中国在鸦片战争中的失败,列强侵略势力的深入,使本身就尖锐的国内阶级矛盾迅速激化。遍及全国的反抗清朝统治的斗争汇集成了太平天国农民革命的洪流;急风暴雨式的阶级斗争把洪秀全、杨秀清等一批人物推到了历史的前沿。太平天国高举义旗,从广西一隅出发,所向披靡,仅两年又两个月的时间就打到江南重镇石头城,建立了与清王朝相对立的农民政权,吸引着千百万被压迫被剥削的群众奋起响应,使清王朝陷于深刻的危机之中。但仅四年多时间这出成武雄壮的历史活剧就急转直下,最后以悲剧结束,连改朝 China’s failure in the Opium War and the deepening invaders’ power of the powers have intensified its sharp domestic contradictions in the country rapidly. The struggle against the rule of the Qing dynasty all over the country brought together the torrent of the peasant revolution in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The stormy class struggle pushed figures such as Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing to the forefront of history. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom took the banner of justice and set off from a corner of Guangxi. It took only two years and two months to reach Stone Town, a key city in the south of Yangtze River, establishing a peasant regime opposed to the Qing dynasty and attracting millions of oppressed and exploited people In response, the Qing dynasty was caught in a deep crisis. However, in just over four years, the historical live-action drama that emerged as a mighty maneuver took a turn for the worse. At the end of the tragedy ended,