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An annotated translation of a portion of Qian Qianyi’s essay “You Huangshan ji” 游黃山記 appeared in my article “Qian Qianyi’s (1582–1664) Reflections on Yellow Mountain,” New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies 7 (2) (2005): 134–52, and a revised version of that section is reproduced here with permission from the NZJAS. I am extremely grateful for the financial support I received during the early stages of this project from the J. L. Stewart Foundation, the Asia New Zealand Foundation and the New Zealand Asian Studies Society. I have been the fortunate recipient of several grants from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington, and more recently, a Postdoctoral Fellowship within the School of Languages and Cultures at the same institution and a Colmar Brunton NZ Research Excellence Award have afforded me the opportunity to bring the project to its completion. The production of colour illustrations was made possible through a generous grant from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. Of the many people whose advice, assistance or support I have enjoyed since this study began in 2004, I would like to acknowledge in particular Bai Limin, James Beattie, Jonathan Chaves, Hamish Clayton, Stephen Epstein, Anne Gerritsen, Pauline Keating, Joy McDowall, Stefanie Michel, Shirley Pack, Tony Quinn, Monica Rogers and Lynette Shum. Staff at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin and at the Shanghai Library were extremely helpful during two research trips, and Naomi Eisenthal, formerly of Victoria University Library, devoted many hours to tracking down and sourcing a number of important texts in a language she did not understand. The judicious comments of Professors Geremie Barmé, John Minford and Brian Moloughney helped to refine earlier versions of the manuscript, and Michael Duckworth, Clara Ho and their colleagues at Hong Kong University Press worked with enthusiasm and professionalism to ensure that the project never stalled. I am, above all, grateful for the years of encouragement and guidance I have received from my friend, colleague and mentor Duncan Campbell, without which this book would have proved impossible. SM. Acknowledgements ...

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