桐城派的产生是对明代“空疏不学”文风的反拨,其之所以“别树一宗”,笼盖有清一代,并非由于清代文化政策或传统势力的支持影响,更主要是因为它的理论的一定合理性。桐城派的基本思想倾向属于封建正统、复古、保守,但这些都需要加以具体地、历史地辩证分析,全盘肯定与一笔抹倒都是不科学、不公允的。近百年来对它的研究批评令人深思寻味,仍可进一步讨论,但应“必有史实为依据”。 The emergence of the Tongcheng School was a counterrevolution to the style of “empty and not learned” in the Ming Dynasty. The reason why it was “not a tree” and covered with a generation of Qing was not due to the support of cultural policies or traditional forces in the Qing Dynasty. It was mainly because Its theory is reasonable. Tongcheng school’s basic ideological tendencies belong to the feudal orthodox, retro, conservative, but these need to be specific and historical dialectical analysis, a comprehensive affirmation and a wiped out are unscientific and unfair. The criticism of its research over the past century has been deeply thought out and can be further discussed, but it should be “based on historical facts.”