ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many people have helped to make this book a reality. Some wish to remain anonymous, so I will honor their wishes. First off, I wish to thank the translators through the years who have made it all possible. Primarily, there is Ming-yee Wang, who has been my main interpreter since my arrival in the United States.Ming-yee is my English voice. However, others have filled in during those rare instances when Ming-yee was unavailable, namely Paul Kennedy, Pei-gwang Dowiat Dan Stevenson, Trish Ing and Guo-gu Shih.

Next are the transcribers, who diligently converted taped lectures to written format: Dorothy Weiner, Echo Bonner.

Since the departure of Ernest Heau (the first editor) in 1985, Chris Marano has been responsible for the bulk of the editing. My answers rarely came out cohesive and fluid. There were gaps that needed to be filled, so subsequent questions were asked.The task of the editor is to make my answers as understandable as possible to outside readers. In his endeavors, Chris has been aided by others, among them Alan Rubinstein and Harry Miller.

The design and format of the book were conceived and developed by Trish Ing and Page Simon. The numerous photographs throughout the book have been donated by many people.

Finally, I wish to thank my students who asked all the questions, especially those who were not satisfied with cryptic or unclear replies.