Day 78 · Mon, Jan 4, 2027 · Five editions

Mon, Jan 4, 2027

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 33

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

「古者,不以人力徇於禽獸,不奪民財以養狗馬,是以財衍而力有餘。今猛獸奇蟲不可以耕耘,而令當耕耘者養食之。百姓或短褐不完,而犬馬衣文繡,黎民或糟糠不接,而禽獸食粱肉。

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33则

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

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

王永彬:Weilu Yehua, Passage 152

王永彬《圍爐夜話》· 第152段 · Health · Character · Philosophy · Human nature

日用必須簡省。杜奢端,即以昭儉德 人生境遇無常,須自謀一吃飯本領

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8D%E7%88%90%E5%A4%9C%E8%A9%B1
第152段(按原排版相邻两行合并)

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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 3, 輕重第十四, Entry 1

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷3·輕重第十四 · Wealth · Investing · Decision · Growth

御史進曰:「昔太公封於營丘,辟草萊而居焉。地薄人少,於是通利末之道,極女工之巧。是以鄰國交於齊,財畜貨殖,世為強國。管仲相桓公,襲先君之業,行輕重之變,南服強楚而霸諸侯。今大夫君修太公、桓、管之術,總一鹽、鐵,通山川之利而萬物殖。是以縣官用饒足,民不困乏,本末並利,上下俱足,此籌計之所致,非獨耕桑農也。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E9%90%B5%E8%AB%96/%E5%8D%B703
卷3·輕重第十四·第1则

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

管仲(舊題):Guanzi, 第58篇地員, Entry 7

管仲(舊題)《管子》· 第58篇地員 · Leadership · Health · Decision · Growth

粟土之次曰五沃。五沃之物,或赤,或青,或黃,或白,或黑。五沃五物,各有異則。五沃之狀,剽怸橐土,蟲易全處。怸剽不白,下乃以澤。其種大苗、細苗、赨莖、黑秀、箭長。五沃之土,若在丘在山,在陵在岡,若在陬。陵之陽,其左其右,宜彼羣木,桐柞枎櫄,及彼白梓,其梅其杏,其桃其李,其秀生莖起。其棘其棠,其槐其楊,其榆其桑,其杞其枋,羣木數大,條直以長。其陰則生之楂蔾,其陽則安樹之五麻。若高若下,不擇疇所。其麻大者如箭如葦,大長以美,其細者如雚如蒸,欲有與各,大者不類,小者則治,揣而藏之,若衆練絲。五臭疇生,蓮與蘪蕪,藁本白芷。其澤則多魚,牧則宜牛羊。其泉白青,其人堅勁,寡有疥騷,終無痟酲。五沃之土,乾而不斥,湛而不澤,無高下,葆澤以處,是謂沃土。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E7%AE%A1%E5%AD%90/%E7%AC%AC58%E7%AF%87%E5%9C%B0%E5%93%A1
第58篇地員·第7则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Henry Ford:My Life and Work, Excerpt 55

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

Hardly a week passes without some improvement being made somewhere in machine or process, and sometimes this is made in defiance of what is called "the best shop practice." I recall that a machine manufacturer was once called into conference on the building of a special machine. The specifications called for an output of two hundred per hour.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7213
Chapter V, excerpt 55

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