Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface vii
3. Contents xi
4. Places of known Tiandihui activity in mainland China before the Opium War xiv
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 • • • Beginnings: The Eighteenth Century 5
7. 2 • • • Spread and Elaboration: The Nineteenth Century 38
8. 3 • • • The Tiandihui in Western Historiography 89
9. 4 • • • The Tiandihui in Chinese Historiography 116
10. 5 • • • The Tiandihui in Myth and Legend 151
11. Conclusion 177
12. Appendixes 181
13. Notes 249
14. Character List 285
15. Bibliographies 301
16. Index 341