Day 297 · Wed, Aug 11, 2027 · Five editions

Wed, Aug 11, 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

王阳明:Chuanxilu, 卷中 137

王阳明《傳習錄》· 卷中·第137条 · Cognition · Leadership · Learning · Health

知非意之體乎?意之所用必有其物,物即事也。如意用於事親,既事親為一物;意用於治民,即治民為一物;意用於讀書,即讀書為一物;意用於聽訟,則聽訟為一物。凡意之所用,無有無物者;有是意即有是物,無是意即無是物矣,物非意之用乎? 「格」字之義,有以「至」字之訓者,如「格於文祖」、「有苗來格」,是以「至」訓者也。然「格於文祖」,必純孝誠敬,幽明之間無一不得其理,而後謂之「格」;有苗之頑,實以文德誕敷而後格,則亦兼有「正」字之義在其間,未可專以「至」字盡之也。如「格其非心」、「大臣格君心之非」之類,是則一皆「正其不正以歸於正」之義,而不可以「至」字為訓矣。且《大學》「格物」之訓,又安知其不以「正」字為訓,而必以「至」字為義乎?如以「至」字為義者,必曰「窮至事物之理」,而後其說始通。是其用功之要,全在一「窮」字;用力之地,全在一「理」字也。若上去一窮,下去一理字,而直曰「致知在至物」,其可通乎? 夫「窮理盡性」,聖人之成訓,見於《繄辭》者也。

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卷中·第137条

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07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

洪应明:Caigentan, Entry 314

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第314则 · Philosophy · Health · Human nature

當雪夜月天、心境便爾澄徹、遇春風和気、 意界亦自沖融。 造化人心、混合無間。

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第314则

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Western classics

Adam Smith:The Wealth of Nations, Book V, Chapter I, Paragraph 1717

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

When those companies do not trade upon a joint stock, but are obliged to admit any person, properly qualified, upon paying a certain fine, and agreeing to submit to the regulations of the company, each member trading upon his own stock, and at his own risk, they are called regulated companies. When they trade upon a joint stock, each member sharing in the common profit or loss, in proportion to his share in this stock, they are called joint-stock companies. Such companies, whether regulated or joint-stock, sometimes have, and sometimes have not, exclusive privileges.

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3300
Book V, Chapter I, paragraph 1717

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 197, Entry 3

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷197·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之下貞觀十九年(乙巳,公元六四五年) · Leadership · Health · Growth · Action

庚戌,上自將諸軍發洛陽,以特進蕭瑀為洛陽宮留守。乙卯,詔:「朕發定州後,宜令皇太子監國。」開府儀同三司致仕尉遲敬德上言:「陛下親征遼東,太子在定州,長安、洛陽心腹空虛,恐有玄感之變。且邊隅小夷,不足以勤萬乘,願遣偏師征之,指期可殄。」上不從。以敬德為左一馬軍總管,使從行。

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卷197·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之下貞觀十九年(乙巳,公元六四五年)·第3则

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21:00 Figures · Career · Entrepreneur memoirs

Benjamin Franklin:The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Excerpt 28

Benjamin Franklin《The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · Leadership

I soon perceiv'd that the intention of engaging me at wages so much higher than he had been us'd to give, was, to have these raw, cheap hands form'd thro' me; and, as soon as I had instructed them, then they being all articled to him, he should be able to do without me. I went on, however, very cheerfully, put his printing-house in order, which had been in great confusion, and brought his hands by degrees to mind their business and to do it better.

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Excerpt 28

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