In 1895, after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1895-1895, the news of the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki came, making the whole country sad and angry. In the "Zhixin Bookstore" in the French Concession in Tianjin, the boss Ye Zhiqiu looked at the backlog of "Hai Guo Tu Zhi" and "Ying Huan Zhi Lue" in his hands and made a decision - he wanted to print something different.