HEXAGRAM 13: ORIGINAL, INTERPRETATION
AND CASES
HEXAGRAMA 13 - T'ung Jen - Fellowship with
Men
Above CH'IEN THE CREATIVE, HEAVEN
Below LI THE CLINGING, FLAME
The image
· of the upper trigram Ch'ien is heaven, and that
· of the lower, Li, is flame.
It is the nature of fire to flame up to heaven.
This gives the idea of fellowship.
It is the second line that, by virtue of its central character,
unites the five strong lines around it.
This hexagram forms a complement to Shih, THE ARMY (7).
1. In the latter, danger is within and obedience without –
the character of a warlike army, which, in order to hold together, needs
one strong man among the many who are weak.
2. Here, clarity is within and strength without –
the character of a peaceful union of men, which, in order to hold together, needs
one yielding nature among many firm persons.
THE JUDGMENT
FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN in the open.
Success.
It furthers one to cross the great water.
The perseverance of the superior man furthers.
True fellowship among men must be based upon a concern that is universal.
It is
not the private interests of the individual that create lasting fellowship among men,
but rather the goals of humanity.
That is why it is said that fellowship with men in the open succeeds.
If unity of this kind prevails,
even difficult and dangerous tasks, such as crossing the great water,
can be accomplished.
But in order to bring about this sort of fellowship,
a persevering and enlightened leader is needed –
a man with
· clear, convincing, and inspiring aims and
· the strength to carry them out.
· (The inner trigram means clarity;
· the outer, strength.)
THE IMAGE
Heaven together with fire: The image of FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN.
Thus the superior man
· organizes the clans And
· makes distinctions between things.
Heaven
· has the same direction of movement as fire,
· yet it is different from fire.
Just as
· the luminaries in the sky serve for the systematic division and arrangement of time,
so
·
human society and all things that really belong together must be
organically arranged.
Fellowship should not be a mere mingling, of individuals or of things –
that would be chaos, not fellowship.
If fellowship is to lead to order, there must be organization within diversity.
THE LINES
Nine at the beginning
means:
Fellowship with men at the gate.
No blame.
The beginning of union among people should take place before the door.
All are equally close to one another.
· No divergent aims have yet arisen, and
· one makes no mistakes.
The basic principles of any kind of union must be equally
accessible to all concerned.
Secret agreements bring misfortune.
0 Six in the second place
means:
Fellowship with men in the clan.
Humiliation.
There is danger here of formation of a separate faction on the basis of
·
personal and
·
egotistic interests.
Such factions, which are exclusive and,
instead of welcoming all men,
must condemn one group in order to unite the others,
· originate from low motives and therefore
· lead in the course of time to humiliation.
Nine in the third place
means:
· He hides weapons in the thicket;
· He climbs the high hill in front of it.
For three years he does not rise up.
Here fellowship has changed about to mistrust.
Each man
·
distrusts the other,
·
plans a secret ambush, and
·
seeks to spy on his fellow from afar.
We are dealing with an obstinate opponent whom
we cannot come at by this method.
Obstacles standing in the way of fellowship with others are shown here.
One
· has mental reservations for one's own part and
· seeks to take his opponent by surprise.
This very fact makes one mistrustful,
· suspecting the same wiles in his opponent and
· trying to ferret them out.
The result is that one departs further and further from true fellowship.
·
The longer this goes on,
·
the more alienated one becomes.
Nine in the fourth place
means:
· He climbs up on his wall;
· he cannot attack.
Good fortune.
Here the reconciliation that follows quarrel moves nearer.
It is true that there are still dividing walls on which we stand confronting one another.
But the difficulties are too great.
· We get into straits, and this brings us to our senses.
· We cannot fight, and therein lies our good fortune.
0 Nine in the fifth place
means:
Men bound in fellowship
· first weep and lament,
· But afterward they laugh.
After great struggles they succeed in meeting.
Two people are outwardly separated,
but in their hearts they are united.
They are kept apart by their positions in life.
Many difficulties and obstructions arise between them and cause them grief.
But, remaining true to each other, they allow nothing to separate them, and
although it costs them a severe struggle to overcome the obstacles,
they will succeed.
When they come together their sadness will change to joy.
Confucius says of this:
Life leads the thoughtful man on a path of many windings.
· Now the course is checked,
· now it runs straight again.
· Here winged thoughts may pour freely forth in words,
· There the heavy burden of knowledge must be shut away in silence.
