乾坤一場戲，生命一悲劇：方以智晚節之平議

The Unfolding of the Universe is as a Drama and the Theme of Life is as a Tragedy: the Integrity of Fang Yi-Zhi in His Later Years

方以智，做為明末遺民之大傷心人的死因考據，自余英時的《方以智晚節考》以來，出現許多不同聲音，余英時在《方以智晚節考》說自殺沉江，而任道斌則根據其年譜主張：疽背發病而亡，本文乃根據此二種說法做出平議，方氏仍死於自殺，但卻是一種加工自殺，亦即絕食而亡。