__ # Fragment from Lao-Tsu's Tao Te King # Last edited on 1998-07-14 15:27:05 by stolfi # # Mandarin in pinyin notation, # with tones marked by ISO-Latin accents: # "a" = 0, "ä" = 1, "á" = 2, "â" = 3, "à" = 4 # Also uses # "ñ" for "ng" # "ð" for "zh" # "ç" for "sh" # "þ" for "ch" Lâo_ Zi__ Dào_ Dé_ Jïñ__ (yï_ ðäñ_) dào_ kê_ dào_, fëi_ þáñ_ dào_; míñ_ kê_ míñ_, fëi_ þáñ_ míñ_. wú_ míñ_ tiän_ dì_ ðï_ çî_; yôu_ míñ_ wàn_ wù_ ðï_ mû_. gù_ þáñ_ wú_, yù_ yî_ guän_ qí_ miào_; þáñ_ yôu_, yù_ yî_ guän_ qí_ ***. cî_ liâñ_ ðê_ tóñ_, þü_ ér_ yì_ míñ_, tóñ_ wèi_ ðï_ xuán_. xuán_ ðï_ yòu_ xuán_, ðòñ_ miào_ ðï_ mén__. (èr_ ðäñ_) tiän_ xià_ jië_ ðï_ mêi_ ðï_ wéi_ mêi_, sï_ è_ yî_; jië_ ðï_ çàn_ ðï_ wéi_ çàn_, sï_ bù_ çàn_ yî_. gù_ yôu_ wú_ xiäñ_ çëñ_, nán_ yì_ xiäñ_ þéñ_, þáñ_ duân_ xiäñ_ xíñ_, gäo_ xià_ xiäñ_ qïñ_, yïn_ çëñ_ xiäñ_ hé_, qián_ hòu_ xiäñ_ suí_. çì_ yî_ çèñ_ rén_ þù_ wú_ wéi_ ðï_ çì_, xíñ_ bù_ yán_ ðï_ jiào_. wàn_ wù_ zuò_ yän_ ér_ bù_ cí_. çëñ_ ér_ bù_ yôu_, wéi_ ér_ bù_ çì_, göñ_ þéñ_ ér_ fú_ jü_. fü_ wéi_ fú_ jü_, çì_ yî_ bù_ qù__. (sän_ ðäñ_) bù_ çàñ_ xián_, çî_ mín_ bù_ ðëñ_. bù_ guì_ nán_ dé_ ðï_ huò_, çî_ mín_ bù_ wéi_ dào_. bù_ jiàn_ kê_ yù_, çî_ mín_ xïn_ bù_ luàn_. çì_ yî_ çèñ_ rén_ ðï_ ðì_, xü_ qí_ xïn_, çí_ qí_ fû_, ruò_ qí_ ðì_, qiáñ_ qí_ gû_. þáñ_ çî_ mín_ wú_ ðï_, wú_ yù_, çî_ fü_ ðì_ ðê_ bù_ gân_ wéi_ yê_. wéi_ wú_ wéi_, zé_ wú_ bù_ ðì__. # Color key: # # 8.500 or more bits # 7.500 to 8.499 bits # 6.500 to 7.499 bits # 5.500 to 6.499 bits # 4.500 to 5.499 bits # 3.500 to 4.499 bits # 2.500 to 3.499 bits # 1.500 to 2.499 bits # 0.500 to 1.499 bits # 0.000 to 0.499 bits # full text: 13342 characters (including fillers) # context: left = 2 right = 0 (order = 3) # alphabet size: actual = 49 # mean conditional entropy h_3: 2.706 bits/character