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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, "į" = 2, "ā" = 3, "ą" = 4
# Also uses 
#   "ń" for "ng"
#   "š" for "zh"
#   "ē" for "sh"
#   "ž" for "ch"

Lāo_ Zi__

Dąo_ Dé_ Jļń__ 

(_ šäń_) dąo_ kź_ dąo_, fėi_ žįń_
dąo_; mķń_ kź_ mķń_, fėi_ žįń_
mķń_. _ mķń_ tn_ dģ_ šļ_ ēī_; yōu_
mķń_ wąn_ wł_ šļ_ mū_. gł_ žįń_ _,
ył_ _ guän_ _ miąo_; žįń_ yōu_, ył_
_ guän_ _ ***. cī_ liāń_ šź_ tóń_,
žü_ ér_ yģ_ mķń_, tóń_ i_ šļ_
xuįn_. xuįn_ šļ_ yņu_ xuįn_, šņń_ miąo_
šļ_ mén__.

(čr_ šäń_) tn_ xią_ jiė_ šļ_ mźi_
šļ_ wéi_ mźi_, sļ_ č_ _; jiė_ šļ_
ēąn_ šļ_ wéi_ ēąn_, sļ_ bł_ ēąn_
_. gł_ yōu_ _ xiäń_ ēėń_, nįn_ yģ_
xiäń_ žéń_, žįń_ duān_ xiäń_ xķń_,
gäo_ xią_ xiäń_ qļń_, yļn_ ēėń_ xiäń_
hé_, qiįn_ hņu_ xiäń_ suķ_. ēģ_ _
ēčń_ rén_ žł_ _ wéi_ šļ_ ēģ_, xķń_
bł_ yįn_ šļ_ jiąo_. wąn_ wł_ zuņ_ yän_
ér_ bł_ cķ_. ēėń_ ér_ bł_ yōu_, wéi_ ér_
bł_ ēģ_, göń_ žéń_ ér_ fś_ _. _
wéi_ fś_ _, ēģ_ _ bł_ qł__.

(sän_ šäń_) bł_ ēąń_ xiįn_, ēī_ mķn_
bł_ šėń_. bł_ guģ_ nįn_ dé_ šļ_ huņ_,
ēī_ mķn_ bł_ wéi_ dąo_. bł_ jiąn_ kź_
ył_, ēī_ mķn_ xļn_ bł_ luąn_.  ēģ_ _
ēčń_ rén_ šļ_ šģ_, xü_ _ xļn_, ēķ_
_ fū_, ruņ_ _ šģ_, qiįń_ _
gū_. žįń_ ēī_ mķn_ _ šļ_, _ ył_,
ēī_ _ šģ_ šź_ bł_ gān_ wéi_ yź_. wéi_
_ wéi_, zé_ _ bł_ šģ__.


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