Day 282 · Tue, Jul 27, 2027 · Five editions

Tue, Jul 27, 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 315

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第315则 · Philosophy · Growth · Health · Decision

文以拙進、道以拙成。 一拙字有無限意味。 如桃源犬吠、桑間鷄鳴、何等淳龐。 至於寒潭之月、古木之鴉、工巧中便覺有衰颯氣象矣。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%8F%9C%E6%A0%B9%E8%AD%9A
第315则

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Today's question

What does this passage say about your body or mood today?

07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

孔子及其弟子:Analects 3.3

孔子及其弟子《論語》· 八佾第三·三之三 · Character · Health · Human nature

子曰:「人而不仁,如禮何?人而不仁,如樂何?」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%AB%96%E8%AA%9E/%E5%85%AB%E4%BD%BE%E7%AC%AC%E4%B8%89
八佾第三·三之三

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Today's question

What does this passage say about your body or mood today?

12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 4, 毀學第十八, Entry 4

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷4·毀學第十八 · Investing · Decision · Leadership · Philosophy

文學曰:「聖主設官以授任,能者處之;分祿以任賢,能者受之。義貴無高,義取無多。故舜受堯之天下,太公不避周之三公;茍非其人,簞食豆羹猶為賴民也。故德薄而位高,力少而任重,鮮不及矣。夫泰山鴟啄腐鼠於窮澤幽谷之中,非有害於人也。今之有司,盜主財而食之於刑法之旁,不知機之是發,又以嚇人,其患惡得若泰山之鴟乎?」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E9%90%B5%E8%AB%96/%E5%8D%B704
卷4·毀學第十八·第4则

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Today's question

Does this passage change one judgment about money or risk today?

17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

王阳明:Chuanxilu, 卷中 143

王阳明《傳習錄》· 卷中·第143条 · Leadership · Growth · Learning · Wealth

三代之衰,王道熄而霸術焻;孔、孟既沒,聖學晦而邪說橫。教者不復以此為教,而學者不復以此為學。霸者之徒,竊取先王之近似者,假之於外以內濟其私己之欲,天下靡然而宗之,聖人之道遂以蕪塞。相仿相效,日求所以富強之說、傾詐之謀、攻伐之計,一切欺天罔人,苟一時之得,以獵取聲利之術,若管、商、蘇、張之屬者,至不可名數。 既其久也,鬬爭劫奪,不勝其禍,斯人淪於禽獸、夷狄,而霸術亦有所不能行矣。世之儒者慨然悲傷,蒐臘先聖王之典草法制,而掇拾修補於煨燼之餘,蓋其為心,良亦欲以挽回先王之道。聖學既遠,霸術之傳,積漬已深,雖在賢知,皆不免於習染,其所以講明修飾,以求宣暢光復於世者,僅足以增霸者之藩籬,而聖學之門牆,遂不復可睹。於是乎有訓詁之學,而傳之以為名;有記誦之學,而言之以為博;有詞章之學,而侈之以為麗。若是者,紛紛籍籍,群起角立於天下,又不知其幾家,萬徑千蹊,莫知所適。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E5%82%B3%E7%BF%92%E9%8C%84/%E5%8D%B7%E4%B8%AD
卷中·第143条

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What does this passage say about how you work today?

21:00 Figures · Investing · Modern investor letters

Benjamin Graham:Intrinsic Value Needs Only Approximation

Benjamin Graham《Security Analysis》· Chapter I, The Scope and Limitations of Security Analysis. The Concept of Intrinsic Value · Investing · Cognition · Decision

The essential point is that security analysis does not seek to determine exactly what is the intrinsic value of a given security.

Source: https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.7983
Chapter I, p. 22, paragraph beginning “The Role of Intrinsic Value in the Work of the Analyst”

Reading

Security analysis seeks an adequate approximation of value, not an exact number.

Context

Graham cautioned that security analysis does not aim at an exact intrinsic value. It only needs to establish whether value is adequate, or whether price is clearly above or below it. An approximate, bounded estimate is often more useful than a falsely precise number.

Today's question

Do you really need an exact intrinsic value—or an approximation good enough to support a decision?