Zizhang asked, “Is it possible to foretell the affairs of ten generations hence?”Confucius said: “The Shang Dynasty inherited the Xia Dynasty’s codes of etiquette with abridgements and additions, which can be known. The Zhou Dynasty followed the Shang’s codes of etiquette with abridgements and additions, which can also be known. Therefore, if there should be successors who inherit the Zhou Dynasty, even in a hundred generations, their state of affairs could be foretold.” (The Analects)

The core of wuwei (non-action) lies in inheritance. To inherit is to make no abridgement or addition. (Guanzi)