清代古文,以“桐城派”为最大宗,“桐城”而外,可与“桐城”抗衡,自成格局的,必推“阳湖派”。以恽敬、张惠言为领军的“阳湖派”,其古文虽渊源“桐城”,而别拓途径、克自树立。但学界对“阳湖派”与“桐城派”之间的关系,对“阳湖派”在清代文学史上的地位,仍众说纷纭,未有持 Qing classical prose, “Tongcheng faction” as the largest, “Tongcheng” and outside, and “Tongcheng” contend, since the pattern, will push “Yang Lake faction.” In order to respect King, Zhang Huiyan as the leader of the “Yang Lake School,” although its ancient etymology, “Tongcheng”, but not the extension of the route, self-established. However, the academic circles still have different opinions on the relationship between “Yang Lake School” and “Tongcheng School” and on the status of “Yang Lake School” in the history of Qing literature,