While the imperial edict prohibiting immigration from Guangdong made the passage to Taiwan more painful for Hakkas and greatly affected the overall ethnic balance of settlers, one must look to other factors to explain the complex geographic distribution of Hakka enclaves in Taiwan.
渡台禁令加深客家移民渡台的辛酸，但客家在台灣分佈圖的形成，原因複雜，一紙禁令尚不足以說明。