马其昶有桐城派古文“殿军”的美誉，其文深受林纾、陈宝琛、章太炎等遗老或激进思想家的推崇。其古文多抒发身处易代之际的哀婉、感伤之情，又善言情，出之以六一风神，能尽俗且多施博喻，故而有较强的感染力。林纾等人推举其为当时第一作手，并非虚誉。%Ma Qichang is honored as an ancient literary “rear guard”of Tongcheng School of literature. His writings are highly praised by Lin Shu, Chen Baochen, Zhang Taiyan, and redical thinkers. And his writings express pathetic and sentimental emotion as well as romance, which generate remarkable artistic appeal. Lin Shu and so on promoted him as the first class writer.
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