Comment of Michael Dell’s buy Out of Dell Corp. (DELL)

Comment of Michael Dell’s buy Out of Dell Corp. (DELL)

Comment of Michael Dell’s buy Out of Dell Corp. (DELL)

 

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HEXAGRAM 17 – Sui – Following

 

 

Above    TUI         THE JOYOUS, LAKE

Below    CHEN     THE AROUSING, THUNDER

 

 

The trigram Tui, the Joyous, whose attribute is gladness, is above; Chen, the Arousing, which has the attribute of movement, is below.  Joy in movement induces following.  The Joyous is the youngest daughter, while the Arousing is the eldest son.  An older man defers to a young girl and shows her consideration.  By this he moves her to follow him.

 

 

THE JUDGMENT

 

FOLLOWING has supreme success. 

Perseverance furthers. 

No blame.

 

In order to obtain a following one must first know how to adapt oneself.  If a man would rule he must first learn to serve, for only in this way does he secure from those below him the joyous assent that is necessary if they are to follow him.  If he has to obtain a following by force or cunning, by conspiracy or by creating factions, he invariably arouses resistance, which obstructs willing adherence.  But even joyous movement can lead to evil consequences, hence the added stipulation, "Perseverance furthers"-that is, consistency in doing right – together with "No blame." Just as we should not ask others to follow us unless this condition is fulfilled, so it is only under this condition that we can in turn follow others without coming to harm.

 

The thought of obtaining a following through adaptation to the demands of the time is a great and significant idea; this is why the appended judgment is so favorable.

 

 

THE IMAGE

 

Thunder in the middle of the lake:  The image of FOLLOWING.

Thus the superior man at nightfall

Goes indoors for rest and recuperation.

 

In the autumn electricity withdraws into the earth again and rests.  Here it is the thunder in the middle of the lake that serves as the image – thunder in its winter rest, not thunder in motion.  The idea of following in the sense of adaptation to the demands of the time grows out of this image. 

 

Thunder in the middle of the lake indicates times of darkness and rest.  Similarly, a superior man, after being tirelessly active all day, allows himself rest and recuperation at night.  No situation can become favorable until one is able to adapt to it and does not wear himself out with mistaken resistance.

 

 

 

THE LINES

 

Six in the third place means:

If one clings to the strong man,

One loses the little boy.

Through following one finds what one seeks. 

It furthers one to remain persevering.

 

When the right connection with distinguished people has been found, a certain loss naturally ensues.  A man must part company with the inferior and superficial.  But in his heart he will feel satisfied, because he will find what he seeks and needs for the development of his personality.  The important thing is to remain firm.  He must know what he wants and not be led astray by momentary inclinations.

 

 

0 Nine in the fifth place means:

Sincere in the good. 

Good fortune.

 

Every man must have something he follows – something that serves him as a lodestar.  He who follows with conviction the beautiful and the good may feel himself strengthened by this saying.

 

 

Six at the top means:

He meets with firm allegiance

And is still further bound.

The king introduces him To the Western Mountain.

 

This refers to a man, an exalted sage, who has already put the turmoil of the world behind him.  But a follower appears who understands him and is not to be put off.  So the sage comes back into the world and aids the other in his work.  Thus there develops an eternal tie between the two.

 

The allegory is chosen from the annals of the Chou dynasty.  The rulers of this dynasty honored men who had served them well by awarding them a place in the royal family’s temple of ancestors on the Western Mountain.  In this way they were regarded as sharing in the destiny of the ruling family.

 

HEXAGRAM 30 – Li – THE CLINGING, FIRE

 

 

Above    LI            THE CLINGING, FIRE

Below    LI            THE CLINGING, FIRE

 

 

This hexagram is another double sign.  The trigram Li means ¨to cling to something," "to be conditioned, to depend or rest on something," and also "brightness”.  A dark line clings to two light lines, one above and one below – the image of an empty space between two strong lines, whereby the two strong lines are made bright.  The trigram represents the middle daughter.  The Creative has incorporated the central line of the Receptive, and thus Li develops.  As an image, it is fire.  Fire has no definite form but clings to the burning object and thus is bright.  As water pours down from heaven, so fire flames up from the earth. While K’an means the soul shut within the body, Li stands for nature in its radiance.

 

 

THE JUDGMENT

 

THE CLINGING. 

Perseverance furthers. 

It brings success. 

Care of the cow brings good fortune.

 

What is dark clings to what is light and so enhances the brightness of the latter.  A luminous thing giving out light must have within itself something that perseveres; otherwise it will in time burn itself out.  Everything that gives light is dependent on something to which it clings, in order that it may continue to shine.

 

Thus sun and moon cling to heaven, and grain, grass, and trees cling to the earth.  So too the twofold clarity of the dedicated man clings to what is right and thereby can shape the world.  Human life on earth is conditioned and unfree, and, when man recognizes this limitation and makes himself dependent upon the harmonious and beneficent forces of the cosmos, he achieves success.  The cow is the symbol of extreme docility.  By cultivating in himself an attitude of compliance and voluntary dependence, man acquires clarity without sharpness and finds his place in the world. 1

 

 

THE IMAGE

 

That which is bright rises twice: The image of FIRE.

Thus the great man, by perpetuating this brightness,

Illumines the four quarters of the world.

 

Each of the two trigrams represents the sun in the course of a day.  The two together represent the repeated movement of the sun, the function of light with respect to time.  The great man continues the work of nature in the human world.  Through the clarity of his nature he causes the light to spread farther and farther and to penetrate the nature of man ever more deeply.

 

 

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