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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 study argues that the concept of "wu-wei", or "effortless action", serves as a spiritual ideal for five early Chinese thinkers--Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Zhuangzi, and Xunxi. These thinkers shared a worldview based on the belief that there is a normative order to the cosmos ("the Way") within which humans have a proper place and mode of be...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195138993
ISBN-10: 0195138996
Publication Date: 3/19/2003
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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