太平天国运动在打击清政府封建统治的积极意义之外,也起到了破坏当时社会经济的消极作用,比如造成了扬州的衰落。太平天国运动中其战争本身就扬州造成了经济和文化上的破坏;另外,漕运被迫停止,造成以运河为生的扬州的衰退。 In addition to the positive significance of the Taiping Campaign against the feudal rule of the Qing government, it also played a negative role in undermining the social and economic activities of the time, such as the decline of Yangzhou. The war in the Taiping Rebellion itself caused economic and cultural damage to Yangzhou; in addition, water transport was forced to stop, resulting in the recession of Yangzhou, a canal-based economy.