明夷待访录
míng​yí​dài​fǎng​lù

Waiting for the Visitor (1663)

  1. 明夷 míng​yí
    Mingyi
    The 36th of the 64 hexagrams in the 易经 yì​jīng, representing "darkening of the light"; it consists of the trigram 离 lí below 坤 kūn.
  2. 待 dài verb
    to wait
    to wait for; to await
  3. 访 訪 fǎng verbnoun
    to seek
    (bound form) to seek by inquiry; to search for; to investigate or hunt for
  4. 录 錄 lù noun
    record
    (bound form) a collection of records; a register; a book or document used for keeping records