Sat, Oct 31, 2026

衞公孫朝問於子貢曰：「仲尼焉學？」子貢曰：「文、武之道，未墜於地，在人。賢者識其大者，不賢者識其小者，莫不有文、武之道焉。夫子焉不學？而亦何常師之有？」

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子張第十九·十九之二二

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無執滯心，才是通方士。有做作氣，便非本色人 無財非貧，無學乃為貧。無位非賤，無恥乃為賤

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第194段（按原排版相邻两行合并）

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As a partial offset to the drag that our growing capital base exerts upon returns, we have a very important advantage now that we lacked 24 years ago. Then, all our capital was tied up in a textile business with inescapably poor economic characteristics. Today part of our capital is invested in some really exceptional businesses.

Source： https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1988.html
1988 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 4

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凡火攻，必因五火之變而應之：火發於內，則早應之於外；火發而其兵靜者，待而勿攻，極其火力，可從而從之，不可從則止；火可發於外，無待於內，以時發之；火發上風，無攻下風；晝風久，夜風止。凡軍必知有五火之變，以數守之。故以火佐攻者明，以水佐攻者強。水可以絕，不可以奪。

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火攻第十二·第2则

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Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death.

Source： https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/2016-letter-to-shareholders
2016 Letter to Shareholders