 Huang also had a dynamic view of institutional evolution. Upon examining the historical origins and evolutions of the various specific institutions, he concluded that imitation of the institutions described in the ancient classics was impractical, stating that “under heaven… there have not been laws and institutions that could not be overthrown” (quoted in Gu Qingmei 1978: 146). Huang saw his own time as one bound to a long historical series, as one segment contiguous with the preceding and succeeding epoch. There were the ancient Three Dynasties with their magnificent order, followed by two thousand years of disorder after the death of Confucius. Now, the time for change had again come. 