Most histories of the Japanese takeover of Taiwan describe all Taiwanese as "resisting Ja pan." But in fact the local reaction to the change in regime was very complex. Taiwanese were themselves divided into different groups depending upon their place of origin in mainland China, and the real situation of how much resistance there really was to Japan remains unclear.
一般對日人領台之初的歷史理解，多半侷限所謂台人「抗日、禦武」等概念，但當時地方對政權遽變的反應，其實牽涉到許多錯綜複雜的「地域主義」及「抗日實況」。