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• History of Chinese Philosophy/Chapter 5
  == 4. Wuwei: Non-Action and Effortless Efficacy == ...nificant and most frequently misunderstood concept in Daoist philosophy. ''Wuwei'' does not mean passivity, laziness, or quietism. It means acting without f
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• Common Sense Philosophy/Chapter 20
  === Wuwei and the Critique of Artificiality === The central concept is ''wuwei'' (无为) -- "non-action" or, more accurately, "effortless action" or "act
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• History of Chinese Philosophy/Chapter 9
  ...novative. He argued that the ideal ruler governs through non-action (无为, ''wuwei'') — not in the sense of doing nothing, but in the sense of governing thr ...tense, and without regret. Guo Xiang thus transforms the Daoist ideal of ''wuwei'' from a prescription for withdrawal or passivity into a philosophy of comp
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• History of Chinese Philosophy/Chapter 23
  ...ations of Daoist ethics are equally radical. The ''Daodejing'' advocates ''wuwei'' (无为, "non-action" or "effortless action") as the ideal of governance ...he Western tradition. The Daoist emphasis on ''ziran'' (naturalness) and ''wuwei'' (non-intervention) suggests an approach to environmental issues that prio
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• History of Chinese Literature/Chapter 5
  ...n years without dulling his blade — a parable of effortless mastery (无为, ''wuwei'') that applies equally to cooking, governing, and living. In yet another, ...speech — and affirms their opposites: weakness, ignorance, inaction (无为, ''wuwei''), silence. "The softest thing in the universe overcomes the hardest thing
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• History of Chinese Philosophy/Chapter 11
  ...the Buddha, kill the Buddha" (逢佛杀佛); "The true person of no rank" (无位真人, ''wuwei zhenren''); "In my teaching, there is no Buddha, no dharma, no practice, no ...oach. Dongshan Liangjie developed the framework of the "Five Ranks" (五位, ''wuwei''), a sophisticated philosophical schema that maps the relationship between
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• History of Chinese Philosophy/Chapter 7
  ...with the Laozi's valorization of softness, yielding, and non-action (无为, ''wuwei''). The text's emphasis on knowledge and calculation — "Know the enemy an ...nctive for its attempt to reconcile Daoist principles of non-action (无为, ''wuwei'') with the practical requirements of imperial governance. The ideal ruler,
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• History of Chinese Philosophy/Chapter 28
  ...on. The Confucian tradition of self-cultivation, the Daoist tradition of ''wuwei'' (effortless action), and the Buddhist tradition of meditation and mindful
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• History of Chinese Culture/Chapter 21
  The Five Phases system classifies foods according to five flavors (五味, ''wuwei'') — sour (酸, ''suan''), bitter (苦, ''ku''), sweet (甘, ''gan''), pu
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• History of Chinese Philosophy/Chapter 20
  ...("releasement" or "letting-be") was compared with the Daoist concept of ''wuwei'' (无为, "non-action"), his concept of ''Dasein'' ("being-there") was com
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• Common Sense Philosophy/Chapter 23
  ...This is, in pedagogical terms, something close to the Daoist concept of ''wuwei'' -- the art of accomplishing by not forcing.<ref>Maria Montessori, ''The A
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• History of Chinese Philosophy/Chapter 26
  ...t concepts — particularly the concepts of the Dao, yin and yang, ''qi'', ''wuwei'', and ''ziran'' — have entered the global vocabulary and have influenced
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• History of Chinese Culture/Chapter 17
  ...intellect but can be accessed through the practice of "non-action" (无为, ''wuwei'') — a state of spontaneous, effortless action that is in harmony with th
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• History of Chinese Philosophy/Chapter 10
  ...m ''wu'' (无, "non-being") was used to translate ''sunyata'' (emptiness); ''wuwei'' (无为, "non-action") was used for ''nirvana''; ''Dao'' (道, "the Way")
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• History of Chinese Culture/Chapter 5
  ...terms using existing Daoist vocabulary (e.g., translating ''nirvana'' as ''wuwei'' 无为, or ''sunyata'' as ''wu'' 无, "nothingness") — facilitated Budd
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• History of Chinese Philosophy/Chapter 8
  ...g-Lao (黄老) thought — a synthesis of Daoist principles of non-action (无为, ''wuwei'') with elements of Legalist institutional design. Named after the legendar
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• History of China/Chapter 12
  ...ure. The cave temples of the Western Xia — including sites at Yulin (榆林窟), Wuwei, and other locations along the Hexi Corridor — contain Buddhist paintings
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• History of Chinese Literature/Chapter 30
  ...tion — with its emphasis on spontaneity (自然, ''ziran''), non-action (无为, ''wuwei''), and the limitations of language as a vehicle for the expression of ulti
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• History of Chinese Culture/Chapter 3
  ...tion, ritual practice, and social engagement, the ''Daodejing'' counsels ''wuwei'' (无为, "non-action" or "effortless action") — a mode of being in whic
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• History of Chinese Culture/Chapter 4
  ...law), Daoism (cosmological speculation, the ideal of government through ''wuwei''), and the ''yin-yang'' and Five Phases cosmology that had developed durin
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