1895년에 청일 전쟁, 청나라는 소국이라고 여기던 일본에 패배를 당하고 일본에 의해 주권을 잃고 모욕적인 시모노세키 조약을 체결한다.
In 1895, in the Sino-Japanese War, the Qing Dynasty was defeated by Japan, a small country, and lost its sovereignty by Japan, and the insulting Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed.