Handed down by scholars of the Han dynasty, the Da Dai Liji and the Liji were both books of rites, of equal scholarly importance until Ma Rong, Lu Zhi, Gao You, Zheng Xuan and Lu Deming wrote commentaries on the Liji, which immediately gained popularity among students of rites. In the Tang dynasty, the Liji, along with Zheng Xuan's commentary, became the standard text, included in the classical canon Wujing zhengyi. The Liji once established, the Da Dai Liji came to be neglected by Confucian scholars of the Han dynasty, its text receiving little attention afterwards. From the Han to the Qing, the only commentary on the Da Dai Liji was by Lu Bian of the Northern Zhou dynasty. Although the Commentary on the Da Dai Liji we have today is not free from corruption, it nevertheless preserves the major part of what is believed to be the original version. The extant version accordingly can be seen as the best text available for not only research into Lu’s Commentary on the Da Dai Liji, but also as insight into the different schools of Confucian classics of the period under study. This thesis is in essence a study of Lu Bian's Commentary on the Da Dai Liji, with reference to his life and social milieu. Based on textual analysis, it aims to compare and contrast the commentaries of Lu, Zheng and Wang Su. It also hopes to shed light on the different aspects of Confucian classics of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.