Acknowledgments

ac k now l e dg m e n ts we began this proj ect in 2018 and have incurred numerous debts of gratitude since then.The proj ect that initiated this collaboration was a fellowship for Brian at the Collaborative Innovation Center for Confucian Civilization at Shandong University.That was followed by a Fulbright for Brian at National Taiwan University.We are grateful to the faculty, staff, students, and administrators of both universities for their warm welcome and assistance, and to the Fulbright program for the opportunity to build new relationships and renew old ones.We are grateful also to the University of Michigan's Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies for providing a subvention to cover the cost of indexing this book.We are also grateful to the university for providing Brian the status to access the Center's resources, as well as those of the university's vast library.The library systems of Eastern Michigan University, Shandong University, and National Taiwan University have likewise been indispensable, as has the university interlibrary loan system.Liangyu Fu at the University of Michigan library deserves special thanks for always being ready to suggest resources and to help troubleshoot broken links and glitchy database connections.The following databases were also indispensable: Chinese Text Proj ect (ctext .