Category Archives: Triads
Migration of Triads from China to Hong Kong
When the Communist Party of China took power in 1949, mainland China was put under strict law enforcement and organised crime diminished. Triad members then migrated south to the British crown colony of Hong Kong for the continuance of their … Continue reading
Triad Oaths
Here is an abridged version of the thirty-six traditional Triad oaths. In my opening chapter of my novel, The Shanghai Circle, I describe a triad being decapitated for disobeying number 34 in this list. After having entered the Han gates I … Continue reading
Triad Organisational Structure
In my first novel, The Shanghai Circle, I touch on the organisational structure of the triads, and in Joseph’s initiation into the Sung Triads, I mention the Vanguard and Incense Master, and of course Joseph’s father, the leader or Dragonhead. … Continue reading
History of the Triads
The Triads were started as a resistance to the Manchu Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (the ethnic Manchus were regarded as a foreign occupation at the time). In the 1760s, a society called the Tian Di Hui, “The Society of … Continue reading
The Triads in Chinese Circles
All of my novels have a triad theme as Cheung Pak-ho, and then his son, Joseph, of the Sung Triad Society, cast their evil shadow over my other characters. Although the Sung’s are fictitious, they are based on the hundreds … Continue reading