Day 335 · Sat, Sep 18, 2027 · Five editions

Sat, Sep 18, 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

管仲(舊題):Guanzi, 第67篇明法解, Entry 30

管仲(舊題)《管子》· 第67篇明法解 · Leadership · Decision · Cognition · Action

明主者,使下盡力而守法分,故羣臣務尊主而不敢顧其家。臣主之分明,上下之位審,故大臣各處其位而不敢相貴。亂主則不然,法制廢而不行,故羣臣得務益其家。君臣無分,上下無別,故羣臣得務相貴。如此者,非朝臣少也,衆不爲用也。故《明法》曰:「國無人者,非朝臣衰也,家與家務相益,不務尊君也,大臣務相貴而不任國也。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E7%AE%A1%E5%AD%90/%E7%AC%AC67%E7%AF%87%E6%98%8E%E6%B3%95%E8%A7%A3
第67篇明法解·第30则

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07:00 Morning · Health · Chinese classics

洪应明:Caigentan, Entry 243

洪应明《菜根譚》· 第243则 · Health · Growth

趨炎附勢之禍、甚慘亦甚速。 棲恬守逸之味、最淡亦最長。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%8F%9C%E6%A0%B9%E8%AD%9A
第243则

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12:00 Noon · Investing · Chinese classics

桓寬:Discourses on Salt and Iron, Volume 2, 論儒第十一, Entry 3

桓寬《鹽鐵論》· 卷2·論儒第十一 · Investing · Character · Action · Growth

御史曰:「伊尹以割烹事湯,百里以飯牛要穆公,始為茍合,信然與之霸王。如此,何言不從?何道不行?故商君以王道說孝公,不用,即以強國之道,卒以就功。鄒子以儒術干世主,不用,即以變化始終之論,卒以顯名。故馬效千里,不必胡、代;士貴成功,不必文辭。孟軻守舊術,不知世務,故困於梁宋。孔子能方不能圓,故饑於黎丘。今晚世之儒勤德,時有乏匱,言以為非,困此不行。自周室以來,千有餘歲,獨有文,武、成、康,如言必參一焉,取所不能及而稱之,猶躄者能言遠不能行也。聖人異塗同歸,或行或止,其趣一也。商君雖革法改教,志存於強國利民。鄒子之作,變化之術,亦歸於仁義。祭仲自貶損以行權,時也。故小枉大直,君子為之。今硁硁然守一道,引尾生之意,即晉文之譎諸侯以尊周室不足道,而管仲蒙恥辱以存亡不足稱也。」

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E9%B9%BD%E9%90%B5%E8%AB%96/%E5%8D%B702
卷2·論儒第十一·第3则

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17:00 Evening · Career · Chinese classics

司馬光:Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 195, Entry 21

司馬光《資治通鑑》· 卷195·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之上貞觀十四年(庚子,公元六四零年) · Leadership · Character · Growth

丁卯,禮官奏請加高祖父母服齊衰五月,嫡子婦服期,嫂、叔、弟妻、夫兄、舅皆服小功;從之。

Source: https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7195
卷195·太宗文武大聖大廣孝皇帝中之上貞觀十四年(庚子,公元六四零年)·第21则

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21:00 Figures · Investing · Modern investor letters

Warren Buffett:Berkshire 1986 Letter, Excerpt 2

Warren Buffett《Berkshire Hathaway 1986 Letter to Shareholders》· 1986 Chairman's Letter · Investing

The good news is that in 1986 our percentage gain in business value probably exceeded the book value gain. I say "probably" because business value is a soft number: in our own case, two equally well-informed observers might make judgments more than 10% apart.

Source: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/1986.html
1986 Chairman's Letter, excerpt 2

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