He says that in 1790 a defense brigade was set up by the Qing court in Sandiao Village, consisting of those 21 men. The brigade continued up to the beginning of the Japanese era. Those two short lines on the temple's wall embody a period of historical transformation.
他說，三貂社在清朝（乾隆五十五年）被編入屯兵，名額是二十一人，一直持續到清末，短短兩行字，就是一段歷史變遷。