Abstract: The purpose of Zhu Xi's theory of cultivation lies in, by removing influences of bad habits, actualizing the original nature in order to ascend the level of personhood to the utmost. Zhu Xi conceives that an old habit retains two dimensions of disposition, namely, a disposition that flows from the “internal factor” and the other that flows from the “external factor”. He also makes an exploration of how to get rid of those old habits. Zhu Xi states that school education and children's education have a positive influence on the personal development. In accordance with views of “behavior theory” and “local philosophy” this paper makes a reinterpretation of Zhu Xi’s idea of removing old habits so as to highlight his theory’s positive influence upon a person’s cultivation of virtues.