RadioShack RSH under CEO Joseph Magnacca

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HEXAGRAM 15 – Ch’ien – Modesty

Above K´UN THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

Below KEN KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN

This hexagram is made up of the trigrams

· Ken, Keeping Still, mountain, and

· K’un.

The mountain

· is the youngest son of the Creative, the representative of heaven on earth.

· dispenses the blessings of heaven, the clouds and rain that

o gather round its summit, and thereafter

o shines forth radiant with heavenly light.

· This shows

o what modesty is and

o how it functions in great and strong men.

K’un, the earth, stands above.

Lowliness is a quality of the earth:

this is the very reason why it appears in this hexagram as exalted,

by being placed above the mountain.

This shows

how modesty functions in lowly, simple people:

they are lifted up by it.

THE JUDGEMENT

MODESTY creates success.

The superior man carries things through.

It is the law of heaven

· to make fullness empty and

· to make full what is modest;

when the sun is

· at its zenith, it must, according to the law of heaven, turn toward its setting, and

· at its nadir it rises toward a new dawn.

In obedience to the same law, the moon

· when it is full begins to wane,

and

· when empty of light it waxes again.

This heavenly law works itself out in the fates of men also.

It is the law of earth

· to alter the full

and

· to contribute to the modest.

· High mountains are worn down by the waters,

and

· the valleys are filled up.

It is the law of fate

· to undermine what is full

and

· to prosper the modest.

And men also

· hate fullness

and

· love the modest.

The destinies of men are subject to immutable laws that must fulfill themselves.

But man has it in his power to shape his fate,

according as his behavior exposes him to the influence

· of benevolent

· of destructive forces.

When a man

· holds a high position and

· is nevertheless modest,

he shines with the light of wisdom;

if he

· is in a lowly position

and

· is modest,

he cannot be passed by.

Thus the superior man can carry out his work to the end

without boasting of what he has achieved.

THE IMAGE

Within the earth, a mountain: The image Of MODESTY.

Thus the superior man

· reduces that which is too much, And

· augments that which is too little.

· weighs things and

· makes them equal.

The wealth of the earth in which a mountain is hidden is not visible to the eye,

because the depths are offset by the height of the mountain.

Thus

· high and low complement each other, and

· the result is the plain.

Here an effect

· that it took a long time to achieve, but

· that in the end seems easy of accomplishment and self-evident,

is used as the image of modesty.

The superior man does the same thing when he establishes order in the world;

· equalizes the extremes that are the source of social discontent

and thereby

· creates just and equable conditions. 1

THE LINES

Six in the fifth place means:

No boasting of wealth before one’s neighbor.

It is favorable to attack with force.

Nothing that would not further.

Modesty is not to be confused with weak good nature that lets things take their own course.

When

· a man holds a responsible position,

· he must at times resort to energetic measures.

In doing so

· must not try to make an impression by boasting of his superiority but

· must make certain of the people around him.

The measures taken should be

· purely objective and

· in no way personally offensive.

Thus modesty manifests itself even in severity.

MOVING HEXAGRAM

HEXAGRAM 39 – Chien – Obstruction

Above K’AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER

Below KEN KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN

The hexagram pictures

· a dangerous abyss lying before us and

· a steep, inaccessible mountain rising behind us.

· We are surrounded by obstacles;

at the same time, since the mountain has the attribute of keeping still, there is implicit

· a hint as to how we can extricate ourselves.

The hexagram represents

· obstructions that appear in the course of time

· but that

o can and

o should be

overcome.

Therefore

all the instruction given is directed to overcoming them.

THE JUDGMENT

OBSTRUCCION.

· The southwest furthers.

· The northeast does not further.

It furthers one to see the great man.

Perseverance brings good fortune.

· The southwest is the region of retreat,

· the northeast that of advance.

Here an individual is confronted

by obstacles that cannot be overcome directly.

In such a situation it is wise

· to pause in view of the danger and

· to retreat.

However,

this is merely a preparation for overcoming the obstructions.

One must

· join forces with friends of like mind and

· put himself under the leadership of a man equal to the situation:

then

one

· will succeed in removing the obstacles.

This requires the will to persevere

just when

one apparently must do something that leads away from his goal.

This unswerving inner purpose brings good fortune in the end.

An obstruction that lasts only for a time

is useful for self-development.

This is the value of adversity.

THE IMAGE

Water on the mountain:

The image of OBSTRUCTION.

Thus the superior man

· turns his attention to himself And

· molds his character.

· Difficulties and

· obstructions

throw a man back upon himself.

While

· the inferior man

o seeks to put the blame on other persons,

o bewailing his fate,

· the superior man

o seeks the error within himself, and through this introspection the external obstacle

RadioShack RSH under CEO Joseph Magnacca

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