Effortless action : Wu-wei as conceptual metaphor and spiritual ideal in early China /

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 the most general of a set of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Slingerland, Edward, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Temas:
To 221 B.C.
Philosophy, Chinese > To 221 B.C.
Nothing (Philosophy)
Philosophie chinoise > Jusqu'à 221 av. J.-C.
Néant (Philosophie)
PHILOSOPHY > Eastern.
Philosophy, Chinese
Philosophie
Chinese filosofie.
China
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Wu-wei as conceptual metaphor.
  • At ease in virtue: Wu-wei in the Analects.
  • So-of-itself: Wu-wei in the Laozi.
  • New technologies of the self: Wu-wei in the "inner training" and the Mohist rejection of Wu-wei.
  • Cultivating the sprouts: Wu-wei in the Mencius.
  • The tenuous self: Wu-wei in the Zhuangzi.
  • Straightening the warped wood: Wu-wei in the Xunzi.
  • Appendix 1: The "many-Dao theory"
  • Appendix 2: Textual issues concerning the Analects.
  • Appendix 3: Textual issues concerning the Laozi.
  • Appendix 4: Textual issues concerning the Zhuangzi.

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