Acknowledgements
I would like to express my gratitude to the Jao Studies foundation and the Jao Tsung-i Academy of Sinology at Hong Kong Baptist University, both of which provided financial and institutional support for this project. The translations in this book were greatly improved by Prof. Nicholas M. Williams, who read and commented on drafts of all the translations. Profs. Adam Schwartz and Joern Grundmann served as a sounding board for a number of editorial, translation, and stylistic issues that arose during the course of the project; Prof. Chen Zhi and Travis Chan provided helpful feedback on individual translations; May Lai and Wang Xintong helped in all administrative aspects of planning and publication. I would like to extend special thanks to Prof. Rong Xinjiang, who kindly agreed to let me include his article on Jaoâs Dunhuang studies, and carefully reviewed a draft of my translation. The greatest debt, however, is to Dr. Linda Leung, who compared the Chinese and English versions, commenting with great care. She also labored extensively to bring Jaoâs citations up to date, and acquired copyright permissions for all the texts and images in this volume.
D.J.L.
17 March 2022