Ku-tsung did exist, but according to Changhwa County Gazetteer he was captured alive before execution, while the red cedar met its fate because it was "an obstruction to attack."
根據「彰化縣志」記載，骨宗確有其人，卻是遭生擒伏誅；而茄苳樹則是因「妨礙進攻」而遭砍伐。