"First and foremost, I want to thank Prof. Anthony Yu, who promptly responded to my solicitation of opinions on my manuscript while he was on a lecture tour in Australia. Though by no means an acquaintance, he kindly accepted me as an “unregistered student” while he was also mentoring six dissertations at the University of Chicago as a retired professor. After a meticulous reading of the manuscript, he sent me detailed comments on each chapter, often on individual lines, sharing with me his deep erudition and vast knowledge of Chinese culture. Some of his comments were directly incorporated into this book. What moved me most is the fact that he composed his last batches of e-mail responses to my manuscript when he was seriously ill. I cannot but marvel at his humanitarian spirit and his dedication to scholarship."
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Zuyan Zhou, Daoist Philosophy and Literati Writings in Late Imperial China (Hong Kong: Chinese University Press, 2013), 'Acknowledgements', p. ix
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Anthony C. Yu
Anthony C. Yu (October 6, 1938 – May 12, 2015) was a scholar of literature and religion, eastern and western, best known for his four-volume translation of Journey to the West.
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