《太平天日》对太平天国农民战争的发动所起的特殊作用,是为史学界所共识的。但当谈到它的编制者谁属问题时,看法就不尽一致了。笔者试就这一问题发表一些远非成熟的意见,供治太平天国史的同仁们讨论。一长期以来,我国史学界不少同志认为《太平天日》为“洪仁玕所撰”。最先提出此说的,是30年代在英国剑桥大学图书馆发现《太平天日》的王重民先生。他说: The special role played by “Taiping” on the launching of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Peasant War was agreed upon by historians. But when it comes to who its issuers are, the views are not the same. I try to publish some far-from-mature opinions on this issue for the discussion of my colleagues in the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. For a long time, many comrades in history in our country think that “Taiping Heavenly Day” is “written by Hong Renxu.” The first to say this is Mr. Wang Chongmin who discovered the “peaceful day” at the Cambridge University Library in the United Kingdom in the 1930s. He said: