People with talent and virtue can also take on the job. Thus is the case with Fengshan's Cho Tsao-chang, who became first Cheng Huang of Kaohsiung county's Tsukuan rural township; Lai Ho, a famous literary figure during the Japanese occupation, was elected to succeed him.
另外有才有德之士也可擔任，像是鳳山舉人卓肇昌便為高雄縣梓官鄉的首任城隍；而日據時代有名的文學家賴和，則為繼任人選。