十九世紀，南移的華工多為勞動階段，他們將中國傳統社會的土地神之理念移植到異邦。在這片全然陌生的土地遇上當地的番神，即馬來社會民間「科拉邁」信仰，兩者之間相融合，產生了獨特的拿督公崇拜。這篇論文主要透過實地調查馬來西亞拿督公廟，及彙整歷史史料和傳說，將拿督公的「唐化」分為幾種層級，以此談論拿督公之職能。

In the 19th century, majority Chinese moved to Nanyang were labours. They brought the traditional Chinese society land deity concept to the new land. On the stranger land, the existing land deity concept met to Malay society “Keramat” belief, the amalgamation of these two beliefs brough the emergence of unique Datuk Kong Belief. By carry out the investigation to the Datuk Kong temples in Malaysia, the paper attempts to compile the historical materials and legends. The paper classified the Datuk Kong based on the “sinicization” and discuss their functions.