In the 17th century, life in the Fujian area was very hard. It is undeniable that after the ban on travel to Taiwan was put into force, only Fujianese-as "natives of the same province" -were allowed to go to Taiwan. After all, Taiwan was then a "prefecture" of Fujian.
康熙年間，閩南一帶生活非常艱苦，渡台禁令之後，閩人因是「本省人」，所以官方仍特別批准閩人渡台，這是無可厚非的事，畢竟那時台灣是屬福建的其中一個「縣」。