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谦 Hexagram 15
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above: K'un / The Receptive, Earth |
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below: Kên / Keeping Still, Mountain |
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CHANGING LINE:
Six in the fourth place means:
'Girl Braiding Her Hair' (Suzanne Valadon) - Pierre Auguste Renoir |
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Everything has its proper measure. Even modesty in behavior can be carried too far. Here, however, it is appropriate, because the place between a worthy helper below and a kindly ruler above carries great responsibility. The confidence of the man in a superior place must not be abused nor the merits of the man in an inferior place concealed. There are officials who indeed do not strive for prominence; they hide behind the letter of the ordinances, decline all responsibility, accept pay without giving its equivalent in work, and bear empty titles. This is the opposite of what is meant here by modesty. In such a position, modesty is shown by interest in one's work.
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