From robin@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx Tue Feb 23 09:22:28 1999 X-Digest-Num: 72 Message-ID: <44114.72.424.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:22:28 +0200 From: Robin Turner > > zo robin cusku di'e > > Surely this means "The word 'Robin' says the following"?! > > Ooops. A misunderstanding of "la robin." There was someone told me that > "la robin." (the one called Robin) doesn't indicate that it is this > Robin or that Robin; everyone in the world called Robin is "la robin." > So I just wanted to make it clear... Any substitution? > AFAIK, {la}, like {lo} and {le}, doesn't specify number, but context makes it clear that {la robin.} refers to me, and not any other Robins. If you want to refer to all people called Robin, I think it would be {la'i robin.} - "the set of things named 'Robin'." > > > {.ai .izo'o} though given the way this thread's going, I might just start writing {la lindzy}! > > Oh, no. "Lin" is my family name, and "Zhemin" is my surname. So you may > call me "djy,min" (while it is invalid to write djymin). > Well, it's not even acceptable Lojban (since it ends in a vowel). It was meant to be "Linzi" like "Laozi" or "Zhuangzi"! > > > It's set to 65 characters, so the problem is with your mail server, not my mail. > > Which message reader do you use? Maybe it's displayed as 65 characters > wide, but no LF (0x0A) is inserted between two lines. > This thing really has me beat. I mailed a sample to myself, then opened it in my UNIX reader (pine) and it came out fine. Maybe something weird is going on at onelist. I might be able to get round the problem by using the MIME printable option, but then that could screw things up for some of the individuals and newsgroups I write to. > > > IIRC, Wangbi was a neo-Daoist and emphasised naturalness, spontaneity etc. The Han dynasty commentators > > were more into the psychophysiological practices. > > Do you know who are the commentators in Han dynasty? I've no idea. > Psychophysiological (what a long word) practice is just a Chinese > tradition. Many people (even do I) practice some. However, though the > concept of some practices are from Daoism (not the religious one), the > theory is majorly based on medical books written in Han and Jin > dynasty. I'm afraid all my books are in England. co'o mi'e robin.