% NOT YET ADAPTED TO THE NEW FONT MACROS

%D \module
%D   [       file=font-chi,
%D        version=1999.10.10,
%D          title=\CONTEXT\ Font Macros,
%D       subtitle=Chinese,
%D         author=Hans Hagen,
%D           date=\currentdate,
%D    suggestions=Wang Lei,
%D      copyright={PRAGMA / Hans Hagen \& Ton Otten}]
%C
%C This module is part of the \CONTEXT\ macro||package and is
%C therefore copyrighted by \PRAGMA. See mreadme.pdf for
%C details.

\writestatus{loading}{Context Font Macros / Chinese}

% much will to typo-chi.tex

%D Still to be implemented:
%D
%D \startopsomming
%D \som columns left right touch
%D \som distance = (hsize-n*bodyfontsize)/(n-1)
%D \som char grids
%D \som char tables
%D \som all kind of rotated combinations
%D \som hanging puctuation
%D \som a few more encodings
%D \som rotation list
%D \stopopsomming

%M \stelkorpsin[chi]
%M
%M \def\WangLei%
%M   {\purechinese{\uchar{205}{245}\uchar{192}{218}}}

\useencoding[chi]

%D When \WangLei\ sent me a mail asking if \CONTEXT\ was able
%D to support Chinese, I wasn't sure if the answer could be
%D yes. I knew that those languages, rich of glyphs, were
%D typeset by \TEX, so in principle it should be possible. I
%D asked or some more input and was told that there were
%D \LATEX\ styles regarding those languages. When I unzipped
%D the accompanying files, it became clear that I had to
%D implement support for Chinese from scratch. There was a
%D multitude of font, with rather unfamiliar encodings, a
%D large collection of files with |<|at least for me|>|
%D unknown purposes, and worse, the documentation was mainly
%D in Chinese.
%D
%D So, \WangLei\ and I started exchanging some emails and it
%D soon became clear that supporting Chinese was not that
%D complicated at all. It mostly came to dealing with handling
%D \UNICODE\ fonts. It also became clear that everything
%D Chinese took place in the upper region of the eight bit
%D character set. I wrote some macros that could process the
%D small \type {Hello World} file \WangLei\ had send me, and
%D after some bug fixes real Chinese came out. I started to
%D like the look and fel of Chinese glyphs, so on we went.
%D
%D The first comments concerned spacing. The mix of English
%D and Chinese demands some rather deliberate handling of
%D spacing. Breaking lines was not so much a problem, and
%D could be solved by adding some glue between Chinese glyphs.
%D
%D In the meantime had asked \WangLei\ for some language bound
%D labels and texts, and implementing these was rather
%D straightforward. But, there were still some issues to deal
%D with: conversion of numbers, date handling and index
%D sorting.
%D
%D I consider(ed) writing Chinese support to be a nice puzzle,
%D since I have to act on chinese \CONTEXT\ code, where I only
%D understand the \CONTEXT\ part. The drawings \WangLei\ made
%D me (in drawing packages) were of great help. Since I write
%D these modules from scratch, although I fall back on some
%D basic encoding and font modules, I consider them to be
%D rather clean. This cannot be said of all \CONTEXT\ font
%D modules \type {-)}.

\unprotect

%D Because Chinese glyphs have more height than the average
%D Latin glyph, and at the same time don't have much depth,
%D we adapt the scale.
%D
%D Before and after the glyph we have to deal with Chinese
%D spacing. Special attention is given to punctuation.
%D
%D \starttypen
%D [some short nice chinese text with () and english]
%D \stoptypen
%D
%D We insert a bit of stretch and introduce a signal to
%D keep track of previous characters. We use a similar
%D method in the units module, which may be a nice
%D introduction to using signals.

%D \macros
%D   {chineseunicodescale, chineseinterglyphskip,
%D    chineseunicodeheight, chineseunicodedepth, chinesespace}
%D
%D There are a few variables, that can be (re|)|set
%D depending on the current font. They default to:

\def\chineseunicodescale  {1.00} % not smaller than .85
\def\chineseunicodeheight {1.00}
\def\chineseunicodedepth  {1.00}
\def\chineseinterglyphskip{0pt   plus .05em minus .01em}
\def\chinesesurroundskip  {.25em plus .15em minus .05em}

%D We define a few signals. As said, another example of
%D using signals can be found in the module \type {m-units}.

\newsignal\chineseLsignal % left boundary character
\newsignal\chineseRsignal % right boundary character
\newsignal\chineseSsignal % any other character (symbol)

\chardef\chineseBstatus=0 % 0=unknown 1=left 2=right 3=chinese 4=nospace
\chardef\chineseAstatus=0 % 0=unknown 1=left 2=right 3=space
\chardef\chineseSstatus=0 % 0=unknown 1=left 2=right

\sfcode`(=2000  % a temporary hack

\def\chinesenobreak
 {\relax
  \iftracechinese
    \nobreak
    \kern-.5pt\color[red]{\vrule\!!width1pt}\kern-.5pt
    \nobreak
  \else
    \nobreak
  \fi}

\newif\ifcorrectchineseboundarychars

\def\chineseunskip
  {\unskip\unskip\unskip\unskip}

\def\insertchineseglyph
  {\iftracechinese\tracedchineseglyph\else\insertunicodeglyph\fi}

\newif\ifverticalchinese

\def\handlechineseunicodeglyph
  {\ifinpagebody
     \horizontalchineseunicodeglyph
   \else\ifverticalchinese
     \verticalchineseunicodeglyph
   \else
     \horizontalchineseunicodeglyph
   \fi\fi}

