# 從心所欲
## Chinese

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

### Etymology

From the Analects, Book 2 (《論語·爲政》):
    子曰：「吾十有五而志于學，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳順，七十而從心所欲，不踰矩。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]子曰：「吾十有五而志于学，三十而立，四十而不惑，五十而知天命，六十而耳顺，七十而从心所欲，不逾矩。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionZǐyuē: “Wú shí yòu wǔ ér zhì yú xué, sānshí ér lì, sìshí ér bùhuò, wǔshí ér zhī tiānmìng, liùshí ér ěr shùn, qīshí ér cóng xīn suǒ yù, bù yújǔ.” [Pinyin]The Master said, "At fifteen, I had my mind bent on learning. At thirty, I stood firm. At forty, I had no doubts. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ear was an obedient organ for the reception of truth. At seventy, I could follow what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): cóngxīnsuǒyù
    (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): cung$^4$ sam$^1$ so$^2$ juk$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: cóngxīnsuǒyù
*** Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄙㄨㄛˇ ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cóngsinsuǒyù
*** Wade–Giles: tsʻung$^2$-hsin$^1$-so$^3$-yü$^4$
*** Yale: tsúng-syīn-swǒ-yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsorngshinsuooyuh
*** Palladius: цунсиньсоюй (cunsinʹsojuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ su̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: cung$^4$ sam$^1$ so$^2$ juk$^6$
*** Yale: chùhng sām só yuhk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tsung$^4$ sam$^1$ so$^2$ juk$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: cung$^4$ sem$^1$ so$^2$ yug$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ sɔː³⁵ jʊk̚²/
* Middle Chinese: dzjowng sim srjoX yowk
Rime :
| Character | 從 | 心 | 所 | 欲 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) | 心 (16) | 生 (21) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 鍾 (7) | 侵 (139) | 魚 (22) | 燭 (8) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III | III | III |
| Fanqie | 疾容切 | 息林切 | 踈舉切 | 余蜀切 |
| Baxter | dzjowng | sim | srjoX | yowk |
| Reconstructions |||||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡zɨoŋ/ | /siɪm/ | /ʃɨʌ$^X$/ | /jɨok̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zioŋ/ | /sim/ | /ʃiɔ$^X$/ | /jiok̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zioŋ/ | /sjem/ | /ʃiɔ$^X$/ | /iok̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zuawŋ/ | /sim/ | /ʂɨə̆$^X$/ | /juawk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡zioŋ/ | /siəm/ | /ʃiɔ$^X$/ | /iok̚/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭwoŋ/ | /sĭĕm/ | /ʃĭo$^X$/ | /jĭwok̚/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯woŋ/ | /si̯əm/ | /ʂi̯wo$^X$/ | /i̯wok̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | cóng | xīn | shǔ | yù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | cung$^4$ | sam$^1$ | so$^2$ | juk$^6$ |
* 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. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 從 | 心 | 所 | 欲 |
| Reading # | 2/3 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 1858 | 13801 | 5306 | 4303 |
| Phonetic component | 从 | 心 | 戸 | 谷 |
| Rime group | 東 | 侵 | 魚 | 屋 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 從 | 心 | 所 | 欲 |
| Old Chinese | /*zloŋ/ | /*slɯm/ | /*sqʰraʔ/ | /*loɡ/ |

### Idiom

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

#### Synonyms

* (to do as one likes): 隨心所欲／随心所欲 (suíxīnsuǒyù)
* (seventy years old): 從心／从心