The Translator: Chung Wu received his Ph.D. in biochemistry and was Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Michigan. He is a frequent contributor to the arts and literature edition of the Central Daily News in Taipei, Taiwan, and he has published many essays in various monographs as well as entries in Collier's Encyclopedia and Encyclopedia Americana. Wu is also the author of The Essentials of the Yi Jing (I Ching) (2003) and An Advanced System for Playing Mahjong (1976).