First reminder:

It's easy to say, what "wu wei" is not (as a full definition):

- wu wei is not "doing nothing"

- wu wei is not "to go with the flow"

- wu wei is not "effortless doing"

- wu wei is not "doing just enough"

- wu wei is not "being natural / like nature"

By "going with the flow" and "effortless doing" and "doing just enough" or "being natural / like nature" you could subdue your workers, manipulate people, betray your family and friends. Quite against Daoism - isn't it?

So there has to be a content / goal / practice what "wu wei" is about and the content has to be daoist. If it isn' daoist it would not be "wu wei".

Therefore:

What is "wu wei" from a daoist view?

"Wu wei" is doing and not doing *in line with / according to* Dao (universal principle / way of man and society) and De (profound Virtue / quality).

Second reminder:

"Wu wei" is not the core topic of Daoism. It is part of many "wu" (no, not, nothing) of daoism to empty the heart-mind (xin) to have a clear and calm heart-mind and being natural and simple and to have De (deep / profound virtue, potency, quality, skill) like the butcher, the archer, the swimmer, the artisan and the True / genuine Man" (Zhen Ren) in Zhuangzi 6.

There are:

Wu ming (not naming), bu shi fei (no this and that) , wu zhi /wu xue (no knowledge / no doctrine), wu wo (no I/me), wu yu / si (no desire), wu qing (no emotions), wu you (not having / being), wu zheng (no quarrel), wu yong (no use, useless), wu wei er wu bu wei (doing nothing but nothing is left undone), wu xin (no heart-mind), equanimity in change, free and easy wandering (you) etc.

Those are *no absolutes* but reminders and finger pointers and of course practice. They are "means" of practice and not at the core of Daoism. At the core there are Dao and De.