Day 220 · Wed, May 26, 2027 · Five editions

Wed, May 26, 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

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 194, Entry 6

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八年(甲午,公元六三四年) · Action · Philosophy · Character · Leadership

初,吐谷渾可汗伏允遣使入貢,未返,大掠鄯州而去。上遣使讓之,征伏允入朝,稱疾不至,仍為其子尊王求婚;上許之,令其親迎,尊王又不至,乃絕婚,伏允復遣兵寇蘭、廓二州。伏允年老,信其臣天柱王之謀,數犯邊;又執唐使者趙德楷,上遣使諭之,十返;又引其使者,臨軒親諭以禍福,伏允終無悛心。六月,遣左驍衛大將軍段志玄為西海道行軍總管,左驍衛將軍樊興為赤水道行軍總管,將邊兵及契苾、党項之眾以擊之。

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卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀八年(甲午,公元六三四年)·第6则

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07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

孔子及其弟子:Analects 9.3

孔子及其弟子《論語》· 子罕第九·九之三 · Health · Character

子曰:「麻冕,禮也;今也純,儉,吾從眾。拜下,禮也;今拜乎上,泰也。雖違眾,吾從下。」

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子罕第九·九之三

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Western classics

Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations, Book IV, Chapter V, Paragraph 1182

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

The bounty, as it raises in the home market, not so much the real, as the nominal price of our corn; as it augments, not the quantity of labour which a certain quantity of corn can maintain and employ, but only the quantity of silver which it will exchange for; it discourages our manufactures, without rendering any considerable service, either to our farmers or country gentlemen. It puts, indeed, a little more money into the pockets of both, and it will perhaps be somewhat difficult to persuade the greater part of them that this is not rendering them a very considerable service. But if this money sinks in its value, in the quantity of labour, provisions, and home-made commodities of all different kinds which it is capable of purchasing, as much as it rises in its quantity, the service will be little more than nominal and imaginary.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300
Book IV, Chapter V, paragraph 1182

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 199, Entry 7

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三年(壬子,公元六五二年) · Leadership · Growth · Character · Philosophy

夏,四月,趙孝祖大破西南蠻,斬小勃弄酋長歿盛,擒大勃弄酋長楊承顛。自餘皆屯聚保險,大者有眾數萬,小者數千人,孝祖皆破降之,西南蠻遂定。

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卷199·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝下之下永徽三年(壬子,公元六五二年)·第7则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Henry Ford:My Life and Work, Excerpt 45

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

During the season 1908-1909 we continued to make Models "R" and "S," four-cylinder runabouts and roadsters, the models that had previously been so successful, and which sold at $700 and $750. But "Model T" swept them right out. We sold 10,607 cars--a larger number than any manufacturer had ever sold. The price for the touring car was $850. On the same chassis we mounted a town car at $1,000, a roadster at $825, a coupe at $950, and a landaulet at $950.

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Chapter IV, excerpt 45

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