在中国古代文学史上，有清一代的桐城派，不仅是文派，也是诗派。钱钟书在其《谈艺录》中，曾专列“桐城诗派”一条，并对该派的重要作家以及流派嬗变，做了简明扼要的价值评述。郭绍虞也指出：“古文义法之谈原是桐城始补祖方望溪的主张，此谈初立，本极简单；其后经刘海峰为 In the history of ancient Chinese literature, there is a generation of Tongcheng school, not only a literary school, but also a poetic school. Qian Zhongshu wrote “Tongcheng School of Poetry” in his “Talk about Art,” and made a brief and concise comment on the change of the school’s major writers and genres. Guo Shaoyu also pointed out: "The ancient text of the original law was originally Tongcheng Tongzu ancestors claim, the beginning of this talk, very simple; followed by Liu Haifeng