Shimao Group Holdings Limited SHMAY under CEO Hui Wing Mau

Shimao Group Holdings Limited SHMAY under CEO Hui Wing Mau

 

HEXAGRAM 12 – P’i – Standstill (Stagnation)

Above    CH’IEN    THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN

Below    K’UN        THE RECEPTIVE, EARTH

This hexagram is the opposite of the preceding one.

• Heaven is above, drawing farther and farther away, while
  
• the earth below sinks farther into the depths.
  

The creative powers are not in relation.

It is a time of standstill and decline.

This hexagram is linked with the seventh month (August-September),

when

• the year has passed its zenith and
  
• autumnal decay is setting in.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

STANDSTILL.

Evil people do not further

The perseverance of the superior man.

• The great departs
  
• the small approaches.
  

• Heaven and earth are out of communion and
  
• all things are benumbed.
  

• What is above has no relation to what is below, and
  
• on earth confusion and disorder prevail.
  

• The dark power within,
  
• the light power is without.
  

• Weakness is within,
  
• harshness without.
  

• Within are the inferior, and
  
• without are the superior.
  

• The way of inferior people is in ascent;
  
• the way of superior people is on the decline.
  

But the superior people do not allow themselves to be turned from their principles.

If the possibility of exerting influence is closed to them,

they nevertheless

• remain faithful to their principles and
  
• withdraw into seclusion.
  

 

THE IMAGE

Heaven and earth do not unite: The image Of STANDSTILL.

Thus

• the superior man falls back upon his inner worth In order to escape the difficulties.
  
• He does not permit himself to be honored with revenue.
  

When, owing to the influence of inferior men, mutual mistrust prevails in public life,

fruitful activity is rendered impossible,

because the fundaments are wrong.

Therefore

• the superior man knows what he must do under such circumstances;
  
• he does not allow himself to be tempted by dazzling offers to take part in public activities.
  

This would only expose him to danger, since he cannot assent to the meanness of the others.

He therefore

• hides his worth and
  
• withdraws into seclusion.
  

 

THE LINES

 

Six at the beginning means:

When ribbon grass is pulled up, the sod comes with it.

Each according to his kind.

Perseverance brings good fortune and success.

The text is almost the same as that of the first line of the preceding hexagram, but with a contrary meaning.

• In the latter a man is drawing another along with him on the road to an official career;
  
• here a man is drawing another with him into retirement from public life.
  

This is why the text says here,

• “Perseverance brings good fortune and success” and
  
• not “Undertakings bring good fortune.”
  

If

• it becomes impossible to make our influence count,
  
• it is only by retirement that we spare ourselves humiliation.
  

Success in a higher sense can be ours,

because we know how to safeguard the value of our personalities.

 

Nine in the fourth place means:

He who acts at the command of the highest

Remains without blame.

Those of like mind partake of the blessing.

The time of standstill is nearing the point of change into its opposite.

Whoever wishes to restore order must

• feel himself called to the task and
  
• have the necessary authority.
  

A man who sets himself up as capable of creating order according to his own judgment

could make mistakes and end in failure.

But the man who is truly called to the task

• is favored by the conditions of the time, and
  
• all those of like mind will share in his blessing.
  

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 42 – I – Increase

Above    SUN    THE GENTLE, WIND

Below    CHEN    THE AROUSING, THUNDER

The idea of increase is expressed in the fact

that

the strong lowest line of the upper trigram

• has sunk down
  

and

• taken its place under the lower trigram.
  

This conception also expresses

the fundamental idea on which the Book of Changes is based.

To rule truly is to serve.

A sacrifice of the higher element

that

produces an increase of the lower

is called an out-and-out increase:

it

indicates the spirit that alone has power to help the world.

 

THE JUDGMENT

INCREASE.

• It furthers one To undertake something.
  
• It furthers one to cross the great water.
  

Sacrifice on the part of those above for the increase of those below

• fills the people with a sense of joy and gratitude
  

that

• is extremely valuable for the flowering of the commonwealth.
  

When people are thus devoted to their leaders,

• undertakings are possible,
  

and

• even difficult and dangerous enterprises will succeed.
  

Therefore in such times of progress and successful development

it is necessary to

• work
  

and

• make the best use of the time.
  

This time resembles that of the marriage of heaven and earth,

when the earth

• partakes of the creative power of heaven,
  
• forming and bringing forth living beings.
  

The time of INCREASE does not endure,

therefore

it

must be utilized while it lasts.

 

THE IMAGE

Wind and thunder: the image Of INCREASE.

Thus the superior man:

If

• he sees good,
  
  • he imitates it;
    

If

• he has faults,
  
  • he rids himself of them.
    

While observing how thunder and wind increase and strengthen each other,

a man can note the way to

• self-increase
  

and

• self-improvement.
  

When he discovers good in others,

he should

• imitate it
  

and thus

• make everything on earth his own.
  

If

• he perceives something bad in himself,
  
  • let him rid himself of it.
    

In this way

• he becomes free of evil.
  

This ethical change represents the most important increase of personality.

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