Effortless Action: Wu-Wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China by Edward Slingerland

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

Edward Slingerland

368 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy religion informative reflective medium-paced
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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 t...

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