則そく天てん去きょ私し

noun

selfless devotion to justice

A yojijukugo associated with the writer Natsume Sōseki, expressing an ideal of transcending the ego and following the natural way of heaven to achieve impartial justice. Used in literary and philosophical contexts.

• 漱そう石せきは晩ばん年ねん、「則そく天てん去きょ私し」という境きょう地ちを理り想そうとした。

  In his later years, Sōseki idealized the state of mind called 'selfless devotion to justice'.

• この小しょう説せつには則そく天てん去きょ私しの思し想そうが色いろ濃こく表あらわれている。

  The philosophy of selfless devotion to justice is strongly reflected in this novel.