Ambarella AMBA under CEO Feng-Ming Wang

Ambarella AMBA under CEO Feng-Ming Wang

 

HEXAGRAM 63 – Chi Chi – After Completion

Above    K’AN    THE ABYSMAL, WATER

Below    Li    THE CLINGING, FIRE

This hexagram is the evolution of T’ai, PEACE (11).

• The transition from confusion to order is completed,
  

and

• everything is in its proper place even in particulars.
  

• The strong lines are in the strong places,
  
• the weak lines in the weak places.
  

• This is a very favorable outlook,
  

yet

• it gives reason for thought.
  

For

• it is just when perfect equilibrium has been reached
  

that

• any movement may cause order to revert to disorder.
  

The one strong line that

has moved to the top,

thus

effecting complete order in details,

• is followed by the other lines,
  

  each moving according to its nature,
  

and thus suddenly

• there arises again the hexagram P’i, STANDSTILL (12).
  

Hence

the present hexagram

• indicates the conditions of a time of climax,
  

which

• necessitate the utmost caution.
  

 

THE JUDGMENT

AFTER COMPLETION.

Success in small matters.

Perseverance furthers.

• At the beginning good fortune,
  
• At the end disorder.
  

The transition from the old to the new time

is already accomplished.

In principle,

everything stands systematized,

and

it is only in regard to details

that

success is still to be achieved.

In respect to this, however,

we must be careful to maintain the right attitude.

• Everything proceeds as if of its own accord,
  

and

• this can all too easily tempt us to
  

  relax and let things take their course
  

  without troubling over details.
  

Such indifference is the root of all evil.

Symptoms of decay are bound to be the result.

Here

we have

• the rule indicating the usual course of history.
  

But

• this rule is not an inescapable law.
  

He who understands it

is in position to avoid its effects by dint of

• unremitting perseverance
  

and

• caution.
  

 

THE IMAGE

Water over fire: the image of the condition

In AFTER COMPLETION.

Thus

the superior man

• Takes thought of misfortune
  

And

• arms himself against it in advance.
  

When

water in a kettle hangs over fire,

the two elements

• stand in relation
  

and thus

• generate energy
  

(cf. the production of steam).

But

the resulting tension demands caution.

If

the water boils over,

• the fire is extinguished
  

and

• its energy is lost.
  

If

the heat is too great,

• the water evaporates into the air.
  

These elements here

• brought into relation
  

and thus

• generating energy
  

are by nature hostile to each other.

Only the most extreme caution can prevent damage.

In life too there are junctures when

• all forces are in balance
  

and

• work in harmony,
  

so that

everything seems to be in the best of order.

In such times only

the sage

• recognizes the moments that bode danger
  

and

• knows how to banish it by means of timely precautions.
  

 

THE LINES

 

Nine in the third place means:

The Illustrious Ancestor

Disciplines the Devil’s Country.

After three years he conquers it.

Inferior people must not be employed.

“Illustrious Ancestor” is the dynastic title of

the Emperor Wu Ting of the Yin dynasty. 1

After putting his realm in order with a strong hand,

he waged long colonial wars for the subjection of the Huns

who occupied the northern borderland with constant threat of incursions.

The situation described is as follows.

After times of completion,

when

• a new power has arisen
  

and

• everything within the country has been set in order,
  

a period of colonial expansion almost inevitably follows.

Then as a rule

long-drawn-out struggles must be reckoned with.

For this reason,

a correct colonial policy is especially important.

The territory won at such bitter cost

must not be regarded as an almshouse for people

• who in one way or another have made themselves impossible at home,
  

but

• who are thought to be quite good enough for the colonies.
  

Such a policy ruins at the outset any chance of success.

This holds true in small as well as in large matters,

because

it is not only rising states that carry on a colonial policy;

the urge to expand, with its accompanying dangers,

is part and parcel of every ambitious undertaking.

 

Six in the fourth place means:

The finest clothes turn to rags.

Be careful all day long.

In a time of flowering culture,

an occasional convulsion is bound to occur,

• uncovering a hidden evil within society
  

and at first

• causing a great sensation.
  

But since the situation is favorable on the whole,

such evils can easily be

• glossed over
  

and

• concealed from the public.
  

Then

• everything is forgotten
  

and

• peace apparently reigns complacently once more.
  

However, to

• the thoughtful man such occurrences are grave omens
  

that

• he does not neglect.
  

This is the only way of averting evil consequences.

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 17 – Sui – Following

Above    TUI    THE JOYOUS, LAKE

Below    CHEN    THE AROUSING, THUNDER

The trigram Tui, the Joyous, whose attribute is gladness, is above;

Chen, the Arousing, which has the attribute of movement, is below.

Joy in movement induces following.

The Joyous is the youngest daughter, while

the Arousing is the eldest son.

An older man

• defers to a young girl and
  
• shows her consideration.
  

By this he moves her to follow him.

 

THE JUDGMENT

FOLLOWING has supreme success.

Perseverance furthers.

No blame.

In order to obtain a following one must first know how to adapt oneself.

If a man would rule he must first learn to serve,

for only in this way does he secure from those below him the joyous assent

that is necessary if they are to follow him.

If he has to obtain a following

• by force or cunning,
  
• by conspiracy or
  
• by creating factions,
  

he invariably arouses resistance, which obstructs willing adherence.

But even joyous movement can lead to evil consequences,

hence the added stipulation,

“Perseverance furthers”-that is, consistency in doing right – together with “No blame.”

• Just as we should not ask others to follow us unless this condition is fulfilled,
  
• so it is only under this condition that we can in turn follow others without coming to harm.
  

The thought of obtaining a following through adaptation to the demands of the time is a great and significant idea;

this is why the appended judgment is so favorable.

 

THE IMAGE

Thunder in the middle of the lake: The image of FOLLOWING.

Thus the superior man at nightfall

Goes indoors for rest and recuperation.

In the autumn electricity withdraws into the earth again and rests.

Here it is the thunder in the middle of the lake that serves as the image –

• thunder in its winter rest,
  
• not thunder in motion.
  

The idea of following in the sense of adaptation to the demands of the time

grows out of this image.

Thunder in the middle of the lake indicates times of

• darkness and
  
• rest.
  

Similarly, a superior man, after being tirelessly active all day,

allows himself rest and recuperation at night.

No situation can become favorable until one

• is able to adapt to it and
  
• does not wear himself out with mistaken resistance.
  

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