Download or read book Waiting for the Dawn written by Zongxi Huang and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the time of Confucius and Mencius, no other work has stood out so clearly as a major critique of Chinese dynastic institutions. In a lucid translation with a helpful introduction by de Bary, this is the most powerful affirmation of a liberal Confucian political vision in premodern times.