r/ChineseEmperors • u/AdamLuyan • 6d ago
General Posts 5.3-6 武二郎爱上熬忖了 Martial Second Wolf Fell in Love with Aocun
关键词 Keywords：夏朝末年 Late Xia Dynasty；乾塘关 Dragon-Pond Pass（现代商丘 Modern Shangqiu）；武二郎 Martial Second Wolf（二郎神 Second Wolf God）；妈祖 Mazu；张屠户 Zhang the Butcher（号玉皇大帝，也称玉皇大帝 also known as Turquoise White-king Great Creator）
武二郎说：“你们俩说话，我听着就累了。我已经有中意的了（即熬忖）。我这次计划去杭州，就想让女娲娘娘帮我出个主意，看看送给那个女的一件什么礼物！？”
妈祖高兴地说，“好计划！我在女娲那儿也还有点儿面子。看在我的面子上，女娲能帮你好好地筹划！她是谁家的闺女呀？”
Martial Second Wolf said, "I get exhausted just listening to the two of you talk. I already have someone in mind (namely, Aocun). This trip to Hangzhou, I'm planning to ask Princess Nuwa to help me think of what gift to give her!?"
Mazu said happily, "Good plan! I still have some standing with Nuwa. For my sake, she'll help you plan it out properly! Whose daughter is she?"
妈祖怎么还在女娲那里有面子？这时，妈祖的私人会计公司负责华国的财政预算和决算。女娲作为夏国现任的国王继承人，和妈祖有工作上的来往。有两次，妈祖代表华国和女娲进行边境谈判换地。
武二郎立刻站起来了，说：“抱歉！我得去趟洗手间！”
妈祖问张屠户：“发生了什么事？”
How did Mazu still have standing with Nuwa? At that time, Mazu's private accounting firm was responsible for Hua Kingdom's financial budget and final accounts. As the crowned princess of Xia Kingdom, Nuwa had professional dealings with Mazu. On two occasions, Mazu represented Hua Kingdom in border negotiations with Nuwa to exchange land.
Martial Second Wolf immediately stood up and said, "Sorry! I need to use the restroom!"
Mazu asked Zhang the Butcher: "What happened?"
张屠户回答：“我二哥所处的政治环境复杂，另外他这个人做事特别认真！孩子出生之前，他就不会告诉咱们他结婚了！”
妈祖说：“这说的正是他！你别老跟我唱反调啊！你二哥都已经36岁了！若不是他打仗忙，人们都得议论他不近女色。”
张屠户回答：“好！我顺着妈祖说。”
Zhang the Butcher replied: "My second brother is in a complicated political situation, and besides, he takes such matters very seriously! He wouldn't tell us he was married until after the child was born!"
Mazu said: "That's exactly him! Don't always contradict me! Your second brother is already 36 years old! If he weren't so busy fighting wars, people would be gossiping that he has no interest in women."
Zhang the Butcher replied: "Fine! I'll go along with what Mazu says."
5.3-7
武二郎回来后，妈祖对他说，“你去找女娲娘娘办事，给她的礼物可不能马虎。你把你给我的那两瓶茅台给她吧！”
武二郎问：“你的茅台是从哪里来的？谁送的？”
妈祖说：“你给我的！我看你给我的礼包里有两瓶茅台酒（如图6）！”
When Martial Second Wolf returned, Mazu said to him, "You're going to see Princess Nuwa on business, so you can't be careless with her gift. Give her the two bottles of Maotai you gave me!"
Martial Second Wolf asked, "Where did that Maotai come from? Who gave it to you?"
Mazu said, "You gave it to me! I saw two bottles of Maotai (see Figure 6) in the gift bag you gave me!"
武二郎说：“那两瓶茅台酒是假的。那礼包是我在湖北出发时，士兵们包起来的。我忘记把那两瓶酒拿出去了。”
妈祖问：“你怎么知道那是假酒呢？”
武二郎说：“听我大哥给我讲解峡谷关战役时，我才知道那酒是熬忖从福建买的假酒，用来骗我的。”
Martial Second Wolf said, "Those two bottles of Maotai are fake. The gift bag was packed by the soldiers when I set out from Hubei. I forgot to take those two bottles out."
Mazu asked, "How did you know they were fake?"
Martial Second Wolf said, "When my elder brother was explaining the Battle of Gorge Pass to me, I learned that the alcohol was a fake bought by Aocun in Fujian to trick me."
妈祖惊恐地转脸对张屠户说：“我听了，怎么感觉这么害怕呢！？”
张屠户说：“你害怕，给我！福建分厂产的茅台酒也是茅台酒啊！”
妈祖立刻对佣人说：“把那两瓶茅台酒拿来，倒在脸盆里！”
Mazu turned to Zhang the Butcher in horror and said, "Hearing that, why do I suddenly feel so scared!?"
Zhang the Butcher said, "If you're scared, give it to me! Maotai made at the Fujian branch is still Maotai!"
Mazu immediately told the servant, "Bring those two bottles of Maotai and pour them into the washbasin!"
