The Origins of the Tiandihui: The Chinese Triads in Legend and History
Dian H. Murray
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Description for The Origins of the Tiandihui: The Chinese Triads in Legend and History
Hardback. The author reviews and analyzes the extensive Tiandihui literature, makes available to Western scholars information from archival materials heretofore seen only by a few Chinese specialists; and rmly establishes an authoritative chronology of the Tiandihui's early history. Num Pages: 364 pages, 1 half-tone 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; HBJF; JKVM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 676.
The Tiandihui, also known as the Heaven and Earth Association or the Triads, was one of the earliest, largest, and most enduring of the Chinese secret societies that have played crucial roles at decisive junctures in modern Chinese history. These organizations were characterized by ceremonial rituals, often in the form of blood oaths, that brought people together for a common goal.
Some were organized for clandestine, criminal, or even seditious purposes by people alienated from or at the margins of society. Others were organized for mutual protection or the administration of local activities by law-abiding members of a given community.
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
Number of Pages
364
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804723244
SKU
V9780804723244
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99-50
Reviews for The Origins of the Tiandihui: The Chinese Triads in Legend and History
"An important book. . . . Murray has astutely sifted through a huge body of primary and secondary sources in both Chinese and English to present an excellent historiographical study of the origins of the Heaven and Earth Society. . . . This is a book well worth reading."—China Review International