Capri Holdings CPRI under CEO John D. Idol

Capri Holdings CPRI under CEO John D. Idol

 

 

HEXAGRAM 07 – Shih – The Army

Above    K’UN    THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

Below    K’AN    THE ABYSMAL, WATER

This hexagram is made up of the trigrams

• K’an, water, and
  
• K’un, earth, and thus,
  

it symbolizes the ground water stored up in the earth.

In the same way military strength is stored up in the mass of the people –

• invisible in times of peace but
  
• always ready for use as a source of power.
  

The attributes of the two trigrams are

• danger inside and
  
• obedience outside.
  

This points to the nature of an army,

which at the core is dangerous,

while discipline and obedience must prevail outside.

Of the individual lines,

the one that controls the hexagram is the strong nine in the second place

to which the other lines, all yielding, are subordinate.

This line indicates a commander,

because it stands in the middle of one of the two trigrams.

But since it is in the lower rather than the upper trigram,

it represents not the ruler

but the efficient general,

who maintains obedience in the army by his authority.

 

THE JUDGMENT

THE ARMY.

The army needs perseverance

And a strong man.

Good fortune without blame.

An army is a mass that needs organization in order to become a fighting force.

Without strict discipline nothing can be accomplished, but this discipline must not be achieved by force.

It requires a strong man who

• captures the hearts of the people and
  
• awakens their enthusiasm.
  

In order that he may develop his abilities

he needs the complete confidence of his ruler,

who must entrust him with full responsibility as long as the war lasts.

But war

• is always a dangerous thing and
  
• brings with it destruction and devastation.
  

Therefore it

• should not be resorted to rashly but, like a poisonous drug,
  
• should be used as a last recourse.
  

• The justifying cause of a war, and
  
• clear and intelligible war aims,
  

ought to be explained to the people by an experienced leader.

Unless there is a quite definite war aim to which the people can consciously pledge themselves,

the unity and strength of conviction that lead to victory will not be forth coming.

But the leader must also look to it that

• the passion of war and
  
• the delirium of victory
  

do not give rise to unjust acts that will not meet with general approval.

If justice and perseverance are the basis of action, all goes well.

 

THE IMAGE

In the middle of the earth is water: The image of THE ARMY.

Thus the superior man increases his masses

By generosity toward the people.

Ground water is invisibly present within the earth.

In the same way the military power of a people is invisibly present in the masses.

• When danger threatens, every peasant becomes a soldier;
  
• when the war ends, he goes back to his plow.
  

He who is generous toward the people wins their love, and

a people living under a mild rule becomes strong and powerful.

Only a people economically strong can be important in military power.

Such power must therefore be cultivated

• by improving the economic condition of the people and
  
• by humane government.
  

Only when there is this invisible bond between government and people,

so that the people are sheltered by their government as ground water is sheltered by the earth,

is it possible to wage a victorious war.

 

THE LINES

 

0 Nine in the second place means:

In the midst of the army.

Good fortune.

No blame.

The king bestows a triple decoration.

• The leader should be
  
  • in the midst of his army,
    
  • in touch with it,
    
  • sharing good and bad with the masses he leads.
    

    This alone makes him equal to the heavy demands made upon him.
    

• He needs also the recognition of the ruler.
  
  • The decorations he receives are justified, because there is no question of personal preferment here: the whole army, whose center he is, is honored in his person.
    

 

Six at the top means:

The great prince issues commands,

Founds states, vests families with fiefs.

Inferior people should not be employed.

The war has ended successfully,

victory is won, and

the king divides estates and fiefs among his faithful vassals.

But it is important that inferior people should not come into power.

If they have helped,

let them be paid off with money,

but they should not be awarded lands or the privileges of rulers, lest power be abused.

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 23 – Po – Splitting Apart

Above    KEN    KEEPING STILL, MOUNTAIN

Below    K’UN    THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

The dark lines are about to

• mount upward and
  
• overthrow the last firm, light line
  

by exerting a disintegrating influence on it.

The inferior, dark forces overcome what is superior and strong,

• not by direct means,
  
• but by undermining it gradually and imperceptibly,
  

so that it finally collapses.

The lines of the hexagram

• present the image of a house, the top line being tile roof, and
  

  because the roof is being shattered
  

• the house collapses.
  

The hexagram belongs to the ninth month (October-November).

The yin power

• pushes up ever more powerfully and
  
• is about to supplant the yang power altogether.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

SPLITTING APART.

It does not further one

To go anywhere.

This pictures a time when inferior people

• are pushing forward and
  
• are about to crowd out the few remaining strong and superior men.
  

Under these circumstances, which are due to the time,

it is not favorable for the superior man to undertake anything.

The right behavior in such adverse times is to be deduced from

• the images and
  
• their attributes.
  

• The lower trigram stands for the earth,
  
  • whose attributes are docility and devotion.
    
• The upper trigram stands for the mountain,
  
  • whose attribute is stillness.
    

This suggests that one

• should submit to the bad time and
  
• remain quiet.
  

For it is a question not of man’s doing but of time conditions,

which, according to the laws of heaven,

show an alternation of

• increase and decrease,
  
• fullness and emptiness.
  

It is impossible to counteract these conditions of the time.

Hence

it is not cowardice but wisdom to

• submit and
  
• avoid action.
  

 

THE IMAGE

The mountain rests on the earth: The image of SPLITTING APART.

Thus

those above can ensure their position

Only by giving generously to those below.

The mountain rests on the earth.

• When it is steep and narrow, lacking a broad base, it must topple over.
  
• Its position is strong only when it rises out of the earth
  
  • broad and great,
    
  • not proud and steep.
    

So likewise those who rule rest on the broad foundation of the people.

They too should be

• generous and
  
• benevolent,
  

  like the earth that carries all.
  

• Then they will make their position
  
  • as secure
    
  • as a mountain is in its tranquility.
    

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