The government of that era exacted a land tax, for which the big tenants were responsible, and a poll tax, which everybody had to pay. Females only paid half as much as males, and indigenous people paid half the rate of the Han.
當時官府抽土地稅「正供」，由大租戶負擔，還有「丁銀」，即人頭稅，每個人都要繳，女人只繳男人一半，原住民繳漢人的一半。