Abstract: Among the many reasons for the failure of Guangzhou Uprise,one essential is the historical limitation of the August 7 Conference.To put it in detail,after the Great Revolution failed,the August 7 Conference mistakenly estimated revolutionary situation,strategy,power,and mood,leading to the mistaken decisions in grasping the right time,organizing revolutionary power,organizing strategic withdraw,and giving up a risky policy.This is also a true miniature of Chinese Communist Party who did not have a deep understanding of the rules of democratic revolution in his early years.

Key words: Guangzhou Uprise, reasons of the failure, the August 7 Conference, historical limitation