% This is a previous, very encoding specific, attempt. The
% current implementation is more versatile.
%
% \starttypen
% \def\chineseleftglyph   {\chardef\chineseSstatus=1 }
% \def\chineserightglyph  {\chardef\chineseSstatus=2 }
% \def\chinesecenterglyph {\chardef\chineseSstatus=3 }
%
% \def\analyzechineseunicodeglyph%
%   {% left
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161174 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161176 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161178 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161180 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161182 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161184 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161186 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161188 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161190 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163168 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163219 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163224 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163251 \chineseleftglyph   \else
%    % right
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161162 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161163 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161175 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161177 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161179 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161181 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161183 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161185 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161187 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161189 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161191 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161227 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161228 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161229 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163161 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163162 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163167 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163169 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163172 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163174 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163186 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163187 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163191 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163221 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163253 \chineserightglyph  \else
%    % center
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161164 \chinesecenterglyph \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161167 \chinesecenterglyph \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=161173 \chinesecenterglyph \else
%    \ifnum\unicodeposition=163190 \chinesecenterglyph \else
%    % unknown
%    \chardef\chineseSstatus=0
%    \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi \fi
%    \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi \fi}
% \stoptypen
%
% chinese classes: left=1|right=2|center=3

\def\analyzechineseunicodeglyph%
  {\chardef\chineseSstatus=0\getvalue{uc\the\unicodeposition}\relax}

\def\analyzechineseunicodeenviroment%
  {% left
   \ifx (\nextglyph              \chardef\chineseAstatus=1 \else
   \ifx [\nextglyph              \chardef\chineseAstatus=1 \else
   % right
   \ifx ,\nextglyph              \chardef\chineseAstatus=2 \else
   \ifx .\nextglyph              \chardef\chineseAstatus=2 \else
   \ifx ?\nextglyph              \chardef\chineseAstatus=2 \else
   \ifx ;\nextglyph              \chardef\chineseAstatus=2 \else
   \ifx :\nextglyph              \chardef\chineseAstatus=2 \else
   \ifx !\nextglyph              \chardef\chineseAstatus=2 \else
   \ifx )\nextglyph              \chardef\chineseAstatus=2 \else
   \ifx ]\nextglyph              \chardef\chineseAstatus=2 \else
   % space
   \ifx\nextglyph\blankspace     \chardef\chineseAstatus=3 \else
   \ifx\nextglyph\space          \chardef\chineseAstatus=3 \else
                                 \chardef\chineseAstatus=0
   % unknown
   \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi \fi\fi
   % maybe save the last skip?
   \chardef\chineseBstatus=\ifdim\lastskip=\!!zeropoint 4 \else0 \fi
   \ifdim\lastskip=\chineseLsignal \chardef\chineseBstatus=1 \else
   \ifdim\lastskip=\chineseRsignal \chardef\chineseBstatus=2 \else
   \ifdim\lastskip=\chineseSsignal \chardef\chineseBstatus=3 \else
     \scratchskip=\lastskip \unskip
     \ifdim\lastskip=\chineseLsignal \chardef\chineseBstatus=1 \else
     \ifdim\lastskip=\chineseRsignal \chardef\chineseBstatus=2 \else
     \ifdim\lastskip=\chineseSsignal \chardef\chineseBstatus=3 \else
       \space\scratchskip=\lastskip \unskip
       \setbox\scratchbox=\hbox\bgroup
         (\space
         \ifdim\lastskip=\scratchskip
           \egroup \chardef\chineseBstatus=1
         \else
           \egroup
           \ifdim\scratchskip=\!!zeropoint \chardef\chineseBstatus=4 \fi
         \fi
     \fi\fi\fi
   \fi\fi\fi}

\def\horizontalchineseunicodeglyph
  {\relax
   \ifhmode\else\dontleavehmode\fi % added
   \setunicodescale\chineseunicodescale
   \setunicodestrut\chineseunicodeheight\chineseunicodedepth
   \ifprocessingverbatim
     \iftracechinese
       \ruledhbox{\insertunicodeglyph}%
     \else
       \insertunicodeglyph
     \fi
   \else
     \analyzechineseunicodeglyph
     \analyzechineseunicodeenviroment
     \ifcase\chineseSstatus\relax
       \ifcase\chineseBstatus\relax
         \chineseunskip
         \hskip\chinesesurroundskip      % unknown
       \or
         \chineseunskip
         \chinesenobreak                 % left
       \or
         \ifcorrectchineseboundarychars\else\chineseunskip\fi
         \hskip\chineseinterglyphskip    % right
       \or
         \chineseunskip
         \hskip\chineseinterglyphskip    % chinese
       \or
                                         % whatever
       \fi
       \insertchineseglyph
       \ifcase\chineseAstatus\relax
         \hskip\chineseinterglyphskip    % unknown
         \hskip\chinesesurroundskip
         \ifcase\chineseSstatus
           \hskip\chineseSsignal
         \or
           \hskip\chineseLsignal
         \else
           \hskip\chineseRsignal
         \fi
       \or
         \hskip\chineseinterglyphskip    % left
         \chinesenobreak
         \hskip\chineseLsignal
       \or
         \chinesenobreak                 % right
         \hskip\chineseinterglyphskip
         \chinesenobreak
         \hskip\chineseRsignal
       \or
         \hskip\chineseinterglyphskip    % space
         \hskip\chinesesurroundskip
         \hskip\chineseSsignal
       \fi
     \or % left
       \ifcorrectchineseboundarychars
         \let\unicodecharcommand\chineseleftcharcommand
       \fi
       \chineseunskip
       \insertchineseglyph
       \chinesenobreak
       \hskip\chineseLsignal
     \or % right
       \ifcorrectchineseboundarychars
         \let\unicodecharcommand\chineserightcharcommand
       \fi
       \chineseunskip
       \chinesenobreak
       \insertchineseglyph
       \hskip\chineseRsignal
     \else % center
       \chineseunskip
       \chinesenobreak
       \insertchineseglyph
       \hskip\chineseinterglyphskip
       \hskip\chineseRsignal
     \fi
     \aftergroup\ignorespaces            % watch this
   \fi}

