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Wu wei (traditional Chinese: 無為; simplified Chinese: 无为; pinyin: wúwéi) is a polymorphic, ancient Chinese concept expressing an ideal practice of "inaction", "inexertion" or "effortless action", [a] [1] [2] as a state of personal harmony and free-flowing, spontaneous creative manifestation.
Wu Qingying (武青櫻; Wǔ Qīngyīng) is Wu Lie's daughter. She is Wei Bi's romantic interest and Zhu Jiuzhen's love rival. Wei Bi (衛壁; Wèi Bì) is Wu Lie's apprentice who wants to win the love of both Zhu Jiuzhen and Wu Qingying. He is slain by Wei Yixiao while attempting to sneak up on him.
The concept of wu wei is multifaceted, ... The Tao Te Ching is a text of around 5,162 to 5,450 Chinese characters in 81 brief chapters or sections ...
Wuxing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng), [a] usually translated as Five Phases or Five Agents, [2] is a fivefold conceptual scheme used in many traditional Chinese fields of study to explain a wide array of phenomena, including cosmic cycles, the interactions between internal organs, the succession of political regimes, and the properties of ...
The phrase ziran's use in Daoism is rooted in the Tao Te Ching (chapters 17, 23, 25, 51, 64), written around 400 BCE. [4] Ziran is a central concept of Daoism, closely tied to the practice of wuwei, detached or effortless action.
The contemporary Chinese character 巫 for wu combines the graphic radicals gong 工 "work" and ren 人 "person" doubled (cf. cong 从). This 巫 character developed from Seal script characters that depicted dancing shamans, which descend from Bronzeware script and Oracle bone script characters that resembled a cross potent.
Chinese traditional character for Wu. In the Sinosphere, the word 無, realized in Japanese and Korean as mu and in Standard Chinese as wu, [a] meaning 'to lack' or 'without', is a key term in the vocabulary of various East Asian philosophical and religious traditions, such as Buddhism and Taoism.
Wei Hong (衛弘), a rich man who sponsored Cao Cao when he raised an army to fight Dong Zhuo. Wu Anguo (武安國), a warrior under Kong Rong who fought against Lü Bu outside Hulao Pass and retreated after Lü Bu severed his hand. Zhao Cen (趙岑), a military officer under Dong Zhuo.