The Tongcheng school (Chinese: 桐城派; pinyin: Tóngchéng pài; Wade–Giles: T'ung-ch'eng p'ai) was a Chinese literary school that flourished during the Qing dynasty advocating the philosophy of the Neo-Confucian values that rose to prominence during the Song dynasty.[1]
Not only was Tongcheng thus a centre of a strong political faction, but it also became the focus of the Tongcheng school, one of the chief literary schools that flourished during the Qing period (1644–1911/12). The school advocated the philosophy of the Neo-Confucians, who had flourished in Song period