以林凤祥、李开芳为首 ,历时两年的北伐是太平天国史的重要组成部分 ,与太平天国史诸多领域研究逐渐趋冷相比 ,北伐史的研究一直保持了平稳发展的势头。自 1983年太平天国北伐史学术研讨会在河北召开以来 ① ,北伐史的研究不断扩展和深入 ,此后公开发表的学术论文达七十余篇 , Under the leadership of Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang, the Northern Expedition, which lasted two years, is an important part of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s history. Compared with the gradual cooling of research in many fields of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom History, the study of Northern Expedition has maintained a steady momentum of development. Since the Symposium on the History of the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in 1983, held in Hebei Province ①, the research on the history of the Northern Expedition continued to expand and deepen. Since then, more than seventy academic articles have been published,