What is the theoretical proposition of Tongcheng School?

Tongcheng school's theoretical proposition is to attach importance to righteousness and law, and to pay equal attention to righteousness, reason, examination, rhetoric and chapter. The language is elegant and clean, and the text carries the Tao. Also known as "Tongcheng Classical School", it is the largest prose school in China's literary world in the Qing Dynasty. Its representatives Fang Bao and Liu Dakui are both from Tongcheng, Anhui.

The basic theory of Tongcheng School was established from the square bud. He inherited the tradition of Gui Youguang's "Tang and Song School" and put forward the thought of "righteousness and law": "righteousness" means "words have substance" and "law" means "words have order". Words have substance, saying that articles should have content; Speak in an orderly way, and speak in an orderly and formal way. He asked the article to be "elegant".

Liu Dakui further explored the artistry of prose and put forward the theory of "seeking God by sound". He is Yao Nai's teacher and a bridge between the past and the future of Tongcheng School. Yao Nai is a master of Tongcheng School. His ancient prose advocates that "righteousness (reasonable content), textual research (accurate materials) and lyric poetry (exquisite writing) should not be neglected."