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Acknowledgments
I deeply thank Professor Huang Qingxuan for his kind generosity in tutoring an untrained, brash young foreign student. I will never forget wonderful, edifying times spent with the lovely, learned scholars at Wenzhesuo; in particular, thanks to Liu Yuanru for making me start writing this in English. To my dear friend Lothar von Falkenhausen, great thanks for all your unforgettable support and patient tolerance of my stupidity; in good and bad times, just the privilege of knowing you has made the journey worthwhile. I thank Dr. Otsubo Hisayasu of Miyazaki International College for research support and for office facilities leading to the production of this book. Finishing touches on the manuscript were completed thanks to a fellowship of the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities: “Fate, Freedom and Prognostication: Strategies of Coping with the Future in East Asia and Europe” (supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research) at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. A shout-out goes to the good Westerville people—Rich, Joe, Linda, Janet, Jim, Dan, and Les; I totally appreciate the friendship and support. Greetings to the many