The remaining works include "The Besieged City"; the Jingmen compiled the manuscripts, and in 1939 Zhonghua Book Company published "The Posthumous Volumes of Qing Dao Ren", which consists of four volumes of essays, poems, postscripts and calligraphy. During the Revolution of 1911, Ruiqing served as chief envoy for a time. On the day of the liberation of Nanjing, not only did he not escape, but he also "sealed the vassal treasury and accumulated hundreds of thousands of funds", which was taken over by the Nanjing government. Later, he abandoned his official position and lived in Shanghai. His family was poor, and dozens of elderly and weak people depended on him for food. He often went without food, so he sold calligraphy and paintings to support himself so as not to eat too much. People at home and abroad know about him, and there is an endless stream of people who seek his calligraphy and painting, and those who study under him. People in the Japanese calligraphy circle came across the sea and rushed to buy them. Even today, his calligraphy works are printed and published as calligraphy stickers.
Li Ruiqing is also good at poetry and writing. His poems are ancient and desolate, with a strong legacy of Cao Mengde. He is especially famous for his quatrains, which are sad, beautiful and moving. "Manuscript of Qing History" states: "Rui Qing poetry originated from Han and Wei, and later involved Tao and Xie." In the classical poetry circle during the Guangxu and Xuantong years of the Qing Dynasty, he was a very active poet. He was once mentioned by Wang Guoyuan in "Guang (Xu) In "Xuan (Tong) Poetry Circle Point General Record", he was named Tianxianxing Ruyunlong Gongsun Sheng. Chen Keyi once wrote a poem to praise him: "How long have I been traveling to and from Jinling? I have heard for a long time that people say that Li Mei is crazy. How many celebrities cross the river know, and they compete to recite Linchuan ancient style poems." It can be seen that his poems have a great influence. His writing is based on Zhuangzi and Ma Qian of the Taishi Company. He records events in a concise and vivid way, and can "express his feelings, be sarcastic and insulting, and convey a sense of wonder and weirdness." He also has the demeanor of everyone. In addition, Li Ruiqing is also proficient in philology, epigraphic textual research, and identification of calligraphy and painting. The method he put forward to analyze the genre of gold calligraphy, which is "seeking points from stone, seeking seal from gold," is quite scientific and he is an art master with many achievements.
Li Ruiqing taught many disciples in his life, and his disciples spread all over the world. Famous scholars Bingzhong and Hu Xiaoshi, traditional Chinese painting master Zhang Daqian, art educator Lu Fengzi, and Fuzhou calligraphers Li Zhongqian, He Yanqing, Huang Hongtu, etc. all came from his school.
Li Ruiqing was politically conservative and loyal to the Qing Dynasty. After the Revolution of 1911, he did not serve as an official of the Republic of China, did not write the word "Republic of China", did not cut his braids, and called himself a "Qingdao native". When Zhang Xun was restored to power in 1917, he once again served as the left minister of the academic department. However, compared with his achievements in calligraphy, painting, education, etc., and his noble character of being honest and self-sufficient, he was not able to hide his shortcomings. Li Ruiqing died in Nanjing in 1920. His close friend Zeng Xi and his student Hu Xiaoshi were buried in Niushou Mountain in Jinling, and a plum blossom nunnery was built next to Luohan Spring in Xuemei Ridge to commemorate him. In recognition of its achievements in running Liangjiang Normal School, Nanjing University built a pavilion on the campus called "Mei Am". His disciples collected his poems and essays and compiled them into books such as "Collections of Qing Dao Ren" and "Anecdotes of Collection of Qing Dao Ren". To this day, there is still a tree-lined, elegant and quiet street in the north of Fuzhou City, formerly known as Fuqian Street, where Li Ruiqing once lived. In the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932), in order to commemorate Li Ruiqing's contribution to education, calligraphy and painting, the street was widened and renamed "Mei'an Road". After the census of place names in 1980, the name was changed to "Yangcheng Road". But many people still remember the name "Mei'an Road".