Though he failed, and was forced to become a hermit to avoid persecution by the Mongols, his descendants successfully overthrew the Yuan dynasty and founded the Ming Dynasty which followed it.
他帶著家眷和部屬逃到福建安溪，墾田訓民，後來因怕元兵緝剿，便改裝為佛教僧徒，周遊閩越，號召各方誌士起來反抗異族統治。終因事敗而潛回安溪清水岩隱世。他的第三代孫子，秉承先祖的漢族精神，跟從朱元璋揭竿起義，推翻元朝。