in the first place rather than telling us what they say; though this was a task which Conze continued to perform alongside his tireless translation activities, as his many books and articles clearly attest. Moreover, pioneer translators of Buddhist texts historically have often been said to produce “translationese” or what has been called "Buddhist Hybrid Sinitic" or "Buddhist Hybrid Chinese" in their quest to produce reliable translations that remain true to their source language. Contemporaries such as Jan Willem de Jong and Edward Bastian, lauded Conze’s scholarly abilities. De Jong emphasized Conze’s work as translator of the Prajñāpāramitā as his most enduring legacy, while the influential British religious studies scholar Trevor Ling called Conze’s “lucid exposition of Buddhist ideas…unrivalled.” Even Alex Wayman, Conze’s sometimes sparring partner, expressed his appreciation both for Conze’s translations and his essays elucidating the Mahayana, and especially the relationship between Madhyamika and Prajñāpāramitā thought. Lewis Lancaster, one of Conze's earliest American students who studied with him at the University of Wisconsin in 1963, along with Luis Gómez, who met Conze when they were both teaching at the University of Washington in 1967, edited Conze's Festschrift, Prajñāpāramitā and Related Systems: Studies in Honor of Edward Conze. In reflections on a life in Buddhist Studies, retiring professor Charles Prebish said "Edward Conze, Leon Hurvitz, Alex Wayman, and a few others, were amongst the meanest individuals in academe [sic]. While they were utterly brilliant scholars, they seemed to take real delight in humiliating students rather than encouraging them." Conze's legacy does not include a host of scholars and students continuing to work on the Prajñāpāramitā texts. On the contrary only a handful of scholars now work on this literature and much of their output is published exclusively in Japanese. And yet, scholars working in Buddhist studies and on the Prajñāpāramitā literature in the decades following Conze’s death continue to cite him admiringly. While not hesitating to correct his work in light of further research, Jan Nattier refers to him as “the great pioneer of Prajñāpāramitā studies whose work has contributed so much to the understanding of this literature in the West.” Conze’s work is extensively cited in the Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism article on “Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras” as indispensable for the study of this genre. The author, Stefano Zacchetti, while by no means uncritical, states that “Conze’s work represents a considerable achievement and provides a convenient introduction to this immense