A method for preparing clean diesel oil form inferior diesel oil comprises the following steps: carrying out an aromatic hydrocarbon extracting treatment on inferior diesel oil so as to obtain raffinate oil rich in saturated hydrocarbon and extract oil rich in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, carrying out a hydrogenation refining treatment on the raffinate oil, subjecting the hydrogenation refining reaction product to a fractionation treatment, taking the fraction below 180 DEG C as the gasoline blending component and the fraction above 180 DEG C as the clean diesel, carrying out a hydrogenation modification treatment on the extract oil rich in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, mixing the hydrogenation modification reaction product with inferior diesel oil, and then carrying out an aromatic hydrocarbon extracting treatment on the mixture for another time. The method adopts a combined technology to process inferior diesel oil, and can produce diesel oil, which meets the diesel oil standards and has a low sulfur content and a high cetane value.