...ÍÍÉ 'k 0T Îïfc 'F И» Ш Shichiju ni shite kokoro no hossuru tokoro ni shitagatte nori о yuezu. At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty,...of heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right. Trans, from...

...[Note added by author for English edition - Trans.]. 38 See Analects, "Weizheng". "The Master said, 'At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty,...obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, 1 could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right'" [emphasis mine - Trans.]....

...thirty, I stood firm. 3. "At forty, I had no doubts. 4. "At fifty, I knew the decrees of heaven. 5. "At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. 6. "At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right." XI. The...

...deeply we go into the Way, the greater our happiness becomes. Confucius told the story of his learning: "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning; at thirty, I was established; at forty, I have no doubts; at fifty, I knew the Decree of heaven; at sixty, my ears...

...brought into harmony with the moral order: The Master [Confucius] said, "at fifteen I had my heart bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty,...truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired \yu], without transgressing what was right. (Analects 2/4, in Legge, 1971, pp. 146-147). The Confucian...

...propriety. (S. Lee) Confucius reflected on his scholarship in his later years and reminisced as follows: At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty,...heart desired, without transgressing what was right. • "Wei Zheng" (or Wei Chang, ftiSt), Analects of Confucius Confucius was determined to devote himself...