无为 (無為) wúwèi

1. wúwèi verb to let things take their own course
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '無為'; Sun 2006, loc. 1339)
2. wúwèi noun Wu Wei
   Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China
   Notes: The Taoist doctrine of inaction (CC-CEDICT '無為'; Guoyu '無為' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 1339; Wikipedia '无为 (道家)')
3. wúwèi phrase to influence by example rather than compulsion
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '無為' 2)
4. wúwèi phrase do not
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '無為' 3)
5. wúwèi proper noun Wuwei
   Domain: Places 地方 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Place Name 地名
   Notes: (Guoyu '無為' 4)

Contained in

• 莫大于无为(莫大於無為) there is nothing greater than nonaction
• 清净无为(清淨無為) peacefully letting things take their own course
• 寂寞无为(寂寞無為) to be tranquil and let things take their own course
• 无为而治(無為而治) to rule by letting things take their own course
• 无为为道(無為為道) to let things take their own course as the way

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Truncated for common words

• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 50
• 卷四百八十二 列傳第二百四十一 世家五 北漢劉氏劉繼元(父:鈞 兄:繼恩 附:衛融 趙文度 李惲 馬峯 郭無爲) Volume 482 Biographies 241: Hereditary Houses 5 - Northern Han and Liu clans Liu Jiyuan (relative: Jun, elder brother: Ji En, relative : Wei Rong, Zhao Wendu, Li Yun, Ma Feng, Guo Wuwei) History of Song 宋史 — count: 24
• 第四十一回 Chapter 41 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 20
• 卷七十 東漢世家第十: 劉旻 Volume 70: Hereditary House of Eastern Han New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史 — count: 17
• 《知北遊》 Knowledge Rambling in the North Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 14
• 《天道》 The Way of Heaven Zhuangzi 莊子 — count: 12
• 卷十四　詮言訓 Chapter 14: Explanation of Sayings Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 12
• 第四十五回 Chapter 45 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 9
• 卷十二　道應訓 Chapter 12: Responses of the Way Huainanzi 淮南子 — count: 9
• 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 8

Collocations

• 无为曰 (無為曰) 無為曰 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十二　道應訓 Chapter 12: Responses of the Way — count: 4
• 寤寐无为 (寤寐無為) 寤寐無為 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧陳‧澤陂 Lessons from the states - Odes of Chen - Ze Po — count: 3
• 使无为 (使無為) 召遠者使無為焉 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation — count: 3
• 臣无为 (臣無為) 今大王留臣無為也 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《齊悼惠王世家》 House of Prince Daohui of Qi — count: 3
• 在无为 (在無為) 治務在無為而已 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《汲鄭列傳》 Biographies of Ji and Zheng — count: 2
• 李耳无为 (李耳無為) 李耳無為自化 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《老子韓非列傳》 Biographies of Laozi and Han Fei — count: 2
• 无为天下 (無為天下) 則必可以無為天下戮笑 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 2
• 不以无为 (不以無為) 不以無為為有常 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 解老第二十 Chapter 20: Commentaries on Laozi's Teachings — count: 2
• 无为可以 (無為可以) 惟無為可以規之 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右上第三十四 Chapter 34: A Collection of Sayings V — count: 2
• 无为贵 (無為貴) 無為貴智士 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十八　人間訓 Chapter 18: The Human World — count: 2