Day 67 · Thu, Dec 24, 2026 · Five editions

Thu, Dec 24, 2026

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

00:00 Night · Investing · Chinese classics

桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 6, 散不足第二十九, Entry 31

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷6·散不足第二十九 · Philosophy · Decision · Wealth · Investing

「古者,夫婦之好,一男一女,而成家室之道。及後,士一妾,大夫二,諸侯有侄娣九女而已。今諸侯百數,卿大夫十數,中者侍御,富者盈室。是以女或曠怨失時,男或放死無匹。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E9%90%B5%E8%AB%96/%E5%8D%B706
卷6·散不足第二十九·第31则

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07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

洪应明:Caigentan, Entry 132

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第132则 · Health · Human nature

善人未能急親,不宜預揚,恐來讒譖之奸; 惡人未能輕去,不宜先發,恐遭媒孽之禍。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%8F%9C%E6%A0%B9%E8%AD%9A
第132则

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

班固:Book of Han, Food and Money, 下 貨, Entry 3

班固《漢書》· 下 貨 · Wealth · Investing · Leadership · Human nature

秦兼天下,幣為二等:黃金以溢為名,上幣;銅錢質如周錢,文曰「半兩」,重如其文。而珠玉龜貝銀錫之屬為器飾寶臧,不為幣,然各隨時而輕重無常。 漢興,以為秦錢重難用,更令民鑄莢錢。黃金一斤。而不軌逐利之民畜積餘贏以稽市物,痛騰躍,米至石萬錢,馬至匹百金。天下已平,高祖乃令賈人不得衣絲乘車,重稅租以困辱之。孝惠、高后時,為天下初定,復弛商賈之律,然市井子孫亦不得宦為吏。孝文五年,為錢益多而輕,乃更鑄四銖錢,其文為「半兩」。除盜鑄錢令,使民放鑄。賈誼諫曰: 法使天下公得顧租鑄銅錫為錢,敢雜以鉛鐵為它巧者,其罪黥。然鑄錢之情,非殽雜為巧,則不可得贏;而殽之甚微,為利甚厚。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%BC%A2%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B7024
卷二十四·下 貨·第3则

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

管仲(舊題):Guanzi, 第66篇版法解, Entry 15

管仲(舊題)《管子》· 第66篇版法解 · Leadership · Human nature · Health · Wealth

凡人者,莫不欲利而惡害。是故與天下同利者,天下持之;擅天下之利者,天下謀之。天下所謀,雖立必隳。天下所持,雖高不危。故曰:「安高在乎同利。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E7%AE%A1%E5%AD%90/%E7%AC%AC66%E7%AF%87%E7%89%88%E6%B3%95%E8%A7%A3
第66篇版法解·第15则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Benjamin Franklin:The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Excerpt 32

Benjamin Franklin《The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Leadership

Their example was follow'd by many, and our number went on growing continually. This was one of the first good effects of my having learnt a little to scribble; another was, that the leading men, seeing a newspaper now in the hands of one who could also handle a pen, thought it convenient to oblige and encourage me. Bradford still printed the votes, and laws, and other publick business. He had printed an address of the House to the governor, in a coarse, blundering manner, we reprinted it elegantly and correctly, and sent one to every member. They were sensible of the difference: it strengthened the hands of our friends in the House, and they voted us their printers for the year ensuing.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/148
Excerpt 32

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