Day 37 · Tue, Nov 24, 2026 · Five editions

Tue, Nov 24, 2026

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

00:00 Night · Health · Chinese classics

洪应明:Caigentan, Entry 245

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第245则 · Health · Human nature · Wealth · Investing

色慾火熾、而一念及病時、便興似寒灰。 名利飴甘、而一想到死地、便味如嚼蠟。 故人常憂死慮病、亦可消幻業而長道心。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%8F%9C%E6%A0%B9%E8%AD%9A
第245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

王永彬:Weilu Yehua, Passage 160

王永彬《圍爐夜話》· 第160段 · Learning · Health · Growth · Philosophy

自紫陽集四子成書,然後天下有正學 子弟天性未漓,教易入也,則體孔子之言以勞之,勿溺愛以長其自肆之心

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8D%E7%88%90%E5%A4%9C%E8%A9%B1
第160段(按原排版相邻两行合并)

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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 6, 後刑第三十四, Entry 2

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷6·後刑第三十四 · Investing · Leadership · Character · Philosophy

賢良曰:「古者,篤教以導民,明辟以正刑。刑之於治,猶策之於禦也。良工不能無策而禦、有策而勿用。聖人假法以成教,教成而刑不施。故威厲而不殺,刑設而不犯。今廢其紀綱而不能張,壞其禮義而不能防。民陷於網,從而獵之以刑,是猶開其闌牢,發以毒矢也,不盡不止。曾子曰:『上失其道,民散久矣。如得其情,即哀矜而勿喜。』夫不傷民之不治,而伐己之能得奸,猶弋者睹鳥獸掛罻羅而喜也。今天下之被誅者,不必有管、蔡之邪、鄧皙之偽,恐苗盡而不別,民欺而不治也。孔子曰:『人而不仁,疾之已甚,亂也。』故民亂反之政,政亂反之身,身正而天下定。是以君子嘉善而矜不能,恩及刑人,德潤窮夫,施惠悅爾,行刑不樂也。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E9%90%B5%E8%AB%96/%E5%8D%B706
卷6·後刑第三十四·第2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

王阳明:Chuanxilu, 卷中 179

王阳明《傳習錄》· 卷中·第179条 · Leadership · Health · Human nature · Cognition

春間遠勞迂途枉顧,問證惓倦,此情何可當也!已期二三同志,更處靜地,扳留旬日,少效其鄙見,以求切劘之益,而公期俗絆,勢有不能,別去極怏怏,如有所失。忽承箋惠,反覆千餘言,讀之無甚浣慰。中間推許太過,蓋亦獎掖之盛心,而規礪真切,思欲納之於賢聖之域,又託諸崇一以致其勤勤懇懇之懷,此非深交篤愛,何以及是;知感知愧,且懼其無以堪之也。雖然,僕亦何敢不自鞭勉,而徒以感愧辭讓為乎哉! 其謂「思、孟、周、程無意相遭於千載之下,與其盡信於天下,不若真信於一人。道固自在,學亦自在,天下信之不為多,一人信之不為少」者,斯固君子「不見是而無悶」之心,豈世之謭謭屑屑者知足以及之乎!乃僕之情,則有大不得已者存乎其間,而非以計人之信與不信也。 夫人者,天地之心,天地萬物本吾一體者也。生民之困苦荼毒,孰非疾痛之切於吾身者乎?不知吾身之疾痛,無是非之心者也。是非之心不慮而知,不學而能,所謂「良知」也。良知之在人心,無間於聖愚,天下古今之所同也。世之君子惟務其良知,則自能公是非,同好惡,視人猶己,視國猶家,而以天地萬物為一體,求天下無冶,不可得矣。古之人所以能見善不啻若己出,見惡不啻若己入,視民之飢溺猶己之飢溺,而一夫不獲,若己推而納諸溝中者,非故為是而以蘄天下之信己也,務致其良知求自慊而已矣。堯、舜、三王之聖,言而民莫不信者,致其良知而言之也,行而民莫不說者,致其良知而行之也。是以其民熙熙皞皞,殺之不怨,利之不庸,施及蠻貊,而凡有血氣者莫不尊親,為其良知之同也。嗚呼!聖人之治天下,何其簡且易哉!

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%82%B3%E7%BF%92%E9%8C%84/%E5%8D%B7%E4%B8%AD
卷中·第179条

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Today's question

What does this passage say about how you work today?

21:00 Figures · Investing · Entrepreneur memoirs

Huang Zheng:Two Faces of Long-Termism

Huang Zheng《Pinduoduo 2018 Letter to Shareholders》· “Looking ahead” · Investing · Growth · Decision

拼多多将是个勇于投资未来,立足长远的公司。

Source: http://it.people.com.cn/n1/2018/0630/c1009-30097415-2.html
2018 letter to shareholders, section “展望未来”

Reading

Pinduoduo will invest for the long term even when that looks aggressive or conservative.

Context

Huang told investors that Pinduoduo would sometimes look aggressive and sometimes conservative, but that both styles followed one logic: focusing on the institution's intrinsic value. He warned that long-term vision might not produce short-term returns and that the data could be volatile. The letter asks investors to judge the company by the durability of its value creation rather than quarterly noise.

Today's question

What was your last aggressive-looking long-term investment—and are you prepared for short-term misunderstanding?