Such a life made him a climbing legend in the eyes of local climbers, who usually heard nothing more of him than "Hsing Tien-cheng has returned," or "Hsing has gone back into the mountains."
那時，在年輕的登山者印象中，他則是神龍見首不見尾、常年出入高山的英雄人物；只偶而聽說「邢天正回來了」、「邢天正又上山了」，充滿了神秘與光彩﹘ ﹘喜愛登山的電信總局技術處組長李希聖回憶。