\def\verticalchineseunicodeglyph
  {\relax
   \ifprocessingverbatim % to do
     \horizontalchineseunicodeglyph
   \else
     \setunicodescale\chineseunicodescale
     \setunicodestrut\chineseunicodeheight\chineseunicodedepth
     \analyzechineseunicodeglyph
     \setbox\scratchbox\hbox to \hsize
       {\hss
        \ifcase\chineseSstatus\relax
          \insertchineseglyph
        \else % left / right
          \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{\insertchineseglyph}%
          \rotate[\c!rotatie=270]{\box\scratchbox}%
        \fi
        \hss}%
     \ht\scratchbox\unicodeheight\strutht
     \dp\scratchbox\unicodedepth \strutdp
     \ifvmode % catches \hbox{...}, actually \hbox should be \vbox -)
       \nointerlineskip
     \fi
     \ifcase\prevchineseSstatus\relax
       \ifnum\chineseSstatus=2 \par\nobreak\else\allowbreak\fi
     \or % left
       \par\nobreak
     \or % right
       \ifnum\chineseSstatus=2 \par\nobreak\else\allowbreak\fi
     \fi
     \global\chardef\prevchineseSstatus\chineseSstatus % pagebody ...
     \box\scratchbox\par
     \aftergroup\ignorespaces                           % watch this
   \fi}

%D \macros
%D   {setupchinese,startvertical,nochinese}
%D
%D The previous macros implement horizontal as well as
%D vertical typesetting. Vertical typesetting is implemented
%D on top of the multi||column routines.

\def\setupchinese
  {\dodoubleargument\getparameters[\??vt]}

\def\startvertical
  {\dosingleempty\dostartvertical}

\def\dostartvertical[#1]%
  {\bgroup
   \def\maxnofcolumns{25}%
   \verticalchinesetrue
   \global\chardef\prevchineseSstatus=0
   \let\nochinese\nochineseinvertical
   \doif\@@vtn\v!passend
     {\dimen0=\textwidth
      \advance\dimen0 \@@vtafstand
      \dimen2=\bodyfontsize
      \advance\dimen2 \@@vtafstand
      \divide\dimen0 \number\dimen2
      \edef\@@vtn{\number\dimen0}}%
   \startkolommen
     [\c!richting=\@@vtrichting,
      \c!balanceren=\@@vtbalanceren,
      \c!afstand=\@@vtafstand,
      \c!n=\@@vtn,
      #1]}

\def\stopvertical
  {\stopkolommen
   \egroup}

\setupchinese
  [\c!richting=\v!links,
   \c!balanceren=\v!nee,
   \c!n=\v!passend,
   \c!afstand=1.5\bodyfontsize]

%D We can set up vertical typesetting with \type
%D {\setupchinese}.

%D \macros
%D   {nochineseinvertical}
%D
%D English (non chinese) text is typeset rotated:

\def\nochineseinvertical#1%
  {\par
   \setbox\scratchbox\hbox{\strut#1}
   \getnoflines{\wd\scratchbox}
   \setbox\scratchbox\hbox to \noflines\openlineheight
     {\hss\box\scratchbox\hss}
   \hbox to \hsize
     {\hss
      \rotate
        [\c!rotatie=270]
        {\vbox to \ht\scratchbox{\vss\box\scratchbox\vss}}%
      \hss}
   \par}

%D \macros
%D   {correctchineseboundarychars}
%D
%D Careful reading of the previous macro learns that we
%D treat left and right glyphs differently. When we say
%D
%D \starttypen
%D \correctchineseboundarycharstrue
%D \stoptypen
%D
%D For the moment correction in on by default.

\correctchineseboundarycharstrue

\def\chineserightcharcommand#1%
  {\iftracechinese\ruledhbox\else\hbox\fi \!!to .5em{#1\hss}%
   \hskip.25em\!!plus .25em\relax}%

\def\chineseleftcharcommand#1%
  {\ifnum\chineseBstatus<4 \hskip.25em \!!plus .25em\relax\fi
   \iftracechinese\ruledhbox\else\hbox\fi \!!to .5em{\hss#1}}%

% \def\chineserightcharcommand#1%
%   {\setbox\scratchbox=\hbox{#1}%
%    \scratchdimen=.5em
%    \ifdim\wd\scratchbox>\scratchdimen
%      \iftracechinese\ruledhbox\else\hbox\fi \!!to \scratchdimen
%        {\box\scratchbox\hss}%
%      \hskip.5\scratchdimen\!!plus.5\scratchdimen\relax
%    \else
%      \box\scratchbox
%    \fi}

% \def\chineseleftcharcommand#1%
%   {\setbox\scratchbox=\hbox{#1}%
%    \scratchdimen=.5em
%    \ifdim\wd\scratchbox>\scratchdimen
%      \ifnum\chineseBstatus<4
%        \hskip.5\scratchdimen\!!plus.5\scratchdimen\relax
%      \fi
%      \iftracechinese\ruledhbox\else\hbox\fi \!!to \scratchdimen
%        {\hss\box\scratchbox}%
%    \else
%      \box\scratchbox
%    \fi}

%D The long list of numbers in the previous macro identify the
%D characters where special care is needed for breaking lines.
%D A linebreak is not permitted before:
%D
%D \def\DoIt #1 #2 %
%D   {\hbox{\hbox to 2em{\uchar{#1}{#2}\hss}#1 #2}\par}
%D
%D \startkolommen[n=5]
%D \DoIt 161 162 \DoIt 161 163 \DoIt 161 164 \DoIt 161 167 \DoIt 161 173
%D \DoIt 161 175 \DoIt 161 177 \DoIt 161 179 \DoIt 161 181 \DoIt 161 183
%D \DoIt 161 185 \DoIt 161 187 \DoIt 161 189 \DoIt 161 191 \DoIt 161 227
%D \DoIt 161 228 \DoIt 161 229 \DoIt 163 161 \DoIt 163 162 \DoIt 163 167
%D \DoIt 163 169 \DoIt 163 172 \DoIt 163 174 \DoIt 163 186 \DoIt 163 187
%D \DoIt 163 190 \DoIt 163 191 \DoIt 163 221 \DoIt 163 253
%D \stopkolommen
%D
%D A linebreak is not permitted after the following glyphs:
%D
%D \startkolommen[n=5]
%D \DoIt 161 174 \DoIt 161 176 \DoIt 161 178 \DoIt 161 180 \DoIt 161 182
%D \DoIt 161 184 \DoIt 161 186 \DoIt 161 188 \DoIt 161 190 \DoIt 163 168
%D \DoIt 163 219 \DoIt 163 224 \DoIt 163 251
%D \stopkolommen

