of China every day was continually disrupted by the foreign authorities, until it was violently put down by White Russian mercenaries. The Japanese and Wang Jingwei's collaborationist government attempted to persuade Xie and the other prisoners to collaborate with them; the Japanese offered to allow the Settlement to free the prisoners on the condition that they disarm and leave Shanghai as refugees, but Xie refused. When Wang invited him to be the chief of staff for his army, he refused as well, stating "my parents are Chinese and their son also is Chinese. Chinese are never slaves." Death On the morning of 24 April 1941, Xie was assassinated by Sergeant Hao Dingcheng and three other soldiers who had been bribed by the collaborationist government. All four attackers were immediately caught. More than 100,000 people turned up for his funeral and he was posthumously promoted to major general. Personal life Xie married Ling Weicheng (凌維誠) in 1929, and had two sons and two daughters: Youmin (幼民), Jimin (繼民), Xuefen (雪芬) and Lanfen (蘭芬). Legacy Xie Jinyuan's body was interred in a small garden along Singapore Road (now Yuyao Road) where his bunk used to be. In 1947 the Shanghai city government renamed Jiaoyuan Park, where the soldiers lived, to Jinyuan Park, and renamed an elementary school in the vicinity 12th District Jinyuan National Elementary School. The road to the west of the warehouse was renamed Jinyuan Road. His grave was destroyed by Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution. On 16 April 1983, Xie's grave was moved to the Wanguo Public Mausoleum. In the same year, the barracks area was rebuilt and named Jinyuan Alley. In March 1986 the city council of Xie's hometown, Jiaoling, Guangdong, set up a monument in his honour, and his alma mater Jiankeng Elementary School was renamed Jinyuan Elementary School. In 2005, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Chinese victory in the Second Sino-Japanese War, as well as the Allied victory in World War II, China Telecom released a set of themed telephone cards. One card featured Sihang Warehouse and Xie Jinyuan. See also 800 Heroes Song References People of the Northern Expedition Chinese military personnel of World War II Chinese military personnel killed in World War II Members of the Kuomintang National Revolutionary Army generals from Guangdong Whampoa Military Academy alumni 1905 births 1941 deaths Recipients of the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun