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Translators are often the unsung heroes of the literary world. This project would have been impossible without them. Kristof Van den Troost deserves an extra note of thanks for his painstaking work on the bibliography and the index. We are also grateful to Professor Hugh Baker and the Centre for East Asian Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as well as the University of Maryland, College Park, for providing the time and resources necessary to complete this project.
Jin Yong was kind enough to allow us to use the cover image. We hope he will be pleased to see such detailed interpretations and critiques of his work in print. As the editors, we are ultimately responsible for the content of this book. It is always a challenge to ensure that translations of scholarly works are both readable, and that the solemnity of the original is not lost along the way. We hope that we have done justice to the authors who have been translated here. As always, we would appreciate comments and suggestions from readers.
Lastly, we thank each other, for the strength of our friendship and our shared love of Chinese literature.
Ann Huss and Jianmei Liu
Hong Kong and Potomac, Maryland