At the time, the Ch'ing court circuit intendant in Taiwan, Wu Ch'ang-tso, was attempting to take control of the mountains, but his soldiers were repeatedly driven off by locals under Ku-tsung.
清雍正年間，台灣道台（掌一省兵權的官）吳昌祚率兵入山，遭骨宗率眾抗拒，屢攻不克。