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APPENDIX: the 36 Oaths of China's Triad Societies APPENDIX: The 36 Oaths of China's Triad Societies 1. Mter having entered the Hong Gates I must treat the parents and relatives of my sworn brothers as mine own kin. I shall suffer death by five thunderbolts if I do not keep this oath. 2. I shall assist my sworn brothers to bury their parents and brothers by offering financial or physical assistance. I shall be killed by five thunderbolts if I pretend to have no knowledge of their troubles. 3. When Hong brothers visit my house I shall provide them with board and lodging. I shall be killed by a myriad of swords if I treat them as strangers. 4. I will always acknowledge my Hong brothers when they identify themselves. If I ignore them I shall be killed by a myriad of swords. 5. I shall not disclose the secrets of the Hong family, not even to my parents, brothers or wife. I shall never disclose the secrets for money. I shall be killed by a myriad of swords if I do so. 6. I shall never betray my sworn brothers. If, through a misunder­ standing, I have caused the arrest of one of my brothers, I must release him immediately. If I break this oath I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 7. I will offer assistance to my sworn brothers who are in trouble, in order that they may pay their passage fee. If I break this oath, may I be killed by five thunderbolts. 8. I must not cause harm or bring trouble to my sworn brothers or Incense Master. Ifl do so I will be killed by a myriad of swords. 9. I must never commit an indecent assault on the wives, sisters or daughters of my sworn brothers. I shall be killed by five thunder­ bolts if I break this oath. 10. I shall never embezzle cash or property from my sworn brothers. If I break this oath I will be killed by a myriad of swords. 11. I will take good care of the wives or children of sworn brothers entrusted to my keeping. If I do not do so I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 12. If I have supplied false particulars about myself for the purpose of joining the Hong family I shall be killed by five thunderbolts. 13. If I should change my mind and deny my membership of the Hong family I will be killed by a myriad of swords. 14. If I rob a sworn brother, or assist an outsider to do so, I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 15. If I should take advantage over a sworn brother or force unfair business deals upon him I will be killed by a myriad of swords. 16. Ifl knowingly convert my sworn brother's cash or property to my own use I shall be killed by five thunderbolts. 17. If I have wrongly taken a sworn brother's cash or property during a robbery I must return them to him. If I do not I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 18. If I am arrested after committing an offence, I must accept my punishment, and not try to place the blame on my sworn broth­ ers. If I do so I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 19. If any of my sworn brothers are killed, arrested, or have departed to some other place, I will assist their wives and children who may be in need. If I pretend to have no knowledge of their difficulties, I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 20. "When any of my sworn brothers have been assaulted or blamed by others, I must come forward and help him if he is in the right, or advise him to desist if he is wrong. If he has been repeatedly insulted by others I shall inform our other brothers to help him physically and financially. If I do not keep this oath, I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 21. If it comes to my knowledge that the government is seeking any of my sworn brothers who has come from other provinces or from overseas, I shall immediately inform him in order that he may make his escape. If I break this oath I will be killed by five thun­ derbolts. 22. I must not conspire with outsiders to cheat my sworn brothers at gambling. If I do so I will be killed by a myriad of swords. 2 3. I shall not cause discord amongst my sworn brothers by spreading false reports about any of them. If I do so I shall be killed by a myriad of swords. 24. I shall not appoint myself Incense Master without authority. Mter entering the Hong Gates for three years, the loyal and faithful APPENDIX • 389 ones may be promoted by the Incense Master with the support of his sworn brothers. I shall be killed by five thunderbolts if I make any unauthorised promotions myself. 2 5. If my natural brothers are involved in a dispute or lawsuit with my sworn brothers, I must not help either party against the other, but must attempt to have the matter settled amicably. If I break this oath I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 26. After entering the Hong Gates, I must forget any previous grudges I may have borne against my sworn brothers. If I do not do so I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 27. I must not trespass upon territory occupied by my sworn broth­ ers. I shall be killed by five thunderbolts if I pretend to have no knowledge of my brothers' rights in such matters. 28. I must not covet or seek to share in any property or cash obtained by my sworn brothers. If I have such ideas I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 29. I must not disclose any address where my sworn brothers keep their wealth, nor must I conspire to make wrong use of such knowledge. If I do so I will be killed by a myriad of swords. 30. I must not give support to outsiders if so doing is against the inter­ ests of any of my sworn brothers. If I do not keep this oath, I will be killed by a myriad of swords. 31. I must not take advantage of the Hong brotherhood, in order to oppress or take violent or unreasonable advantage of others. I must be content and honest. If I break this oath I will be killed by five thunderbolts. 32. I shall be killed by five thunderbolts ifl behave indecently towards the small children of my sworn brothers' families. 3 3. If any of my sworn brothers has committed a big offence, I must not inform upon them to the government for the purpose of obtaining a reward. I shall be killed by five thunderbolts if I break this oath. 34. I must not take to myself the wives and concubines of my sworn brothers, nor commit adultery with them. If I do so I will be killed by a myriad of swords. 35. I must never reveal Hong secrets or signs when speaking to out­ siders. If I do so I will be killed by a myriad of swords. 390 • BLOOD BROTHERS 36. Mter entering the Hong Gates, I shall be loyal and faithful and shall endeavour to overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming by coordinating my efforts with those of my sworn brothers, even though my brothers and I may not be in the same profession. Our common aim is to avenge our Five Ancestors. 1 APPENDIX • 391 NOTES INTRODUCTION Michael Wong, 'Drunken pirates sing pop hit as they head for firing squad' South China Morning Post, 29 Jan. 2000. 2 Pamela Pun, 'Triad activities "out of control"' Hong Kong Mail, 24 Oct. 2000. The article referred to the October 2000 issue of the official China News Weekly Review, which cited Cai Shaoqing, a professor at Nanjing University and an expert on organised crime. 3 Takahiro Fukaka, 'Asia's legal killing fields' Agence France-Presse (fokyo), in The Nation (Bangkok), 27 May 2001. 4 Wu Zhong, '110 executed on UN anti-drug day' Hong Kong Standard, 27 June 1996. 5 Handelman, Stephen, 'The Russian "Mafiya'" Foreign Affairs, March-April 1994, p. 83. 6 Dr Mark Galeotti, 'Organized crime in Russia: the political view-organized crime's influence on politics and vice versa' (unpublished paper submitted at a conference organised by the Royal Institute of International Mfairs and Control Risks Group Limited, The Dorchester, London, 6 March 1995). 7 Velisarios Kattoulas, 'Taking care of business' Far Eastern Economic Review, 30 November 2000, pp. 92-5, and Garry W.G. Clement and Brian McAdam, Triads and Other Asian Organized Crime Groups, Royal Canadian Mounted Police manual, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 121. 8 Karel van Wolferen, The Enigma ofJapanese Power, Vintage Books, New York, 1990, pp. 105-6. 9 Brian Bremner, 'Yakuza and the banks' Business Week, 29 Jan. 1996, pp. 15-18. 10 John McFarlane, 'The Asian financial crisis: corruption, cronyism and organ­ ised crime' Defence Studies WOrking Paper No. 341, The Australian National University, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Canberra, October 1999. 11 Clement and McAdam, Triads and Other Asian Organized Crime Groups, p. 114. 12 Jonathan Manthorpe, 'The man who loved too much and the woman who loved too many' The Vancouver Sun, 16 May 2000. 13 Bertil Lintner, 'Paradise for crooks' Far Eastern Economic Review, 6 Nov. 1997, pp. 31-5. A complete list of Vanuatu's banks is in my possession.
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