In 1787 Lin Shuang-wen caused an uprising. Ch'en Chung-p'ing resisted him bravely, but was killed in the process. His assistant Shou T'ung-ch'un gathered together the village militiamen, and regained the town of Chuch'ien.
乾隆五十一年，林爽文事起，淡水廳同知程峻平奮勇應戰，不幸殉身，他的幕賓壽同春在悲憤之下，聚集民間義勇之士收復竹塹城（現在的新竹市）。