38. Easy Does It: Non-Action in the Laozi
The concept of wuwei or “non-action”: does it mean that the perfect sage or political ruler simply never does anything?
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Themes:
• T. Bai, “How to Rule without Taking Unnatural Actions (无为而治): A Comparative Study of the Political Philosophy of the Laozi,” Philosophy East and West 59 (2009), 481-502.
• L. Cantor, “Laozi Through the Lens of the White Rose: Resonance or Dissonance?” Oxford German Studies 52 (2023), 62-79.
• N. Knightly, “The Paradox of Wuwei? Yes (and No),” Asian Philosophy 23 (2013), 115–36.
• X. Liu, “Naturalness (Tzu-jan), the Core Value in Taoism: its Ancient Meaning and its Significance Today,” in L. Kohn and M. Lafargue (eds), Lao-Tzu and the Tao-Te-Ching (Albany: 1998), 211-28.
• X. Liu, “Laozi’s Philosophy: Textual and Conceptual Analyses,” in X. Liu (ed.), Dao Companion to Daoist Philosophy (Dordrecht: 2015), 71-100
• H.-G. Moeller, The Philosophy of the Daodejing (New York: 2006).
• D. Sarafinas and R.R. Wang, “A Daoist Critique of Justice: Distance and Engagement in the Socio-Political World,” in J. Salomon and H.-W. Lee (eds), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Justice and East Asian Philosophy (London: 2024), 187-98.
• E. Slingerland, Effortless Action: Wu-Wei as Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China (Oxford: 2003).
• M. Wenning, “Passive Resistance: a Daoist Approach,” in T. Byrne and M. Wenning (eds), The Right to Resist: Philosophies of Dissent (London: 2023), 113-30.
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Zhuangzi, my favorite
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