If some years were added to my life, I would give fifty to the study of the Yi, and then I might come to be without great faults.
加我数年，五十以学易，可以无大过矣。
Source: The Analects, Shu Er VII, Chapter 17
Author: Confucius
A Lament for More Time: Confucius’s Wish to Study the Book of Changes
