This paper explores the critiques of Zhu Xi's love poem theory by ancient meaning school scholars that flourish during Japan's Edo period. The exploration is done with the following three parts: (1) discussions of music, sounds, and poetry by ancient meaning school scholars, (2) their views on love poems, and (3) the influence of their criticisms of Zhu Xi's theory on Japanese academic circles. The methods used include organization, categorization, analysis, and comparison of relevant texts by the Japanese scholars Jinsai, Bairin, Tōgai, Tōsho, Rangū, Sankaku, and Kōko. This study explores their views of love poems and their criticisms of Zhu Xi's views, compares them with Chinese scholars' views, and expounds on the influence of their views on Japan's academic circles. The results of the study show that Jinsai and Bairin hold that music, sound, and poetry are the same and that love poems do exist in The Classic of Poetry; the rest scholars have different views. Only Tōsho believes that the love poems are written by elopers. Scholars who have views similar to Jinsai and Bairin mostly deem that music, sound, and poetry are the same thing that carries different names for different stages. Contrary views often appear in discussions of poetry and music under the concept of the Six Classics. In terms of influence on education, after Jinsai, ancient meaning school teaching materials primarily take Tōgai's views. Bairin follows Jinsai's views while Tōsho, Sankaku, and Kōko follow Jinsai's and Tōgai's. Rangū breaks the tradition and holds more views of his own. Jinsai and Sankaku use views from Chinese scholars without citing them. Tōgai, Rangū, and Tōsho hold views similar to Tian Ru-Cheng but Rangū occasionally rethinks his own views. Kōko mostly selects Ming and Qing scholars that have the same views as his. The ancient meaning school critiques of Zhu Xi's love poem theory are influential in early Edo period. From the mid to the end of the Edo period, related criticisms can only be found in ancient wording school so at that time they are not very influential in Japan's academic circles