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Effortless Action: Wu-wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China Book

Effortless Action : Hardback : Oxford University Press : 9780195138993 : 0195138996 : 08 May 2003 : This study argues that the concept of 'wu-wei' or 'effortless action' serves as a spiritual ideal for a group of five early Chinese thinkers - Confucius, Laozi, Mencius, Shuangzi, and Xunzi.Read More

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    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 behavior. Wu-wei, Slingerland contends, can only be understood within this worldview.

  • 0195138996
  • 9780195138993
  • Edward Slingerland
  • 8 May 2003
  • OUP USA
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 368
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