Zhu Bailu's family instruction was originally called "Family Instruction", Zhu's family instruction was originally called "Ziyang Family Instruction", and "Ziyang" was Zhu's posthumous title.
"Zhu Wengong's Family Instructions in Zhuzi and Zhu Bailu's Family Instructions are different masterpieces written by different Zhu Jiaxian people in different times. It's a pity that the world confused their articles. Usually people refer to Zhu Bailu's Zhu Jiaxun, but the real Zhu Jiaxun is generally unknown. " -Zhu Xiangnan (grandson of Zhu Xi's 25th, president of the World Zhu Federation)
Zhu Bailu (1627- 1698), formerly known as Zhu Yongchun, was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties. A famous philosopher and educator. His father Zhu was a scholar in the late Ming Dynasty. In the second year of Qing Shunzhi (1645), he defended Kuncheng against the Qing army, and when the city was broken, he threw himself into the river.
Zhu Bailu devoted himself to study since he was a child. He is a scholar and devoted himself to his career. After the Qing dynasty entered the customs and died in the Ming dynasty, he no longer sought fame. He lived in the countryside to teach students, and devoted himself to Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, advocating the unity of knowledge and practice, and was quite famous for a period of time. Kangxi called many times, but all of them were declined by my husband. I used to write dozens of textbooks in plain code for teaching. He devoted himself to the study of Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism, advocated that knowledge and practice should go hand in hand, and put it into practice.
During the reign of Kangxi, he insisted on recommending learned words, and later refused the rural drinkers recommended by local officials. Together with Xu Fang and Yang Wuxia, they are called "three great scholars in Wuzhong". In the thirty-seventh year of Kangxi (AD 1698), he contracted a disease and told his disciples before he died: "Learning lies in life, and career lies in loyalty and filial piety". He is the author of the Book of Changes, Notes on Four Books, Words of Advice, Poems of Shame on Farming Hall, Shame on Ne Ji and Innocence.