Batch experiments were performed to study the dissolved organic matter (DOM) derived from green manure and pig manure sorption in acidic and calcareous soils and the effect of DOM derived from green manure and pig manure compost on the precipitation of copper at different pH in solution. The results showed that there was a significant net release of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in soil (33.58 mg x L(-1) for calcareous soil and 17.17 mg x L(-1) for acidic soil) when a DOC-free solution was added. As the amount of added DOC increased, the release of DOC from soils decreased. This indicates that parts of the added DOC were sorbed by thesoil material and this effect was influenced by DOM's properties and soil properties. In this experiment the initial mass (IM) isotherm was used to describe the DOM sorption in soil which has been shown to be a useful tool for describing the sorption of DOC insoils because it takes into consideration the release of indigenous DOM from soil. As compared to green manure DOM, pig manure DOM had high m and Kd values, which indicated that it had a higher affinity with soil. As compared to that of green manure DOM, the m and Kd values are 0.4241, 2.946 in acidic soil and 0.2846, 1.58 in calcareous soil, respectively. What's more, the results also indicated that the acidic soil with higher Fe-oxide and Al-oxide content exhibited much higher DOC adsorption ability than calcareous soil rich in 2:1 minerals. In this experiment, green manure and pig manure compost DOM were selected to investigate the effects of DOM on the precipitation-dissolution behavior of copper at different pH. It can be found that DOM can inhibit the copper precipitation especially at high pH range because of the formation of DOM-Cu complex. From pH 6 to pH 10, as compared to the control treatment with no DOM added, the precipitation rate average decreased by 43.6% for the treatment with green manure DOM added and 22.65% for the treatment with pig manure compost DOM.