Day 115 · Wed, Feb 10, 2027 · Five editions

Wed, Feb 10, 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

王阳明:Chuanxilu, 卷中 188

王阳明《傳習錄》· 卷中·第188条 · Leadership · Philosophy · Health · Cognition

聖賢論學,多是隨時就事,雖言若人殊,而要其工夫頭腦若合符節。緣天地之間,原只有此性,只有此理,只有此良知,只有此一件事耳。故凡就古人論學處說工夫,更不必攙和兼搭而說,自然無不脗合貫通者;才須攙和兼搭而說,即是自己工夫未明徹也。近時有謂「集義」之功,必須兼搭個「致良知」而後備者,則是「集義」之功尚未了徹也。「集義」之功尚未了徹,適足以為「致良知」之累而已矣。謂「致良知」之功必須兼搭一個「勿忘、勿助」而後明者,則是「致良知」之功尚未了徹也;「致良知」之功尚未了徹,適足以為「勿忘、勿助」之累而已矣。若此者,皆是就文義上解釋牽附,以求混融湊泊,而不曾就自己實工夫上體驗,是以論之愈精,而去之愈遠。 文蔚之論,其於大本達道既已沛然無疑,至於「致知」、「窮理」及「忘、助」等說,時亦有攙和兼搭處,卻是區區所謂康莊大道之中,或時橫斜迂曲者,到得工夫熟後,自將釋然矣。 文蔚謂「致知」之說,求之事親、從兄之間,便覺有所持循者,此段最見近來真切篤實之功。但以此自為不妨,自有得力處,以此遂為定說教人,卻未免又有因藥發病之患,亦不可不一講也。

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卷中·第188条

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What does this passage say about how you work today?

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

管仲(舊題):Guanzi, 第59篇弟子職, Entry 5

管仲(舊題)《管子》· 第59篇弟子職 · Health · Cognition · Decision · Growth

先生將息,弟子皆起。敬奉枕席,問所何趾。俶衽則請,有常有否。先生既息,各就其友。相切相磋,各長其儀。周則復始,是謂弟子之紀。

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第59篇弟子職·第5则

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Western classics

Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter VII, Paragraph 1354

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

The most perfect freedom of trade is permitted between the British colonies of America and the West Indies, both in the enumerated and in the non-enumerated commodities Those colonies are now become so populous and thriving, that each of them finds in some of the others a great and extensive market for every part of its produce. All of them taken together, they make a great internal market for the produce of one another.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300
Book IV, Chapter VII, paragraph 1354

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17:00 Evening · 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顯慶二年(丁巳,公元六五七年) · Leadership · Philosophy · Cognition · Action

夏,五月,丙申,上幸明德宮避暑。上自即位,每日視事;庚子,宰相奏天下無虞,請隔日視事;許之。

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卷200·高宗天皇大聖大弘孝皇帝上之下顯慶二年(丁巳,公元六五七年)·第9则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

John D. Rockefeller:Random Reminiscences of Men and Events, Excerpt 14

John D. Rockefeller《Random Reminiscences of Men and Events》· Chapter I · Leadership

Naturally, I came to see more of him. The business relations which began with the handling of produce he consigned to our old firm grew into a business friendship, because people who lived in a comparatively small place, as Cleveland was then, were thrown together much more often than in such a place as New York. When the oil business was developing and we needed more help, I at once thought of Mr. Flagler as a possible partner, and made him an offer to come with us and give up his commission business. This offer he accepted, and so began that life-long friendship which has never had a moment's interruption. It was a friendship founded on business, which Mr. Flagler used to say was a good deal better than a business founded on friendship, and my experience leads me to agree with him.

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Chapter I, excerpt 14

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What does this passage say about how you work today?