Why is Si Tuleideng buried in China?

Si Tuleideng made a will and asked Fu Jingbo to bury his ashes next to his wife's grave if possible after his death.

On August 1955 and 1 day, Si Tuleideng left a will, which mentioned, "I ordered my body to be cremated. If possible, my ashes should be buried in the cemetery of yenching university in Beiping, China, next to my wife's body; I also ordered that if such a burial certificate is impossible, the above ashes can be buried anywhere else. "

Brief introduction of Si Tuleideng's life:

Si Tuleideng (1876— 1962) was an American Presbyterian missionary and diplomat. 1876 was born in Hangzhou in June, and his parents were American missionaries in China. /kloc-began to preach in China in 0/904, and participated in the establishment of Hangzhou Yu Ying Academy (later known as Zhijiang University). 1906, Si Tuleideng's only son, Jack, was also born in Hangzhou. 1908, at the invitation of Jinling Theological Seminary, Si Tuleideng left Hangzhou with his wife and children. 19 19 has been the principal and school administrator of yenching university. 1946 served as the U.S ambassador to China, and 1949 left China in August.

1962, died of illness. Fu Jingbo went to Beijing twice in 1973 and 1984, and both proposed to the relevant departments to bury the ashes in Yan Garden. 1June, 1986, with the approval of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Xuezhen, director of the School Affairs Committee of Peking University, wrote a letter agreeing to bury Si Tuleideng's ashes in Linhuxuan in the name of the former president of yenching university. "I didn't expect a group of' Marxist-Leninist old ladies' to jointly oppose it, so things had to be shelved." Wang Baiqiang, an alumnus of Yanda University, recalled that some people jointly wrote letters against burial.

In 2008, the spirit of Si Tuleideng, who had been away from China for 60 years, returned to Hangzhou, China under the watchful eyes of American Ambassador to China Reid, yenching university alumni and Hangzhou citizens. On June165438+1October 17, the ashes of former American Ambassador to China Si Tuleideng were buried in Hangzhou Anxian Garden. The tombstone reads: "Si Tuleideng, 1876- 1962, the first headmaster of yenching university."

Refer to the above? Baidu Encyclopedia-Si Tuleideng

Baidu Encyclopedia-Si Tuleideng Tomb