Chinese Secret Societies. Volume 4, Qing Dynasty Secret Societies

Author: Ouyang Enliang
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book aims to fully integrate the "meeting ledger," "underwater," and "canal navigation" documents that circulated within the secret society with external archives reflecting the society, various reports, and records of contemporary people. It emphasizes the multidimensional and holistic analytical perspective, focusing on revealing the origins, internal norms, activities, and characteristics of the secret society itself, while also discussing its external activities. It analyzes the struggles of the secret society against feudal government rule and foreign invasion, and also examines the potential socially destructive activities in daily life, in order to objectively, accurately, and comprehensively reflect this unique social group of the Qing Dynasty secret society.