How did Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan's teacher Lu Zhi die?
The most admirable thing about Lu Zhi is his personality, which is also his outstanding point.
At that time, Lu Zhishen often made people play music and let beautiful women sing and dance in class, which was written by famous scholars Ma Rong and Ma Rong. Other students are inevitably attracted by this beautiful young lady. Only Lu Zhi concentrates on learning knowledge, which makes Ma Rong like him very much. Lu Zhi has some fame at this time. After completing his studies, Lu Zhi worked as an official in the imperial court for several years, but he despises the imperial court, so he resigned and returned to his hometown. By this time, he was already a great scholar. Lu Zhi's resignation coincided with the consort's coming to power. He couldn't stand it anymore, so he wrote a letter to exhort him, and as a result, he sank into the sea. Later, he accepted Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan as disciples, but he was soon called by the court to be an official.
When he was an official, he met the Yellow Scarf Uprising, and the court sent him to suppress a place. There was no news at all. The court sent eunuchs to ask for the result. After questioning, the eunuch openly asked for bribes. Lu Zhi is a man with a lot of solar terms. He refused to pay bribes to eunuchs. The eunuch repented and went back to sue Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court and escorted back to Beijing.
Later, he was reinstated by manpower. At this time, he met Dong Zhuo's insurrection. He strongly opposed Dong Zhuo's leading troops into Beijing and offended Dong Zhuo, who wanted to kill him. This time, he escaped death by pleading with others. People are willing to intercede for him because Lu Zhi is a world-renowned scholar with high moral character.
Finally, Lu Zhi resumed his life, resigned and returned to his hometown until he died of natural causes.