This thesis takes Zhu Xi's Shi Ji Zhuan, Si Shu Zhang Ju Ji Zhu, Chu Ci Ji Zhu and Zhou Yi Ben Yi as main material, comprehensively uses the theory of exegetics, phonology, philology, lexicology, grammar, rhetoric and textualism, probes into Zhu Xi's exegetical principles and exegetical methods, and summarizes the achievement and insufficiency of Zhu Xi's exegesis. The content covers Zhu Xi's research in such fields as phonetics, character, vocabulary, grammar, rhetoric, collation, etc., which elucidates th...