Fang Bao was an essayist in Qing Dynasty and the founder of Tongcheng School. Together with Yao Nai and Liu Dakui, he is also known as the third ancestor of Tongcheng, which occupies a certain position in the history of China literature. He is the author of famous essays such as Prison Miscellanies.

Fang Bao was very clever from an early age. At the age of 4, he could write couplets. At the age of five, he could recite classics and sentences. At the age of 6, he moved from Liuhe to Jiangning's former residence with his family, and still retains Tongcheng's membership. 16 years old, went back to Tongcheng, Anhui Province with his father to take the imperial examination. At the age of 24, he went to Beijing, entered imperial academy, made friends with Wen, and became famous, known as "the first in the south of the Yangtze River".

Square bud influence:

Fang Bao's literary thought provides an example and criterion for the formation of Tongcheng school theory, and also opens the door to the creation of Tongcheng school theory and lays the theoretical foundation of Tongcheng school. Later, Tongcheng School's article theory, that is, taking Fang Bao's "righteousness and law" as the program, developed and improved continuously, thus forming Tongcheng School, which became the leader of the literary world in Qing Dynasty and had far-reaching influence.

There are 238 biographies of Fang Bao, accounting for more than half of his books. Among them, there are 15 articles on the topic of "biography", but among his numerous epitaphs and inscriptions, there are few recreational works, and most of them are based on feelings, which embodies the ideal and personality of the biographer.