许多研究太平天国史的同志们在研究了太平天国的乡官制度以后,几乎一无例外地作出了如下的结论:一,太平天国的乡官制度是一种民主制度,各级乡官多由人民公举的办法产生;二,认为任职太平天国各级乡官的绝大多数都是劳动人民,其中只有个别地区才以少数地主阶级分子充任。作为一个太平天国史的爱好者,笔者对此也曾作过一些研究。但据笔者收集所得的材料看来,却不能得出上述的结论;相反,笔者认为:一,太平天国所实行的乡官制度并不是一种真正由人民公举乡官的民主制度,这种所谓地方公举的办法是一种应当予 Many of the comrades who studied the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, after studying the system of township officials in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, made the following conclusions almost without exception. First, the system of township officials in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was a system of democracies. Second, I think that the vast majority of township officials at all levels who work in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom are working people, of whom only a few local landlords are allowed to serve in individual areas. As a hobbyist in the history of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, I also made some research on this. However, according to the data collected by the author, it can be concluded that the above conclusion can not be reached. On the contrary, the author thinks: First, the system of township officials practiced by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is not a democratic system that is really run by the people, The method of public offerings should be given