Abstract: This paper mainly discusses He Jis academic thought and academic path.His academic thought lies in “strictly observing the teachers theory”,that is,strictly adhering to the core idea of Zhu Xis theory of heaven,and his academic path mainly lies in studying the “four books” and learning from others strong points and absorbing the opinions of others.He Ji absorbed the reasonable elements of Zhang Zais theory of “Li” and “Qi”.He Ji analyzed the “physical” and “physical” with the method of “seeking knowledge from things”,inherited the ideas of Mencius,Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao,and constructed his own ontology of “Li”.At the same time,He Ji inherited Zhu Xis academic path of combining philosophical and poetic thinking,and taught his disciple Wang Bai the academic path.

Key words: He Ji, Neo Confucianism, academic path