Day 215 · Fri, May 21, 2027 · Five editions

Fri, May 21, 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

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 198, Entry 12

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 · Wealth · Investing · Cognition

秋,七月,辛未,上徙營安市城東嶺。己卯,詔標識戰死者屍,俟軍還與之俱歸。戊子,以高延壽為鴻臚卿,高惠真為司農卿。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7198
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12则

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07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

曾子及其门人:大學, Section 4

曾子及其门人《禮記·大學》· 第4章 · Health · Human nature · Cognition · Philosophy

爲人父,止於慈;與國人交,止於信。 子曰:「聽訟,吾猶人也,必也使無訟乎!」無情者不得盡其辭,大畏民志。此謂知本。所謂脩身在正其心者:身有所忿懥,則不得其正;有所恐懼,則不得其正;有所好樂,則不得其正;有所憂患,則不得其正。心不在焉,視而不見,聽而不聞,食而不知其味。此謂脩身在正其心。所謂齊其家在脩其身者:人之其所親愛而譬焉,之其所賤惡而譬焉,之其所畏敬而譬焉,之其所哀矜而譬焉,之其所敖惰而譬焉。故好而知其惡,惡而知其美者,天下鮮矣。故諺有之曰:「人莫知其子之惡,莫知其苗之碩。」此謂身不脩不可以齊其家。

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第4章

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Western classics

Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations, Book II, Chapter IV, Paragraph 868

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

Mr Locke, Mr Lawe, and Mr Montesquieu, as well as many other writers, seem to have imagined that the increase of the quantity of gold and silver, in consequence of the discovery of the Spanish West Indies, was the real cause of the lowering of the rate of interest through the greater part of Europe. Those metals, they say, having become of less value themselves, the use of any particular portion of them necessarily became of less value too, and, consequently, the price which could be paid for it. This notion, which at first sight seems so plausible, has been so fully exposed by Mr Hume, that it is, perhaps, unnecessary to say any thing more about it. The following very short and plain argument, however, may serve to explain more distinctly the fallacy which seems to have misled those gentlemen.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300
Book II, Chapter IV, paragraph 868

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

孟子:Mencius, 告子下 8

孟子《孟子》· 告子下·8 · Leadership · Philosophy · Cognition · Decision

魯欲使慎子為將軍。孟子曰:「不教民而用之,謂之殃民,殃民者,不容於堯舜之世。一戰勝齊,遂有南陽,然且不可。」 慎子勃然不悅曰:「此則滑厘所不識也。」 曰:「吾明告子,天子之地方千里;不千里,不足以待諸侯。諸侯之地方百里;不百里,不足以守宗廟之典籍。周公之封於魯,為方百里也;地非不足,而儉於百里。太公之封於齊也,亦為方百里也;地非不足也,而儉於百里。今魯方百里者五,子以為有王者作,則魯在所損乎?在所益乎?徒取諸彼以與此,然且仁者不為,況於殺人以求之乎?君子之事君也,務引其君以當道,志於仁而已。」

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告子下·8

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Benjamin Franklin:The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Excerpt 10

Benjamin Franklin《The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Leadership

After dinner, my sleepiness return'd, and being shown to a bed, I lay down without undressing, and slept till six in the evening, was call'd to supper, went to bed again very early, and slept soundly till next morning. Then I made myself as tidy as I could, and went to Andrew Bradford the printer's. I found in the shop the old man his father, whom I had seen at New York, and who, travelling on horseback, had got to Philadelphia before me. He introduc'd me to his son, who receiv'd me civilly, gave me a breakfast, but told me he did not at present want a hand, being lately suppli'd with one; but there was another printer in town, lately set up, one Keimer, who, perhaps, might employ me; if not, I should be welcome to lodge at his house, and he would give me a little work to do now and then till fuller business should offer.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/148
Excerpt 10

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