Wu Wei, doing nothing, and Wu Bu Wei, doing everything, are our answers to the challenges of modern life...Wu means "no" and Wei means "action," so Wu Wei can be translated as "nonaction" or "do nothing." For Wu Bu Wei, the translation is "do everything," because Bu means "not," and its combination with Wu creates a smart double negative. Thus, Wu and Bu cancel each other, and Wu Bu Wei can be simplified to Wei only, with an emphasis on doing all things or leaving nothing undone.
~ from Do Nothing and Do Everything: An Illustrated New Taoism, Chapter 1: A Manifesto of Modern Taoism ~
No comment to add here. Later tonight I'll share some of the author's example of the definitions and differences between these two terms.
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