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This book has benefited from the generous assistance and support of many individuals and institutions. The study leading to this book began at the University of Hawaii at Manoa when I was a graduate student. I have had wonderful teachers: Roger Ames, Jack Bilmes, Fred Blake, Nina Etkin, Allen Howard, Thomas Maretzki, Anthony Marsella, Gregory Maskarinec, and Geoffrey White. They have directly and indirectly contributed to the formation of many ideas in this book. I owe special thanks to Fred Blake, the chair of my dissertation committee, whose guidance and encouragement saw me through the arduous process of dissertation writing, and to Roger Ames, who read the manuscript several times and whose critical comments are largely responsible for the improvement of the present book from the original dissertation. Several other people have read the entire or parts of the manuscript at its different stages. John DeFrancis meticulously went over my bilingual transcript of the clinical interaction and offered detailed corrections and suggestions; Judith Farquhar read and commented on an earlier version of the chapter on zhongyi clinical classifications; and Louis Bregger at Clemson University proofread the entire manuscript at least twice. My colleague, Joan Bridgwood, helped with the final proofreading of the book. I am thankful for their assistance.