May 22, 2007: Gratitude of teachers and friends | 2007年5月22日: 师友恩

今天要感恩的是生命中给我教导的老师和朋友，最重要的可能是武术 的启蒙老师吴彬。他是个非常有智慧的教练，对我要求很严格 ，但没有把我当成他的私人财产。他找了很多老师教我 ，我在武术界十来年，教导过我的专业教练，加上民间的拳师 ，业余的老师，大约两三百人。比如教我第一拳的王金宝老师和教我 第一套刀的徐其成老师。在1975年全运会我们一起比赛 ，我拿了拳术第一，王金宝老师拿第二；我拿了刀术第一 ，徐其成老师拿第二；年轻的我当然很开心，我超越了老师 。但在四十多岁后的今天我再去回想，没有老师们宽大的心胸 ，愿意培养年轻人，又怎么会在三年后让我超过他们呢 ？就武术界本身，我要感激的人太多了。

起码有80%武术界的前辈同辈，都给过我关怀和鼓舞 。无私地把他们的知识灌输给我，没有他们的关怀指导 ，不会造就今天的李连杰。年轻时的我，常常想到这是自我的天分和 自己努力的结果。但现在想想，世界上任何事物，不可能是单一因素 组成的，来自他人的关怀是必不可少的，不可分割的。

在我十一岁发掘我的长城电影公司总经理傅奇先生，以及第一个指导 我拍戏的张鑫炎导演，他们共同给我第一个拍电影的机会 ，从此改变了我的一生。许多重要导演包括徐克袁和平 、元奎程小东等动作导演，一直伴随着我。还有幕前幕后工作人员 ，包括我公司的制作总监崔宝珠，我的知己——向华强夫妇,

包括近几年欧美的导演、制片、律师、经纪人、经理人 ，数不清的电影工作者，都给过我关怀帮助。当然还有全球的观众 ，几十年来看我电影的影迷，对我都有一种恩情，没有他们的支持 ，又怎么会有电影公司继续请我拍电影呢？这一点一滴加在一起 ，上千上万种因素加在一起才有今天的李连杰电影事业。

从小到大，我常受伤，那些照顾我的医生护士，在我受到人生重大打 击时，给我关怀。千万因素组合才有一个人的一生。简单的说就是武 术界的前辈们，电影界的前辈们，包括我小学的老师，全球的观众 ，照顾过我的医生们，当然也少不了我的哥哥姐姐，太太孩子们 ，要感激的太多！我很难一一去给予大家世俗的报答 ，但我会把从小到大受过的关怀，在我今后的慈善事业上 ，转换成报恩的心态，把关爱传递出去，用我的方法去感恩报答 ，回馈人类社会。

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Today I would like to express my gratitude to all those teachers and friends in my life.  The most important would have to be my martial arts teacher, Wu Bin.  He is a very wise coach and had extremely high expectations of me, but never treated me like his private property, always bringing in other teachers to help me.  I was active in the world of martial arts for over 10 years.  Those who have taught me, from professional coaches to civilian masters to part-time teachers, all total around two or three hundred.

For example, Mr. Wong Jin Bao taught me my very first long fist form.  Mr. Hsu Chi Cheng taught me my first broadsword form.  In the 1975 championship It took first in long fist and Mr. Wong took second.  I took first in broadsword and Mr. Hsu took second.  Being young, I was very happy to have surpassed my teachers.  But thinking back from my 40's, I realize that if those teachers weren't able to put aside their insecurities and help to cultivate a young man, then would there have been any possibilty I could have surpassed them 3 years later?

Just in the martial arts world alone I have so many people to thank.  About 80% of the martial artists in the generation before me, and those in my own generation, were very supportive of me, encouraging me, giving me their knowledge.  Without their caring guidance there would not be a Jet Li today.  When I was young I brashly believed that all I had achieved was due to my own talent and hard work, but if you stop to think about it there is nothing in this world that isn't accomplished without the influence of others.  You can't exclude the importance of other people's support and caring.

Mr. Fu Chi, the General Manager of the Great Wall Movie Company discovered me at the age of eleven.  Mr. Zhang XinYan was the first to direct me as an actor.  They both gave me my first on-screen opportunity, changing my life forever.  Many important directors, including Tsui Hark, Yuen Wu Ping, Cory Yuen, Cheng Siu-Tong, have been by my side for a long time.  There are those in front of and behind the scenes, cast and crew, including my company's supervisor, Chui Po Chu, my good friends Mr. & Mrs. Charles Heung.  And more recently, European directors, producers, lawyers, agents, managers, countless filmmakers -- all of them have given me support.

And of course the audience around the world, fans that have watched my movies for all these years; I have a lot of gratitude towards them all.  Without them, would any movie studio even be willing to hire me at all?  All of these things, each person, one droplet at a time, have come together to form the thousands of reasons why Jet Li's film career has been successful.

I've been injured many times in my life.  The doctors and nurses that took care of me during those difficult times gave me much care and encouragement. 

There are a thousands of reasons and situations that create an individual's life.  To put it in simpler terms, all of those teachers in the martial arts world, the movie industry, including my elementary school teachers, world wide fans, doctors and nurses that cared for me ... and of course my brothers, sisters, wife, children ... there are so many people to whom I wish to express my gratitude.

It's difficult to repay each of them individually, but I can give back all of the love and caring I've received since I was a child, putting it into my charity work from this point on.  Using the methods which are availableto me, I can repay all the loving care I've received, and with gratitude, share it and spread it back into society.