Day 35 · Sun, Nov 22, 2026 · Five editions

Sun, Nov 22, 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

管仲(舊題):Guanzi, 第16篇法法, Entry 1

管仲(舊題)《管子》· 第16篇法法 · Leadership · Cognition · Action · Character

不法法則事毋常,法不法則令不行。令而不行,則令不法也。法而不行,則脩令者不審也。審而不行,則賞罰輕也。重而不行,則賞罰不信也。信而不行,則不以身先之也。故曰:禁勝於身,則令行於民矣。聞賢而不舉,殆。聞善而不索,殆。見能而不使,殆。親人而不固,殆。同謀而離,殆。危人而不能,殆。廢人而復起,殆。可而不爲,殆。足而不施,殆。幾而不密,殆。人主不周密,則正言直行之士危;正言直行之士危,則人主孤而毋內。人主孤而毋內,則人臣黨而成羣。使人主孤而毋內,人臣黨而成羣者,此非人臣之罪也,人主之過也。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E7%AE%A1%E5%AD%90/%E7%AC%AC16%E7%AF%87%E6%B3%95%E6%B3%95
第16篇法法·第1则

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What does this passage say about how you work today?

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

洪应明:Caigentan, Entry 333

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第333则 · Health · Action · Philosophy · Cognition

草木纔零落、便露萠穎於根底。 時序雖凝寒、終回陽氣於飛灰。 粛殺之中、生生之意、常為之主。 即是可以見天地之心。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%8F%9C%E6%A0%B9%E8%AD%9A
第333则

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

12:00 Noon · Investing · Western classics

Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter XI, Paragraph 449

Adam Smith《The Wealth of Nations》· Book I, Chapter XI · Investing

The lowest price at which coals can be sold for any considerable time, is, like that of all other commodities, the price which is barely sufficient to replace, together with its ordinary profits, the stock which must be employed in bringing them to market. At a coal mine for which the landlord can get no rent, but, which he must either work himself or let it alone altogether, the price of coals must generally be nearly about this price.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300
Book I, Chapter XI, paragraph 449

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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 24

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九年(乙未,公元六三五年) · Leadership · Decision · Growth · Action

吐谷渾甘豆可汗久質中國,國人不附,竟為其下所殺。子燕王諾曷缽立。諾曷缽幼,大臣爭權,國中大亂。十二月,詔兵部尚書侯君集等將兵援之;先遣使者諭解,有不奉詔者,隨宜討之。

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九年(乙未,公元六三五年)·第24则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Henry Ford:My Life and Work, Excerpt 70

Henry Ford《My Life and Work》· Chapter VI · Leadership

None of our machines is ever built haphazardly. The idea is investigated in detail before a move is made. Sometimes wooden models are constructed or again the parts are drawn to full size on a blackboard. We are not bound by precedent but we leave nothing to luck, and we have yet to build a machine that will not do the work for which it was designed. About ninety per cent. of all experiments have been successful.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7213
Chapter VI, excerpt 70

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What does this passage say about how you work today?