Wu Sha of Zhangpu, who was later deified as the founding father of Ilan, was one of these. Most of them were bachelors who rented land from the indigenous people, and as they set down roots, took indigenous women for brides. This was the origin of the popular saying, "There are Chinese husbands but no Chinese wives."
大多是「羅漢腳」單身的他們，向原住民租地耕作，並落地生根娶原住民女子為妻，所以有句俗諺「有唐山公，沒有唐山婆」，典故就出於此。