Ideanomics IDEX(E) under CEO Alfred Poor

Ideanomics IDEX(E) under CEO Alfred Poor

 

HEXAGRAM 09 – Hsiao Ch’u – The Taming Power of the Small

Above    SUN        THE GENTLE, WIND

Below    CH’IEN    THE CREATIVE. HEAVEN

This hexagram means the force of the small –

the power of the shadowy – that

• restrains,
  
• tames,
  
• impedes.
  

A weak line in the fourth place, that of the minister, 1 holds the five strong lines in check.

In the Image it is the wind blowing across the sky.

The wind

• restrains the clouds, the rising breath of the Creative, and
  
• makes them grow dense,
  
• but as yet is not strong enough to turn them to rain.
  

The hexagram presents a configuration of circumstances in which

a strong element is temporarily held in leash by a weak element.

It is only through gentleness that this can have a successful outcome.

 

THE JUDGMENT

THE TAMING POWER, OF THE SMALL

Has success.

Dense clouds, no rain from our western region.

This image refers to the state of affairs in China at the time when King Wen,

who came originally from the west,

was in the east at the court of the reigning tyrant Chou Hsin.

The moment for action on a large scale has not yet arrived.

King Wen could only keep the tyrant somewhat in check by friendly persuasion.

Hence the image of many clouds, promising moisture and blessing to the land,

although as yet no rain falls.

The situation is not unfavorable;

there is a prospect of ultimate success,

• but there are still obstacles in the way, and
  
• we can merely take preparatory measures.
  

Only through the small means of friendly persuasion can we exert any influence.

The time has not yet come for sweeping measures.

However, we may be able, to a limited extent, to act as a restraining and subduing influence.

To carry out our purpose we need

• firm determination within and
  
• gentleness and adaptability in external relations.
  

 

THE IMAGE

The wind drives across heaven: The image of THE TAMING POWER OF THE SMALL.

Thus the superior man

Refines the outward aspect of his nature.

The wind can indeed drive the clouds together in the sky;

yet, being nothing but air, without solid body,

it does not produce great or lasting effects.

So also an individual,

in times when he can produce no great effect in the outer world,

can do nothing except refine the expression of his nature in small ways.

 

THE LINES

 

Six in the fourth place means:

If you are sincere,

• blood vanishes and
  
• fear gives way.
  

No blame.

If

• one is in the difficult and responsible position of counselor to a powerful man,
  
• one should restrain him in such a way that right may prevail.
  

Therein lies a danger so great that the threat of actual bloodshed may arise.

Nonetheless,

the power of disinterested truth is greater than all these obstacles.

It carries such weight that

• the end is achieved, and
  
• all danger of bloodshed and all fear disappear.
  

 

Nine at the top means:

The rain comes, there is rest.

This is due to the lasting effect of character.

Perseverance brings the woman into danger.

The moon is nearly full.

If the superior man persists,

Misfortune comes.

Success is at hand.

The wind has driven up the rain.

A fixed standpoint has been reached.

This has come about through the cumulating of small effects produced by

reverence for a superior character.

But a success thus secured bit by bit calls for great caution.

It would be a dangerous illusion for anyone to think he could presume upon it.

The female principle,

the weak element that has won the victory,

should never persist in vaunting it – that would lead to danger.

• The dark power in the moon is strongest when the moon is almost full.
  
• When it is full and directly opposite the sun, its waning is inevitable.
  

Under such circumstances one must be content with what has been achieved.

To advance any farther,

before the appropriate time has come,

would lead to misfortune.

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 43 – Kuai – Break-through (Resoluteness)

Above    Tui        THE JOYOUS, LAKE

Below    CH’IEN    THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN

This hexagram signifies

on the one hand

• a break-through after a long accumulation of tension,
  

  as a swollen river breaks through its dikes, or in the manner of a cloudburst.
  

On the other hand, applied to human conditions,

• it refers to the time when inferior people gradually begin to disappear.
  

Their influence is on the wane;

as a result of resolute action,

• a change in conditions occurs,
  
• a break-through.
  

The hexagram is linked with the third month [April-May].

 

THE JUDGMENT

BREAK-THROUGH.

• One must resolutely make the matter known At the court of the king.
  
• It must be announced truthfully.
  

Danger.

It is necessary to notify one’s own city.

• It does not further to resort to arms.
  
• It furthers one to undertake something.
  

• Even if only one inferior man is occupying a ruling position in a city, he
  
  • is able to oppress superior men.
    
• Even a single passion still lurking in the heart
  
  • has power to obscure reason.
    
• Passion and reason cannot exist side by side – therefore
  
  • fight without quarter is necessary if the good is to prevail.
    

In a resolute struggle of the good against evil, there are, however,

definite rules that must not be disregarded, if it is to succeed.

1. First,
   

   resolution must be based on a union of
   

• strength and
  
• friendliness.
  

1. Second,
   

   a compromise with evil is not possible;
   

• evil must under all circumstances be openly discredited.
  
• Nor must our own passions and shortcomings be glossed over.
  

1. Third,
   

   the struggle must not be carried on directly by force.
   

If

• evil is branded,
  
  • it thinks of weapons,
    

and

if

• we do it the favor of fighting against it blow for blow,
  
  • we lose in the end
    

because thus

• we ourselves get entangled in hatred and passion.
  

Therefore

1. it is important
   

• to begin at home,
  
• to be on guard in our own persons against the faults we have branded.
  

In this way,

• finding no opponent,
  
• the sharp edges of the weapons of evil become dulled.
  

For the same reasons

1. we should not combat our own faults directly.
   

• As long as we wrestle with them,
  
• they continue victorious.
  

Finally,

1. the best way to fight evil is to make energetic progress in the good.
   

 

THE IMAGE

The lake has risen up to heaven: The image of BREAK-THROUGH.

Thus the superior man

• Dispenses riches downward
  

And

• refrains from resting on his virtue.
  

• When the water of a lake has risen up to heaven,
  
  • there is reason to fear a cloudburst.
    
• Taking this as a warning,
  
  • the superior man forestalls a violent collapse.
    

If

• a man were to pile up riches for himself alone, without considering others,
  
• he would certainly experience a collapse.
  

For all gathering is followed by dispersion.

Therefore

the superior man begins to distribute while he is accumulating.

In the same way,

in developing his character

he takes care

• not to become hardened in obstinacy
  

but

• to remain receptive to impressions
  

  by help of strict and continuous self-examination.
  

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