míng​yí​dài​fǎng​lù

Waiting for the Visitor (1663)

明夷待访录 明夷待訪錄 míng​yí​dài​fǎng​lù
Waiting for the Visitor (1663)
A political treatise by the Qing dynasty scholar 黄宗羲 huáng​zōng​xī. It offers a radical critique of absolute monarchy and argues for a people-centered government; it was later banned during the Qianlong era but significantly influenced the development of democratic thought in late 19th-century China.