After the founding of the Republic in 1911, because of the confused condition of national affairs, he only returned to Tsuiheng for a short stay in May of 1913, and never returned again, dying in 1925.
民國成立後，因國事繁忙，也只有在民國二年五月，曾回翠亨小住，此後一直到民國十四年逝世前都沒有再回過故鄉。