%D \macros
%D   {tracechinesetrue, showchinesetracelegend}
%D
%D When we say \type {\tracechinesetrue}, we get some
%D insight in the way \CONTEXT\ handles the Chinese glyphs.
%D The symbols and color used represent:
%D
%D \showchinesetracelegend

\newif\iftracechinese

\def\showchinesetracelegend%
  {\definetabulate[\s!dummy][|c|l|l|l|]%
   \startdummy
     \HL \NC \bf key \NC \bf meaning \NC \bf glyph \NC \bf keys \NC \NR \HL
     \NC u \NC unknown character type \NC \color[green]{current} \NC u l r \NC\NR
     \NC l \NC left boundary character \NC \color[red]{previous} \NC u l r c n \NC\NR
     \NC r \NC right boundary character \NC \color[blue]{next} \NC u l r s \NC\NR
     \NC c \NC chinese character \NC \NC \NC\NR
     \NC s \NC following space \NC \NC \NC\NR
     \NC n \NC no preceding space \NC \NC \NC\NR \HL
   \stopdummy}

\def\tracedchineseglyph%
  {\leavevmode
   \ruledhbox
     {\setbox\scratchbox=\hbox{\insertunicodeglyph}%
      \hbox to \wd\scratchbox
        {\localcolortrue
         \copy\scratchbox
         \infofont
         \hskip-\wd\scratchbox
         \hbox to \wd\scratchbox
           {\hss
            \color[green]
              {\ifcase\chineseSstatus\relax u\or l\or r\fi}%
            \hss}%
         \hskip-\wd\scratchbox
         \lower\dp\scratchbox\hbox to \wd\scratchbox
           {\hss
            \color[red]
              {\ifcase\chineseBstatus\relax u\or l\or r\or c\or n\fi}%
            \hss
            \color[blue]
              {\ifcase\chineseAstatus\relax u\or l\or r\or s\fi}%
            \hss}}}}

%D The following example shows how tracing works.
%D
%D \start \tracechinesetrue
%D 在这一次更新中我们将介绍对中文的支持。当本文的中文译者王磊
%D 询问我 \nochinese{\CONTEXT} 是否能处理汉语时，他已经尝试过
%D 运行现有的宏集，但是没有得到结果。这意味着对中文的支持还没
%D 有实现。
%D
%D 在这一(次更新)中我们 (将介) 绍对中文的支持。当本文的中文译,
%D 者王磊询问我\nochinese{\CONTEXT}是否能处理汉语时，他已经尝
%D 试过运行现有的宏集，但是没有得到结果。这意味着对中文的支持
%D 还没有实现。.
%D \stop

%D Because fonts are defined each time a \UNICODE\ is
%D encountered |<|which is less inefficient than one would
%D imagine, because \TEX\ is optimized quite well in this
%D repect|>| we can define macros like this to take care of
%D font switches. When available, one can add definitions
%D for italic, slanted, bold fonts and combinations of these.

%D \macros
%D   {chinesenumber}
%D
%D The chinese numbering systems rather straightforward. First
%D there are the digits:
%D
%D \starttabulatie[|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|]
%D \NC 0 \NC 1 \NC 2 \NC 3 \NC 4 \NC 5 \NC 6 \NC 7 \NC 8 \NC 9 \NC\NR
%D \NC \chinesenumber{0} \NC \chinesenumber{1} \NC \chinesenumber{2}
%D \NC \chinesenumber{3} \NC \chinesenumber{4} \NC \chinesenumber{5}
%D \NC \chinesenumber{6} \NC \chinesenumber{7} \NC \chinesenumber{8}
%D \NC \chinesenumber{9} \NC\NR
%D \stoptabulatie
%D
%D Apart from these numbers, we have dedicated representations
%D of some powers of~$10$.
%D
%D \starttabulatie[|c|c|c|c|c|]
%D \NC 10 \NC 100 \NC 1000 \NC 10000 \NC 100000000 \NC\NR
%D \NC \chinesenumber{10} \NC \chinesenumber{100}
%D \NC \chinesenumber{1000} \NC \chinesenumber{10000}
%D \NC \chinesenumber{100000000} \NC\NR
%D \stoptabulatie
%D
%D The number~12 is a combination of $1\times10+2$, or:
%D \chinesenumber {12}, while~22 becomes \chinesenumber {22}.
%D The numbers below 20 are treated a bit different, just like
%D numbers with series of $0$'s. So $2\times10$ comes out as
%D two glyphs, but $1\times10$ as one, because in the latter
%D case the~$1$ is redundant. The same is true for the powers
%D of~10.
%D
%D \starttabulatie[|r|r|r|r|r|r|]
%D \NC     1 \NC \chinesenumber     {1} \NC
%D         9 \NC \chinesenumber     {9} \NC
%D         4 \NC \chinesenumber     {4} \NC\NR
%D \NC    11 \NC \chinesenumber    {11} \NC
%D        99 \NC \chinesenumber    {99} \NC
%D        16 \NC \chinesenumber    {16} \NC\NR
%D \NC   111 \NC \chinesenumber   {111} \NC
%D       999 \NC \chinesenumber   {999} \NC
%D       256 \NC \chinesenumber   {256} \NC\NR
%D \NC  1111 \NC \chinesenumber  {1111} \NC
%D      9999 \NC \chinesenumber  {9999} \NC
%D     65536 \NC \chinesenumber {65536} \NC\NR
%D \stoptabulatie
%D
%D The implementation is rather simple. For internal purposes,
%D we let zero expand to~0. The digits $0-9$ and numbers $10$,
%D $100$, $1000$, $10000$ and $100000000$ are hard coded.

