The invention relates to the field of paperboard production, and particularly discloses a filtering device for paper pulp. The filtering device comprises a seal cover, a pulp entering mechanism, a filtering disc and a collecting groove, filtering holes are formed in the filtering disc, a rotary shaft is fixed to the axis of the filtering disc, a rotating motor is fixed to the exterior of the sealcover, and a discharging pipe is communicated with the collecting groove; the pulp entering mechanism comprises an air-blowing pipe, a guiding pillar, a rotary barrel, a fixing barrel, an air-collecting pipe and a pulp entering motor; a seal plate is fixed to the opening of the fixing barrel; a plunger piston is fixed inside the fixing pipe, a spiral channel is formed inside the plunger piston, and the pulp entering pipe is communicated with the air-blowing pipe; the lower end of the guiding pillar is an inclined face, a clamping groove is formed in the lower end of the guiding pillar, the rotary shaft is fixed to the rotary barrel, and the pulp entering motor drives the rotary shaft; a partitioning plate is fixed inside the rotary barrel and divides the rotary barrel into a first cavity and a second cavity, and air inlets and air outlets are formed in the side wall of the rotary barrel; a first piston and a second piston are arranged in the first cavity and the second cavity, and a first piston rod and a second piston rod are fixed to the first piston and the second piston. In the scheme, workers are prevented from being scalded by the paper pulp.