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« Not only was Tongcheng thus a centre of a strong political faction, but it also became the focus of the Tongcheng school, one of the chief literary schools that flourished during the Qing period (1644–1911/12). The school advocated the philosophy of the Neo-Confucians, who had flourished in Song period », in « Tongcheng », The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 12 août 2008 [lire en ligne]