% This was the first implementation, before \WangLei\ asked
% me to look into Big Five encoding, so, like everthing in
% \TEX, things become a bit more complicated, but also more
% versatile.
%
% \starttypen
% \def\chinesedigit#1%
%   {\ifnum      #1=100000000 \uchar{210}{218}% 100000000
%    \else\ifnum #1=10000     \uchar{205}{242}% 10000
%    \else\ifnum #1=1000      \uchar{199}{167}% 1000
%    \else\ifnum #1=100       \uchar{176}{217}% 100
%    \else\ifnum #1=10        \uchar{202}{174}% 10
%    \else\ifcase#1           \uchar{193}{227}% 0
%    \or                      \uchar{210}{187}% 1
%    \or                      \uchar{182}{254}% 2
%    \or                      \uchar{200}{253}% 3
%    \or                      \uchar{203}{196}% 4
%    \or                      \uchar{206}{229}% 5
%    \or                      \uchar{193}{249}% 6
%    \or                      \uchar{198}{223}% 7
%    \or                      \uchar{176}{203}% 8
%    \or                      \uchar{190}{197}% 9
%    \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi}
% \stoptypen

%D We will implement four methods, the one described earlier,
%D a derived one with capitalized characters, an extended
%D version of the first method, and a rather Arabic method.
%D
%D \starttabulatie[|l|l|]
%D \HL
%D \NC \bf command                      \NC \bf number 39                 \NC\NR
%D \HL
%D \NC \type{\normalchinesenumber}      \NC \normalchinesenumber     {39} \NC\NR
%D \NC \type{\capitalizedchinesenumber} \NC \capitalizedchinesenumber{39} \NC\NR
%D \NC \type{\arabicchinesenumber}      \NC \arabicchinesenumber     {39} \NC\NR
%D \NC \type{\extendedchinesenumber}    \NC \extendedchinesenumber   {39} \NC\NR
%D \HL
%D \stoptabulatie
%D
%D We use a dirty trick to enable Chinese Capital Digits. In
%D the encoding vectors, we define these by appending a suffix
%D \type {*} to the digit, which in the following macro is
%D appended or not (by passing \type {\empty}).

\def\chinesedigit#1#2% #2: suffix, here * or \empty
  {\udigit{\chineseencoding}{\number#1#2}}

% Normal Chinese Number

\def\normalchinesenumber#1%
  {\expandafter\dochinesenumber\number#1\relax\empty}

\def\dochinesenumber#1#2\relax#3%
  {\ifnum#1#2<10 % 1-10
     \chinesedigit{#1}#3%
   \else\ifnum#1#2<20 % 11-99
     \chinesedigit{10}#3%
     \dodochinesenumberA#2\relax#3%
   \else
     \dodochinesenumber#1#2\relax#3%
   \fi\fi}

\def\dodochinesenumber#1#2\relax#3%
  {\ifnum#1=0
     \chinesedigit{0}#3%
     \dododochinesenumber0#2\relax#3%
   \else\ifnum#1#2<10 % 1-10
     \chinesedigit{#1#2}#3%
     \dodochinesenumberA#2\relax#3%
   \else\ifnum#1#2<100 % 11-99
     \dodochinesenumber#1\relax#3%
     \chinesedigit{10}#3%
     \dodochinesenumberA#2\relax#3%
   \else\ifnum#1#2<1000 % 100-999
     \dodochinesenumber#1\relax#3%
     \chinesedigit{100}#3%
     \dodochinesenumberA#2\relax#3%
   \else\ifnum#1#2<10000 % 1000-9999
     \dodochinesenumber#1\relax#3%
     \chinesedigit{1000}#3%
     \dodochinesenumberA#2\relax#3%
   \else\ifnum#1#2<100000 % 10000-99999
     \dodochinesenumber#1\relax#3%
     \chinesedigit{10000}#3%
     \dodochinesenumberA#2\relax#3%
   \else\ifnum#1#2<1000000 % 100000-999999
     \dodochinesenumberB#1#2\relax#3%
   \else\ifnum#1#2<10000000 % 1000000-9999999
     \dodochinesenumberC#1#2\relax#3%
   \else\ifnum#1#2<100000000 % 10000000-99999999
     \dodochinesenumberD#1#2\relax#3%
   \else\ifnum#1#2<1000000000 % 10000000-99999999
     \dochinesenumber#1\relax#3%
     \chinesedigit{100000000}#3%
     \dododochinesenumber#2\relax#3%
   \else
     \dodochinesenumberE#1#2\relax#3%
   \fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi\fi}

\def\dododochinesenumber#1#2\relax#3%
  {\ifnum#1=0
     \ifnum0#2>0 \dododochinesenumber#2\relax#3\fi
   \else
     \dodochinesenumber#1#2\relax#3%
   \fi}

\def\dodochinesenumberA#1\relax#2%
  {\ifcase0#1 \else\dodochinesenumber#1\relax#2\fi}

\def\dodochinesenumberB#1#2#3\relax#4%
  {\dochinesenumber#1#2\relax#4%
   \chinesedigit{10000}#4%
   \dododochinesenumber#3\relax#4}

\def\dodochinesenumberC#1#2#3#4\relax#5%
  {\dochinesenumber#1#2#3\relax#5%
   \chinesedigit{10000}#5%
   \dododochinesenumber#4\relax#5}

