Three Strikes at the White Bone Demon
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Source: 《西游记》 · Journey to the West
唐僧师徒去西天取经,路过白骨山。白骨精想吃唐僧肉。
On the journey west, the pilgrims passed White Bone Mountain, whose demon craved the monk's flesh.
她变成小姑娘送饭,孙悟空看出是妖怪,一棒打死。妖精跑了,留下假尸体。唐僧怪孙悟空伤人。
She became a girl carrying rice, Wukong saw through her and struck her down; she escaped, leaving a corpse behind. The monk rebuked him for killing.
她又变成老婆婆找女儿,孙悟空又一棒打死。唐僧更生气了。第三次她变成老公公,孙悟空还是一棒打死。
She came as an old woman seeking her daughter, struck again, angrier still. Third time an old man, again struck down.
唐僧写了贬书,把孙悟空赶走了。没有孙悟空,唐僧马上就被妖怪抓住了。他这才知道错怪了徒弟。
The monk wrote a dismissal and drove Wukong away. Without him he was caught at once, and learned he'd wronged his disciple.