洪秀全等人以宗教起事,又以宗教立国,宗教与太平天国的兴亡始终息息相关。因此,宗教是认识太平天国历史和思想的一把钥匙。另一方面,作为一种中西合璧的宗教,太平天国宗教的演变过程正是当时中西文化交汇、碰撞的一个缩影,其成败得失值得我们仔细地咀嚼和回味。 Hong Xiuquan and others started their work with religion and established their own religion. The relationship between religion and the rise of the Taiping Heaven Kingdom has always been closely linked. Therefore, religion is the key to understanding the history and thought of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. On the other hand, the religion of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, as a religion of Chinese and Western cultures, is precisely the epitome of the collision and collision of Chinese and Western cultures at the time. Its successes and failures deserve our careful chewing and aftertaste.