Acknowledgements
In working on the translations presented in the present volume I was repeatedly confronted with difficult textual passages, which I could not come to terms with alone. I was privileged in receiving insightful advice from many scholars, to whom I am deeply grateful for their help. In particular I wish to thank Chan Wai Keung (Hong Kong Baptist University), Fujii Jun (Komazawa University), Huang Chi-chiang (Hobart and William Smith Colleges), Jun Fang (Huron College), Edmund Lien (University of Washington), Lin Pei-ying (University of California at Berkeley), Luo Manling (Indiana University), Richard John Lynn (University of Toronto), Paul L. Swanson (Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture), Albert Welter (The University of Arizona), Wu Jiang (The University of Arizona), Xiong Cunrui (Western Michigan University).