 Li Ching-Yuen died in Kai County in 1933.In 1928, Dean Wu Chung-chien of the Department of Education at Min Kuo University, discovered the imperial documents showing these birthday wishes to Li Qingyun.His discovery was first reported in the two leading Chinese newspapers of that period, "North China Daily News" and "Shanghai Declaration News," and then maybe one year later, potentially in 1929 by "The New York Times" and "Time" magazine.