But
· when two people are at one in their inmost hearts,
o They shatter even the strength of iron or of bronze.
And
· when two people understand each other in their inmost hearts,
o Their words are sweet and strong, like the fragrance of orchids.
Nine at the top means:
Fellowship with men in the meadow.
No remorse.
The warm attachment that springs from the heart is lacking here.
We are by this time actually outside of fellowship with others.
However, we ally ourselves with them.
The fellowship
· does not include all, but
· only those who happen to dwell near one another.
The meadow is the pasture at the entrance to the town.
At this stage,
· the ultimate goal of the union of mankind has not yet been attained,
· but we need not reproach ourselves.
We join the community without separate aims of our own.
13 FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN
MANAGERIAL
ISSUE:
The CEO – managing the employees’
fellowship with each other, and the corporation’s fellowship with its
subsidiaries/competitors.
Hexagram 13 describes a time of transition
from an initial period of trust which gave way to friendship, partnership or
merger amongst the managers, subsidiaries and corporations to a period of
mistrust. Only the unifying spirit of an
enlightened CEO can make this period of fellowship with men come about.
MANAGERIAL
LESSON:
With regards to the vision, the Superior
CEO:
1)
Establishes a goal for the interest and benefit of
mankind (this will create fellowship or unity amongst the
employees/subsidiaries/corporations).
With regards to the attitude, the Superior
CEO:
1)
Creates
the necessary environment for all employees/subsidiaries/corporations to come
together. Such environment must be one
of cooperation or community among each other, especially when each one is so
strong and aggressive.
2)
Is
soft spoken and easy going – he is the easy going
leader amongst so many strong ones.
3)
Seeks
to unite opposing managers based on what they have in common rather than on
what makes them different.
4)
Covers
the general needs of the corporation rather than covering the needs of the
managers.
With regards to the corporation, the
Superior CEO:
1)
Restructures and organizes the corporation in such
a way as to ensure there will be:
a.
Unity within and diversification without
b.
Cohesion and order,
2)
Delegates properly the responsibilities to the
other stronger managers.
3)
Prepares and communicates a very coherent plan.
4)
Transmits enthusiasm to the rest of the management.
The I Ching says: “True fellowship among men must be based upon a concern that is
universal. It is not the private
interests of the individual that create lasting fellowship among men, but
rather the goals of humanity.
That is why it is said that fellowship with men in the open
succeeds. If unity of this kind
prevails, even difficult and dangerous tasks, such as crossing the great water,
can be accomplished. But in order to
bring about this sort of fellowship, a persevering and enlightened leader is
needed a man with clear, convincing, and inspiring aims and the strength to
carry them out” …“Fellowship should not be a mere
mingling, of individuals or of things - that would be chaos, not
fellowship. If fellowship is to lead to
order, there must be organization within diversity.”
INVESTMENT ADVICE:
This is the Hexagram of AT&T and
NCR. AT&T’s CEO Robert Allen had
failed miserably in his attempts to venture into the computer industry. In 1991, he mounted a hostile takeover of NCR
for $ 7 billion. His idea was to merge a
global telecommunication company with a computer company.
The
I Ching said about that merger:
·
True
fellowship among men must be based upon a concern that is universal.
NCR had nothing in common with AT&T and
therefore no concern that was universal.
·
But in order to bring about this sort of fellowship, a
persevering and enlightened leader is needed - a man with clear, convincing,
and inspiring aims and the strength to carry them out.
Robert Allen was not an enlightened leader
and had none of the requisites the I Ching demands from an enlightened leader.
·
Just as the
luminaries in the sky serve for the systematic division and arrangement of
time, so human society and all things that really belong together must be
organically arranged.
These two companies did not really belong together and could not be
organically arranged.
·
Fellowship
should not be a mere mingling, of individuals or of things - that would be
chaos, not fellowship.
Robert Allen was mingling. He was not creating fellowship. This is evidenced by the following lines of
the Time-Space created at the AT&T-NCR union.
0
Six in the second place means:
Fellowship
with men in the clan.
Humiliation.
There
is danger here of formation of a separate faction on the
basis of personal and egotistic interests. Such factions, which are exclusive and,
instead of welcoming all men, must condemn one group in order
to unite the others, originate from low motives and therefore lead in
the course of time to humiliation.
