"Governmental chain of command in the Ch'ing Dynasty was ineffective. The public order situation in Taiwan was chaotic, and there were periodic armed conflicts between the Chuanchou and Changchou peoples. In that kind of an age, every village had a Sung Chiang brigade," expressed Juan Chang-jui, director of the Anthropology Division at the Provincial Museum.
「清代政令不行，台灣治安紊亂又時有泉漳械鬥，在那種年代裡，有莊就有宋江陣」，省立博物館人類學組組長阮昌銳表示。