Wei dynasty philosopher who produced the authoritative commentary on the Laozi and an important commentary on the I Ching, developing the xuanxue (neo-Daoist) interpretation that Being (you) depends on Non-Being (wu) as its foundation.
Wu (Non-Being) is the source of you (Being) — the Dao is pure potentiality from which all things arise. The sage ruler is wu wei (non-acting) — by not acting from self-interest, all things are accomplished. His hermeneutical method: grasp the meaning and forget the words (de yi wang yan).
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