In 1874 the Qing dynasty official Shen Baozhen memorialized the court to follow a policy in Taiwan of "opening up mountain regions and pacifying the barbarians" thus staging the opening scene for the penetration of the outside world into Yushan and its environs.
一八七四年沈葆楨奏請清廷在台灣「開山撫蕃」，展開了外力進入玉山及附近山區的序幕。