Day 87 · Wed, Jan 13, 2027 · Five editions

Wed, Jan 13, 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

孟子:Mencius, 滕文公下 8

孟子《孟子》· 滕文公下·8 · Leadership · Decision · Character · Philosophy

戴盈之曰:「什一,去關市之征,今茲未能。請輕之,以待來年,然後已,何如?」 孟子曰:「今有人日攘其鄰之雞者,或告之曰:『是非君子之道。』曰:『請損之,月攘一雞;以待來年,然後已。』如知其非義,斯速已矣,何待來年?」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%AD%9F%E5%AD%90/%E6%BB%95%E6%96%87%E5%85%AC%E4%B8%8B
滕文公下·8

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07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 198, Entry 22

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷198·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之上貞觀十九年(乙巳,公元六四五年) · Health · Action · Philosophy · Wealth

上以遼左早寒,草枯水凍,士馬難久留,且糧食將盡,癸未,敕班師。先拔遼、蓋二州戶口渡遼,乃耀兵於安市城下而旋,城中皆屏跡不出。城主登城拜辭,上嘉其固守,賜縑百匹,以勵事君。命李世勣、江夏王道宗將步騎四萬為殿。

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卷198·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之上貞觀十九年(乙巳,公元六四五年)·第22则

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 3, 輕重第十四, Entry 4

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷3·輕重第十四 · Investing · Health · Philosophy · Decision

文學曰:「扁鵲撫息脈而知疾所由生,陽氣盛,則損之而調陰,寒氣盛,則損之而調陽,是以氣脈調和,而邪氣無所留矣。夫拙醫不知脈理之腠,血氣之分,妄刺而無益於疾,傷肌膚而已矣。今欲損有餘,補不足,富者愈富,貧者愈貧矣。嚴法任刑,欲以禁暴止奸,而奸猶不止,意者非扁鵲之用針石,故眾人未得其職也。」

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卷3·輕重第十四·第4则

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 195, Entry 21

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷195·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之上貞觀十三年(己亥,公元六三九年) · Action · Philosophy · Leadership · Learning

十一月,辛亥,以侍中楊師道為中書令。

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卷195·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之上貞觀十三年(己亥,公元六三九年)·第21则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Henry Ford:My Life and Work, Excerpt 16

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

The way to attain low-priced, high-volume production in the factory or on the farm--and low-priced, high-volume production means plenty for everyone--is quite simple. The trouble is that the general tendency is to complicate very simple affairs. Take, for an instance, an "improvement."

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7213
Excerpt 16

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