The invention relates to an indoor rock mechanics testing device, in particular to a rock hollow cylinder torsion shear apparatus capable of realizing complex stress path, and belongs to the technical field of geotechnical engineering techniques. The torsion shear apparatus comprises a base, a sleeve, a lower pressure head, an upper pressure head, a piston, an upper seat, a head cover, a connecting rod and a torsion device. The rock hollow cylinder torsion shear apparatus disclosed by the invention has the advantages that the puzzle that the stress path of the rock indoor testing device is single is solved; axial force, inner confining pressure, outer confining pressure and torque can be loaded on a rock sample separately or together; the defect that the four external forces interfere with one another during loading is overcome; the magnitude variation of principal stress or the rotating stress path of the principal axis of stress can be simulated; the rock hollow cylinder torsion shear apparatus is reasonable in structure, easy to manufacture, easy to operate, accurate in measuring system and high in automation degree and can be used for indoor tests of rock complex loading paths.