From "false" to "orthodox" Zhu's good friend Xing Qiyi, a writer of Song style verse, said of Zhu: "Though a thousand generations have passed since [the legendary emperor] Yao, there have only been two or three others of his [Zhu's] caliber."
從「偽學」到正統朱熹的好友宋朝詞人辛棄疾曾說他「歷數唐堯千載下，如公僅有兩三人」。