论杜文秀起义的历史意义

本文认为,清朝咸、同年间在云南发生的回民杜文秀起义具有重要的历史意义,主要体现在三方面。第一,杜文秀起义响应、拥护了太平天国起义,与后者遥相呼应,是以后者为主体的全国反清农民斗争的重要组成部分。第二,由于杜文秀起义坚持时间长达18年,地域涉及滇、桂、贵、川等省,因而起义沉重打击了清朝统治者在滇、桂、贵、川等省的封建统治,使其呈现摇摇欲坠之势。第三,杜文秀起义对晚清云南社会也产生了较大影响,使其从封建社会向半封建半殖民地社会脱变。

Historical Significance of Du Wenxiu Uprising

The historical significance of Du Wenxiu Uprising of the Hui Ethnic people during the reign of Emperors Xianfeng and Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty lies in three aspects.First,Du Wenxiu Uprising supported the Taiping Revolution and was actually an integral part of the latter in the anti-Qing struggle of the peasantry.Second,Du Wenxiu Uprising,lasting for 18 years and spreading over Yunnan,Guangxi,Guizhou and Sichuan,gave a fatal blow to the feudal ruling of the Qing Dynasty in these provinces.Third,influenced by Du Wenxiu Uprising,Yunnan began to change from a feudal society into a semi-feudal and semi-colonial one.