| Leslie Cheung – The Diamond of First Water |
| The Only Artiste Whose Inner Beauty Shines With Radiance |
| Leslie Cheung is the only human being who is close to perfect in this world. |
| There are numerous fine-looking artistes who are talented and have natural gifts. All these artistes shine but not like a sparkling diamond. Leslie is the only one who deserves to be called 'The Diamond of First Water'. |
| Leslie Cheung is the only outstanding figure among numerous artistes. He is the best of the best. He is not only perfect in every aspect in art but also perfect as a person. The more you get to know about him, the more you will love him. |
| Many Korean fans have kept on addressing him as 'The Royal Prince', 'The Gentleman of Hong Kong' or 'The Little Prince' from the late 80's when he had gained great popularity in Korea. My reason of loving him at first sight was his brilliantly-handsome appearance. But the main reason why I have loved him continuously for fifteen years was mainly due to his inner beauty. As I grew to love him more, I realized that his radiance was originated from his inner world. |
| Leslie had never been born as a fortunate person. To get to his current superstar status, he had experienced all sorts of difficulties. His success was mainly due to the blood and tears that he had shed which nobody has ever known. |
| Leslie was born in a big family. He had seldom lived with his parents and therefore, he was constantly lack of parental care and love. As a result, Leslie's young heart had suffered negligence and indifference from his parents. His childhood was spent in loneliness, with few close bonds with his family members except his eldest sister and his nanny, Luk-cher. He had spent his adolescence studying abroad in London. In a foreign country, I guess that he, as a young and shy Oriental, had probably spent his days alone. |
| Due to his father's illness, Leslie had to return to Hong Kong before he could graduate. He has then participated in a singing competition and won the second prize. He began to taste the sweetness and bitterness of life until he became famous in the entertainment industry. Even after he had become famous, he has always taken unfair criticizms from others silently and immersed himself in serious acting and singing as a result. Leslie had always put his heart and soul in all his works and that's why his movies and songs have always touched the chords in numerous hearts of his fans. |
| Leslie has always shown his true heart regardless of how others had treated him. Even after he had succeeded, he got through unjustified, tough and hard ordeals because of jealousy and envy from others. Even though he had received insults and unfair treatment, he had reciprocated by giving warm concern and deep consideration for others. He had indeed channeled his sad solitude and loneliness into deep love for people around him. He has always offered a helping hand with sensitive thoughtfulness to those in difficulties even though they were strangers to him. As I look deep into his eyes, I could sense his inner warmth and pureness that can hardly be found in human beings. His smiles gave warmth to others and his acting and songs have always left a deep impression in the public's mind that would remind oneself of an angelic purity in it. That's why most of his fans still address him as 'The White Angel'. In fact, his soul resembles to that of a heavenly angel right from the beginning, and thus, he was never quite fit to live in this mundane world. |
| What Leslie has left for us is not only his films or songs but his genuine love of art. This love was originated from his deep pains and sorrows, which were concealed by him for a long period of time which nobody could understand. The reason why Leslie shines in my mind is because he had devoted his pureness and truth through his work of art. |
| I am proud to say that the love that Leslie had left in this world will never fade in our memory. It will always be cherished till the day we meet him in Heaven again. |
| Now that he had returned to his own world - Heaven, I hope he will rest in peace forever. |
| Leslie Cheung, the greatest artiste in the world, whom I only love and will live forever in my heart. |
| Legend to be continued... Leslie Cheung. |
- Kingka Kwok Young from Korea