笔者认为 ,文化的落后是太平天国失败的深层原因。太平天国政治信仰的宗教迷狂 ,既脱离中国的实际 ,也与自身的政治实践相矛盾 ,难以铸就持久的共同理想 ;政治组织的非知识化 ,兼以文化专制主义的实施 ,难以吸引知识分子的参与和同情 ,削弱了领导集团的战斗力 ;政治体制的小农根性 ,造成封建意识的复归 ,难以代表社会发展的客观需要 ,从而引发腐败 ,最终走向分裂和败亡 The author believes that cultural backwardness is the deep reason for the failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The religious fanaticism of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s political beliefs is not only divorced from China’s reality but also contradicted with its own political practices and made it difficult to create lasting common ideals. The non-knowledgeable political organizations and the implementation of cultural despotism made it difficult to attract intellectuals Participation and sympathy have weakened the combat effectiveness of the leading group; the small-scale peasant roots of the political system have caused the return of feudal consciousness and have made it difficult to represent the objective needs of social development, thus leading to corruption and eventually to splitting and losing