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Wu wei (traditional Chinese: 無為; simplified Chinese: 无为; pinyin: wúwéi) is a polysemous, ancient Chinese concept expressing an ideal practice of "inaction", "inexertion" or "effortless action",[a][1][2] as a state of personal harmony and free-flowing, spontaneous creative manifestation. In a political context, it also refers to an ideal form or principle of governance or government.[3]
Wu wei appears as early as the Spring and Autumn period, with early literary examples in the Classic of Poetry.[4] It became an important concept in the Confucian Analects,[5] linking a Confucian ethic of practical morality to a state of being harmonizing intention and action.[6] It would go on to become a central concept in Legalist statecraft and Daoism, in Daoism as a concept emphasizing alignment with the natural Dao in actions and intentions, avoiding force or haste against the natural order.
Sinologist Jean François Billeter describes wu-wei as a "state of perfect knowledge (understanding) of the coexistence of the situation and perceiver, perfect efficaciousness and the realization of a perfect economy of energy".
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- ^ Slingerland (2007), p. 7
- ^ Tierney, John (2014-12-15). "A Meditation on the Art of Not Trying". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
- ^ Slingerland (2007), p. 6
- ^ Slingerland (2007), pp. 39, 40.
- ^ Slingerland (2007), p. 43; Creel (1970), pp. 59, 78.
- ^ Ivanhoe, Philip J.; Van Norden, Bryan W. (2005). Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy (2nd ed.). Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company. p. 2. ISBN 0-87220-781-1. OCLC 60826646.
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