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Before the Opium War, the three towns in Wuhan had already developed and prospered as feudal towns, especially Hankou, which became one of the four famous towns because of its developed commerce. After the Opium War, Hankou was opened to trade. Under the impact of capitalism and the Westernization movement's "rich country and strong army" construction, Wuhan prospered abnormally. On the one hand, the colonial expansion of Western powers brought serious disasters to the people; on the other hand, in order to narrow the gap between the East and the West, the people of Wuhan actively absorbed Western advanced civilization and at the same time actively resisted foreign aggression. The Shou Uprising in Wuchang became the starting point that changed the history of China; the warlords brought disaster to Hubei, and the revolutionary torrent was turbulent. During the White Terror of the National Government, the Communist Party of China led the workers' and peasants' movement; under the iron heel of the Japanese army, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party joined hands to resist Japan; during the storm of opposition to the rule of the United States and Chiang Kai-shek, the Kuomintang rule collapsed and the city of Wuhan was reborn. Wuhan's difficult and tortuous development trajectory over the past century is condensed in one book.