Microsoft Corp. MSFT under CEO Satya Nadella
Microsoft Corp. MSFT under CEO Satya Nadella
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HEXAGRAM 47 – K’un – Oppression (Exhaustion)
Above TUI THE JOYOUS, LAKE
Below K’AN THE ABYSMAL, WATER
· The lake is above,
· water below;
the lake is empty, dried up. (1)
Exhaustion is expressed in yet another way:
· at the top,
o a dark line is holding down two light lines;
· below,
o a light line is hemmed in between two dark ones.
· The upper trigram belongs to the principle of darkness,
· the lower to the principle of light.
Thus
everywhere superior men are
· oppressed and
· held in restraint
by inferior men.
THE JUDGMENT
OPPRESSION.
Success.
Perseverance.
The great man brings about good fortune.
No blame.
When one has something to say,
It is not believed.
· Times of adversity are the reverse of times of success,
but
· they can lead to success if they befall the right man.
When
a strong man meets with adversity,
· he remains cheerful despite all danger, and
· this cheerfulness is the source of later successes;
it is that stability which is stronger than fate.
He who lets his spirit be broken by exhaustion
certainly has no success.
But
if adversity only bends a man,
it creates in him a power to react that is bound in time to manifest itself.
No inferior man is capable of this.
Only the great man
· brings about good fortune and
· remains blameless.
It is true that for the time being outward influence is denied him,
because his words have no effect.
Therefore
in times of adversity it is important to be
· strong within and
· sparing of words.
THE IMAGE
There is no water in the lake:
Thus the superior man stakes his life
On following his will.
When
· the water has flowed out below,
· the lake must
o dry up and
o become exhausted.
That is fate.
This symbolizes an adverse fate in human life.
In such times
there is nothing a man can do but
· acquiesce in his fate and
· remain true to himself.
This concerns the deepest stratum of his being,
for this alone is superior to all external fate.
THE LINES
Nine in the second place means:
One is oppressed while at meat and drink.
The man with the scarlet knee bands is just coming.
It furthers one to offer sacrifice.
To set forth brings misfortune.
No blame.
This pictures a state of inner oppression.
Externally, all is well,
one has meat and drink.
But
one is exhausted by the commonplaces of life, and
there seems to be no way of escape.
Then help comes from a high place.
A prince – in ancient China princes wore scarlet knee bands –
is in search of able helpers.
But there are still obstructions to be overcome.
Therefore
it is important to meet these obstructions in the invisible realm
by
· offerings and
· prayer.
To set forth without being prepared would be disastrous,
though not morally wrong.
Here
a disagreeable situation must be overcome
by patience of spirit.
Six in the third place means:
A man
· permits himself to be oppressed by stone, And
· leans on thorns and thistles.
He
· enters his house and
· does not see his wife.
Misfortune.
This shows
a man who is
· restless and
· indecisive
in times of adversity.
At first
· he wants to push ahead,
· then
· he encounters obstructions that, it is true, mean oppression
o only when recklessly dealt with.
He
· butts his head against a wall and in consequence
· feels himself oppressed by the wall.
Then
he leans on things
· that have in themselves no stability and
· that are merely a hazard for him who leans on them.
Thereupon
he
· turns back irresolutely and
· retires into his house,
only to find, as a fresh disappointment, that
his wife is not there.
Confucius says about this line:
If a man permits himself to be oppressed by something that ought not to oppress him,
his name will certainly be disgraced.
If he leans on things upon which one cannot lean,
his life will certainly be endangered.
For him who is in disgrace and danger,
the hour of death draws near;
how can he then still see his wife?
Nine in the fifth place means:
His nose and feet are cut off.
Oppression at the hands of the man with the purple knee bands.
Joy comes softly.
It furthers one to make offerings and libations.
An individual who has the good of mankind at heart
is oppressed from
· above and
· below
(this is the meaning of the cutting off of nose and feet).
He finds no help among the people
whose duty it would be to aid in the work of rescue
(ministers wore purple knee bands) .
But little by little,
things take a turn for the better.
Until that time,
he should
· turn to God, firm in his inner composure, and
· pray and offer sacrifice for the general well-being.
MOVING HEXAGRAM
HEXAGRAM 33 – Tun – Retreat
Above CHIEN THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN
Below KEN KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN
The power of the dark is ascending.
· The light retreats to security,
so that
· the dark cannot encroach upon it.
This retreat is a matter
· not of man’s will
· but of natural law.
Therefore in this case
· withdrawal is proper;
· it is the correct way to behave in order not to exhaust one’s forces. 1
In the calendar this hexagram is linked with the sixth month (July-August),
in which the forces of winter are already showing their influence.
THE JUDGMENT
RETREAT. Success.
In what is small, perseverance furthers.
Conditions are such that
the hostile forces favored by the time are advancing.
In this case
· retreat is the right course, and
· it is through retreat that success is achieved.
But
success consists in being able to carry out the retreat correctly.
Retreat is not to be confused with flight.
· Flight means saving oneself under any circumstances
whereas
· retreat is a sign of strength.
· We must be careful not to miss the right moment
while
· we are in full possession of
o power and
o position.
Then
we shall be able
· to interpret the signs of the time before it is too late
and
· to prepare for provisional retreat instead of being drawn into a desperate life-and-death struggle.
Thus
· we do not simply abandon the field to the opponent;
· we make it difficult for him to advance
by showing perseverance in single acts of resistance.
In this way we prepare,
while retreating,
for the counter – movement.
Understanding the laws of a constructive retreat of this sort is not easy.
The meaning that lies hidden in such a time is important.
THE IMAGE
Mountain under heaven: the image of RETREAT.
Thus the superior man keeps the inferior man at a distance,
· Not angrily but
· with reserve.
· The mountain
o rises up under heaven,
but owing to its nature
· it
o finally comes to a stop.
· Heaven on the other hand
o retreats upward before it into the distance and
o remains out of reach.
This symbolizes the behavior of the superior man toward a climbing inferior;
· he retreats into his own thoughts
as
· the inferior man comes forward.
· He does not hate him,
o for hatred is a form of subjective involvement
by which we are bound to the hated object.
· The superior man
o shows strength (heaven)
in that
· he
o brings the inferior man to a standstill (mountain)
by his dignified reserve.