The I Ching warned the CEO these two
corporations would never merge. They
would always be separate because they had separate cultures. The CEO of AT&T would be forced to choose
between the two when it came to offering support. There was no doubt he would always choose
AT&T in any dispute with any subsidiary.
Thus NCR employees felt as second
citizens. The Oracle also warned the CEO
in the end he would be humiliated.
Nine
in the third place means:
He
hides weapons in the thicket;
He
climbs the high hill in front of it.
For
three years he does not rise up.
Here
fellowship has changed about to mistrust.
Each man distrusts the other, plans a secret ambush, and seeks to spy on
his fellow from afar. We are dealing
with an obstinate opponent whom we cannot come at by this method. Obstacles standing in the way of fellowship
with others are shown here. One has
mental reservations for one's own part and seeks to take his opponent by
surprise. This very fact makes one
mistrustful, suspecting the same wiles in his opponent and trying to ferret
them out. The result is that one departs
further and further from true fellowship.
The longer this goes on, the more alienated one becomes.
NCR’s employees hated the AT&T’s
employees and in particular it’s CEO. Mental reservations always kept the two
groups apart.
The I Ching, as always, was right. AT&T’s hostile takeover of NCR ended up
in a tremendous failure costing the shareholders of AT&T dearly. Almost five years later, in 1996, AT&T
was forced to sell NCR for $1 billion after having paid originally $7 billion
in 1991.
Had Robert Allen made a simple consultation
of the I Ching, he would have saved the shareholders of AT&T $6 billion and
himself the humiliation the I Ching had warned him about in 1991.
This no doubt was the case of the employees
of Citibank hating the aggressive nature of the employees of Smith Barney. And this no doubt is the case of the
employees of UBS hating the guts of the employees of Paine Webber.
Let us repeat the mantra for those CEOs who
are about to attempt taking over another corporation:
The
I Ching says:
·
True
fellowship among men must be based upon a concern that is universal.
·
But in order to bring about this sort of fellowship, a
persevering and enlightened leader is needed - a man with clear, convincing,
and inspiring aims and the strength to carry them out.
·
Just as the
luminaries in the sky serve for the systematic division and arrangement of
time, so human society and all things that really belong together must be
organically arranged.
·
Fellowship
should not be a mere mingling, of individuals or of things - that would be
chaos, not fellowship.
For the investor, the Fellowship with Men
tends to be a positive Time-Space to invest.
By itself (no lines), the Hexagram points
to success provided the CEO bases the fellowship on things that are common to
all men or of a universal nature.
FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN in the open.
Success.
It furthers one to cross the great water.
The perseverance of the superior man
furthers.
True fellowship among men must be based
upon a concern that is universal. It is
not the private interests of the individual that create lasting fellowship
among men, but rather the goals of humanity.
That is why it is said. that fellowship with men in the open
succeeds. If unity of this kind
prevails, even difficult and dangerous tasks, such as crossing the great water,
can be accomplished. But in order to bring about this sort of fellowship, a
persevering and enlightened leader is needed - a man with clear, convincing,
and inspiring aims and the strength to carry them out. (The inner trigram means
clarity; the outer, strength.)
The lines are relatively positive (with one
pointing to Good Fortune in the 4th place.) which makes this
hexagram mostly positive.
The following examples are those of corporations under the Fellowship of
Men Time-Space
·
Ctrip.com International Ltd. CTRP
under CEO Min Fan
·
Warner Chilcott plc WCRX under
CEO Roger Boissonneault
·
Lam Research Corporation LRCX
under CEO Stephen Newberry
THE LINES:
NINE IN THE
FIRST PLACE
Managerial Issue: The CEO – managing the fellowship with men - his
first efforts to bring together the opposing parties
(employees/subsidiaries/corporations).
Managerial Lesson: Be open.
Managerial
Warning: At the first stage of the Fellowship with Men Time-Space, the CEO must
recognize his corporation is about to enter a tumultuous period. Perhaps the
employees/subsidiaries/corporations do not feel they are treated equally and they will begin to go their separate ways
looking for individual goals and eventually conspire against each other. Such lack of harmony might be caused by a
failure to disclose any secret understandings between the
employees/subsidiaries/corporations.
Managerial
Advice: The Superior CEO makes sure every employee/subsidiary/corporation feels
has easy access to his leader. He is
always open about any agreements. He
leaves hidden nothing that might create mistrust, particularly in the beginning
of this Time-Space. Unfortunately, even
though in the beginning the employees/subsidiaries/corporations experience a
period of harmony, this might not last.
