Biography
Most will remember him as the Monk from Enter The Dragon, who wants Bruce Lee to go to the "Martial Arts Tournament" and stop Han (Shek Kein) from his evil ways. He's played in countless movies, sometimes showing martial-arts skills, and other times just showing great acting skills. He won the "Best Actor Award" in 1995 for the movie Summer Snow. He got his first break in 1959 with the movie Tragedy Of Love, co-starring opposite of veteran actress Wang Lai.
Not only was he great actor, but he was an accomplished pilot like Shaw Bros' star Wang Hsieh (He crashed his plane in the 70's, but escaped with minor injuries). Well-known in the film industry, he was good friends with Hsu Feng and King Hu. He was also friends with the late Bruce Lee, whom I feel admired him for his acting abilities. The fact that achieved success without, compromising himself by lowering the standard of his work, when he represented the Chinese on the screen. He died of Congested Heart Failure on April 16, 1999.