Ziran and Wuwei in the Daodejing: An ethical assessment

Dao

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-337

  Lai, Karyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daoism; Daoist ethics; Spontaneity; Wuwei; Ziran

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149067643     PISSN: 15403009     EISSN: 15697274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11712-007-9019-8     Document Type: Article

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