Why was Li Zhi, a 76-year-old thinker, imprisoned and committed suicide?

Li Zhi, a 76-year-old thinker, was imprisoned for criticizing the villains in the DPRK on the surface, but was imprisoned for criticizing and denying those in power on the inside. After he went to prison, he committed suicide to get a fair death. After he went to prison, he actually knew that he would die. Before he died, he said: a strong man does not forget the ravine, and a martyr does not forget the loss of yuan.

It is said that Li Zhi died a terrible death. According to Yuan's records, Li Zhi died two days after committing suicide, because his blood dried up. Li Zhi, who knew he was going to die, asked for a haircut in prison. While the barber was shaving his head, he grabbed the barber's razor and cut his throat. Two days later, he was 76 years old.

Li Zhi, a thinker and philosopher in the late Ming Dynasty, was deviant under the background of Confucian orthodoxy at that time. He is a lonely fighter. He criticizes most Confucianism and denies many inappropriate Confucianism. He is a brave man. He fought against Confucian disciples all over the world without fear.

Confucianism was indeed an effective way to govern the country in the early days, but the problem was that it became more and more biased in the later period, such as some viewpoints of neo-Confucianism. At this time, Confucianism has been unable to keep up with the development of society, and to some extent, it is dragging the hind legs of society. Li Zhi discovered these problems through his own observation and independent thinking. Therefore, he deeply criticized Confucianism and put forward many different views from Confucianism.

These acts of Li Zhi seriously violated the vital interests of the ruling group at that time. So the authorities tried their best to put him in prison. They wanted to kill him.