美国传教士与太平天国运动

American Missionaries and the Taiping Revolutionary Movement

太平天国运动初期，由于美国传教士对清政府的不满，因而对这场具有基督教色彩的运动表示欢迎和支持。但是，随着对这一运动认识的加深，美国传教士便由赞赏太平天国革命走向了攻击太平天国革命。

In the early days of the Taiping Revolutionary Movement, the American missionaries were so dissatisfied with the Qing government that they welcomed and supported the movement, which had the colour of Christianity. But as they deepened their understanding of the movement, they changed their attitude from appreciating it to attacking it, which prepared public opinion for the Western aggressors to interfere in the Chinese revolution.