\def\dodochinesenumberD#1#2#3#4#5\relax#6%
  {\dochinesenumber#1#2#3#4\relax#6%
   \chinesedigit{10000}#6%
   \dododochinesenumber#5\relax#6}

\def\dodochinesenumberE#1#2#3\relax#4%
  {\dochinesenumber#1#2\relax#4%
   \chinesedigit{100000000}#4%
   \dododochinesenumber#3\relax#4}

% Capitalized Chinese Number

\def\capitalizedchinesenumber#1%
  {\expandafter\dochinesenumber\number#1\relax*}

% Extended Chinese Number

\def\extendedchinesenumber#1%
  {\expandafter\doextendedchinesenumber\number#1\relax}

\def\doextendedchinesenumber#1#2\relax%
  {\ifnum     #1#2<20 %  0-19
     \dochinesenumber#1#2\relax\empty
   \else\ifnum#1#2<30 % 20-29
     \chinesedigit{20}\empty
     \ifcase#2\else\chinesedigit{2#2}\fi
   \else\ifnum#1#2<40 % 30-39
     \chinesedigit{30}\empty
     \ifcase#2\else\chinesedigit{3#2}\fi
   \else
     \dochinesenumber#1#2\relax\empty
   \fi\fi\fi}

% Arabic Chinese Number

\def\arabicchinesenumber#1%
  {\expandafter\doarabicchinesenumber\number#1@\relax}

\def\doarabicchinesenumber#1#2\relax%
  {\if#1@\else
     \chinesedigit{#1}\empty
     \doarabicchinesenumber#2\relax
   \fi}

% The short call:

\def\chinesenumber{\normalchinesenumber}

% \dorecurse{40}
%   {\hbox
%      {\processingverbatimtrue
%       \hbox to 1cm{\hss\recurselevel}\quad
%       \hbox to 3cm{\hss\strut\normalchinesenumber     {\recurselevel}}\quad
%       \hbox to 3cm{\hss\strut\capitalizedchinesenumber{\recurselevel}}\quad
%       \hbox to 3cm{\hss\strut\arabicchinesenumber     {\recurselevel}}\quad
%       \hbox to 3cm{\hss\strut\extendedchinesenumber   {\recurselevel}}\crlf}}

%D The next table demonstates the correctness of the
%D conversion macro.
%D
%D \startbuffer
%D \starttabel[|l|l|l|l|l|l|]
%D \HL
%D \NC number     \NC converter                  \NC hard coded \NC
%D     number     \NC converter                  \NC hard coded\NC \SR
%D \HL
%D \NC 1          \NC \chinesenumber{1}          \NC 一 \NC
%D     0          \NC \chinesenumber{0}          \NC 零 \NC\FR
%D \NC 11         \NC \chinesenumber{11}         \NC 十一 \NC
%D     10         \NC \chinesenumber{10}         \NC 十  \NC\MR
%D \NC 111        \NC \chinesenumber{111}        \NC 一百一十一 \NC
%D     100        \NC \chinesenumber{100}        \NC 一百 \NC\MR
%D \NC 101        \NC \chinesenumber{101}        \NC 一百零一 \NC
%D     120        \NC \chinesenumber{120}        \NC 一百二十 \NC\MR
%D \NC 1111       \NC \chinesenumber{1111}       \NC 一千一百一十一 \NC
%D     1000       \NC \chinesenumber{1000}       \NC 一千 \NC\MR
%D \NC 1001       \NC \chinesenumber{1001}       \NC 一千零一 \NC
%D     1020       \NC \chinesenumber{1020}       \NC 一千零二十 \NC\MR
%D \NC 11111      \NC \chinesenumber{11111}      \NC 一万一千一百一十一 \NC
%D     10000      \NC \chinesenumber{10000}      \NC 一万 \NC\MR
%D \NC 10001      \NC \chinesenumber{10001}      \NC 一万零一 \NC
%D     10200      \NC \chinesenumber{10200}      \NC 一万零二百 \NC\LR
%D \HL
%D \NC 111111     \NC \chinesenumber{111111}     \NC 十一万一千一百一十一 \NC
%D     100000     \NC \chinesenumber{100000}     \NC 十万 \NC\FR
%D \NC 1111111    \NC \chinesenumber{1111111}    \NC 一百一十一万一千一百一十一 \NC
%D     1000000    \NC \chinesenumber{1000000}    \NC 一百万 \NC\MR
%D \NC 11111111   \NC \chinesenumber{11111111}   \NC 一千一百一十一万一千一百一十一 \NC
%D     10000000   \NC \chinesenumber{10000000}   \NC 一千万 \NC\MR
%D \NC 111111111  \NC \chinesenumber{111111111}  \NC 一亿一千一百一十一万一千一百一十一 \NC
%D     100000000  \NC \chinesenumber{100000000}  \NC 一亿 \NC\MR
%D \NC 1111111111 \NC \chinesenumber{1111111111} \NC 十一亿一千一百一十一万一千一百一十一 \NC
%D     1000000000 \NC \chinesenumber{1000000000} \NC 十亿 \NC\LR
%D \HL
%D \stoptabel
%D \stopbuffer
%D
%D \plaatstabel{Some Chinese number examples.}{\haalbuffer}

%D Although the conversion can be hooked into most commands
%D that deal with numbers |<|those familiar with \TEX\ macro
%D programming will notice that the macro if fully
%D expandable|>| in many cases Chinese documents use western
%D digits. So, in practice, the change that the next example
%D shows up, is minimal.
%D
%D \starttabulatie[|r|r|c|]
%D \NC  2546 \NC \chinesenumber  {2546} \NC     \NC\NR
%D \NC  9258 \NC \chinesenumber  {9258} \NC $+$ \NC\NR
%D \HL
%D \NC 11804 \NC \chinesenumber {11804} \NC     \NC\NR
%D \stoptabulatie
%D
%D While in arabic arithmics addition leads to more digits, in
%D Chinese the number of glyphs can (temporary) decrease.
%D Given that the number of people dealing with Chinese is
%D considerably larger than the number of latin speaking
%D people, a successor of \TEX\ definitely must provide a
%D \type {\chinesenumeral} primitive.

