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Wu Wei / Without Action

Daoist / Taoist Tenet

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無為 or “Wu Wei” is a Daoist (Taoist) tenet that speaks to the idea of letting nature take its course.

Some will say it's about knowing when to take action and when not to. In reality, it's more about not going against the flow. What will happen is controlled by the Dao (Tao), for which one who follows the Dao will not resist or struggle against.

You can think of 無為 as the Chinese way to express “laissez-faire.”

There is a lot more to this concept, but if you are looking for this entry, you already know the expanded concept.

Warning: Outside of the Daoist context, this means idleness or inactivity (especially in Japanese, where not everyone knows this as a Daoist concept, though it does pair well with the Japanese concept of Wabi-Sabi).




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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

 Pronunciation
Romanization		 Simple Dictionary Definition

古浪

see styles		 gǔ làng
    gu3 lang4
ku lang

古浪
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Gulang county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu

民勤

see styles		 mín qín
    min2 qin2
min ch`in
    min chin

民勤
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Minqin county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu

涼州

凉州

see styles		 liáng zhōu
    liang2 zhou1
liang chou

涼州
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Liangzhou district of Wuwei city 武威市[Wu3 wei1 shi4], Gansu

古浪縣

古浪县

see styles		 gǔ làng xiàn
    gu3 lang4 xian4
ku lang hsien

古浪縣
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Gulang county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu

天祝縣

天祝县

see styles		 tiān zhù xiàn
    tian1 zhu4 xian4
t`ien chu hsien
    tien chu hsien

天祝縣
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Tianzhu Tibetan autonomous county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu

武威市

see styles		 wǔ wēi shì
    wu3 wei1 shi4
wu wei shih

武威市
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Wuwei, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province 甘肅省|甘肃省[Gan1su4 Sheng3]

民勤縣

民勤县

see styles		 mín qín xiàn
    min2 qin2 xian4
min ch`in hsien
    min chin hsien

民勤縣
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Minqin county in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu

涼州區

凉州区

see styles		 liáng zhōu qū
    liang2 zhou1 qu1
liang chou ch`ü
    liang chou chü

涼州區
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Liangzhou district of Wuwei city 武威市[Wu3 wei1 shi4], Gansu

無為市

无为市

see styles		 wú wéi shì
    wu2 wei2 shi4
wu wei shih

無為市
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Wuwei, a county-level city in Wuhu 蕪湖|芜湖[Wu2hu2], Anhui

無為縣

无为县

see styles		 wú wéi xiàn
    wu2 wei2 xian4
wu wei hsien

無為縣
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Wuwei county in Chaohu 巢湖[Chao2 hu2], Anhui

武威地區

武威地区

see styles		 wǔ wēi dì qū
    wu3 wei1 di4 qu1
wu wei ti ch`ü
    wu wei ti chü

武威地區
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Wuwei prefecture in Gansu

ウーウェイ

see styles		  uuwei / uwe
    ウーウェイ

ウーウェイ
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(place-name) Wuwei

天祝藏族自治縣

天祝藏族自治县

see styles		 tiān zhù zàng zú zì zhì xiàn
    tian1 zhu4 zang4 zu2 zi4 zhi4 xian4
t`ien chu tsang tsu tzu chih hsien
    tien chu tsang tsu tzu chih hsien

天祝藏族自治縣
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Tianzhu Tibetan Autonomous County in Wuwei 武威[Wu3 wei1], Gansu

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Wu Wei
Without Action		無為
无为		muiwú wéi / wu2 wei2 / wu wei / wuwei
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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