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Li Zhi (1527–1602), often known by his pseudonym Zhuowu (which means, “I who am smart”), was a Chinese philosopher, historian and writer of the late Ming dynasty. A critic of the Neo-Confucianist views espoused by Zhu Xi, which was then the orthodoxy of the Ming government, he was persecuted and committed suicide in prison. Biography.
Apr 27, 2021 · Li Zhi is the strangest and most unique figure in the history of Ming Dynasty thought. His thought embodies the trend of the times among intellectuals living under the repression of traditional ideas, calling for a return to a true self and to give human nature back its freedom.
- Xuezhi Zhang
- zhangxz@phil.pku.edu.cn
- 2021
Sep 26, 2019 · In 1579, one of Li Zhi’s role models, the philosopher He Xinyin, died in prison after being arrested for his radical ideas. Li Zhi must have known that the same fate was coming to him, sooner or later.
A Book to Burn (simplified Chinese: 焚书; traditional Chinese: 焚書) is a late 16th-century philosophical work by the late-Ming Dynasty thinker and historian Li Zhi. A critique of the social, philosophical and cultural norms of his time, the book was highly controversial and cemented Li Zhi's reputation as a heretic at the time.
The 16th century Chinese iconoclast Li Zhi (Li Zhuowu) has been rightly celebrated as a pioneer of individualism, one of history’s great voices of social protest, an original mind powerfully arguing for genuine self-expression, and more.
Li Zhi (1527–1602) was a philosopher, historian and writer of the late Ming Dynasty. In terms of themes, besides the traditional social, political, historical and philosophical topics, more scholarship has been written about Li Zhi from the perspective of literary studies and the arts since 1980.
Li Zhi[1] (1527—1602),one of the most fascinating figures in Ming history, and perhaps in Chinese intellectual history as a whole, was at odds with the neo-confucian bureaucratic class of his time, a class to which he himself belonged.