明夷待訪錄
míng​yí​dài​fǎng​lù

Waiting for the Visitor (1663)

  • created sense approved 明夷待访录/明夷待訪錄 · míng​yí​dài​fǎng​lù · Waiting for the Visitor (1663) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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|黃宗羲|huang2 zong1 xi1]]. 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.

    明夷 (literal) → 明夷 · míng​yí · Mingyi 待 (literal) → 待 · dài · to wait 访 (literal) → 访/訪 · fǎng · to seek 录 (literal) → 录/錄 · lù · record

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