Just after dinner, in the living room of his second-floor apartment, Li T'ung ch'un pointed to a blown-up color stage photo from a Kuan Kung opera and exclaimed in the loud, clear voice of a Peking opera actor, "It hasn't been easy, let me tell you. In 1981 we even got ourselves put on a postage stamp!"
他與「小楊猴」楊小樓同樣師承同光年間名武生俞菊笙，卻各就天賦、風格迥異，皆有極高成就。不過，尚的舞台運略遜於楊，他與李永利談著談著，終生感慨，說了句：「長坡、連環套，我比不了小楊猴兒；然則鐵籠山、豔陽樓，他比不了我！」