Day 20 · Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · Five editions

Sat, Nov 7, 2026

Five emails a day: 00:00 Night / 07:00 Morning / 12:00 Noon / 17:00 Evening / 21:00 Figures

00:00 Night · Career · Chinese classics

孟子:Mencius, 梁惠王下 14

孟子《孟子》· 梁惠王下·14 · Leadership · Decision · Growth · Philosophy

滕文公問曰:「齊人將築薛,吾甚恐,如之何則可?」 孟子對曰:「昔者大王居邠,狄人侵之,去之岐山之下居焉。非擇而取之,不得已也。苟為善,後世子孫必有王者矣。君子創業垂統,為可繼也。若夫成功,則天也。君如彼何哉?強為善而已矣。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%AD%9F%E5%AD%90/%E6%A2%81%E6%83%A0%E7%8E%8B%E4%B8%8B
梁惠王下·14

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Today's question

What does this passage say about how you work today?

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

王阳明:Chuanxilu, 卷下 276

王阳明《傳習錄》· 卷下·第276条 · Health · Cognition · Character · Philosophy

問:「大人與物同體,如何《大學》又說個厚薄?」 先生曰:「惟是道理自有厚薄,比如身是一體,把手足捍頭目,豈是偏要薄手足?其道理合如此。禽獸與草木同是愛的,把草木去養禽獸,又忍得;人與禽獸同是愛的,宰禽獸以養親與供祭祀、燕賓客,心又忍得;至親與路人同是愛的,如簞食豆羹,得則生,不得則死,不能兩全,寧救至親,不救路人,心又忍得;這是道理合該如此。及至吾身與至親,更不得分別彼此厚薄。蓋以仁民愛物皆從此出,此處可忍,更無所不忍矣。《大學》所謂厚薄,是良知上自然的條理,不可踰越,此便謂之義:順這個條理,便謂之禮;知此條理,便謂之智;終始是這條理,便謂之信。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%82%B3%E7%BF%92%E9%8C%84/%E5%8D%B7%E4%B8%8B
卷下·第276条

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Today's question

What does this passage say about your body or mood today?

12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

管仲(舊題):Guanzi, 第73篇國蓄, Entry 5

管仲(舊題)《管子》· 第73篇國蓄 · Wealth · Investing · Philosophy · Decision

歲適美,則市糶無予,而狗彘食人食。歲適凶,則市糴釜十繈,而道有餓民。然則豈壤力固不足,而食固不贍也哉?夫往歲之糶賤,狗彘食人食,故來歲之民不足也。物適賤,則半力而無予,民事不償其本。物適貴,則什倍而不可得,民失其用。然則豈財物固寡,而本委不足也哉?夫民利之時失而物利之不平也。故善者委施於民之所不足,操事於民之所有餘。夫民有餘則輕之,故人君斂之以輕;民不足則重之,故人君散之以重。斂積之以輕,散行之以重,故君必有什倍之利,而財之櫎可得而平也。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E7%AE%A1%E5%AD%90/%E7%AC%AC73%E7%AF%87%E5%9C%8B%E8%93%84
第73篇國蓄·第5则

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Does this passage change one judgment about money or risk today?

17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

孔子及其弟子:To Learn and Practice

孔子及其弟子《論語》· 學而第一·一之一 · Learning · Growth · Character

子曰:「學而時習之,不亦說乎?有朋自遠方來,不亦樂乎?人不知而不慍,不亦君子乎?」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/論語/學而第一
學而第一·一之一

Reading

Learning practiced over time, friends from afar, and equanimity when misunderstood — the opening of the Analects.

Context

The opening of the Analects, joining learning, friendship, and the refusal to resent being misunderstood.

Today's question

When did you last learn something and then practice it?

21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Andrew Carnegie:Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Excerpt 25

Andrew Carnegie《Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie》· Chapter IV · Leadership

She encouraged her boys to attend church and Sunday school; but there was no difficulty in seeing that the writings of Swedenborg, and much of the Old and New Testaments had been discredited by her as unworthy of divine authorship or of acceptance as authoritative guides for the conduct of life. I became deeply interested in the mysterious doctrines of Swedenborg, and received the congratulations of my devout Aunt Aitken upon my ability to expound "spiritual sense." That dear old woman fondly looked forward to a time when I should become a shining light in the New Jerusalem, and I know it was sometimes not beyond the bounds of her imagination that I might blossom into what she called a "preacher of the Word."

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17976
Chapter IV, excerpt 25

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Today's question

What does this passage say about how you work today?