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心の欲する所に従えども矩を踰えず
こころのほっするところにしたがえどものりをこえず
1. [exp] [id]
《from the Analects of Confucius》
▶ following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right



History:
5. A 2018-10-09 09:49:49  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Actually not a proverb, looking back at it now.
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12 @@
-<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<misc>&id;</misc>
4. A 2017-12-05 23:36:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Not sure I'd make it "proverb".
3. A* 2017-12-05 08:00:14  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs
  Comments:
I guess proverb? Though it's not really a "pithy 
observance" nor really a commandment (the way I understand 
it)
  Diff:
@@ -12 +12,3 @@
-<gloss>to be able to follow the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right (from the Analects of Confucius)</gloss>
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
+<s_inf>from the Analects of Confucius</s_inf>
+<gloss>following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right</gloss>
2. A 2017-07-10 11:52:12  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2017-07-08 23:17:37  Alan Cheng <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijr
Translation adapted from here (see Chapter 4): 
http://www.cnculture.net/ebook/jing/sishu/lunyu_en/02.html

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