Destruction and Sorrow beneath the Heavens: Reportage

Acknowledgements

This book could have never come about without the unforgettable and irreplaceable assistance of Dr Surányi György and Dr. Joachim Sartorius; as well as that of Marguerite and Cäsar Menz, Dr Jörg Henle and Ginka Tscholakowa, Dr Barbara and Wolfgang Sietz, Dr Eva and Frederic Haldimann, Doris and Franklin Chow, Christine Hürlimann, Marika Heller, Frank Berberich, the Zuger Kulturstiftung, Dr Hanna Widrig and Dr Heinz A. Hertach; andYang Lian, Tang Xiaodu, Xie Zhimin, Zeng Laide, Ouyang Jianghe, Xi Chuan, Wang Xiaolin, Yang Qinghua, Tang Hu, Varga Mariann, Chen Xianfa, Xiao Hai, Lai Guoliang, Liu Huali, Fang Peihe, Ji Yinjian, Yao Luren, Jiang Yuqing, Rong Rong, Wu Xianwen, Gong Liefei and Abbot Pinghui.

The author particularly wishes to express his thanks for the truly invaluable suggestions and advice as well as the interpretation of extraordinarily difficult texts, of Professor Barnabás Csongor and Mária Ferenczy, as well as — for their heroic translations of the Chinese texts — Yu Zemin, Évá Kalman and Dorka Kopcsányi, just as he thanks them gratefully for their editorial work; in addition, to Gergely Salát for the preparation of the notes; and, last but not least, Zoltán Hafner, the editor of the original Hungarian edition of this volume, whose support for the creation of this work went far beyond the usual editorial tasks.