Day 125 · Sat, Feb 20, 2027 · Five editions

Sat, Feb 20, 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, 離婁下 11

孟子《孟子》· 離婁下·11 · Leadership · Character · Action · Human nature

孟子曰:「大人者,言不必信,行不必果,惟義所在。」

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離婁下·11

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What does this passage say about how you work today?

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

老子:Dao De Jing, Chapter 1

老子《道德經》· 一章 · Philosophy · Health · Decision · Action

道可道,非常道,名可名,非常名; 無名,天地之始,有名,萬物之母。 故常無欲,以觀其妙, 常有欲,以觀其徼; 此兩者,同出而異名,同謂之玄。玄之又玄,眾妙之門。

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王弼本·一章

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 1, 錯幣第四, Entry 5

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷1·錯幣第四 · Wealth · Investing · Leadership · Philosophy

大夫曰:「文帝之時,縱民得鑄錢、冶鐵、煮鹽。吳王擅鄣海澤,鄧通專西山。山東奸猾,咸聚吳國,秦、雍、漢、蜀因鄧氏。吳、鄧錢布天下,故有鑄錢之禁。禁禦之法立,而奸偽息,奸偽息,則民不期於妄得,而各務其職;不反本何為?故統一,則民不二也;幣由上,則下不疑也。」

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卷1·錯幣第四·第5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 199, Entry 2

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下永徽二年(辛亥,公元六五一年) · Cognition · Decision · Action · Leadership

左驍衛將軍、瑤池都督阿史那賀魯招集離散,廬帳漸盛,聞太宗崩,謀襲取西、庭二州。庭州刺史駱弘義知其謀,表言之,上遣通事舍人橋寶明馳往慰撫。寶明說賀魯,令長子咥運入宿衛,授右驍衛中郎將,尋復遣歸。咥運乃說其父擁眾西走,擊破乙毘射匱可汗,並其眾,建牙於雙河及千泉,自號沙缽羅可汗,咄陸五啜、努失畢五俟斤皆歸之,勝兵數十萬,與乙毘咄陸可汗連兵,處月、處密及西域諸國多附之。以咥運為莫賀咄葉護。

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卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下永徽二年(辛亥,公元六五一年)·第2则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Andrew Carnegie:Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Excerpt 71

Andrew Carnegie《Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie》· Chapter X · Leadership

This forty-thousand-dollar investment proved for us the best of all so far. The revenues from it came at the most opportune time.[28] The building of the new mill in Pittsburgh required not only all the capital we could gather, but the use of our credit, which I consider, looking backward, was remarkably good for young men.

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Chapter X, excerpt 71

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