Return-Path: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@vms.dc.LSOFT.COM Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (segate.sunet.se [192.36.125.6]) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA14343 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 22:29:01 +0200 Message-Id: <199512102029.WAA14343@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id FC687FCB ; Sun, 10 Dec 1995 21:29:01 +0100 Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 15:26:59 -0500 Reply-To: Jorge Llambias Sender: Lojban list From: Jorge Llambias Subject: Re: CPE: la DAOdeiJIN X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu, jorge@minerva.phyast.pitt.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 879 Lines: 29 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