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150年来，国内史学者对1860年英法联军火烧圆明园目的观点主要有两种：一是为了掩盖他们抢劫圆明园的罪行；二是为了报复清政府。上述两种传统观点都难以成立。英法联军火烧圆明园的主要目的在于以此彻底摧毁清政府的抵抗意志，迫使清政府立即投降，实现他们发动战争的罪恶目的——扩大英法在华权益。这可以从英法发动战争的目的、英法联军火烧圆明园后各方的反应、以及英法联军焚毁圆明园而没有焚毁北京城内的皇宫三个方面得到清晰的证明。
150년래，국내사학자대1860년영법련군화소원명완목적관점주요유량충：일시위료엄개타문창겁원명완적죄행；이시위료보복청정부。상술량충전통관점도난이성립。영법련군화소원명완적주요목적재우이차철저최훼청정부적저항의지，박사청정부립즉투강，실현타문발동전쟁적죄악목적——확대영법재화권익。저가이종영법발동전쟁적목적、영법련군화소원명완후각방적반응、이급영법련군분훼원명완이몰유분훼북경성내적황궁삼개방면득도청석적증명。
For 150 years, there have been mainly two kinds of opinions on the aim of the Anglo -French Allied forces setting fire to the Yuanmingyuan Imperial Palace in 1860 among domestic historians. One is to cover up their guilt of robbery of the Imperial Palace, and the other is to take revenge on the Qing government. The co - authors of the present paper think it is difficult for the two traditional opinions mentioned above to be taken for granted after scanning plenty of history data and analyzing information concerning the second Opium War. The main aim of the Anglo- French Allied Forces＂ burning down the Yuanmingyuan Imperial Palace is to completely destroy the Qing governmentg resistance wills since then and force the government to surrender immediately and thus obtaining their evil goal of launching the war, that is, to enlarge the benefits they have already gained. This can be proved dis- tinctly from the goal of the warring, the reaction of both parties after burning the Imperial Palace, and the fact that the forces burned down the Yuanmingyuan Imperial Palace rather than the palaces in the Beijing City.