"Scholars-peasants-workers-merchants was the traditional Chinese social hierarchy and Kuan Kung was the patron saint for scholars and merchants. It is not surprising then that he had a lot of followers," points outfolk-scholar Chou Jung-chieh. Look at the forty-eight years of history of Taipei's Hsin Tien Temple, which was originally built by a coal baronas thanks to Kuan Kung for looking after him.
「士農工商，這中國社會傳統的四個階層中，就有士和商兩者奉關公為守護神，信徒眾多，也就不足為奇」，民俗學者周榮傑指出，像有四十八年歷史的台北行天宮，就是早年的煤業鉅子黃樅為了感謝關公護佑而獨資興建的。