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Acknowledgements
This book has been on our minds for a very long time. Earlier versions of several of the articles included here were first presented at a conference entitled “Jin Yong and Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature,” held at the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1998. While Jin Yong, his novels, and his newspaper empire are well known to Chinese speakers around the globe, few in the English-speaking world have heard of the author or read his works. Bringing this collection to publication in English has thus been an uphill battle. We therefore owe our first debt of gratitude to Cambria Press, especially Toni Tan for her foresight.
Professor Liu Zaifu has been our mentor and guide for many years. When he first suggested this book project to us, we had no idea it would take so long to complete. We thank him for his patient guidance. We also thank our former PhD advisor, David Der-wei Wang, for his long-standing support. There are many others who also deserve our thanks. We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to the contributors to this volume for their patience and hard work. We thank Chris Hamm, Carlos Rojas, Mengjiao Jiang, Aijun Zhu, and Kristof Van den Troost for their excellent translations.