Day 38 · Wed, Nov 25, 2026 · Five editions

Wed, Nov 25, 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

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 194, Entry 11

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八年(甲午,公元六三四年) · Action · Decision · Growth · Leadership

右僕射李靖以疾遜位,許之。十一月,辛未,以靖為特進,封爵如故,祿賜、吏卒並依舊給,俟疾小瘳,每三兩日至門下、中書平章政事。

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八年(甲午,公元六三四年)·第11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 185

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第185则 · Health · Wealth · Investing · Cognition

處富貴之地,要知貧賤的痛癢; 當少壯之時,須念衰老的辛酸。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%8F%9C%E6%A0%B9%E8%AD%9A
第185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 IV, Chapter II, Paragraph 1077

Adam Smith《The Wealth of Nations》· Book IV, Chapter II · Investing

First, It might always be known with great exactness, how far the price of such a commodity could be enhanced by such a tax; but how far the general enhancement of the price of labour might affect that of every different commodity about which labour was employed, could never be known with any tolerable exactness. It would be impossible, therefore, to proportion, with any tolerable exactness, the tax of every foreign, to the enhancement of the price of every home commodity.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300
Book IV, Chapter II, paragraph 1077

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

17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

管仲(舊題):Guanzi, 第40篇四時, Entry 3

管仲(舊題)《管子》· 第40篇四時 · Health · Leadership · Wealth · Growth

南方曰日,其時曰夏,其氣曰陽。陽生火與氣,其德施舍修樂。其事號令,賞賜賦爵,受祿順鄉,謹修神祀,量功賞賢,以動陽氣。九暑乃至,時雨乃降,五穀百果乃登,此謂日德。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E7%AE%A1%E5%AD%90/%E7%AC%AC40%E7%AF%87%E5%9B%9B%E6%99%82
第40篇四時·第3则

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21:00 Figures · Investing · Modern investor letters

Warren Buffett:Berkshire 1986 Letter, Excerpt 3

Warren Buffett《Berkshire Hathaway 1986 Letter to Shareholders》· 1986 Chairman's Letter · Investing

A large measure of our improvement in business value relative to book value reflects the outstanding performance of key managers at our major operating businesses. These managers - the Blumkins, Mike Goldberg, the Heldmans, Chuck Huggins, Stan Lipsey, and Ralph Schey - have over the years improved the earnings of their businesses dramatically while, except in the case of insurance, utilizing little additional capital. This accomplishment builds economic value, or "Goodwill," that does not show up in the net worth figure on our balance sheet, nor in our per-share book value. In 1986 this unrecorded gain was substantial.

Source: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1986.html
1986 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 3

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