Most of the scholar warlords and Beiyang soldiers did not study, so Wu's scholar background became a very enviable resume. After Wu Peifu became the powerful "General Fuwei", the military and political circles started calling him "Wu Xiucai" behind his back, and he happily acquiesced. American historian Fairbank simply called Wu a "scholar warlord".

He is the first Chinese to appear in Time Magazine, and his signature is "biggest man in china". Wu Peifu is also famous for his "Three No's Principles": "Don't live in concessions, don't accumulate private wealth, and don't borrow foreign debts." On January 24, 1940, Wu's coffin was held for funeral, which was the largest funeral in Peiping since the Republic of China. The coffin containing Wu's body was carried on the shoulders of sixty-four pole bearers. Three hundred-foot-long white poles were tied to both sides of the coffin, which was pulled by the undertakers and marched slowly.

Eleven sacrificial sheds have been set up by all walks of life along the route where the spirits are moved, and there are countless sacrificial tables and tea tables lined up along the way. There were many people attending the funeral at that time. Although there are no accurate statistics, the funeral stretched for several miles from the beginning to the end of the funeral. It is said that the beginning of the funeral had reached Tiananmen Square, and the end of the funeral had not yet left Dengshikou. The traveling route roughly starts from Dongsi in Peiping, passes through Dengshikou and Wangfujing, along East Chang'an Street, Tiananmen, Xi'anmen Street, Di'anmen, and ends at Nianhua Temple in Dashiqiao Hutong on Old Gulou Street in the west of Gulou. The people of Peiping spontaneously attended the funeral to express their patriotism and resentment against the Japanese invaders. Along the way, there were crowds of people watching the funeral in the windows of buildings, on balconies, and on the streets. There are many matting tents set up along the way for road festivals.

The funeral procession entered and stopped very slowly. It started in the morning and arrived at dusk, almost a whole day's journey. It was reported at the time that this was a rare event in Peiping since the Republic of China. Wu Peifu lived in Peiping during his lifetime and did not have a tomb. When Wu passed away suddenly, he borrowed land to build three large-roofed hall-style houses in the east courtyard of Nianhua Temple and named it "Wusheng Temple" to house Wu's coffin. Unexpectedly, due to the Anti-Japanese War, Wu Peifu's coffin stayed in Nianhua Temple for nearly seven years. Until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the National Government allocated 10,000 yuan for funeral expenses and launched a public funeral in the name of "Gujiupaoze" and "all walks of life in Pingshi". A grand burial ceremony was held on December 16, 1946, and this influential figure of the Republic of China was buried in a private cemetery at the western foot of Yuquan Mountain. The country was restored to glory, and Wu Peifu was finally laid to rest.