"This is because Taiwan was pioneered from south to north. At first the south was opened up, and with illness rampant in that pioneering period, expelling the evil and clearing away misfortune required strong methods. Thus the more martial and ferocious Master Taitzu and Wang Yeh flourished more," argues Cheng Chih-ming.
「這是因為台灣拓墾由南而北，早期開拓的南台灣，面對疫癘叢生，要驅邪除煞，得有超強法力，所以具有勇猛性格的太子爺、王爺便較為興盛」，鄭志明以為。