Investment Advice: Do not
invest.
SIX IN THE
SECOND PLACE
Managerial Issue: The CEO – managing the fellowship with men –
failing at it.
Managerial Lesson: Be unselfish.
Managerial
Warning: At the second stage of the Fellowship with Men Time-Space, the CEO as
well as the managers are selfish and end up creating internal dissension and
separatism amongst the employees/subsidiaries/corporations. Both the CEO and the managers are interested
in their personal furthering rather than in the general good of the
corporation. Their selfishness makes
them unable to be impartial – making them choose one side and discriminate
against another. This will only end in
the CEO’s as well as the managers’ failure and a serious damage to the
corporation. Based on their selfishness
and lack of high ideals, they should consider failure as inevitable.
Managerial
Advice: The Superior CEO unites others based on high ideals.
Investment Advice: Do not
invest.
NINE IN
THIRD PLACE
Managerial Issue: The CEO – managing the fellowship with men –
dealing with the managers’ right out hostility for
each other.
Managerial Lesson: Be trustful.
Managerial
Warning: At the third stage of the Fellowship with Men Time-Space, the CEO:
·
Will face a period of transition from a feeling of
trust to a strong feeling of mistrust among the
employees/subsidiaries/corporations. All
groups are dedicated to spying, creating mistrust and trying to isolate the
enemy’s camp. Some have already split
between warring groups to gain power and control over each other rather than
trying to reach together one common goal.
Furthermore, one of these groups has already prepared a trap on what it
considers its enemy. However, this will not succeed because its “enemy” is
stronger and practically immune to this type of tactics. Such strength will force the group to retreat
until a better opportunity arises to take its enemy by surprise.
·
Must prepare for the worst moment in relations
amongst his managers. This is the end of
fellowship. This is inevitable and will
put the CEO’s patience to the test.
Managerial
Advice: The Superior CEO knows mistrust breeds
mistrust. Under such Time-Space
conditions, he can only show others the proper conduct. Be trustful.
Investment Advice: Do not
invest.
NINE IN THE
FOURTH PLACE
Managerial Issue: The CEO – managing the fellowship with men –
bringing warring groups together.
Managerial Lesson: Be conciliatory.
Managerial
Warning: At the fourth stage of the Fellowship with Men Time-Space, the CEO
faces another period of transition but this time
around is the opposite - from a feeling of mistrust to a feeling of trust among
the employees/subsidiaries/corporations.
The various camps that were created because of the feelings of mistrust
are about to join forces again; however, not because they are thinking of the
ultimate good of the shareholders, but rather because of two reasons:
o Both camps
have measured each other up and have realized that it is impossible to destroy
each other, and
o Both camps
are facing external enemies with much greater forces than theirs.
This lack of disunion creates a certain
degree of prosperity, but lack of disunion is not the same as union and no
reason to invest.
Managerial
Advice: The Superior CEO is conciliatory.
His main goal is to make the warring managers realize their destruction
is inevitable if they continue with their scheming.
Investment Advice: Invest.
NINE IN THE
FIFTH PLACE
Managerial Issue: The CEO –
managing the fellowship with men – helping two friendly groups in their merger
attempts.
Managerial Lesson: Be supportive.
Managerial
Warning; At the fifth stage of the Fellowship with
Men Time-Space, the CEO faces a situation where there are two
employees/subsidiaries/corporations groups among the various camps which
coincide with each other’s goals. However,
they have not come together because they hold different ranks within the
employees/subsidiaries/corporations. In spite of the hostile climate created by all these camps,
these two employees/subsidiaries/corporations have been in mutual agreement
with each other for a while.
Managerial
Advice: The Superior CEO supports all attempts to reconcile and in particular promote the merger of these two
employees/subsidiaries/corporations even though this reconciliation will be
difficult and take time. He knows that
as long as both interested parties remain true to their common vision, they
will be successful in joining together in common fellowship.
Confucius says of this:
·
Life
·
leads
the thoughtful man on a path of many windings.
Now
·
the course
·
is
checked,
now
·
it
·
runs
straight again.
Here
·
winged
thoughts
·
may
pour freely forth in words,
there
·
the
heavy burden of knowledge
·
must be
shut away in silence.
But when
·
two
people
·
are at
one in their inmost hearts,
·
they
·
shatter
even the strength of iron or of bronze.
