Tue, Jul 20, 2027

問：「後世著述之多，恐亦有亂正學。」 先生曰：「人心天理渾然，聖賢筆之書，如寫真傳神，不過示人以形狀大略，使之因此而討求其真耳；其精神意氣，言笑動止，固有所不能傳也。後世著述，是又將聖人所畫，摹仿謄寫，而妄自分析加增，以逞其技，其失真愈遠矣。」

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卷上·第20条

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理寂則事寂。 遺事執理者、以去影留形。 心空則境空去。 境在心者、如聚羶却蚋。

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第317则

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Whatever our form of ownership, our goal is to have meaningful investments in businesses with both durable economic advantages and a first-class CEO. Please note particularly that we own stocks based upon our expectations about their long-term business performance and not because we view them as vehicles for timely market moves. That point is crucial: Charlie and I are not stock-pickers; we are business-pickers.

Source： https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2021ltr.pdf
2021 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 2

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上既詔宗室群臣襲封刺史，左庶子於志寧以為古今事殊，恐非久安之道，上疏爭之。侍御史馬周亦上疏，以為：「堯、舜之父，猶有朱、均之子。倘有孩童嗣職，萬一驕愚，兆庶被其殃而國家受其敗。正欲絕之也，則子文之治猶在；正欲留之也，而欒黶之惡已彰。與其毒害於見存之百姓，則寧使割恩於已亡之一臣，明矣。然則向所謂愛之者，乃適所以傷之也。臣謂宜賦以茅土，疇其戶邑，必有材行，隨器授官，使其人得奉大恩而子孫終其福祿。」

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卷195·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之上貞觀十三年（己亥，公元六三九年）·第8则

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The rule that a sound investment must be able to withstand adversity seems self-evident enough to be termed a truism.

Source： https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.7983
Chapter VII, p. 91, paragraph beginning “The rule that a sound investment must be able to withstand adversity”