Scholars of Taiwanese history, however, have gathered large amounts of historical materials in recent years, and many have come to conclude that the earliest factor affecting the balance of immigrants from Guangdong and Fujian was the imperial edict of 1684 forbidding immigration from Guangdong.
但近年來從事台灣史研究人士不斷蒐集史料，認為康熙二十三年清廷頒佈的「渡台禁令」是最早影響台灣閩、客比例的決定性因素。