Old photos of Dai Li’s tomb, General Dai Yunong’s tomb is written by Wu Zhihui
The stone used in Dai Li's tomb is high-quality granite shipped from Suzhou, and Shen Zui was in charge of the construction at that time.The entire cemetery is about 1,500 square meters. The tomb is rectangular and inlaid with granite around it. A granite tombstone is erected in front of the tomb. The inscription "Tomb of General Dai Yunong" is written by Wu Zhihui, a veteran of the Kuomintang.Dai Li's tomb is very luxurious and imposing. There is a stone table for worship in front of the stele, and stone benches on both sides. The tomb passage is made of cement and surrounds it left and right.Has now been destroyed.
In early August 1946, Chiang Kai-shek went to Zhigong Hall, Dai Li's temporary cemetery, to pay his last tribute to him.The Chairman accompanied Song Meiling. After asking Mao Renfeng if he had found a suitable place to bury the body, he and his wife began to walk towards Linggu Temple.Mrs. Jiang couldn't walk much because of her high-heeled sandals, so the two returned.
Two weeks later, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Renfeng inspected the martyrs cemetery behind the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum outside Nanjing, and then went down the mountain to find the best place for Dai Li.Chiang personally selected a burial place for his entourage.Chiang Kai-shek, a Christian who has always been considered to never leave the Bible, pointed to a place to the east of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum with an air of expert in Feng Shui, and explained that this was the best place to bury Dai Li's coffin. Everyone was very surprised by this.
Milton Mellors requested permission to attend Dai Li's funeral, but General George C. Marshall, aware of the impending civil war between the Nationalists and the Communists, forbade him to attend officially.So Melles took the train from Shanghai to Nanjing in casual clothes to witness his friend's funeral.He then wrote to Dai Li's mother, expressing his "deepest sorrow" at hearing of the death of "my eldest brother, General Dai Li":
At the end of the letter, he proposed with his wife Emma that he would be responsible for the education of General Dai's adopted daughter Shuzhi in the United States.
When Melles visited Dai Li's grave on March 27, 1947, he paid his last condolences to him.On that day, he solemnly planted two plum trees at the entrance of this huge mausoleum. In 1949, when Communist forces dug Dai Li's grave and destroyed his remains, the two trees were also uprooted. Four years later, Pan Qiwu, Dai Li's former subordinate, wrote to Melles from Taiwan: "To commemorate our deceased leader, we built a memorial hall on a hillside not far from Taipei. At its entrance, I will plant a memorial hall for you. Two plum trees fell."
