The emperor was in fact an enthusiast for geographical studies, notes Tunghai University associate history professor Hung Min-lin, in his work The Evolution of Taiwan Place-names.
東海大學歷史系兼任副教授洪敏麟在其著作「台灣地名的沿革」一書中提到，康熙是一位對地理學很有興趣的皇帝。