But then the First Sino-Japanese War broke out, the Beiyang Fleet was annihilated, and the Qing court signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki ceding the Liaodong peninsula, Taiwan, and the Pescadores to Japan. Sun ’ s indignation at the loss of life and of national honor sparked his revolutionary activities.
然而不久後爆發「甲午戰爭」，北洋艦隊全軍覆沒，清廷更於 1895 年簽下「馬關條約」，將遼東半島及台灣、澎湖割讓出去；基於對清廷「辱國喪權」的義憤，才催化了中山先生的革命行動。