  We review the meson-exchange model for charmonium absorption by hadrons. This
includes the construction of the interaction Lagrangians, the determination of
the coupling constants, the introduction of form factors, and the predicted
cross sections for $J/\psi$ absorption by both mesons and nucleons. We further
discuss the effects due to anomalous parity interactions, uncertainties in form
factors, constraints from chiral symmetry, and the change of charmed meson mass
in medium on the cross sections for charmonium absorption in hadronic matter.
