Day 147 · Sun, Mar 14, 2027 · Five editions

Sun, Mar 14, 2027

Five emails a day: 00:00 Night / 07:00 Morning / 12:00 Noon / 17:00 Evening / 21:00 Figures

00:00 Night · Health · Chinese classics

洪应明:Caigentan, Entry 26

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第26则 · Cognition · Action · Health · Philosophy

飽後思味,則濃淡之境都消; 色後思淫,則男女之見盡絕。 故人常以事後之悔悟,破臨事之癡迷,則性定而動無不正。

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第26则

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07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

孔子及其弟子:Analects 14.39

孔子及其弟子《論語》· 憲問第十四·十四之三九 · Health · Leadership · History

子曰:「賢者辟世,其次辟地,其次辟色,其次辟言。」

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憲問第十四·十四之三九

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 9, 論勇第五十一, Entry 2

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷9·論勇第五十一 · Investing · Character · Leadership · Decision

文學曰:「楚、鄭之棠溪、墨陽,非不利也,犀胄兕甲,非不堅也,然而不能存者,利不足恃也。秦兼六國之師,據崤、函而御宇內,金石之固,莫耶之利也。然陳勝無士民之資,甲兵之用,鉏耰棘橿,以破沖隆。武昭不擊,烏號不發。所謂金城者,非謂築壤而高土,鑿地而深池也。所謂利兵者,非謂吳、越之鋌,幹將之劍也。言以道德為城,以仁義為郭,莫之敢攻,莫之敢入。文王是也。以道德為胄,以仁義為劍,莫之敢當,莫之敢禦,湯、武是也。今不建不可攻之城,不可當之兵,而欲任匹夫之役,而行三尺之刃,亦細矣!」

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卷9·論勇第五十一·第2则

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 194, Entry 5

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀十一年(丁酉,公元六三七年) · Decision · Philosophy · Leadership · Learning

自張蘊古之死,法官以出罪為戒;時有失入者,又不加罪。上嘗問大理卿劉德威曰:「近日刑網稍密,何也?」對曰:「此在主上,不在群臣,人主好寬則寬,好急則急。律文:失入減三等,失出減五等。今失入無辜,失出更獲大罪,是以吏各自免,競就深文,非有教使之然,畏罪故耳。陛下倘一斷以律,則此風立變矣。」上悅,從之。由是斷獄平允。

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卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀十一年(丁酉,公元六三七年)·第5则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Andrew Carnegie:Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, Excerpt 67

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

Our strict system of accounting enabled us to detect the great waste possible in heating large masses of iron. This improvement revealed to us a valuable man in a clerk, William Borntraeger, a distant relative of Mr. Kloman, who came from Germany. He surprised us one day by presenting a detailed statement showing results for a period, which seemed incredible. All the needed labor in preparing this statement he had performed at night unasked and unknown to us. The form adapted was uniquely original. Needless to say, William soon became superintendent of the works and later a partner, and the poor German lad died a millionaire. He well deserved his fortune.

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Chapter X, excerpt 67

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