2010•Journal of Hefei Normal UniversityRequires access

Wu-wei or You-wei?——Annotating Confucius's Viewpoint on wu-wei Based on Remarks in "Confucian analects"

YU Jian-jun

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In the pre-Qin period,besides the Taoism,Confucianism also advocated wu-wei(inaction) Thought.however,Confucius's thought was quite different from the thought of Lao Zi's.Confucius's though has three conditions,that is,inheritance of the wu-wei from the previous dynasties You-wei(promising),only the Sage could realize the wu-wei,and wu-wei is dependent on you wei,the subject of wu-wei,and official's you wei.Therefore,Confucius's wu-wei is not the usual wu-wei,and is different from Taoism's wu-wei.In essence,Confucius's wu-wei is not a method,but an ideal political morphology.

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Key concepts: Taoism, Philosophy, Subject (documents), Ideal (ethics), Inheritance (genetic algorithm), Politics, Literature, Buddhism