Effortless Action: Wu-wei As Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China
A scholarly exploration of wu-wei as both a guiding metaphor and spiritual ideal in early Chinese philosophy and thought.
About This Book
This book examines the concept of wu-wei, or effortless action, as it appears in early Chinese philosophical texts.
It analyzes wu-wei both as a conceptual metaphor and as a spiritual ideal within ancient Chinese traditions.
The work draws on linguistic and cognitive approaches to understand how this idea shaped early Chinese thought.
Edward Slingerland provides a detailed study of the historical and intellectual context surrounding wu-wei.
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