\defineconversion [c]                  [\normalchinesenumber]
\defineconversion [chinese]            [\normalchinesenumber]
\defineconversion [nc]                 [\normalchinesenumber]
\defineconversion [normalchinese]      [\normalchinesenumber]
\defineconversion [cc]                 [\capitalizedchinesenumber]
\defineconversion [capitalizedchinese] [\capitalizedchinesenumber]
\defineconversion [ec]                 [\extendedchinesenumber]
\defineconversion [extendedchinese]    [\extendedchinesenumber]
\defineconversion [ac]                 [\arabicchinesenumber]
\defineconversion [arabicchinese]      [\arabicchinesenumber]

%D Date conversion:

\defineconversion [cn] [\v!dag]   [\chinesenumber]
\defineconversion [cn] [\v!maand] [\chinesenumber]
\defineconversion [cn] [\v!jaar]  [\chinesenumber]

%D \macros
%D   {SimChi, TraChi}
%D
%D These components enable us to construct dedicated Chinese
%D font switches, like:

\setupunicodefont
  [chinese]
  [   \c!schaal=\chineseunicodescale,
      \c!hoogte=\chineseunicodeheight,
      \c!diepte=\chineseunicodedepth,
   \c!conversie=\chinesenumber,
   \c!commandos=\setchineseencoding, % needed for digits
    \c!commando=\handlechineseunicodeglyph]

%D For the moment, this encoding is implemented rather ugly. The
%D trick is to move the encoding value from the current font
%D definition to the \type {\chineseencoding} macro.

\let\chineseencoding\empty

\def\setchineseencoding% normally SomeChineseRegular
  {\getfontfileparameters\unicodestyle
   \ifx\currentfontfileencoding\undefined \else
     \let\chineseencoding\currentfontfileencoding
   \fi}

%D We could have said:
%D
%D \starttypen
%D \defineunicodefont
%D   [SimChi]
%D   [SimplifiedChinese]
%D   [   \c!schaal=\chineseunicodescale,
%D       \c!hoogte=\chineseunicodeheight,
%D       \c!diepte=\chineseunicodedepth,
%D    \c!conversie=\chinesenumber,
%D    \c!commandos=\setchineseencoding, % needed for digits
%D     \c!commando=\handlechineseunicodeglyph]
%D \stoptypen
%D
%D However, the former definitions is more general. Next we
%D map a few fonts:

\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseRegular]      [gbsong]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseSlanted]      [gbsongsl] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseItalic]       [gbsongsl] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseBold]         [gbhei]    [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseBoldSlanted]  [gbheisl]  [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseBoldItalic]   [gbheisl]  [encoding=gbk]

\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseRegular]     [b5song]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseSlanted]     [b5songsl] [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseItalic]      [b5songsl] [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseBold]        [b5hei]    [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseBoldSlanted] [b5heisl]  [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseBoldItalic]  [b5heisl]  [encoding=big5]

\defineunicodefont [SimChi] [SimplifiedChinese]  [chinese]
\defineunicodefont [TraChi] [TraditionalChinese] [chinese]

%D We default to these so called Simplified Chinese fonts.

\SimChi

%D In addition to these fonts, we (pre|)|define some commonly
%D used fonts:

\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseSongTiRegular]    [gbsong]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseSongTiSlanted]    [gbsongsl] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseSongTiBold]       [gbsong]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseSongTiBoldSlanted][gbsongsl] [encoding=gbk]

\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseSongTiRegular]  [b5song]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseSongTiSlanted]  [b5songsl] [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseSongTiBold]     [b5song]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseSongTiBoldSlanted][b5songsl] [encoding=big5]

\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseHeiTiRegular]     [gbhei]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseHeiTiSlanted]     [gbheisl] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseHeiTiBold]        [gbhei]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseHeiTiBoldSlanted] [gbheisl] [encoding=gbk]

\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseHeiTiRegular]    [b5hei]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseHeiTiSlanted]    [b5heisl] [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseHeiTiBold]       [b5hei]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseHeiTiBoldSlanted][b5heisl] [encoding=big5]

\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseKaiTiRegular]     [gbkai]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseKaiTiSlanted]     [gbkaisl] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseKaiTiBold]        [gbkai]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseKaiTiBoldSlanted] [gbkaisl] [encoding=gbk]

\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseKaiTiRegular]     [b5kai]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseKaiTiSlanted]     [b5kaisl] [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseKaiTiBold]        [b5kai]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseKaiTiBoldSlanted] [b5kaisl] [encoding=big5]

\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseFangSongRegular]     [gbfs]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseFangSongSlanted]     [gbfssl] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseFangSongBold]        [gbfs]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseFangSongBoldSlanted] [gbfssl] [encoding=gbk]

\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseFangSongRegular]     [b5fs]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseFangSongSlanted]     [b5fssl] [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseFangSongBold]        [b5fs]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseFangSongBoldSlanted] [b5fssl] [encoding=big5]

\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseLiShuRegular]     [gbli]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseLiShuSlanted]     [gblisl] [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseLiShuBold]        [gbli]   [encoding=gbk]
\definefontsynonym [SimplifiedChineseLiShuBoldSlanted] [gblisl] [encoding=gbk]

\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseLiShuRegular]     [b5li]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseLiShuSlanted]     [b5lisl] [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseLiShuBold]        [b5li]   [encoding=big5]
\definefontsynonym [TraditionalChineseLiShuBoldSlanted] [b5lisl] [encoding=big5]

%D The following definitions provide us the commands to switch
%D to these fonts.

