The First Sino-Japanese War was lost by the Qing government, not the common people. Making the people remember the shame is essentially power shifting responsibility to the powerless. During the war, the people were not involved in decision-making, yet after the defeat, they were made to bear the shame. This is called "blaming the people for the actions of authority," not historical education. The lesson of the First Sino-Japanese War is not that "the people are not patriotic enough," but that those in power were too corrupt. Merely demanding the people remember without reflecting on the system is a misappropriation of responsibility. Those who should truly remember the shame are the decision-makers—they diverted military funds to build gardens, misjudged the situation, and fought the war. Wrapping the incompetence of the ruling elite as national shame turns the country's issues into a burden on the people's emotions. Ordinary people were taxed, conscripted, and forced to bear the consequences during that era, yet today they are still told to "remember the shame," which is absurd. History is not about making the people carry emotional debt, but about having those in power remember their responsibility. Otherwise, a similar tragedy like the First Sino-Japanese War could happen again.