林爽文起义是当时台湾社会暴力发展的产物，是拜把结会传统裂变的结果，天地会在其中充当了一个不自觉的主要角色。
The uprising was the product of social violence of the time and the result of the split up of the tradition of swearing loyalty and forming societies , and the Heaven and Earth Society incidentally played a major role in the uprising .
林爽文起义