Our forces suffered heavy losses and our fortresses and cities fell to the Japanese one after another on account of our powerless weapons and inflexible tactics.

兵不利兮戰不善，死傷積野城池陷。

The Chinese crushing defeat in the Sino-Japanese War brought a burning shame upon our nation, whose sovereignty had been trampled upon unchecked since .

甲午之辱盡失面，從兹鐵蹄無遮攔。