__ # Fragment from Lao-Tsu's Tao Te King # Mandarin in pinyin notation (numeric postfix tones) # Last edited on 1998-07-09 18:07:14 by stolfi Lao3_ Zi0__ Dao4_ De2_ Jing1__ (yi1_ zhang1_) dao4_ ke3_ dao4_, fei1_ chang2_ dao4_; ming2_ ke3_ ming2_, fei1_ chang2_ ming2_. wu2_ ming2_ tian1_ di4_ zhi1_ shi3_; you3_ ming2_ wan4_ wu4_ zhi1_ mu3_. gu4_ chang2_ wu2_, yu4_ yi3_ guan1_ qi2_ miao4_; chang2_ you3_, yu4_ yi3_ guan1_ qi2_ ***. ci3_ liang3_ zhe3_ tong2_, chu1_ er2_ yi4_ ming2_, tong2_ wei4_ zhi1_ xuan2_. xuan2_ zhi1_ you4_ xuan2_, zhong4_ miao4_ zhi1_ men2__. (er4_ zhang1_) tian1_ xia4_ jie1_ zhi1_ mei3_ zhi1_ wei2_ mei3_, si1_ e4_ yi3_; jie1_ zhi1_ shan4_ zhi1_ wei2_ shan4_, si1_ bu4_ shan4_ yi3_. gu4_ you3_ wu2_ xiang1_ sheng1_, nan2_ yi4_ xiang1_ cheng2_, chang2_ duan3_ xiang1_ xing2_, gao1_ xia4_ xiang1_ qing1_, yin1_ sheng1_ xiang1_ he2_, qian2_ hou4_ xiang1_ sui2_. shi4_ yi3_ sheng4_ ren2_ chu4_ wu2_ wei2_ zhi1_ shi4_, xing2_ bu4_ yan2_ zhi1_ jiao4_. wan4_ wu4_ zuo4_ yan1_ er2_ bu4_ ci2_. sheng1_ er2_ bu4_ you3_, wei2_ er2_ bu4_ shi4_, gong1_ cheng2_ er2_ fu2_ ju1_. fu1_ wei2_ fu2_ ju1_, shi4_ yi3_ bu4_ qu4__. (san1_ zhang1_) bu4_ shang4_ xian2_, shi3_ min2_ bu4_ zheng1_. bu4_ gui4_ nan2_ de2_ zhi1_ huo4_, shi3_ min2_ bu4_ wei2_ dao4_. bu4_ jian4_ ke3_ yu4_, shi3_ min2_ xin1_ bu4_ luan4_. shi4_ yi3_ sheng4_ ren2_ zhi1_ zhi4_, xu1_ qi2_ xin1_, shi2_ qi2_ fu3_, ruo4_ qi2_ zhi4_, qiang2_ qi2_ gu3_. chang2_ shi3_ min2_ wu2_ zhi1_, wu2_ yu4_, shi3_ fu1_ zhi4_ zhe3_ bu4_ gan3_ wei2_ ye3_. wei2_ wu2_ wei2_, ze2_ wu2_ bu4_ zhi4__. # 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: 26822 characters (including fillers) # context: left = 2 right = 0 (order = 3) # alphabet size: actual = 31 # mean conditional entropy h_3: 1.821 bits/character