In the forty-seventh year of Wanli (16 19), it was changed to Jishi Shu and edited. In the fifth year of the Apocalypse (1625), when compiling Essentials of Three Dynasties, we should remember the loss of the imperial court and resign angrily because of criticism.
In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), he was promoted to Right Zhongyun, moved to Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Ritual, and became the president of the company. Shu Ge illegally edited the classics of the Three Dynasties because he "offended the Qing Dynasty and could not be the president of national history", so he asked for help. In the autumn of the twelfth year of Chongzhen (1639), Zhao was appointed as the Shangshu of Nanjing Ritual Department, and was dismissed by slanderers soon after.
In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Li Zicheng's army entered Beijing, and the axe king ascended the throne in Nanjing. The following year, it was renamed Hong Guang, and Jizuo was appointed as Assistant Master Zhan. Before he took office, Nanjing was occupied by the Qing army and the axe king regime collapsed. In the same year, the Tang Dynasty established Fuzhou, and the Yuan Dynasty changed to Longwu, calling Ji the University of Dongge. In the second year of Longwu (1646), the king of Tang led a crowd into Jiangxi, followed by Mingjun Huang and others, and went to Tingzhou, where the king of Tang was pursued by Qing soldiers. After Zuo and Ming returned to Putian, they conspired with Lin, Wang, Yu Ben, Lin Ying, Lin Zunbin, etc. In November of the same year, Wang Gui Li, the following year, changed to Yuan Dynasty, was appointed as the King of Lu, the University of Dongge, the history of the Ministry of Rites, and the Prince of Tai Po. In the second year of Lu Jianguo/the first year of Li Yong (1647), King Lu Jianguo sent troops to respond and entered Fujian. In the first month of the following year, Ji Zuo and Zheng Chenggong cooperated with Yang Geng to revive the city. In March, the Qing army launched a massive counterattack and Xinghua City fell. Later, he was captured at Lion Rock in Chiqi (now Chiqi Village, Dongqiao Township) and escorted to Fuzhou.
In the 4th year of Jianguo Road/3rd year of Li Yong (6th year of Qing Shunzhi, 1649), he died in Fuzhou at the age of 56 and was buried in the back hill of Li Baosheng in Gonghu Mountain range. In the forty-first year of Qing Qianlong (1776), the "Loyalty Festival" was proclaimed.