近代以来,中国爆发了两次规模浩大的农民起义———太平天国与捻军起义。这两次农民起义有着一个非常明显的共同点:都有着极强的宗族背景。本文即以此为锲入点,从探讨宗族组织本身所具有的特点入手,揭示宗族组织对农民起义所产生的正反两方面作用。 Since modern times, there have been two peasant uprisings in China --- the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Nien Army uprising. These two peasant uprisings have a very clear common ground: They all have a strong clan background. This article is to take this as the point of embarkation, starting from the discussion of the characteristics of the clan organization itself, revealing both the pros and cons of patriarchal organization on the peasant uprising.