Wu Wei plays a mean sheng. What’s a sheng, you ask? It’s a Chinese mouth organ with an ancestry that dates back three millennia. At first glance, it looks something like the severed bottom of a ...

Wu-wei (Chinese: 無為 or wúwéi) is a philosophical concept that literally means "inexertion" or "effortless action." The non-striving mindset of wu-wei is rooted in Confucianism and Taoism (also spelled ...

For the fifth year of our cross-cultural Asian music collaboration with the Shepherd School of Music, Asia Society is pleased to present sheng virtuoso Wu Wei. Bringing an ancient traditional Chinese ...

In the 3rd century CE, China fractured into three rival states—Wei, Shu, and Wu—ushering in one of the most turbulent and ...