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xiaolai/time-as-a-friend
《把时间当作朋友》
This is the full text of a Chinese self-help book, 'Time as a Friend' by Li Xiaolai, published on GitHub under a CC-BY-NC-ND license. It argues that time cannot be managed, only accumulated — and that developing your mind is the prerequisite for doing anything useful with it. The audience is Chinese-speaking readers who want the book for free or want to read it offline.
The CC-BY-NC-ND license is clearly stated, so there's no ambiguity about what you can and cannot do with it. The content itself is well-regarded — it held an 8.7 rating on Douban for years, which is a meaningful signal for a Chinese-language book. PDFs of multiple editions are included alongside the Markdown source, so you get both readable and archival formats. The book's core argument — that accumulation beats shortcuts — is stated plainly and without the usual self-help hedging.
This is not a software project in any meaningful sense; there is no code, no API, no tooling, and no technical content. Last meaningful update was January 2024 and the repo has been essentially static for years. The license prohibits derivatives and commercial use, so you cannot translate it, adapt it, or build on it in any interesting way. If you don't read Chinese, there is nothing here for you at all.