Chinese Secret Societies. Volume 5. Republican Era Secret Societies

Author: Lu Zhongwei
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: "The Secret Societies of China" is divided into seven volumes, and this book is the fifth volume. The book comprehensively and systematically discusses the history and current state of China's secret societies, objectively evaluates their pros and cons in history, summarizes the lessons learned from governing secret societies, especially summarizes the principles, policies, strategies, basic methods, and experiences of the Communist Party of China and the Central People's Government in completely and successfully resolving secret societies like triads and sects. It not only explains the actual struggles at the time but can also be applied to practice to some extent. This book explores and discusses some basic aspects of sects during the Republic of China, such as their internal structures, rules, activities, and developmental evolution, in order to outline the overall picture of sect activities during that period.