In the 24th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1898), at the invitation of Qi Lin, he went to Hangzhou to participate in the establishment of four new schools, namely Qiushi Academy, Zheng Yang Bookstore, Dongcheng Lecture Hall and Silkworm Academy, and served as the head teacher of Qiushi Academy. In June of the 27th year of Guangxu (190 1), he was the editor-in-chief of Hangzhou Vernacular Newspaper, advocating the New Deal, social change, banning smoking, breaking superstitions and women's foot binding. Influenced by it, Hangzhou established the first "Women's Kick-off Club" in China. In January of the 28th year of Guangxu (1902), he returned to Fuzhou, where he founded Fuzhou Dream School, the first new school in the province, with his cousins Huang and Huang, and secretly organized "Inspirational Society" in the school. Later, he went to Shanghai with Cai Yuanpei and Zhang to establish the China Education Society, the Patriotic Women's Society and the Patriotic Society, and published the magazine "Student World". The following year, I went to Japan to study, participated in patriotic activities of Russian students who refused to leave China, and joined the "Military National Education Association". In the summer of the same year, he returned to Shanghai and founded Russian Warning with Cai Yuanpei and others. 12, I ran China Vernacular Newspaper, which openly advocated overthrowing the monarchy by violence.

In the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), he became the editor-in-chief of Alarm Daily to publicize Sun Yat-sen and the revolution he led. Sun Yat-sen once wrote the word "fraternity" as a gift. After joining the Guangfu Association. After the victory of Wuchang Uprising in 1911 (19 1 1), Wan Li returned to Fujian and served as the director of the Legislative Affairs Bureau of Fujian Governor's Office and the minister of the Republican Party's Fujian branch. In the second year of the Republic of China (19 13), he was elected as a member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, and was hired as the secretary of the Presidential Palace and the secretary-general of the Military Supervision Office of Zhili Province. The following year, Yuan Shikai dissolved the National Assembly and Wanli returned to Fujian. In 4 years of the Republic of China, he went to Beijing again, echoed Yuan Shikai as the emperor, and was appointed by Wei Yuan to participate in politics as a senator.

After the abolition of the monarchy, Wan Li returned to the press, founded Gong Yan Bao, and served as the main writer. At the beginning of the eighth year of the Republic of China, Pinghe Daily was founded in Shanghai. In the spring of the Republic of China 10, he founded the new society newspaper in Beijing, served as its president, published political articles under the pseudonym of Baishui, and exposed the shady affairs of warlords and politicians. The following year, he was caught and Wan Li was imprisoned for three months. After he was released from prison, New Social News was published as Social Daily.

In the Republic of China 12, 10, the newspaper was closed down and imprisoned again for publishing articles exposing the bribery in Cao Kun's presidential election. After he was released from prison, he published the article "The Luck of Bureaucrats" in the newspaper on August 5th of 15, exposing the scandal of Pan Fu's collusion with Zhang Zongchang. That night, Rosty Yi was arrested by warlord Zhang Zongchang and killed on the overpass.

After the success of the Northern Expedition, Lin Sen and others paid for transporting the coffin back to his hometown for burial. Lin Baishui's collection of posthumous works has been handed down from generation to generation. 1986, which was regarded as a martyr by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Lin Weijun, a China woman living in the United States and a professor at National Defense University, donated money to build memorial halls and monuments in her hometown.