For the rest of his life, Shih Chien would devote his energy to providing relief for beggars, writing such books as What Is a Beggar?, A Theory of Eradicating Begging, and life in the Society of Beggars. He died in 1944, when he was 45.
施乾一生專注乞丐救濟工作，著有「什麼是乞丐」、「乞食撲滅論」、「乞食社會的生活」等書，一九四四年逝世，享年四十五歲。