Bao wrote:and that the author "praise" himself sound quite strange. i thought higher of LYX
I guess I would need to compare it with the Chinese original in order to judge if there is praise or merely a statement. Li was regarded as YCF's best and most gifted student so it would be somewhat odd to leave himself out describing his classmates different takes on fajin. He doesn't say that he is better than someone else and what he says about himself is very much the same as others said about him, that he was very hard to follow and released fajin suddenly without any notice.
The translator did no service to Lee sifu. Only about half of what Lee wrote is translated. Lee sifu actually sounded very humble. and said that because he didn't start early enough and that he was without much talent, his accomplishment was not very deep. There are other missing bits and info as well.