Loyalty and Righteousness: Belief in Kuan Kung has continued unbroken in Taiwan basically because he is the most useful of gods and has been able to satisfy the different requirements of different ages. Yet, putting aside Kuan Kung's utilitarian attraction, Kuan Kung is also revered infolk stories as a noble of great loyalty and righteousness.
關公信仰在台灣歷久不渝，固然是因為祂老人家「功能齊備」，可以滿足不同時代的不同需求；但撇開宗教信仰中的功利色彩，關公在民間故事中也的確是位值得崇仰的忠義之士。