本文依据上海小刀会起义的档案史料 ,对上海小刀会起义进行重新研究 ,提出小刀会起义不是农民起义 ,而是城市流民暴动 ,小刀会起义与太平天国运动没有任何联系 ;小刀会起义的失败除了外部因素外 ,还与自身诸多先天不足有关。小刀会起义对近代上海和全国所带来的负面影响不可低估 Based on the archives of Shanghai Small Sword Society uprising, this article re-studies the Shanghai Small Sword Society uprising and argues that the Uprising is not a peasant uprising but an urban uprising. The Upholding Uprising does not have any connection with the Taiping movement. Except for the outside Factors, but also with many of their own inherent deficiencies. The negative impact of the Penghu uprising on modern Shanghai and the entire nation can not be underestimated