方学渐与桐城学风的昌盛

On Fang Xuejian and the Prosperity of Study Atmosphere in Tongcheng

明清时期,桐城文化极其繁荣。追溯其源,则肇始于明代中叶,以何唐辞官归里讲学兴教为发端,其后至方学渐布衣振风教,创办桐川会馆,首开设馆讲学之先河,主坛席二十余年,桐城文风、学风遂至昌盛。方学渐为桐城教育及文化发展鞠躬尽瘁,厥功甚伟;他是继何唐之后对桐城教育做出重大贡献的人物。从此桐城人读书为学风气大开,影响深远,最终形成清代桐城文化的鼎盛与辉煌。

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the culture of Tongcheng was extremely prosperous, whose source can be traced back to the mid-Ming Dynasty, when He Tang resigned and re- turned home to give lectures as its beginning. Thereafter, Fang Xuejian vigorously developed education and founded Tong Chuan Guild Hall, which was the first of its kind to give lectures for more than 20 years, so that the study atmosphere of Tongcheng gradually got prosperous. Fang Xuejian made a significant contribution to education of Tongcheng. Since then Tongcheng people＇s study atmosphere became wide open and far-reaching, which ultimately reached its cultural peak in the Qing Dynasty.