無む用ようの用よう

expression, noun

usefulness of the seemingly useless

A Daoist/Zhuangzi concept: what appears useless may have profound value. Used in philosophical or literary contexts.

• 荘そう子しの「無む用ようの用よう」という考かんがえ方かたは、現げん代だいでも示し唆さに富とんでいる。

  Zhuangzi's concept of 'the usefulness of the useless' is still thought-provoking today.