Originally from Zhangzhou, Chu Yi-kui raised the flag of rebellion together with Tu Chun-ying in southern Taiwan. The rebels quickly captured Tainan and Chulo (modern-day Chiayi) and proclaimed Chu "Chung Hsing Wang" (i.e., "the king who will restore the Ming dynasty"), but it wasn't long before relations between Chu and Tu disintegrated into bitter internecine struggle, with Hakkas pitted against Fujianese.
原籍漳州的朱一貴與客家人杜君英，在台灣南部舉旗反官，兩人一路攻下台南府城、諸羅縣治，眾奉朱一貴為「中興王」，但不久朱一貴與杜君英內訌，閩、客分裂，勢成水火，互相砍殺。