歷來學者論及朱門弟子，往往帶著墨守師說的刻板印象，實則朱門弟子之思想，未必盡合於朱子思維。於本文中，主要擇取江默、廖德明兩人，作為探討的對象。兩人皆與朱子長期探討某些問題，書信往來頗多，朱子的批駁亦較為詳盡，容易看出雙方的歧見。以江默來說，朱子肯定其人勤於學問，但對他的部分見解，則持否定的態度，認為觀點大有問題。朱子常批評江默識理未精，卻又自立主張，未能掌握義理的關鍵處。以廖德明來說，其思維常雜入佛家義理，屢得朱子勸誡。兩人對於涵養工夫和死生、理氣概念，屢有歧見，相互辯駁。

The focus of this article is on the different thoughts between Zhu Xi
and his students. Jiang Mo identified 「格」 with 「接」 . Zhu Xi considered this interpretation is wrong. Liao De ming emphasized that the whole creation has peculiar Nature. However, Zhu Xi criticized him in a very serious way.