Wong Mou-lam(1886-1934) was from Guangdong, China. He completed the first published English translation ofThe Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarchin 1930. Mou-lam also translatedThe Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui Neng,two of the most treasured works of Buddhist literature, the first of which is considered the oldest existing printed book in the world. A. F. Priceis the translator of the ancient and revered Zen Buddhist scripturesThe Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng.In her bookEmbracing Illusion- Truth and Fiction in the Dream of the Nine Clouds, author Francisca Cho praised Price'swork for its "readability and faithfulness to Kumarajiva's Chinese translation." W. Y. Evans-Wentz(1878-1965) was an American author and anthropologist. Evans-Wentz was an innovator in the study of Tibetan Buddhism, whose work helped to introduce Tibetan Buddhism to Western culture. While best known for publishing an early English translation ofThe Tibetan Book of the Dead, he translated many other significant Tibetan texts and wrote the foreword toThe Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui-neng. Christmas Humphreys(1901-1983) took an interest in Buddhism at a young age and founded the Buddhist Society inLondon in 1924. The Buddhist Society is now the biggest and oldest Buddhist organization inEurope. In 1945, he expressed his interest in world Buddhism in his famous "Twelve Principles of Buddhism." He is the author ofBuddhism- An Introduction and GuideandA Western Approach to Zen, among others.