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Tue, Nov 17, 2026

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00:00 Night · Health · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 199, Entry 5

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下永徽元年(庚戌,公元六五零年) · Health · Philosophy · Growth · Character

有洛陽人李弘泰誣告長孫無忌謀反,上立命斬之。無忌與褚遂良同心輔政,上亦尊禮二人,恭己以聽之,故永徽之政,百姓阜安,有貞觀之遺風。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7199
卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下永徽元年(庚戌,公元六五零年)·第5则

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Today's question

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

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

王阳明:Chuanxilu, 卷中 157

王阳明《傳習錄》· 卷中·第157条 · Philosophy · Health · Decision · Action

「動中有靜,靜中有動」,又何疑乎?有事而感通,固可以言動,然而寂然者未嘗有增也;無事而寂然,固可以言靜,然而感通者未嘗有減也。「動而無動,靜而無靜」,又何疑乎?無前後內外而渾然一體,則至誠有息之疑,不待解矣。未發在已發之中,而已發之中未嘗別有未發者在,已發在未發之中,而未發之中未嘗別有已發者存。是未嘗無動、靜,而不可以動、靜分者也。 凡觀古人言語,在以意逆志而得其大旨,若必拘滯於文義,則「靡有孑遺」者,是周果無遺民也。周子「靜極而動」之說,苟不善觀,亦未免有病。蓋其意從「太極動而生陽,靜而生陰」說來。太極生生之理,妙用無息,而常體不易。太極之生生,即陰陽之生生。就其生生之中,指其妙用無息者而謂之動,謂之陽之生,非謂動而徒生陽也,就其生生之中,指其常體不易者而謂之靜,謂之陰之生,非謂靜而後生陰也。若果靜而後生陰,動而後生陽,則是陰陽、動靜,截然各自為一物矣。陰陽一氣也,一氣屈伸而為陰陽;動靜一理也,一理隱顯而為動、靜。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%82%B3%E7%BF%92%E9%8C%84/%E5%8D%B7%E4%B8%AD
卷中·第157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

桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 9, 論菑第五十四, Entry 6

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷9·論菑第五十四 · Investing · Leadership · Philosophy · Cognition

文學曰:「天道好生惡殺,好賞惡罪。故使陽居於實而宣德施,陰藏於虛而為陽佐輔。陽剛陰柔,季不能加孟。此天賤冬而貴春,申陽屈陰。故王者南面而聽天下,背陰向陽,前德而後刑也。霜雪晚至,五穀猶成。雹霧夏隕,萬物皆傷。由此觀之:嚴刑以治國,猶任秋冬以成穀也。故法令者,治惡之具也,而非至治之風也。是以古者,明王茂其德教,而緩其刑罰也。網漏吞舟之魚,而刑審於繩墨之外,及臻其末,而民莫犯禁也。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E9%90%B5%E8%AB%96/%E5%8D%B709
卷9·論菑第五十四·第6则

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Today's question

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

17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 194, Entry 5

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀六年(壬辰,公元六三二年) · Leadership · Health · Growth · Cognition

監察御史馬周上疏,以為:「東宮在宮城之中,而大安宮乃在宮城之西,制度比於宸居,尚為卑小,於四方觀聽,有所不足。宜增修高大,以稱中外之望。又,太上皇春秋已高,陛下宜朝夕視膳。今九成宮去京師三百餘里,太上皇或時思念陛下,陛下何以赴之?又,車駕此行,欲以避暑;太上皇尚留暑中,而陛下獨居京處,溫清之禮,竊所未安。今行計已成,不可復止,願速示返期,以解眾惑。又,王長通、白明達皆樂工,韋槃提、斛斯正止能調馬,縱使技能出眾,正可賚之金帛,豈得超授官爵,鳴玉曳履,與士君子比肩而立,同坐而食?臣竊恥之。」上深納之。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7194
卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀六年(壬辰,公元六三二年)·第5则

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Today's question

What does this passage say about how you work today?

21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Ren Zhengfei:Engineers Must Understand Technology

Ren Zhengfei《Ren Zhengfei Interview with The Economist》· On engineers and focus · Character · Action · Leadership

一个不懂技术的工程师是浪费粮食。

Source: https://www-file.huawei.com/-/media/corporate/pdf/publications/huaweipeople/hwpeople-345.pdf
Huawei People no. 345 (2019-11-01), “Ren Zhengfei interview with The Economist,” answer on engineers and politics

Reading

Engineers must master technology rather than be distracted from it.

Context

Ren used the blunt phrase “wasting food” to insist that engineers must actually understand technology. He was warning against the distraction of engineers by politics or other non-technical work, not dismissing the value of management. For Huawei, the lesson is that specialist expertise must be protected and put to productive use.

Today's question

In your organization, are specialists allowed to specialize—or are they pulled into endless meetings?