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Daoist studies

a state of unforced, spontaneous action in which a person acts skilfully without striving, which Slingerland reads as a shared spiritual ideal.

In Daoist studies, wuwei refers to a state of unforced, spontaneous action in which a person acts skilfully without striving, which Slingerland reads as a shared spiritual ideal. This meaning comes from Slingerland (2003) in Effortless Action.[1]

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References

Slingerland, E. (2003). Effortless Action. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195138993.001.0001

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