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# 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___.


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# full text: 13403 characters (including fillers)
# context: left = 3 right = 0  (order = 4)
# alphabet size: actual = 49
# mean conditional entropy h_4:  3.039 bits/character