Day 273 · Sun, Jul 18, 2027 · Five editions

Sun, Jul 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

王阳明:Chuanxilu, 卷上 108

王阳明《傳習錄》· 卷上·第108条 · Health · Cognition · Action · Decision

侃問:「先儒以心之靜為體,心之動為用,如何?」 先生曰:「心不可以動、靜為體、用。動、靜,時也。即體而言,用在體;即用而言,體在用;是謂體、用一源。若說靜可以見其體,動可以見其用,卻不妨。」

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卷上·第108条

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07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 194, Entry 15

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九年(乙未,公元六三五年) · Decision · Health · Growth · Action

李靖之擊吐谷渾也,厚賂党項,使為鄉導。党項酋長拓跋赤辭來,謂諸將曰:「隋人無信,喜暴掠我。今諸軍苟無異心,我請供其資糧;如或不然,我將據險以塞諸軍之道。」諸將與之盟而遣之。赤水道行軍總管李道彥行至闊水,見赤辭無備,襲之,獲牛羊數千頭。於是群羌怨怒,屯野狐峽,道彥不得進;赤辭擊之,道彥大敗,死者數萬,退保松州。左驍衛將軍樊興逗遛失軍期,士卒失亡多。乙卯,道彥、興皆坐減死徙邊。

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卷194·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝上之下貞觀九年(乙未,公元六三五年)·第15则

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 3, 輕重第十四, Entry 5

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷3·輕重第十四 · Wealth · Investing · Leadership · Philosophy

御史曰:「周之建國也,蓋千八百諸侯。其後,強吞弱,大兼小,幷為六國。六國連兵結難數百年,內拒敵國,外攘四夷。由此觀之:兵甲不休,戰伐不乏,軍旅外奉,倉庫內實。今以天下之富,海內之財,百郡之貢,非特齊、楚之畜,趙、魏之庫也。計委量入,雖急用之,宜無乏絕之時。顧大農等以術體躬稼,則后稷之烈,軍四出而用不繼,非天之財少也?用針石,調陰陽,均有無,補不足,亦非也?上大夫君與治粟都尉管領大農事,灸刺稽滯,開利百脈,是以萬物流通,而縣官富實。當此之時,四方征暴亂,車甲之費,克獲之賞,以億萬計,皆贍大司農。此者扁鵲之力,而鹽、鐵之福也。」

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卷3·輕重第十四·第5则

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

洪应明:Caigentan, Entry 72

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第72则 · Growth · Character · Leadership

十語九中,未必稱奇,一語不中,則愆尤駢集; 十謀九成,未必歸功,一謀不成,則訾議叢興。 君子所以寧默毋躁,寧拙毋巧。

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第72则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

John D. Rockefeller:Random Reminiscences of Men and Events, Excerpt 50

John D. Rockefeller《Random Reminiscences of Men and Events》· Chapter III · Leadership

It has been said that I forced the men who became my partners in the oil business to join with me. I would not have been so short-sighted. If it were true that I followed such tactics, I ask, would it have been possible to make of such men life-long companions? Would they accept, and remain for many years in positions of the greatest trust, and finally, could any one have formed of such men, if they had been so browbeaten, a group which has for all these years worked in loyal harmony, with fair dealing among themselves as well as with others, building up efficiency and acting in entire unity? This powerful organization has not only lasted but its efficiency has increased. For fourteen years I have been out of business, and in eight or ten years went only once to the company's office.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17090
Chapter III, excerpt 50

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