In the eighteenth century, at the time of the Kang Hsi Emperor, when Yu Chao-yueh became prefect of Taiwan, he went to the Cheng Huang temple to take three oaths against avarice, timidity and favoritism!
康熙時，台灣知府俞兆岳履新時，在城隍廟中立下三誓「毋貪財、毋畏勢、毋徇人情！」