But just because the personal coloring was so strong, the music's original spirit was often lost: Beethoven turned into "Lee-thoven," as Hsu Ch'ang-hui says.
他心裡頗不服氣，評審老師許常惠為他分析失敗的原因，是他演奏貝多芬時沒有貝多芬的風格，而是「李」多芬，因為音樂中他個人色彩太濃，反而抓不到音樂原有的精神。