台灣中部烏溪流域內南投、草屯、霧峰、大里等四地都有「七將軍廟」。四廟名雷同，祭祀神衹都是六人與義犬。現有文獻對四廟創建沿革眾說紛紜。本文將自清代畫界封山政策執行，對彰化縣東部沿山漢「番」邊界帶來影響的視角出發，提出四廟沿革新解。本文證明四廟源出乾隆廿年建立的霧峰「兵慶祠」。所謂「七將軍」原是乾隆時因「生番」出草而遭難的兵丁，他們分別是陳綬保、吳世俊、薛國棟、劉耀、翁均、張列、彭英等七人。這些生前以「防番」為職責的汛丁亡厲，隨後轉化成「將軍」，為當地兵民建祠崇奉，繼續其「防番」工作。且因彰化沿山邊界長期漢番衝突背景，讓七將軍信仰得以擴展。最終南投、大里等地也各自建祠祭祀「七將軍」。

In the middle of Taiwan, the Wu River passes by townships namely Nantou, Tsaotun, Wufeng and Dali. Coincidently each township has a Seven General Temple which worships six spirits and one faithful dog. There is no unanimous explanation on the developmental history regarding these four temples in existed documents. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to elaborate the origin of Seven General Temple. This paper argues that Seven General Temple was result in the policy of ethnic quarantine that kept Han ethnicity from aboriginal people in Ching dynasty in the eastern part of Zhanhua county. This paper offers evidences to prove that ｀Bing Qing temple＇ located in Wufeng, established in twentieth year of QianLong is the origin of these four temples. The so called ｀seven generals＇ were soldiers who killed by aboriginal people. The name of these soldiers are Chen Shoubao, Wu Shjuan, Xyu Guodong, Liou Yao, Wong Jyun, Zhang Lei and Pen Ying. These brave soldiers had become generals after death and worshiped by local residents for the purpose of defending the invasion of aboriginal people. Owing to there were many conflicts between Han and aboriginal people around the mountain areas of Zhanhua county, therefore the worship of Seven Generals grew and spread out to townships nearby. Eventually Nantou, Tsaotun, and Dali set up a Seven Generals temple in its township.