《18》的出版离不开我全家人18年的关爱。我的爷爷一直相信着我和我的画，每当我想起他时，总能感受到他的慈爱，那份爷爷的回忆会永远相伴我成长。我更无法用言语感谢我妈妈为我所做的一切，妈妈，谢谢你!

　　我要感谢这本书的设计者姜庆共老师，他给予了我很多建议将所有的作品串联起来。还有帮助我出版这本书的褚大为老师。我也要特别感激刘丹叔叔为“踏云图卷”作序!与此同时拥抱加感谢我的英语老师Peggy，她帮助我将书中所有的文字翻译成英文。还有我妈妈的秘书朱丽娜姐姐，谢谢你帮我发邮件、打电话。

　　我还得向虹庙画廊的赵丹虹阿姨说谢谢，是她将姜老师和褚老师介绍给我，迈开了出版《18》的第一步。然后，谢谢始终关心我一举一动的曹众阿姨，她和麦华章社长希望帮我在香港策划一个小画展，感谢你们的好意。

　　最后我想还说，还有很多很多的人需要感谢，可惜页面不够了。我要真心谢谢我的老师们，好友们，还有所有在我这18年成长过程中帮助支持过我的人们，非常非常非常谢谢你们!

　　18 could not have been possible without the love and devotion of my family during 18 years. My grandpa always believed in me and my drawings. It is with deep felt emotion that I think of him now; his memory will be with me forever. There are not enough words to express my deep gratitude to my mother for all she has done for me. Mom, thank you!

　　I would like to thank Mr. Jiang Qing Gong who designed this book, and suggested many ideas to put it together, and to Mr. Zhu Da Wei who agreed to help publish my book. Also, special thanks to Mr. Liu Dan, for writing the Chinese introduction to Clouds Walking. A big hug and thank you to my English tutor and friend, Peggy Rosen, for her help with writing the English translations. And, thanks to Lina Zhu, my mom's personal assistant for all the emails and phone calls she made for me.

　　Thank you to Ms. Zhao Dan Hong, owner of a Shanghai art gallery, for introducing me to Mr. Jiang and Mr. Zhu, which made the first step of 18. Last, but not least, my love to JoJo Cao who has known me all my life. JoJo and Mr. Mai Hua Zhang would like to arrange an exhibition of my works some time in Hong Kong. Thanks to the both of you for this honor.

　　Finally, there are so many more people to thank, but there is not enough room on this page. So many thanks to all my teachers, friends, and anybody else who has helped me and supported me during these, my 18 years.