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
Meanings
- Expression following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right (from the Analects of Confucius)
Kanji
- 心 heart. Read as こころ.
- 欲 want. Read as ほっする.
- 所 place. Read as ところ.
- 従 follow. Read as したがえる.
- 矩 ruler; carpenter's square
- 踰 go beyond. Read as こえる.