Zhu (1 130— 1200) was born in Wuyuan, Huizhou (now Jiangxi). Philosopher and educator in Southern Song Dynasty, master of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty. Philosophically, it combines Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and constructs a theory with "reason" as the highest philosophical category, which is called "Zhu Cheng School" internationally.
His academic thought is regarded as the official philosophy of the feudal ruling class in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Engaged in education for more than forty years, he has made contributions to the development of China's ancient education and educational thoughts. Representative works include Notes on Four Books and Sentences, Biographies of Poems, Notes on Chu Ci, Hui 'an Ci, Zhuzi School and so on.