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Embrace Inaction: Unity of Heaven and King in Political Philosophy

Unity of Heaven with King & Grasp the Unity and Inaction: On Both Bamboo-slipped Wen Zi and Lao Zi
Feng Zhang

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The article discusses similarities between Bamboo-slipped Wen Zi and Lao Zi, focusing on concepts like Heaven and Earth, Emperor, Grasp the Unity, and Inaction. In Taoism, Inaction means letting things happen naturally without forcing them. Important people should practice Inaction more. Theories of Taoism have been expanded through explanations in Bamboo-slipped Wen Zi. The paper concludes that in political philosophy, the Unity of Heaven and Human is actually the Unity of Heaven and King.