And when
·
two
people
·
understand
each other in their inmost hearts,
·
their
words
·
are
sweet and strong, like the fragrance of orchids.
Investment Advice: Invest.
NINE IN THE
SIXTH PLACE
Managerial Issue: The CEO – managing the fellowship with men –
failing to get the warring employees/subsidiaries/corporations to cooperate,
but leaving the door open for a future encounter.
Managerial Lesson: Be longsuffering.
Managerial
Warning: At the sixth stage of the Fellowship with Men Time-Space, the CEO must
accept there is no understanding between the
employees/subsidiaries/corporations, neither in mind nor in spirit. Nevertheless, some type of union or
partnership will be set up but only with that part which has more affinity for
each other and leaving out other parts.
This divisive attitude is not positive for the corporation. The best managers are about to leave the
corporation or industry, and even though there is no major immediate loss for
the corporation, this condition can not last.
Managerial
Advice: The Superior CEO will enable this fellowship between the
employees/subsidiaries/corporations even though their final goals will not be
reached.
Investment Advice: Do not
invest.
MANAGERIAL CASES
Ctrip.com
International Ltd. CTRP under CEO Min Fan
Min Fan’s Performance: ROI= 467.38% Annualized
Return= 36.55%
SPY’s
Performance: ROI= 0.29% Annualized Return=
0.09%
Min Fan has been CEO since January
2006. Since then, his performance has
been substantially better than that of the SPY’s. His performance is supported by the fourth
line.
Points the investor should consider:
1) THE HEXAGRAM
HEXAGRAMA 13 - T'ung
Jen - Fellowship with Men
The image of the upper trigram Ch'ien is
heaven, and that of the lower, Li, is flame.
It is the nature of fire to flame up to heaven. This gives the idea of fellowship. It is the second line that, by virtue of its
central character, unites the five strong lines around it. This hexagram forms a complement to Shih, THE
ARMY (7). In the latter, danger is
within and obedience without - the character of a warlike army, which, in order to hold together, needs one strong man among the
many who are weak. Here, clarity is
within and strength without - the character of a peaceful union of men, which, in order to hold together, needs one yielding nature among
many firm persons.
THE JUDGMENT
FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN in the open.
Success.
It furthers one to cross the great water.
The perseverance of the superior man furthers.
True fellowship among men must be based upon a
concern that is universal. It is not the
private interests of the individual that create lasting fellowship among men,
but rather the goals of humanity. That
is why it is said that fellowship with men in the open succeeds. If unity of this kind prevails, even
difficult and dangerous tasks, such as crossing the great water, can be
accomplished. But in
order to bring about this sort of fellowship, a persevering and
enlightened leader is needed - a man with clear, convincing, and inspiring aims
and the strength to carry them out. (The inner trigram means clarity; the
outer, strength.)
2) THE ADVICE
Heaven together with fire: The image of
FELLOWSHIP WITH MEN.
Thus the
superior man organizes the clans
And makes distinctions between things.
Heaven has the same direction of movement
as fire, yet it is different from fire.
Just as the luminaries in the sky serve for the systematic division and
arrangement of time, so human society and all things that really belong
together must be organically arranged.
Fellowship should not be a mere mingling, of individuals or of things -
that would be chaos, not fellowship. If
fellowship is to lead to order, there must be organization within diversity.
3) THE LINES:
Nine in the fourth place
means:
He climbs up on his wall; he cannot
attack.
Good fortune.
Here the reconciliation that follows
quarrel moves nearer. It is true that
there are still dividing walls on which we stand confronting one another. But the difficulties are too great. We get into straits, and this brings us to
our senses. We cannot fight, and therein
lies our good fortune.
4) THE MOVING HEXAGRAM
HEXAGRAM 37 - Chia Jen - The Family (The
Clan)
This hexagram represents the laws obtaining
within the family. The strong line at
the top represents the father, the lowest the son. The strong, line in the fifth place represents
the husband, the yielding second line the wife.
On the other hand, the two strong lines in the fifth and the third place
represent two brothers, and the two weak lines correlated with them in the
fourth and the second place stand for their respective
wives. Thus all
the connections and relationships within the family find their appropriate
expression. Each individual line has the
character according with its place. The
fact that a strong line occupies the sixth place -where a weak line might be
expected - indicates very clearly the strong leadership that must come from the
head of the family. The line is to be
considered here not in its quality as the sixth but in its quality as the top
line. THE FAMILY shows the laws
operative within the household that, transferred to outside life, keep the
state and the world in order. The
influence that goes out from within the family is represented by the symbol of
the wind created by fire.
