從心所欲

Chinese

		from; obey; observe from; obey; observe; follow; second cousin; lax; yielding; unhurried	heart; mind	actually; place; (nominalisation prefix)	desire; longing; appetite desire; longing; appetite; wish
trad. (從心所欲)		從	心	所	欲
simp. (从心所欲)		从	心	所	欲

七十而從心所欲、不踰矩。 [Classical Chinese, trad.][▼ expand/hide]

七十而从心所欲、不踰矩。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Qīshí ér cóng xīn suǒ yù, bù yú jǔ. [Pinyin]

At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]oŋ səm

(Zhengzhang): /*zloŋ slɯm sqʰraʔ loɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	從	心
Reading #	1/3	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	cóng	xīn
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjowng ›	‹ sim ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]oŋ/	/*səm/
English	to follow	heart
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

從心所欲

to follow what one's heart desires; to do as one likes; to act at one's pleasure
(literary) seventy years old

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