 He was finally released by the CCP in 1979, but he refused to leave prison unless his name was cleared. Finally, Mingdao was tricked by the government into leaving the prison in 1980. By then, he was deaf, nearly blind, had lost all of his teeth, and even so, still, he returned to preaching. He lived the rest of his life in Shanghai with his wife and son until he died in 1991. Mingdao's life is an example of living faithful to Christ under the worst circumstances –