Tā zài dānwèi lǐ gǎo zōngpài, zhǐ tíba zìjǐ de lǎoxiāng.
He formed a clique at work, promoting only people from his home town.
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In the second sense the word is negative, as in 宗派主义 (sectarianism, factionalism) and 搞宗派 (to form cliques). Schools of Chinese Buddhism end in 宗: 禅宗 (Chan, or Zen) and 天台宗.