Marley Kong, Following the Heart’s Desires, 2017
Ink on paper, hanging scroll, 37 × 17 ½ in. (94 × 44.5 cm)
© Marley Kong. Photo: Tim Chang
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
《論語為》政第二 第四章
The Master said, “At fifteen, I set my will on learning. At thirty, I was established. At forty, I had no perplexities. At fifty, I knew the decrees of Heaven. At sixty, my ears were in accord. At seventy…”
“…I followed what my heart desired, without transgressing what was right.”
- Chapter VI, Book II Wei Zheng in The Analects of Confucius 551 - 479 BCE).