Triad Society

An uprising in 1796 weakneed Ding dynasty rule. 1662-Present: The Triad Society stemmed from clandestine Ming-dynasty loyalists, who wanted to topple the Ding court.

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An uprising in 1796 weak-need Ching dynasty rule. 1662-Present: The Triad Society stemmed from clandestine Ming dynasty loyalists, who wanted to topple the Ching court.

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The Manchu soldiers were fighting for their all: their very supremacy was at stake; while many of the Chinese troops were members of the Triad Society, the chief object of which was to get rid of the alien dynasty.

China and the Manchus Herbert Allen Giles 1890

Heaven and Earth Society, and also as the Triad Society, or Hung League, which dates from the reign of Yung Chêng, and from first to last has had one definite aim, -- the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty.

China and the Manchus Herbert Allen Giles 1890

At the bottom of all the trouble we find, as usually to be expected henceforward, the secret activities of the far-reaching Triad Society, which seized the occasion to foment into open rebellion the dissatisfaction of the tribesmen with the glaring injustice they were suffering at the hands of the local authorities.

China and the Manchus Herbert Allen Giles 1890

The use of the square and compasses as symbols of moral rectitude, which forms such a striking feature of European masonry, finds no place in the ceremonial of the Triad Society, although recognized as such in Chinese literature from the days of Confucius, and still so employed in the every-day colloquial of China.

China and the Manchus Herbert Allen Giles 1890

But they counted without the ever-present desire of the great bulk of the Chinese people to see the last of the Manchus; and the Triad Society, stimulated no doubt by the recent British successes, had already shown signs of unusual activity when, in 1850, the Emperor died, and was succeeded by his fourth son, who reigned under the title of Hsien Fêng (or Hien Fong

China and the Manchus Herbert Allen Giles 1890