An exhaust gas purification method for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas purification system for the internal combustion engine, which includes an oxidation catalyst device on an upstream side and a lean NOx trap catalyst device on a downstream side in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine, the method comprising:
- changing, when a temperature-rising control of an exhaust gas in a regeneration control is performed to recover a purification ability of the exhaust gas purification system, a measurement position of a control temperature which is a control amount of a feedback control in the temperature-rising control, according to an excess air ratio or an oxygen concentration of the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust passage.