diff --git a/python/35_trie/trie_.py b/python/35_trie/trie_.py
index e41d1aa..51b56c3 100644
--- a/python/35_trie/trie_.py
+++ b/python/35_trie/trie_.py
@@ -15,16 +15,18 @@ class Node:
         self.children = []
 
     def insert_child(self, c):
+        self._insert_child(Node(c))
+
+    def _insert_child(self, node):
         """
         插入一个子节点
         :param c:
         :return:
         """
-        v = ord(c)
+        v = ord(node.data)
         idx = self._find_insert_idx(v)
         length = len(self.children)
 
-        node = Node(c)
         if idx == length:
             self.children.append(node)
         else:
@@ -33,6 +35,9 @@ class Node:
                 self.children[i] = self.children[i-1]
             self.children[idx] = node
 
+    def has_child(self, c):
+        return True if self.get_child(c) is not None else False
+
     def get_child(self, c):
         """
         搜索子节点并返回
diff --git a/python/36_ac_automata/ac_automata_.py b/python/36_ac_automata/ac_automata_.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d324ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/36_ac_automata/ac_automata_.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+
+from trie_ import Node, Trie
+from queue import Queue
+
+
+class ACNode(Node):
+    def __init__(self, c: str):
+        super(ACNode, self).__init__(c)
+        self.fail = None
+        self.length = 0
+
+    def insert_child(self, c: str):
+        self._insert_child(ACNode(c))
+
+
+class ACTrie(Trie):
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.root = ACNode(None)
+
+
+def ac_automata(main: str, ac_trie: ACTrie) -> list:
+    root = ac_trie.root
+    build_failure_pointer(ac_trie)
+
+    ret = []
+    p = root
+    for i, c in enumerate(main):
+        while p != root and not p.has_child(c):
+            p = p.fail
+
+        if p.has_child(c):  # a char matched, try to find all potential pattern matched
+            q = p.get_child(c)
+            while q != root:
+                if q.is_ending_char:
+                    ret.append((i-q.length+1, i))
+                    # ret.append(main[i-q.length+1:i+1])
+                q = q.fail
+            p = p.get_child(c)
+
+    return ret
+
+
+def build_failure_pointer(ac_trie: ACTrie) -> None:
+    root = ac_trie.root
+
+    # queue: [(node, node.length) ....]
+    node_queue = Queue()
+    node_queue.put((root, root.length))
+
+    root.fail = None
+    while not node_queue.empty():
+        p, length = node_queue.get()
+        for pc in p.children:
+            pc.length = length + 1
+            if p == root:
+                pc.fail = root
+            else:
+                q = p.fail
+                # same as kmp
+                while q != root and not q.has_child(pc.data):
+                    q = q.fail
+
+                # cases now:
+                # 1. q == root
+                # 2. q != root and q.has_child(pc.data)
+                if q.has_child(pc.data):
+                    pc.fail = q.get_child(pc.data)
+                else:
+                    pc.fail = root
+            node_queue.put((pc, pc.length))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    ac_trie = ACTrie()
+    ac_trie.gen_tree(['fuck', 'shit', 'TMD', '傻叉'])
+
+    print('--- ac automata ---')
+    m_str = 'fuck you, what is that shit, TMD你就是个傻叉傻叉傻叉叉'
+    print('original str  : {}'.format(m_str))
+
+    filter_range_list = ac_automata(m_str, ac_trie)
+    str_filtered = m_str
+    for start, end in filter_range_list:
+        str_filtered = str_filtered.replace(str_filtered[start:end+1], '*'*(end+1-start))
+
+    print('after filtered: {}'.format(str_filtered))