[2] Wen Tianxiang is depicted in the Wu Shuang Pu (無雙譜, Table of Peerless Heroes) by Jin Guliang.

He would subsequently take up several posts in the government of the Southern Song, including being Attendant (郎官) of the Justice Ministry and Prefect of Ganzhou.

Wen Tianxiang was frequently in conflict with the corrupt magistrate Jia Sidao and the pro-peace faction as he supported the war effort against the invading Mongols.

At that time many Song court officials (including Chancellor of the Left Liu Mengyang) had already run away fearing the approaching Yuan troops, while others were mostly pro-peace.

But if you intend to destroy our Zongmiao, then it will not be easy for you to take over our province of Huai, Jie, Min or Guang, your forces may even end up in disaster.

An enraged but helpless Wen Tianxiang could only witness the Empress Dowager and other Song court officials finalize their surrender.

After a brief discussion, Wen travelled to Nanjian pronvince (now located as Nanping, Fujian province) to recruit troops, then marched to Jiangxi.

During this time he wrote the poems "Song of Righteousness" (正氣歌), and "Crossing the Lingding Sea", the latter of which included these lines of defiance in the face of Mongol rule:[7] 人生自古誰無死留取丹心照汗青。Humans, since antiquity, have all found death;Leave our red hearts to shrine in the writ of history.The Yuan court, still hoping to persuade Wen Tianxiang, sent the former Song Chancellor Liu Mengyan (the one who had run away when the Mongols approached Lin'an) to see Wen in prison.

During the imprisonment, Wen Tianxiang also received letters from his daughter, informing him that his whole family was held captive in the Yuan royal palace.

There are now at least six branches of the Wen family in the provinces of Jiangxi, Hunan, Hainan, Guangdong, Fujian, and in Hong Kong and overseas locations.

[citation needed] One of the oldest continuous branches of the Wen family established itself in the Hengyang/Hengshan area of present-day Hunan shortly after 1000.

[citation needed] Wen Tianxiang's hometown in Ji'an, Jiangxi honors the famous national hero with a mausoleum.

"The Song Dynasty's Top Ranking Scholar and Prime Minister, the West River's Filial Son and Loyal Subject," is carved into the columns of the memorial's main hall.

The "Golden Marshal's Cemetery" commemorating the heroes of the anti-Yuan nationality at the end of the Song dynasty was established in the Gurao Township, Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province.

According to legend, in the last years of the Southern Song dynasty, Wen Tianxiang raised an army in Chaoyang to resist the invading Yuan forces and was captured in Haifeng County during the campaign.

The San Tin area in the New Territories of Hong Kong is home to many villagers surnamed "Man", the Cantonese pronunciation of "Wen".