佘修梅在台一任任期未满,正逢甲午战争爆发之时。在一次督粮到台的途中,由于遭遇台风,粮食误了军期,佘修梅深感有负国家、有负朝廷和民众,于是吞金自缢。后来,台湾人民有感佘修梅的忠烈,在台南修建“慰忠祠”祭祀之…… She Xiumei served in Taiwan as a term less than full, at the time of the Sino-Japanese War broke out. On the way to supervise the arrival of the grain to Taiwan, due to typhoon and grain misjudgment, She Xiumei felt deeply negative about the country, negative the court and people, and swallowed gold. Later on, the people of Taiwan felt that they were loyal to She Xi-mei and that they sacrificed their loyalty to Tso Chung Temple in Tainan.