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Fang Bao (Chinese: 方苞; pinyin: Fāng Bāo; Wade–Giles: Fang Pao; 25 May 1668 – 29 September 1749), courtesy names Fengjiu (鳳九), Linggao (靈皋),[1] and Wangxi (望溪),[2] was a Chinese nobleman, courtier, orator, philosopher, poet, scholar, author and government official of the Qing dynasty. He is best known as a founder of the Tongcheng school of literary prose which was influential during the mid-Qing dynasty.[3][4]
Fang Bao (1668-1749) carried on the tradition of Gui Youguang's works and made Yi Fa (Yi refers to the central ideas of an article)
The Tongcheng School is the most distinguished among the mid-Qing Dynasty schools of literature. Its representative writers include Fang Bao, Liu Dakui and Yao Nai, who are all natives of Tongcheng County in Anhui Province, hence the name Tongcheng School.