鸦片战争时期清政府坚持的怀柔外交思想是一种没落的封建君主专制思想。它反映了历史大转折年代清朝执政者的世界观和处理国际关系的基本指导思想。在当时起到了闭塞视听、启辱招侮的恶劣作用,是清政府在战争指导和决策上发生失误的根本原因。 The Huairou Diplomatic Thought insisted by the Qing government during the Opium War was a decaying feudal monarchy. It reflects the world outlook of the governing power of the Qing Dynasty in the great turning point of history and the basic guiding ideology of handling international relations. At that time, it was the root cause of mistakes made by the Qing government in guiding and making decisions on the war.