He explains that the general in the centre of the picture is in fact the famous Ch'ing dynasty general, Shih Lang, who captured Taiwan from Koxinga's descendants and thus incorporated it into the Ch'ing empire in 1683.
他指的是畫中一位穿清朝官服、端坐在一口小井前的將軍。「我在天妃顯聖錄里找到了這個『湧泉給師』的典故」，魯克思表示，端坐中央的將軍是清代名將施琅。