A Tribute to Mr. Nylon Deng (Cheng Nan-jung)

Memorial poster featuring a black-and-white sketch of a man's head in profile on the right, with Chinese text about remembrance, a date and time (2015/4/7 晚上7點), a venue address in Chinese, and a red blood-splatter graphic with a name and the years 1947–1989 in the lower-right corner.

Because he burned away all the cowardice in the world for us, we have no right not to be brave.

Because he burned away all the cowardice in the world for us, we have no right to forget.

People say he did not love life enough — but I would ask: what does it mean to love life?

Group of people gathered in a city park at night, some standing and taking photos with smartphones, others seated, under warm street lights.

April 7, 2015

Because he burned away all the cowardice in the world for us, we have no right not to be brave.

Because he burned away all the cowardice in the world for us, we have no right to forget.

Young woman speaks into a microphone while standing on a city sidewalk at night, as a man in a suit sits nearby and others watch.

Shih Mi-na Delivering a Speech in Tribute to Mr. Nylon Deng , 2015

“We must remind ourselves: when we are abandoned by our times, when we are betrayed by our own companions, when the whole world turns against us, there was a man who, through his life, told us that this world is worth believing in, worth loving, worth being brave for, and worth enduring unimaginable suffering for.”

Evening outdoor talk with a man in a suit speaking into a microphone to an audience; a framed portrait rests on an easel beside him.

Yang Hsien-hung Delivering a Speech in Tribute to Mr. Nylon Deng, 2015

Young woman stands in front of a wall covered with newspapers and a large portrait, part of a memorial with candles and flowers nearby.

Shih Mi-na Paying Tribute to Mr. Nylon Deng , 2015

Young person in a dark coat sits beside a memorial shrine lit by candles and red flowers.

Shih Chia Paying Tribute to Mr. Nylon Deng, 2015

Woman speaking into a microphone at a street memorial wall covered with newspaper clippings and a large portrait,”,

Jessica Gina Chen Shih Delivering a Speech in Tribute to Mr. Nylon Deng

Young man stands before a wall of newspaper clippings with a large portrait and candles/flowers nearby in a memorial display.

Huang Chong-ming Paying Tribute to Mr. Nylon Deng

Young woman with long dark hair in a white shirt and patterned tie, standing before a wall of newspapers and a large black-and-white poster.

We pay tribute to Mr. Nylon Deng , whose life serves as an example for us all, reminding us never to forget that to live, one must have the courage to face death.

Man in a tuxedo holding a lit candle in a paper cup during an outdoor vigil.

Remember that, in this disappointing and corrupt era, there was once a brave man like him.

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