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Effortless Action: Wu-wei As Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China
Effortless Action Wuwei As Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China
Author: Edward Slingerland
This book presents a systematic account of the role of the personal spiritual ideal of wu-wei--literally "no doing," but better rendered as "effortless action"--in early Chinese thought. Edward Slingerland's analysis shows that wu-wei represents the most general of a set of conceptual metaphors having to do with a state of effortless ease and un...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195314878
ISBN-10: 0195314875
Publication Date: 11/6/2006
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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