It is said that Penghu was inhabited even before the Sui dynasty. According to written history, in 610 A. D. Sui Yang Ti sent General Chen Leng to administer Penghu and thereafter it legally was China's territory.
相傳在隋朝以前，澎湖即已有人居住，但有文史可考者，始於隋朝大業六年（西元六一Ｏ年），隋煬帝派了虎賁中郎將陳稜經略澎湖，澎湖從此也就納入中國版圖。