Day 227 · Wed, Jun 2, 2027 · Five editions

Wed, Jun 2, 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

孔子及其弟子:Analects 20.1

孔子及其弟子《論語》· 堯曰第二十·二十之一 · Leadership · Philosophy · Health · Decision

堯曰:「咨!爾舜!天之曆數在爾躬,允執其中!四海困窮,天祿永終。」舜亦以命禹。曰:「予小子履,敢用玄牡,敢昭吿于皇皇后帝:有罪不敢赦。帝臣不蔽,簡在帝心!朕躬有罪,無以萬方;萬方有罪,罪在朕躬。」「周有大賚,善人是富。」「雖有周親,不如仁人;百姓有過,在予一人。」謹權量,審法度,脩廢官,四方之政行焉。興滅國,繼絕世,擧逸民,天下之民歸心焉。所重:民、食、喪、祭。寬則得眾,信則民任焉,敏則有功,公則說。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%AB%96%E8%AA%9E/%E5%A0%AF%E6%9B%B0%E7%AC%AC%E4%BA%8C%E5%8D%81
堯曰第二十·二十之一

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07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

洪应明:Caigentan, Entry 263

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第263则 · Health · Decision · Human nature · Wealth

此身常放在閒處、榮辱得失、誰能差遺我。 此心常安在靜中、是非利害、誰能瞞昧我。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%8F%9C%E6%A0%B9%E8%AD%9A
第263则

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

班固:Book of Han, Food and Money, 上 食, Entry 16

班固《漢書》· 上 食 · Wealth · Health · Investing · Decision

於是文帝從錯之言,令民入粟邊,六百石爵上造,稍增至四千石為五大夫,萬二千石為大庶長,各以多少級數為差。錯復奏言:「陛下幸使天下入粟塞下以拜爵,甚大惠也。竊恐塞卒之食不足用大渫天下粟。邊食足以支五歲,可令入粟郡縣矣;足支一歲以上,可時赦,勿收農民租。如此,德澤加於萬民,民俞勤農。時有軍役,若遭水旱,民不困乏,天下安寧;歲孰且美,則民大富樂矣。」上復從其言,乃下詔賜民十二年租稅之半。明年,遂除民田之租稅。 後十三歲,孝景二年,令民半出田租,三十而稅一也。其後,上郡以西旱,復修賣爵令,而裁其賈以招民;及徒復作,得輸粟於縣官以除罪。始造苑馬以廣用,宮室列館車馬益增修矣。然婁敕有司以農為務,民遂樂業。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E6%BC%A2%E6%9B%B8/%E5%8D%B7024
卷二十四·上 食·第16则

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

管仲(舊題):Guanzi, 第08篇幼官, Entry 10

管仲(舊題)《管子》· 第08篇幼官 · Philosophy · Leadership · Health · Decision

旗物尚黑,兵尚脅盾,刑則游仰灌流。察數而知治,審器而識勝,明謀而適勝,通德而天下定。定宗廟,育男女,官四分,則可以立威行德,制法儀,出號令。至善之爲兵也,非地是求也,罰人是君。立義而加之以勝,至威而實之以德,守之而後脩,勝心焚海內。民之所利立之,所害除之,則民人從。立爲六千里之侯,則大人從。使國君得其治,則人君從。會請命於天,地知氣和,則生物從。計緩急之事,則危危而無難。明於器械之利,則涉難而不變。察於先後之理,則兵出而不困。通於出入之度,則深入而不危。審於動靜之務,則功得而無害也。著於取與之分,則得地而不執。慎於號令之官,則舉事而有功。此居於圖北方方外。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E7%AE%A1%E5%AD%90/%E7%AC%AC08%E7%AF%87%E5%B9%BC%E5%AE%98
第08篇幼官·第10则

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21:00 Figures · Investing · Modern investor letters

Warren Buffett:Berkshire 1984 Letter, Excerpt 1

Warren Buffett《Berkshire Hathaway 1984 Letter to Shareholders》· 1984 Chairman's Letter · Investing

Our gain in net worth during 1984 was $152.6 million, or $133 per share. This sounds pretty good but actually it’s mediocre. Economic gains must be evaluated by comparison with the capital that produces them. Our twenty-year compounded annual gain in book value has been 22.1% (from $19.46 in 1964 to $1108.77 in 1984), but our gain in 1984 was only 13.6%.

Source: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1984.html
1984 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 1

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