Day 77 · Sun, Jan 3, 2027 · Five editions

Sun, Jan 3, 2027

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 200, Entry 9

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷200·高宗天皇大聖大弘孝皇帝上之下龍朔元年(辛酉,公元六六一年) · Leadership · Health · Decision · Growth

九月,癸巳朔,特進新羅王春秋卒;以其子法敏為樂浪郡王、新羅王。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7200
卷200·高宗天皇大聖大弘孝皇帝上之下龍朔元年(辛酉,公元六六一年)·第9则

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Today's question

What does this passage say about how you work today?

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

孔子及其弟子:Analects 2.17

孔子及其弟子《論語》· 爲政第二·二之十七 · Health · Cognition · Decision · Learning

子曰:「由,誨女知之乎!知之爲知之,不知爲不知,是知也。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%AB%96%E8%AA%9E/%E7%88%B2%E6%94%BF%E7%AC%AC%E4%BA%8C
爲政第二·二之十七

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

12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

司馬遷:Records of the Grand Historian, 平準書, 平準書, Entry 31

司馬遷《史記》· 平準書·平準書 · Wealth · Investing · Decision · Action

天子既下緡錢令而尊卜式,百姓終莫分財佐縣官,於是(楊可)告緡錢縱矣。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B2%E8%A8%98/%E5%8D%B7030
平準書·平準書·第31则

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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 192, Entry 32

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷192·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之上貞觀元年(丁亥,公元六二七年) · Cognition · Leadership · Decision · Health

上神采英毅,群臣進見者,皆失舉措;上知之,每見人奏事,必假以辭色,冀聞規諫。嘗謂公卿曰:「人欲自見其形,必資明鏡;君欲自知其過,必待忠臣。苟其君愎諫自賢,其臣阿諛順旨,君既失國,臣豈能獨全!如虞世基等諂事煬帝以保富貴,煬帝既弒,世基等亦誅。公輩宜用此為戒,事有得失,無毋盡言!」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7192
卷192·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之上貞觀元年(丁亥,公元六二七年)·第32则

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What does this passage say about how you work today?

21:00 Figures · Investing · Modern investor letters

Warren Buffett:Berkshire 1979 Letter, Excerpt 2

Warren Buffett《Berkshire Hathaway 1979 Letter to Shareholders》· 1979 Chairman's Letter · Investing

As you know, Blue Chip Stamps, our 60% owned subsidiary, is fully consolidated in Berkshire Hathaway’s financial statements. However, Blue Chip still is required to carry its equity investments at the lower of aggregate cost or aggregate market value, just as Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance subsidiaries did prior to this year. Should the same equities be purchased at an identical price by an insurance subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway and by Blue Chip Stamps, present accounting principles often would require that they end up carried on our consolidated balance sheet at two different values. (That should keep you on your toes.) Market values of Blue Chip Stamps’ equity holdings are given in footnote 3 on page 18.

Source: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1979.html
1979 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 2

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Today's question

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