February 21, 2020
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 →
February 21, 2020
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 →