On Careful Conduct

1. Read through the original once, mark key words such as "thorough," "righteousness," and "profit," then review their surrounding context.
2. Copy out "planning conduct with righteousness in mind" and "planning conduct with profit in mind" side by side, and add a brief note in light of a recent decision of your own.
3. Read alongside other chapters of "The Annals of Lü Buwei" on conduct, noting similarities and differences in the Miscellaneous School's citations and reasoning.
4. Read only a small passage each time, leave pauses, and rewrite the aphorism in your own words before comparing it with the original.

Jinzhang Book Company (Jinzhang Shuju) was a private publishing and distribution house in Shanghai during the late Qing and early Republican periods, issuing traditional works by lithographic printing. Judging from the 1,194 titles in the collection, its publishing focused on classical poetry, Eastern philosophy, historical reading, traditional Chinese medical texts, and canonical works, along with books on literary appreciation. Representative titles include the poetry and prose collections of Du Fu and Ouyang Xiu; historical works such as the Book of Han and Zizhi Tongjian; classical texts such as the Book of Documents and Mencius; and specialized and literary classics such as Treatise on Cold Damage and Li Sao. Its author resources cover major figures across the ages, including Du Fu, Ban Gu, Sima Guang, Zhang Zhongjing, Qu Yuan, Ouyang Xiu, and Tang Shenwei, reflecting the house's characteristic reliance on traditional scholarship and medical literature while serving general readers. Public information on its early history and operational details is limited, so no conjecture is offered here.