The Sessei school which descended from Ko Enbu was mainstream, and there was the Go school of Kei To based in Soshu-shi (Suzhou) and the Kan school influenced by Tai Shin (Dai Zhen) from Anki-sho (Anhui Province).
顧炎武の流れをくむ浙西学派がその主流であり、恵棟を始めとする蘇州市を中心とする呉派、安徽省出身の戴震らの影響を受けた皖派（かんぱ）がある。