Though countless renowned scholars taught at Bailudong over the years, none surpassed Zhu, "wrote the late scholar Wing-tsit Chan in the Chinese edition of the book Zhu Xi Xin Tan (New Explorations of Zhu Xi).
多少世紀以來，在白鹿洞書院，講學有名之士，不勝其紀」，已故中研院院士陳榮捷在《朱子新探索》書中寫道。