The History of the Thai-Chinese (Part 4)

Ep. 262

Angyi 红字 Thai word for Chinese secret societies that operated in the kingdom

Also written Ayutthaya and Ayodhya, City north of Bangkok that was site of a Ayudhya 艾尤塔雅 อยุธยา Siamese kingdom that lasted 1350 to 1767

Chakri Dynasty 查克里王朝 ราชวงศจักรี The current ruling dynasty in Thailand, founded 1782

Similar to the Chao Sua but primarily in the south of Thailand. They were also called chao muong Hokkien Rajah's

Upper crust ethnic Chinese families who gained riches through their association with chao sua the royal house.

Coastal region in eastern where the Chaozhou-Shantou-Jieyang people Cháoshàn 潮汕 เฉาซาน come from

Dàoguāng Emperor 道光帝 จักรพรรดิตากวง Qing emperor from 1820-1850

ชายปวยแหงเอเชียตะวั “The Sick Man of Asia", a term that described the Ottoman Empire in 1853 but Dōngyà Bìngfū 东亚病夫 นออก was later applied to the Qing Dyansty during its worst years.

Fujian 福建 ฝูเจี้ยน Coastal province in southern China where all Hokkien and Hokchiu people hail from

Guangdong 广东 กวางตุง Mainland China's southernmost province

Guangzhou 广州 กวางโจว Capital of Guangdong province. Also known as Canton

Guizhou 贵州 กุยโจว Province in western China

A group of Chinese, originally from the north who migrated in great numbers to the Hakka 客家 แคะ south of China during the 4th century CE

Henan 河南 เหอหนาน Province in north China

Overseas Fujian people who primarily came from the south, around Xiamen and Hokkien 福建 ฝูเจี้ยน Zhangzhou and all points in between

Hubei 湖北 หูเปย Province in Central China

Huágōng 华工 Chinese workers

Huáshāng 华商 Chinese engaged in business and commerce

People who hail from the island province of Hainan, just off the southwest coast of Hǎinánese 海南人 ไหหลํา Guangdong Jiangxi 江西 เจียงซี Province in Southeast China

พระบาทสมเด็จพระจอม King Mongkut 蒙固王 See above Rama IV เกลาเจาอยูหัว

พระพุทธยอดฟาจุฬาโล King Rama I 拉玛一世 Chakri Dynasty founder. Reigned 1782-1809 กมหาราช

King Rama V 拉玛五世 จุฬาลงกรณ The fifth king of the Chakri Dynasty, reigned 1868-1910

Chinese self-help organizations that also offered a number of other "services" to its Kongsi (gōngsī) 公司 บริษัท members and society

Méinán 湄南河 (昭拍耶河) แมนํ้าเจาพระยา Chinese name for the Chao Phraya River

City in Eastern Guangdong province where the make up the majority of Méixiàn 梅县 เหมยมณฑล the inhabitants.

The most powerful ministry in Siam. Responsible for foregn trade, foreign relations Phrakhlang กรมพระคลัง and the treasury

Qing Empire 大清 ชิง Imperial China's last and final dynasty. Lasted from 1644-1911

พระบาทสมเด็จพระจอม Rama IV 拉玛四世 Fourth king of the Chakri Dynasty. reigned 1851-1868 เกลาเจาอยูหัว

Shàntóu 汕头 ซัวเถา Major city of the Chaoshan region where the Teochew people came from originally

Sun Yat-sen 孙逸仙 ซุนอี้เซียน Kuomintang founder and father of the revolution that ended the Qing Dynasty

สมเด็จพระเจาตากสินม Taksin the Great 达信大帝 King of Siam 1767-1782, founded the Thonburi Kingdom หาราช

Teochew 潮州人 แตจิ๋ว Chinese born or descended from the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong province

One of the cities of the Pearl River Delta where most Chinese Americans are Toi San 台山 ไทซาน descended from

An association created in August 1905 by Sun Yat-sen which organized revolutionary Tóngménghuì 同盟会 ถงเหมิงฮุย Chinese students studying in Tokyo at the time. The purpose was to form sponsor uprisings in China against the Qing

Tóngzhì 同治 จักรพรรดิถงจื่อ Qing Emperor 1861-1875

Tǔkè Xièdòu 土客械斗 the Punti Hakka Clan Wars that lasted 1855-1868

Wǔhú zhīluàn 芜湖之乱 the Invasions from the north of the so-called Five Barbarians of 304-316 CE

Xiàmén 厦门 เซียะเหมิน Port city in southern Fujian, one of the main homelands of the Hokkien people.

Xiānfèng 咸丰 จักรพรรดิเสียนเฟง Qing Emperor 1850-1861

Also called the 1911 Revolution. A series of revolts that culminated in the Wuchang Xīnhài Revolution 辛亥革命 Uprising of October 1911.