Li Zhi (philosopher)
| Li Zhi | |||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 李贄 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李贽 | ||||||||||||
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| Lin Zaizhi | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 林載贄 | ||||||||||||
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| Hongfu (courtesy name) | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 宏甫 | ||||||||||||
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| Zhuowu (art name) | |||||||||||||
| Chinese | 卓吾 | ||||||||||||
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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.