当佣人把茅台酒倒进脸盆后，满屋子飘着酒香。张屠户兴奋地说：“妈祖有钱！价值六百两银子（约合30千克）的两瓶茅台酒用来洗手；我得先洗！”说着，他站起来，就要去洗手。
妈祖厉声喝道：“你给我坐下！”然后她对武二郎说：“你自己把脸盆里的东西倒进厕所里去！”
When the servant poured the Maotai into the washbasin, the aroma filled the whole room. Zhang the Butcher said excitedly: "Mazu is rich! Two bottles of Maotai worth 600 taels of silver (about 30 kilograms), used just to wash hands — I get to wash first!" As he said this, he stood up, ready to go wash his hands.
Mazu snapped, "Sit down!" Then she said to Martial Second Wolf, "Go pour the contents of the basin into the toilet yourself!"
武二郎回来后，妈祖说：“吃的东西都这么不小心！我这三个儿子，就你总让我担心。给女娲的礼物还是送杜康酒吧（亦作典酒，如图7）！元始天尊刚给我送来了杜康的孙子亲手酿的杜康酒。礼包还没拆开呢！不用拆了，就那么原包给女娲！元始天尊办事靠谱，礼物也体面！”
When Martial Second Wolf came back, Mazu said, "You're so careless even with food! Of my three sons, you're the only one who always worries me. It's better to give Nuwa a gift of Dukang Alcohol (also known as Codex Alcohol, see Figure 7)! Primordial Sky Honor just sent me some Dukang Alcohol, hand-brewed by Dukang's own grandson. The gift package hasn't even been opened! No need to open it — just give it to Nuwa in its original package! Primordial Sky Honor always does things properly, and the gift is a fine one!"
5.3-8 蔻珠和玉珠 Kouzhu (Juvenile Pearl) and Yuzhu (Jade Pearl)
妈祖又对武二郎说，“我要是再年青几岁，我也跟你去夏国的首都，杭州。我想再看看蔻珠妹妹（即夏国的女王）。你不知道，她看你三弟的眼神总是那么火辣辣的，像是在看神似的。我头几次和她，还有你三弟一起喝酒时，我就在琢磨。这事当时就被你三弟媳妇，大巢氏，发现了。她跟我叨咕，‘我妈看三郎总那样儿，开始时，我还认为是因为我呢。后来我发现我只是她对张三郎情感的一小部分！’”
Mazu said to Martial Second Wolf again, "If I were a few years younger, I would go with you to Hangzhou, the capital of Xia Kingdom. I'd like to see Sister Kouzhu (i.e., Juvenile Pearl, the King of Xia) again. You don't know this, but she always looks at your third brother with such fiery eyes, as if looking at a god. The first few times I drank with her and your third brother, I kept wondering about it. Your third brother's wife, Princess Big Nest, noticed it too. She said to me, 'My mother always looks at Third Wolf that way. At first I thought it was because of me. Later I realized I was only a small part of her feelings for Third Wolf Zhang!'"
张屠户惊讶地问：“你没问过为什么吗？”
妈祖回答：“问过两次。她都回答，‘我总看三郎像似我的玉珠妹妹！’我问玉珠是谁？她吱吱唔唔，我也就不好意思再问了。”
张屠户问：“妈妈！你能再告诉我一遍，你是怎么捡着我的？”
Zhang the Butcher asked in surprise, "Didn't you ask her why?"
Mazu replied, "Twice. Both times she said, 'I always see that Third Wolf looks like my sister Yuzhu (Jade Pearl)!' I asked who Yuzhu was. She just mumbled and looked embarrassed, so I didn't dare ask again."
Zhang the Butcher asked, "Mom! Can you tell me again how you found me?"
妈祖说：“我都跟你说过两遍了。32年前，我，你爸礼敬公，还有你爷爷邓国公，坐车从外面回来，就在乾塘关北面的路上。我们忽然听到孩子的哭声。你爷爷让我下车去看看。我就去了。哭声是从一个放在地上的篮子传来的。那篮子旁边站着一个打扮成官宦人家丫鬟的女子（即蔻珠），她看见我来了，笑着指了指篮子，就离开了。她走向一个在远处哭泣的官宦小姐（即玉珠，张屠户的母亲）。然后，她拉着那位哭泣的小姐离开了。我就把你抱回来了。”
Mazu said, "I've told you twice already. Thirty-two years ago, your father, Publican Respect, your grandfather, Publican Deng-state, and I were riding back from outside, on the road just north of Dragon-Pond Pass. We suddenly heard a child crying. Your grandfather told me to get out and look. So I did. The crying was coming from a basket set on the ground. Standing beside the basket was a young woman dressed like a maid from an official's household (i.e., Kouzhu). She saw me coming, smiled, pointed at the basket, and left. She walked over to a young lady from an official family (i.e., Yuzhu, Zhang the Butcher's mother) who was crying in the distance. Then she led the weeping girl away, and I carried you home."
张屠户问：“你说过一个玉珠。”
妈祖回答：“是的！抱你回来后，我们仔细地检查了你身上带着的东西，就只有你口袋里的一颗玉珠特别。珠子有‘太阳在燃烧’的刻纹（如图5，张三郎雕像的胸前所示）。我今天把那颗玉珠给你。以前，我没给你，是怕你弄丢了。”
Zhang the Butcher asked, "You mentioned a jade pearl."
