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This book mainly focuses on collecting and sorting out "rare materials" ("never duplicate" existing relevant materials) of the "patriotic parade that took place in Beijing on May 4, 1919" as a "factual description" (this determines that A does not include ideological and cultural materials other than the parade, strikes, and other materials; B does not include the May Fourth situation across the country outside Beijing). The basic content of this book mainly consists of the following two parts. First, "Taiwan region" materials. Memories of the May 4th Incident by the "May 4th Youth" living in Taiwan. Second, materials from the "Republic of China Period". Narratives of the May 4th Incident in the Republic of China newspaper archives.

Through the ages, Ma Guan was heartbroken and could not bear to live with it. The whole people were at war with each other and Taiwan was finally restored to unification. Every word of the Shimonoseki negotiations is heart-wrenching! The arrogance of the self-satisfied Ito Hirobumi and the fear of the heroic and short-tempered Li Hongzhang came from their every word and every expression on the Chunfan Tower. Chinese people with even a little bit of conscience and blood can't help but feel heartbroken and burst into flames. "Old shame is wiped out, and old soil can be enjoyed again." During the half century from the cession of Taiwan in 1895 to the restoration of Taiwan in 1945, our loyal and courageous Chinese descendants, especially our compatriots in Taiwan, fought one after another and died generously to resist Japanese colonial rule. Taiwan's recovery is an excellent historical footnote that "the motherland must be reunified and will be reunified." This set of documents collected in this book mainly includes the details of the Sino-Japanese Shimonoseki peace talks after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, the stimulation and great impact of the Treaty of Shimonoseki on our national spirit, and the struggle of our nation to finally wash away the shame of Shimonoseki and regain Taiwan with blood and strength. The book begins with "Declaration of War between China and Japan", proceeds with "Peace Agreement", proceeds with "Hiroshima Refusal of Envoys", proceeds with "Shimonoseki Peace Talks", proceeds with "Book of Indignation", "Returns to Taiwan in Disgrace", and ends with "Wanli Peace Negotiations". Revisiting this nation's history of humiliation and struggle is of practical significance today.

Regarding Japan's surrender, we often hear such popular views: Japan's surrender was the result of "Qu Yuan" (the American atomic bomb) and "Su Wu" (the Soviet Red Army); Japan was defeated by the United States, not China; Japan's surrender was "conditional", not "unconditional"; Japan did not surrender, etc. These statements not only existed at that time, but are still popular even today. They are not only accepted by foreigners, but even tacitly accepted by Chinese people. But if these views were true, then in 1945 the Japanese army would have repeatedly knelt down and submitted letters of surrender to China, which would not have happened.