Qiu Jin
Qiu Jin was executed in 1907. Four months after her execution, Wu Zhiying send a message to Xu Zihua to discuss the process of Qiu Jin's wish to be buried in Xiling and to help arrange her funeral. Several thousand people came and it turned into a public protest. Both Xu Zihua and the other chief mourner, Wu Zhiying, were on the Qing government's wanted list. Still, Xu Zihua continued to compose poems and essays in Qiu Jin's memory. During this process, her daughter became ill with Diphtheria. The tragedy Xu Zihua encountered greatly affected her health in both body and spirit. Her life after meeting Qiu Jin was dedicated to the revolutionary cause and to writing poetry about ideology and about parting with her daughter and her best friend Qiu Jin. Her poetry is collected in "Xu Zihua shiwen ji".