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 | Effortless Action: Wu-wei As Conceptual Metaphor and Spiritual Ideal in Early China (1st Edition) by Edward Slingerland Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-19-531487-5 / 0195314875 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-531487-8 / 9780195314878 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 conceptual metaphors havi | |