Translator’s Notes

• Highlighted text indicates text where I am not confident in the translation.

• [Bracketed text] contains additional words that help to clarify the meaning of the literal translation.

• Some chapters begin with an overview of a particular time period, and then it follows with a detailed story of a particular event. These stories were noted in the original text by the ※ character at the beginning of the passage, such as:

※※※※※

• I have also included shading to help highlight these stories.

• There were no images provided with the text, so I have added images of officials and locations to help give context to the text.

• Sources or notes for some of the translations are noted on the left side of the page.

• I have tried to stick as close to a literal translation as possible, which sometimes results in awkward English grammar, because I don’t want to lose any of the author’s meaning. However, sometimes the sentences are really long, so I have broken those into shorter sentences.

• This autobiography was included in the memorial collection honoring Chen Pan Ling after his death. The book was published in 1970 and can be viewed at familysearch.org/search/catalog/1073345.