It was said that 76 inhabitants in Ryukyu sailed to southern Taiwan in 1875, and 54 of them were killed on the spot by aborigines. The Japanese government took this as an excuse for sending troops to invade Taiwan.
清朝同治十三年，相傳有琉球人七十六人乘船飄流至台灣南端，其中五十四人為牡丹社生番所殺，日本即以此為藉口，出兵進犯台灣。