It also contains a number of notes by the author, in the guise of a fictional editor, giving additional historical information on the events described.

Several of them contained woodcuts and etchings by the author.

It contains an introduction by the author.

These collections contain introductions and explanatory passages by the author.

The second edition contains a new preface by the author.

The book contains eight illustrations by the author as well as a diagram of the Monastery where the action takes place.

The book contains short works of fiction by the author spanning much of his writing career, having originally been published from 1939 to 1993.

The book contains twelve illustrations and a map of Canton by the author.

The book contains eight illustrations and a map, all by the author.

The book contains many drawings by the author and 32 pages of black-and-white photographs in the first edition.