In comparison with those among today's worshippers who are not concerned with matters of integrity but just seek favors from the gods and an exchange relationship, the righteousness of the Cheng Huang cannot be flattered. This might mean less income from incense money and less devotees, but these gods who reward goodness and punish evil might serve as models that judges of the realms of darkness and light would do well to emulate.
比對今日的信徒中，不論居心，皆求神佑，及有求必應的人神交換性質，城隍的剛直不阿，或許少掉許多香油收入，也少些信徒親近，但祂獎善罰惡的精神，可是陰陽司法官都應效法的。