Day 243 · Fri, Jun 18, 2027 · Five editions

Fri, Jun 18, 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 300

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第300则 · Decision · Health · Cognition · Growth

真空不空。 執相非真。 破相亦非真。 問:世尊如何發付。 在世出世、徇欲是苦、絶欲亦是苦。 聽、吾儕善自修持。

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第300则

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07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

孟子:Mencius, 告子上 8

孟子《孟子》· 告子上·8 · Health · Decision · Philosophy · Human nature

孟子曰:「牛山之木嘗美矣。以其郊於大國也,斧斤伐之,可以為美乎?是其日夜之所息,雨露之所潤,非無萌蘗之生焉,牛羊又從而牧之,是以若彼濯濯也。人見其濯濯也,以為未嘗有材焉,此豈山之性也哉?雖存乎人者,豈無仁義之心哉?其所以放其良心者,亦猶斧斤之於木也。旦旦而伐之,可以為美乎?其日夜之所息,平旦之氣,其好惡與人相近也者幾希,則其旦晝之所為,有梏亡之矣。梏之反覆,則其夜氣不足以存。夜氣不足以存,則其違禽獸不遠矣。人見其禽獸也,而以為未嘗有才焉者,是豈人之情也哉?故茍得其養,無物不長;茍失其養,無物不消。孔子曰:『操則存,舍則亡。出入無時,莫知其鄉。』惟心之謂與?」

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告子上·8

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Western classics

Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations, Book I, Chapter X, Paragraph 267

Adam Smith《The Wealth of Nations》· Book I, Chapter X · Investing

Disagreeableness and disgrace affect the profits of stock in the same manner as the wages of labour. The keeper of an inn or tavern, who is never master of his own house, and who is exposed to the brutality of every drunkard, exercises neither a very agreeable nor a very creditable business. But there is scarce any common trade in which a small stock yields so great a profit.

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Book I, Chapter X, paragraph 267

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

孙武:The Art of War, 謀攻第三 5

孙武《孫子兵法》· 謀攻第三 · Growth · Leadership

夫將者,國之輔也。輔周則國必強,輔隙則國必弱。

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謀攻第三·第5则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Henry Ford:My Life and Work, Excerpt 73

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

This salvage can be carried further. It is usually taken for granted that when a man is injured he is simply out of the running and should be paid an allowance. But there is always a period of convalescence, especially in fracture cases, where the man is strong enough to work, and, indeed, by that time usually anxious to work, for the largest possible accident allowance can never be as great as a man's wage. If it were, then a business would simply have an additional tax put upon it, and that tax would show up in the cost of the product. There would be less buying of the product and therefore less work for somebody. That is an inevitable sequence that must always be borne in mind.

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Chapter VII, excerpt 73

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