上海是中国近代最早的开埠通商之地,其城市发展的历史轨迹是一部浓缩的中国近代史。小刀会起义作为20世纪以前发生在上海且规模最大、历时最久、对上海城市破坏最为严重的一场战争,其爆发、兴起及失败都与当时上海社会的特点有着密切的联系,其结果也在诸多方面对上海城市的近代化进程产生了深远影响。因此,较之于太平天国时期除捻军以外的其他民众起义而言,上海小刀会起义多年来一直受到学界较多的关注。为进一步促进该领域 Shanghai was the earliest port opening trade in modern China and its history of urban development was a condensed modern history of China. As a war that took place in Shanghai before the 20th century and was the largest, the oldest and the most devastating to the Shanghai city in the 20th century, its outbreak, rise and failure were closely linked with the characteristics of the Shanghai society at that time. As a result, In many ways, it has had a profound impact on the modernization of Shanghai’s cities. Therefore, compared with other popular uprisings other than Nianzhu during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Shanghai Small Knife Uprising has been receiving more attention from scholars for many years. For further promotion in this area