THE JUDGMENT
THE FAMILY
The perseverance of the woman furthers.
The foundation of the family is the
relationship between husband and wife.
The tie that holds the family together lies in the loyalty and
perseverance of the wife. Her place is
within (second line), while that of the husband is without (fifth line). It is in accord with the great laws of nature
that husband and wife take their proper places.
Within the family a strong authority is needed; this is represented by
the parents. If the father is really a
father and the son a son, if the elder brother fulfills his position, and the
younger fulfills his, if the husband is really a husband and the wife a wife,
then the family is in order. When the
family is in order, all the social relationships of mankind will be in order.
Three of the five social relationships are
to be found within the family - that between father and son, which is the
relation of love, that between husband and wife, which is the relation of
chaste conduct, and that between elder and younger brother, which is the
relation of correctness. The loving
reverence of the son is then carried over to the prince in the form of
faithfulness to duty; the affection and correctness of behavior existing
between the two brothers are extended to a friend in the form of loyalty, and
to a person of superior rank in the form of deference. The family is society in embryo; it is the
native soil on which performance of moral duty is made easy through natural
affection, so that within a small circle a basis of moral practice is created,
and this is later widened to include human relationships in general.
THE IMAGE
Wind comes forth from fire: The image Of
THE FAMILY.
Thus the
superior man has substance in his words
And duration in his way of life.
Heat creates energy: this is signified by
the wind stirred up by the fire and issuing forth from it. This represents influence working from within
outward. The same thing is needed in the
regulation of the family. Here too the
influence on others must proceed from one's own person. In order to be
capable of producing such an influence, one's words must have power, and this
they can have only if they are based on something real, just as flame depends
on its fuel. Words have influence only
when they are pertinent and clearly related to definite circumstances. General discourses and admonitions have no
effect whatsoever. Furthermore, the
words must be supported by one's entire conduct, just as the wind is made
effective by its duration. Only firm and
consistent conduct will make such an impression on others that they can adapt
and conform to it. If words and conduct
are not in accord and not consistent, they will have no effect.
Warner
Chilcott plc WCRX under CEO Roger Boissonneault
Roger Boissonneault’s Performance:
ROI= 54.45% Annualized Return= 9.54%
SPY’s Performance: ROI= (6.22%) Annualized
Return= (1.34%)
Roger Boissonneault has been CEO since
January 2005. Since then, his
performance has been much better compared to the SPY in spite
of the negative line in the third place.
We will continue to monitor his performance and see how well he manages
a condition where fellowship has changed about to mistrust.
Points the investor should consider:
1) THE HEXAGRAM
(Same as Above)
2) THE ADVICE
(Same as Above)
3) THE LINES:
Nine in the third place
means:
He hides weapons in the thicket;
He climbs the high hill in front of
it.
For three years he does not rise up.
Here fellowship has changed about to
mistrust. Each man distrusts the other,
plans a secret ambush, and seeks to spy on his fellow from afar. We are dealing with an obstinate opponent
whom we cannot come at by this method.
Obstacles standing in the way of fellowship with others are shown
here. One has mental reservations for
one's own part and seeks to take his opponent by surprise. This very fact makes one mistrustful,
suspecting the same wiles in his opponent and trying to ferret them out. The result is that one departs further and
further from true fellowship. The longer
this goes on, the more alienated one becomes.
4) THE MOVING HEXAGRAM
HEXAGRAM 25 - Wu Wang - Innocence (The
Unexpected)
Ch'ien, heaven, is above; Chen, movement,
is below. The lower trigram Chen is
under the influence of the strong line it has received from above, from
heaven. When, in accord with this,
movement follows the law of heaven, man is innocent and without guile. His mind is natural and true, unshadowed by reflection or ulterior designs. For wherever conscious purpose is to be seen,
there the truth and innocence of nature have been lost. Nature that is not directed by the spirit is
not true but degenerate nature. Starting
out with the idea of the natural, the train of thought in part goes somewhat
further and thus the hexagram includes also the idea of the unintentional or
unexpected.
THE JUDGMENT
INNOCENCE.
Supreme success.
Perseverance furthers.
If someone is not as he should be,
He has misfortune,
And it does not further him
To undertake anything.
Man has received from heaven a nature
innately good, to guide him in all his movements. By devotion to this divine spirit within
himself, he attains an unsullied innocence that leads him to do right with
instinctive sureness and without any ulterior thought of reward and personal
advantage. This instinctive certainty
brings about supreme success and "furthers through perseverance."
However, not everything instinctive is nature in this higher sense of the word,
but only that which is right and in accord with the will of heaven. Without this quality of rightness, an
unreflecting, instinctive way of acting brings only misfortune.
Confucius says about this:
"He who departs from innocence, what
does he come to? Heaven's will and
blessing do not go with his deeds."
THE IMAGE
Under heaven thunder rolls: All things
attain the natural state of innocence.
Thus the kings
of old, rich in virtue, and in harmony with the time,
Fostered and nourished all beings.
In springtime when thunder, life energy,
begins to move again under the heavens, everything sprouts and grows, and all
beings receive from the creative activity of nature the childlike innocence of
their original state. So
it is with the good rulers of mankind: drawing on the spiritual wealth at their
command, they take care of all forms of life and all forms of culture and do
everything to further them, and at the proper time.
Lam Research
Corporation LRCX under CEO Stephen Newberry
Stephen Newberry’s Performance: ROI= 41.21% Annualized
Return= 5.75%
SPY’s
Performance: ROI= 8.52% Annualized
Return= 1.33%
Stephen Newberry has been CEO since June
2005. Since then, his performance has
been much better compared to the SPY in spite of the
negative line in the third place. We
will continue to monitor his performance and see how well he manages a
condition where fellowship has changed about to mistrust.
Points the investor should consider:
1) THE HEXAGRAM
(Same as Above).
2) THE ADVICE
(Same as Above).
3) THE LINES:
Nine in the third place
means:
He hides weapons in the thicket;
He climbs the high hill in front of
it.
For three years he does not rise up.
Here fellowship has changed about to
mistrust. Each man distrusts the other,
plans a secret ambush, and seeks to spy on his fellow from afar. We are dealing with an obstinate opponent
whom we cannot come at by this method.
Obstacles standing in the way of fellowship with others are shown
here. One has mental reservations for
one's own part and seeks to take his opponent by surprise. This very fact makes one mistrustful,
suspecting the same wiles in his opponent and trying to ferret them out. The result is that one departs further and
further from true fellowship. The longer
this goes on, the more alienated one becomes.
4) THE MOVING HEXAGRAM
HEXAGRAM 25 - Wu Wang - Innocence (The
Unexpected)
Ch'ien, heaven, is above; Chen, movement,
is below. The lower trigram Chen is
under the influence of the strong line it has received from above, from
heaven. When, in accord with this,
movement follows the law of heaven, man is innocent and without guile. His mind is natural and true, unshadowed by reflection or ulterior designs. For wherever conscious purpose is to be seen,
there the truth and innocence of nature have been lost. Nature that is not directed by the spirit is
not true but degenerate nature. Starting
out with the idea of the natural, the train of thought in part goes somewhat
further and thus the hexagram includes also the idea of the unintentional or
unexpected.
THE JUDGMENT
INNOCENCE.
Supreme success.
Perseverance furthers.
If someone is not as he should be,
He has misfortune,
And it does not further him
To undertake anything.
Man has received from heaven a nature
innately good, to guide him in all his movements. By devotion to this divine spirit within
himself, he attains an unsullied innocence that leads him to do right with
instinctive sureness and without any ulterior thought of reward and personal
advantage. This instinctive certainty
brings about supreme success and "furthers through perseverance."
However, not everything instinctive is nature in this higher sense of the word,
but only that which is right and in accord with the will of heaven. Without this quality of rightness, an
unreflecting, instinctive way of acting brings only misfortune.
Confucius says about this:
"He who departs from innocence, what
does he come to? Heaven's will and
blessing do not go with his deeds."
THE IMAGE
Under heaven thunder rolls: All things
attain the natural state of innocence.
Thus the kings
of old, rich in virtue, and in harmony with the time,
Fostered and nourished all beings.
In springtime when thunder, life energy,
begins to move again under the heavens, everything sprouts and grows, and all
beings receive from the creative activity of nature the childlike innocence of
their original state. So
it is with the good rulers of mankind: drawing on the spiritual wealth at their
command, they take care of all forms of life and all forms of culture and do
everything to further them, and at the proper time.