so tall that they reached all the way up into the sky. He thought: "This must be the very edge of the world. I'd better write something here, so people will believe me when I get back." He turned one of his hairs into a brush and wrote eight big characters on the middle pillar: "The Great Sage Equal to Heaven was here." When he finished writing, he thought for a moment, and then he peed at the foot of the first pillar. He laughed and said: "There, now nobody can say I never came!"

He turned another somersault, flew back, stood on the Buddha's hand and said loudly: "I've already been to the very edge of the world, and I wrote my name there too. Hurry up and give me heaven!"

The Buddha said: "You monkey, you've been on my hand the whole time and haven't gone anywhere!" Sun Wukong said: "Impossible! If you don't believe me, come with me and see!" The Buddha said: "No need to go. Just look at my hand."

Sun Wukong looked, and on the middle finger of the Buddha's right hand were eight small characters: "The Great Sage Equal to Heaven was here." And at the base of the thumb, you could still smell monkey pee. So the five pillars had been the Buddha's five fingers all along! Sun Wukong got a huge fright: "How can this be? I don't believe it, I'm going to look again!"

Just as he was about to jump up, the Buddha flipped his right hand over and pushed Sun Wukong out. The five fingers turned into five big mountains joined together, called the Five-Element Mountain, and in an instant they pinned Sun Wukong underneath.

Sun Wukong's head was still outside, but no matter how he tried, he couldn't get out. He shouted: "Let me out! Let me out!" Then the Buddha took out a piece of paper with six characters written on it and stuck it on the mountain. Now the mountain didn't move at all, and Sun Wukong could never get out.

When the Buddha went back to the Western Paradise, he said to the gods on the mountain: "When he's hungry, give him iron pellets to eat; when he's thirsty, give him melted copper to drink."

And so Sun Wukong lay pinned under the Five-Element Mountain and waited and waited: one year, ten years, a hundred years... Five hundred years in all. Spring rain fell, winter snow fell, and every day all he could do was look at the sky; he could never fly again.

He didn't know yet that one day a monk coming from the east would pass by this mountain on his way to the West. And then the Great Sage's new story would only be beginning.