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Sun Yow "Morris" Hwang

Sechelt, BC, Canada
April 22, 1948 - February 2, 2021
Apr 22, 1948 - Feb 2, 2021
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Uncle Morris, thank you for all the precious moments you have given to me and my family when we first immigrated to Canada. Rest In Peace. ✨
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My sincere condolences to Grace, Aaron, and the extended Hwang family. I will very much miss seeing Morris sitting in front of me at church. He always smiled warmly and would be the first to shake hands after the service. He told me not long ago that my mom, years ago, complimented on his strong singing voice and encouraged him to sing more. I’m certain he will be singing and rejoicing with the heavenly hosts 🎼 🎶
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Morris wrote a book 《词韵荟萃》. He was a hard working, hard studying person.
In the weekends, he attended Church Services, and attended Choir's rehearsals. Also, he used weekends’ rest time studying a lot of Chinese classical poetry books and writing down his research as this book(500pages) in public library. As in the Introduction of the book he said： one can choose one' s life. Following are the words in the Introduction of the book:

前言
中国古典文学大师、加拿大籍华人叶嘉瑩教授曾在其著作中介绍了西方人本主义哲学家，Abraham Maslow 的一观念 self actualization ，叶教授将这专用名词译为 : 完成自我。并说人生要做到完成自我。此话要怎样理解呢? 我把它換成一具体的说法 : 人要 活出 " 打桥牌 " 的人生。

玩过纸牌游戏的人都会有这感觉 : 几乎在每种游戏中，拿到好牌者就是赢家 ; 唯打桥牌不尽然。打桥牌游戏中，即使执有好牌，但叫不出应达到的定约，或叫出了定约但打不成定约，就有可能输给对家。相反的，若执到较差的牌，仍能叫出应有的部分定约并完成这定约，就是赢家。

人生也好像桥牌游戏一样，有的人会拿到好牌，具有做 " 成局 " 、或者 " 小满贯 " 甚至 " 大滿贯 " 。有的人会拿到相对较差的牌，充其量只能叫 " 一个梅花 " 或者 " pass " 。然而能做到 " 完成自我 " 的人生不在于拿到什么样的牌，而在于怎样发挥手中所执的牌。

现实生活中不乏能 " 完成自我 " 的例子。兹举出数例以阐之。
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三国魏文帝曹丕在其 [ 典论-论文］中说 " 年寿有时而尽，荣乐止乎其身，二者至之常期，未若文章之无穷 "。也在其 [ 与吴质书 ]中 说 : " 美志不遂，良可痛惜 " 。

盖在上所述的触动下，结合这些年来读写古典诗词的感觉、萌生出对词韵作归类编排工作，以方便阅读，或能供词作滋生灵感。故写这《词韵荟萃》，望能传之同好。

《词韵荟萃》黄燊 耀
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Rest in peace , Morris. Until that resurrection morning we will meet again,and we will see the the coming of the Lord.
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曾经在张牧师家和Morris 下围棋和象棋，一起吃晚餐。印象中他温文尔雅，待人和善，乐于助人。
愿Morris 永享天家。
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Sorry to hear of Morris passing...He was very friendly and a good chess player. He will be missed. May the Lord pave the way for his afterlife.
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Oh how I wished we had more time with him!
I love the photo of him going over the boards at Scotiabank Arena. Though I was not able to be there to welcome him on his visit to Toronto, I am glad to see that he enjoyed his time there.
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Morris was a great guy. Always very pleasant and smiling. My condolences to his family.
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Sechelt, BC, Canada
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With his fiance, Siming. Fun …
2019, Lake Louise, AB, Canada
With his fiance, Siming. Fun fact: that's my jacket from high school he's wearing. Glad one of us got to take a girl on a date with it.
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He used to tell me hockey was…
He used to tell me hockey was too pugilistic, then he became a huge Kevin Bieksa fan. The irony.
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...who knew he was such a fan?
2019
...who knew he was such a fan?
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One day we'll win a cup....
2019, Rogers Arena, Griffiths Way, Vancouver, BC, Canada
One day we'll win a cup....
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黄大哥一路好走
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This is one of our annual concert video where you may see some of the close up shots of Morris Hwang, who is the fourth one from the right at the back row.
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Morris (3rd person from right…
2017, Taiwan
Morris (3rd person from right at last row) and Choir rehearsals before performance
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Morris at Taipei Theatre
2017, Taiwan
Morris at Taipei Theatre
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Morris love the Chinese art 书法
2017, Taiwan
Morris love the Chinese art 书法
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Morris
2017, Taiwan
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Morris （left 2nd person) and …
2017, Taiwan 阿里山
Morris （left 2nd person) and friends
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2017, Taiwan 阿里山
Morris (2nd person from right at last row) and the Choir members
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