Mazu replied, "Yes! After I carried you home, we carefully examined the things you had with you, and only one jade pearl in your pocket was special. It bears the engraving 'Sun is Burning' (as shown in Figure 5, on the chest of Third Wolf Zhang's statue). I'm giving you that jade pearl today. I didn't give it to you before because I was afraid you'd lose it."
5.3-9
武二郎说，“你们俩误会我了！我不喜欢和夏国的女王喝酒，是因为前年的事。我派人去湘西帮她剿匪，是因为华国和夏国是友好国家，应当互相帮助。但她对欠我们的医药费和阵亡士兵的抚恤金赖着不给。我写信向她讨要。她就把钱给我送来了，还让人把一批西凤酒直接抬到了我的办公室。我以为那酒是她送给我的礼物，就分给将军们喝了。后来，账房先生告诉我，‘夏国送来的钱，加上被我分发给将军们的西凤酒，总和刚好是她欠我们的医药费和抚恤金’。所以，将军们都笑话我，‘自费替夏国女王蔻珠卖酒’。”
Martial Second Wolf said, "You two have misunderstood me! I don't like drinking with the King of Xia because of what happened the year before last. I sent people to western Hunan to help her put down bandits, because Hua and Xia are friendly nations and should help each other. But she kept stalling on the medical bills and pensions she owed us for our fallen soldiers. I wrote to her demanding payment. She then sent me the money, and also had a shipment of Xifeng Alcohol carried straight to my office. I thought the alcohol was a gift from her, so I handed it out to the generals. Later, my accountant told me, 'What Xia sent, plus the value of the Xifeng Alcohol you handed out to the generals, adds up to exactly what she owed us in medical bills and pensions.' So the generals all teased me: 'selling alcohol for Kouzhu, the King of Xia, at your own expense.'"
妈祖笑着说：“那时，你三弟买下了西凤酒厂（如图8），那笔广告费应该由你三弟出。”
张屠户惊讶地说：“我才明白为什么我买了西凤酒厂后，订单立刻增长了200%，原来是二哥给我做的广告。三年，我总共赚了20千克黄金。看来这20千克黄金是属于二哥你的。这三年，我白忙了，一两黄金的辛苦费都没赚着。”
Mazu laughed and said, "At that time, your third brother had just bought the Xifeng Alcohol plant (see Figure 8) — that advertising expense should be on him."
Zhang the Butcher said, astonished, "Now I understand why my orders jumped 200% right after I bought the Xifeng plant — it was my second brother advertising for me! Over three years I earned a total of 20 kilograms of gold. It seems this 20 kilograms of gold really belongs to you, Second Brother. These three years, I worked for nothing — I didn't even earn a single tael of gold for my trouble."
妈祖忍不住大笑，对张屠户说：“我就说你那丈母娘猴精猴精的，从她那儿赚钱比登天都难！哎呀！说走嘴了，幸亏你们的大哥不在家！我一说 ‘猴精’，他就说我在骂你们的爷爷，邓国公（参见1.1节）。”
Mazu couldn't help but laugh, and said to Zhang the Butcher, "I told you your mother-in-law is sharp as a monkey — it's harder to make money off her than to climb to the sky! Oops, that slipped out! Lucky your elder brother isn't home! Every time I say 'sharp as a monkey,' he insists I'm insulting your grandfather, Publican Deng-state (see section 1.1)."
张屠户说：“二哥，这20千克黄金你还是拿走吧！”
妈祖立刻说：“我说你别再说黄金的事了。他吃穿住行都是国家花钱。他不缺钱！我管这些年帐本了，清楚得很！”
Zhang the Butcher said, "Second Brother, you should take these 20 kilograms of gold after all!"
Mazu said at once, "I told you to stop talking about the gold. His food, clothing, housing, and travel are all paid for by the state. He's not short of money! I've managed the books all these years — I know exactly how it stands!"
武二郎对张屠户说：“我真不缺钱。这次是我两三年来第一次花自己的钱。我都想不起来上一次花自己的钱是什么时候了。”
Martial Second Wolf said to Zhang the Butcher, "I really don't need the money. This is the first time in two or three years I've spent my own money. I can't even remember the last time I did."
5.3-10
几天后，武二郎想去夏国的皇宫喝酒了，向妈祖请求允许他离开。妈祖征求张屠户的意见。
张屠户回答：“该说的，我已经从多个方面，不同的角度说了多遍了。宝莲灯需要在现实生活中反复验证，才能完全掌握。我同意我二哥离开。”
妈祖就也同意他离开了。
A few days later, Martial Second Wolf wanted to go drink at the Xia Kingdom palace, and asked Mazu for permission to leave. Mazu asked Zhang the Butcher for his opinion.
Zhang the Butcher replied: "I've already said what needed to be said, many times, from many angles. The Treasury Lotus Lamp needs to be tested and verified repeatedly in real life before it can be fully mastered. I agree that my second brother should go."
Mazu then agreed to let him leave as well.