This is of course sharing honor belonging to Sima Guang [the original author], but I did make two contributions: (1) I made recondite classical Chinese understandable, and (2) I have given Chinese--or foreigners interested in uncovering the splendor of Chinese history--a chance to gain a complete familiarity by reading just one work.
這當然是分享司馬光先生的榮耀，但我有兩點貢獻：一是我把深奧生澀的古文，不僅譯得明明白白，而且整理得整整齊齊。二是，這是一部寶藏，一個中國人，或希望知道中國精緻歷史的外國人，這部書供給他全部營養，沒有第二部書可以代替。