What kind of people were Tongcheng School in Qing Dynasty? Who is the leader?

In the literary world of the Qing Dynasty, there was a school called Tongcheng School, also known as Tongcheng School literature, Tongcheng School ancient prose or Tongcheng School prose. The main representatives of this school are Dai Mingshi, Fang Bao, Liu Dahuai, Yao Nai and others. Specifically, Dai Mingshi is the founder of Tongcheng School, and he is also called "the third ancestor of Tongcheng" with Fang Bao, Liu Dahuai and Yao Nai.

There are also differences between the two. For example, Fang Bao is the founder of Tongcheng School's prose theory. Yao Nai is a master of Tongcheng School. Starting from "righteousness", Fang Bao advocated elegance and cleanliness in ancient Chinese, and opposed vulgarity and complexity. Liu Dahuai put forward the viewpoint of "seeking qi by sound". He believes that "Wen Dao is mainly based on God, supplemented by Qi." "Pride is the best of literature." .

Yao Nai emphasized "righteousness, textual research and writing", which should be integrated into one, and "two abilities should be paid equal attention". He was called the bridge between the Eight Masters in Tang and Song Dynasties and Tongcheng School in Qing Dynasty, and was also praised as "Ouyang Xiu today" by people at that time. It can be seen that people valued Yao Nai at that time.

Tongcheng School pays attention to conciseness and vividness in creation, so their articles are generally smooth and fluent, especially some narratives, such as "Prison Miscellanies" and "Anecdotes" by Zuo. We studied Chinese in high school, studied similar articles, and Yao Nai's "Climbing Mount Tai" and other articles, all of which are famous masterpieces. Yao Nai's "Ancient Lexicon Compilation" is more widely circulated.

Generally speaking, Tongcheng School is named after the region, because its early important writers are all Tongcheng people in Anqing, south of the Yangtze River.

Tongcheng School didn't use the name Tongcheng School in the early stage of its development. Tongcheng School has a perfect theoretical system, distinctive creative features, a large number of writers and rich works. They dominated the literary world of the Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, and had a wide and far-reaching influence at home and abroad.