Adyen NV ADYEY under CEO Pieter Van Der Does

Adyen NV ADYEY under CEO Pieter Van Der Does

 

HEXAGRAM 55 – Feng – Abundance (Fullness)

Above    CHEN    THE AROUSING, THUNDER

Below    LI    THE CLINGING, FLAME

• Chen is movement;
  
• Li is flame, whose attribute is clarity.
  

• Clarity within,
  
• movement without –
  

this produces greatness and abundance.

The hexagram pictures a period of advanced civilization.

However,

the fact that development has reached a peak suggests that

this extraordinary condition of abundance cannot be maintained permanently.

 

THE JUDGMENT

ABUNDANCE has success.

The king attains abundance.

Be not sad.

Be like the sun at midday.

It is not given to every mortal to bring about a time of

• outstanding greatness and
  
• abundance.
  

Only a born ruler of men is able to do it,

because his will is directed to what is great.

Such a time of abundance is usually brief.

Therefore

a sage might well feel sad in view of the decline that must follow.

But such sadness does not befit him.

Only a man who is inwardly free of sorrow and care

can lead in a time of abundance.

He must be like the sun at midday,

illuminating and gladdening everything under heaven.

 

THE IMAGE

Both thunder and lightning come: The image of ABUNDANCE.

Thus

the superior man

• decides lawsuits And
  
• carries out punishments.
  

This hexagram has a certain connection with Shih Ho, BITING THROUGH (21),

in which thunder and lightning similarly appear together,

but in the reverse order.

• In BITING THROUGH, laws are laid down;
  
• here they are applied and enforced.
  

• Clarity [Li] within makes it possible to investigate the facts exactly, and
  
• shock [Chen] without ensures a strict and precise carrying out of punishments.
  

 

THE LINES

 

Nine in the third place means:

The underbrush is of such abundance

That the small stars can be seen at noon.

He breaks his right arm.

No blame.

The image is that of a progressive covering over of the sun.

Here

the eclipse reaches totality;

therefore

even the small stars can be seen at noon.

In the sphere of social relationships,

this means that the prince is now so eclipsed that

even the most insignificant persons

can push themselves into the foreground.

This makes it impossible for an able man

though he might be the right hand of the ruler,

to undertake anything.

It is as though his arm was broken,

but he is not to blame for being thus hindered in action.

 

Six at the top means:

His house is in a state of abundance.

• He screens off his family.
  
• He
  
  • peers through the gate And
    
  • no longer perceives anyone.
    

For three years he sees nothing.

Misfortune.

This describes

a man who because of his arrogance and obstinacy

attains the opposite of what he strives for.

• He seeks abundance and splendor for his dwelling.
  
• He wishes at all odds to be master in his house,
  

  which so alienates his family that in the end
  

  he finds himself completely isolated.
  

 

 

MOVING HEXAGRAM

 

 

HEXAGRAM 21 – Shih Ho – Biting Through

Above    LI    THE CLINGING, FIRE

Below    CHEN    THE AROIUSING, THUNDER

This hexagram represents an open mouth (cf. hexagram 27)

with an obstruction (in the fourth place) between the teeth.

As a result the lips cannot meet.

To bring them together one must bite energetically through the obstacle.

Since the hexagram is made up of the trigrams for thunder and for lightning,

it indicates how obstacles are forcibly removed in nature.

• Energetic biting through overcomes the obstacle that prevents joining of the lips;
  
• the storm with its thunder and lightning overcomes the disturbing tension in nature.
  
• Recourse to law and penalties overcomes the disturbances of harmonious social life
  

  caused by
  

  • criminals and
    
  • slanderers.
    

The theme of this hexagram is a criminal lawsuit,

in contradistinction to that of Sung, CONFLICT (6), which refers to civil suits.

 

THE JUDGMENT

BITING THROUGH has success.

It is favorable to let justice be administered.

When an obstacle to union arises,

energetic biting through brings success.

This is true in all situations.

Whenever unity cannot be established,

the obstruction is due to a talebearer and traitor who is interfering and blocking the way.

To prevent permanent injury,

vigorous measures must be taken at once.

Deliberate obstruction of this sort does not vanish of its own accord.

Judgment and punishment are required to deter or obviate it.

However,

it is important to proceed in the right way.

The hexagram combines

• Li, clarity, and
  
• Chen, excitement.
  

• Li is yielding,
  
• Chen is hard.
  

Unqualified hardness and excitement

would be too violent in meting out punishment;

unqualified clarity and gentleness

would be too weak.

The two together create the just measure.

It is of moment that

• the man who makes the decisions (represented by the fifth line) is gentle by nature,
  

while

• he commands respect by his conduct in his position.
  

 

THE IMAGE

Thunder and lightning: The image Of BITING THROUGH.

Thus

the kings of former times

made firm the laws

Through clearly defined penalties.

Penalties are the individual applications of the law.

The laws specify the penalties.

• Clarity prevails when mild and severe penalties are clearly differentiated,
  
• according to the nature of the crimes.
  
  • This is symbolized by the clarity of lightning.
    
• The law is strengthened by a just application of penalties.
  
  • This is symbolized by the terror of thunder.
    

This clarity and severity have the effect of instilling respect;

it is not that the penalties are ends in themselves.

• The obstructions in the social life of man increase when there is
  
  • lack of clarity in the penal codes and
    
  • slackness in executing them.
    
• The only way to strengthen the law is
  
  • to make it clear and
    
  • to make penalties certain and swift.
    

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