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and Andrew Krieger, in the registrar's office, who organized and supervised the packing and
shipping of the works; Mark A. Leithauser, Donna Kwederis, Gordon Anson, John Olson, and
Bill Bowser, department of design and installation; Joseph Krakora, Sandy Masur, Ruth
Anderson Coggeshall, and Melissa McCracken, office of external affairs; Philip C. Jessup, Jr.,
Nancy R. Breuer, and Montrue V. Conner, office of the secretary-general counsel; Deborah
Ziska and Nancy Starr, information office, and Faya Causey, department of academic programs,
who organized the symposium.
The process of assembling this catalogue presented enormous challenges. Twenty-four specialists
in Chinese art and archaeology agreed to contribute texts, despite our schedule. Their
wide-ranging scholarship has enriched our understanding of the history of ancient China and
the experience of many thousands of readers and visitors to the exhibition. We are grateful to
Richard M. Barnhart, Albert E. Dien, Lothar von Falkenhausen, Louisa G. Fitzgerald-Huber,
Donald Harper, David N. Keightley, Ladislav Kesner, Michael Knight, Dieter Kuhn, Colin
Mackenzie, Elinor L Pearlstein, Jessica Rawson, Edward L. Shaughnessy, Zhixin Sun, Robert L.
Thorp, Alain Thote, Roderick Whitfield, and Xia Mingcai. We are especially fortunate to be able
to publish essays by Professors Su Bai, Yu Weichao, Zhang Zhongpei, Zou Heng, and Xu Pingfang,
who are among the most senior and foremost archaeologists in China. In the selection and collection
of photographs and illustrations for the catalogue, I was assisted by Misses and Messrs.
Fan Shenyan, Gua Dashun, Wu En, Wang Shimin, Feng Haozhang, Huang Qingchang, and Peng
Hao; I also thank Messrs. Gao Wei and Wang Jihuai for supplying critical excavation data.
The production of the catalogue was a joint effort by the editors office at the National
Gallery of Art, and the department of Asian art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. In Washington,
I am grateful to Frances Smyth, Mary Yakush, Chris Vogel, Charles Dibble, Jennifer Wahlberg,
Maria Shay, Margaret Bauer, Allison Needle, and Andrew Christenson. Ms. Yakush skillfully managed
the editorial side and ensured that the contributions would be consistent, in collaboration
with Mr. Dibble. Mr. Vogel created an elegant design. In Kansas City, I am grateful to Yuling
Huang, Lingen Lu, Jason Steuber, Theresa Stock, Zhijun Zhao, and Dan Chaffee. While they all
shared duties and gathered information for the authors, Jason Steuber was my principal aide,
assisting in all communications; compiling the English bibliography; and performing countless
essential tasks. I thank Zhijun for translating Professor Zhang Zhongpei s article; Lingen for
translating the contributions by Professors Su Bai, Yu Weichao, Zou Heng, and Xu Pingfang, and
compiling the concordance; Yuling for compiling the Chinese bibliography and translating Mr.
Zhang Wenbin s foreword, Theresa for her multi-faceted administrative work, Dan for creating
drawings of some of the works exhibited, and Wang Hui for her assistance at the later stages.
To all those who have helped bring our project to its successful conclusion, I extend my
deepest gratitude.
Xiaoneng Yang
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