From LOJBAN@CUVMB.BITNET  Sat Mar  6 22:46:00 2010
Reply-To: Jorge Llambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>
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Date: Sun Dec 10 15:42:39 1995
From: Jorge Llambias <jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU>
Subject:      Re: CPE: la DAOdeiJIN
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To: John Cowan <cowan@LOCKE.CCIL.ORG>
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la stiv cusku di'e

> From the Tao Te Ching by Lau-Tze:
>
>   "Jen fa Ti: Ti fa T'sien: T'sien fa Tao: Tao fa tzu-jan"
>
>    lo'e remna ku se jitro lo'e terdi javni ku .i le terdi ku se jitro lo'e
>    munje javni ku .i le munje ku se jitro lo'e la daos javni ku .i la daos
>    se jitro la daos
>
>       {la daos.} can optionally be replaced by {lo rarna pruce ku}

Here's another possibility:

        lo'e remna cu seltru le terdi
        i le terdi cu seltru le munje
        i le munje cu seltru la daos
        i la daos. cu seltru ri

        Humans are ruled by the earth.
        The earth is ruled by the universe.
        The universe is ruled by the Tao.
        The Tao is ruled by itself.

I prefer using {turni} rather than {jitro} because it doesn't have that
distracting x3 place. It still doesn't achieve the compactness of the
Chinese phrase, though.

Jorge