\defineunicodefont [SimSongTi]   [SimplifiedChineseSongTi]  [chinese]
\defineunicodefont [TraSongTi]   [TraditionalChineseSongTi] [chinese]

\defineunicodefont [SimHeiTi]    [SimplifiedChineseHeiTi]  [chinese]
\defineunicodefont [TraHeiTi]    [TraditionalChineseHeiTi] [chinese]

\defineunicodefont [SimKaiTi]    [SimplifiedChineseKaiTi]  [chinese]
\defineunicodefont [TraKaiTi]    [TraditionalChineseKaiTi] [chinese]

\defineunicodefont [SimFangSong] [SimplifiedChineseFangSong]  [chinese]
\defineunicodefont [TraFangSong] [TraditionalChineseFangSong] [chinese]

\defineunicodefont [SimLiShu]    [SimplifiedChineseLiShu]  [chinese]
\defineunicodefont [TraLiShu]    [TraditionalChineseLiShu] [chinese]

% \definealternativestyle [ChineseTitleFont] [\bfd\SimKaiTi] []

%D \macros
%D   {purechinese}
%D
%D Use this macro to suppress spacing around Chinese text.

\def\purechinese#1% evt geen rek
  {\hskip\chineseSsignal\relax
   #1\unskip\unskip\unskip
   \hskip\chineseSsignal\relax}

%D \macros
%D   {stillchinese}
%D
%D Use the next macro when you want the next item to be put
%D tight to the previous chinese character.

\def\stillchinese%
  {\hskip\chineseSsignal\relax}

%D \macros
%D   {nochinese}
%D
%D When we want to be sure of non||Chinese inline text,
%D we can package the for instance english text in \type
%D {\nochinese}.

\def\nochinese#1%
  {\unskip\unskip\unskip
   \hskip\chinesesurroundskip
   \hskip\chineseinterglyphskip\relax
   #1%
   \hskip\chineseinterglyphskip\relax
   \hskip\chinesesurroundskip
   \ignorespaces}

%D \macros
%D   {chisize}
%D
%D Chinese font sizes are specified in a different way,
%D using positive and negative numbers:

\def\chisize#1%
  {\ifnum#11<0 % a trick to catch -0
     \ifcase#1\space36\or24\or18\or15\or12\or9\or\else6.5\fi
   \else
     \ifcase#1\space42\or26\or22\or16\or14\or10.5\or7.5\or5.5\else5\fi
   \fi pt}

%D So:
%D
%D \startbuffer
%D [\chisize{-1}] [\chisize{7}] [\chisize{+4}]
%D \stopbuffer
%D
%D \typebuffer
%D
%D gives:
%D
%D \getbuffer
%D
%D The full range of sizes is:
%D
%D \starttabulatie[|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|]
%D \NC          8 \NC         7 \NC         -6 \NC         6 \NC
%D             -5 \NC         5 \NC         -4 \NC         4 \NC
%D             -3 \NC         3 \NC         -2 \NC         2 \NC
%D             -1 \NC         1 \NC         -0 \NC         0 \NC\NR
%D \NC\chisize {8}\NC\chisize{7}\NC\chisize{-6}\NC\chisize{6}\NC
%D    \chisize{-5}\NC\chisize{5}\NC\chisize{-4}\NC\chisize{4}\NC
%D    \chisize{-3}\NC\chisize{3}\NC\chisize{-2}\NC\chisize{2}\NC
%D    \chisize{-1}\NC\chisize{1}\NC\chisize{-0}\NC\chisize{0}\NC\NR
%D \stoptabulatie

%D Now it's time for some real Chinese. This example
%D also shows that font switching is supported.
%D
%D \startsmaller
%D \regelmidden{\tfd 水调歌头}
%D \blanko
%D \regelmidden{\tfb 丙辰中秋，欢饮达旦，大醉作此篇，兼怀子由。}
%D \blanko
%D \regelmidden{\tfb 苏轼}
%D \blanko
%D 明月几时有？把酒问青天。不知天上宫阙，今夕是何年？我欲乘风归去
%D ，又恐琼楼玉宇，高处不胜寒。起舞弄清影，何似在人间？
%D \blanko
%D 转朱阁，低户，照无眠。不应有恨，何事偏向别时圆？人有悲欢离合，
%D 月有阴晴圆缺，此事古难全。但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。
%D \stopsmaller
%D
%D The english translation is:
%D
%D \startsmaller
%D \regelmidden{\tfd Tune: Prelude to the Melody of Water}
%D \blanko
%D \regelmidden{\tfb On the night of the Mid||Autumn Festival of
%D 1076, I drank happily till dawn and wrote this in my cups
%D while thinking of Zi||you.}
%D \blanko
%D \regelmidden{\tfb Su Shi}
%D \blanko
%D How long will the bright moon appear? Wine||cup in hand, I
%D ask the sky. I do not know waht time of year it would be
%D tonight in the palace on high. Riding the wind, there I
%D would fly, yet I fear the crystal palace would be far too
%D high and cold for me. I rise and dance, with my shadow I
%D play. On high as on earth, would it be as gay?
%D \blanko
%D The moon goes round the mansion red though gauze||draped
%D windows soft to shed her light upon the sleepless bed.
%D Against man she should have no spite. Why then when people
%D part is she oft full and bright? Men have sorrow and joy,
%D they part or meet again; The moon may be bright or dim, she
%D may wax or wane. There has been nothing perfect since the
%D olden days. So let us wish that man will live long as he
%D can! Though miles apart, we'll share the beauty she
%D displays.
%D \stopsmaller

%D This package is written in the city of Hasselt, a pretty
%D small town in the |<|compare to China real small|>|
%D Netherlands. Like most dutch cities, even this small one
%D has a chinese restaurant, run by chinese, speaking chinese,
%D and |<|indeed|>| writing chinese. Eating there will never
%D be the same, since now I can at least pretend to know the
%D glyphs all around the place. The numbers should pose me no
%D problems, but I fear I will never manage to recognize those
%D scribles they draw on their pads when thay take your order.

%D To make our lives more easy, we put it here (too):

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