Abstract: To flee the ferocity of the Japanese soldiers, Wu Mei, a master playwright and poet, traveled a long, exhausting and dangerous journey westward before finally arriving in Yunnan. With a rapidly deteriorating health, he went to Liqitun Village, Dayao County and stayed at the home of Li Yiping, a student of his, where he lived his last two months, peaceful but stricken by miserable emotions. It was here that he wrote or finished some of his last works. He left a will and a lot of letters that showed his spiritual state as an unhinged passionate poet in his last days. To comfort his regretful soul, his remains were finally returned to Suzhou, his hometown, and buried after a long long wait.

Key words: the period of the resistance war against Japanese aggression (1937-45), Wu Mei's death of illness, Li Yiping, Liqitun Village, Dayao County, historical memory