Dian Murray

Brotherhoods and secret societies in early and mid-Qing China : the formation of a tradition

A note on conventions Introduction: Chinese brotherhoods and secret societies through the opium war 1. Brotherhood associations in Southeast China through the Lin Shuangwen rebellion 2. Brotherhood associations, secret societies, and rebellion: the background to the Lin Suangwen uprising 3. Rebellions with and without secret societies: Zhu Yigui and Lin Shuangwen compared 4. Secret societies and popular religion: the Tianhihui in the Western Fujian-Eastern Jiangxi region in the Jiaqing-Daoguang period 5. Marginality and ideology: Qing representations of brotherhood associations and secret societies 6. Chinese brotherhood associations and late imperial China Appendix A: Participation in the Lin Shuangwen uprising Appendix B: Chronology of the Lin Shuangwen uprising Notes Bibliography Glossary Index.

Book Review: God and Caesar in China: Policy Implications of Church-State Tensions

tributes to the emergence of a different kind of state. Inner Chinese geopolitics is, or rather should be, the necessary complement of local studies. We should, however, consider that the contextual approach will be reached at a further stage, when local monographs will be numerous enough to provide an overall understanding of the Chinese puzzle. Kernen’s stimulating local study of the reverse side of the Chinese reforms is certainly an important step forward in this endeavor. Y V E S C H E V R I E R , Modern Chinese history and politics, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France

The Trouble with Millenarianism: Falun Gong and the Triad Society

When thy heard this they were enraged and wanted to kill them. But a Phaisee in the council named Gamali-el, a teacher of the law, held in honor by all the people, stood up and ordered the men to be put outside for a while. And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take cure what you do with these men. For before these days Theudas arose, giving himself out to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred joined him; bur he was slain and all who, followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him: he also perished, and all who followed kiln were scattered. So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone; for it this plan or this undertaking is of men, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will nut be able to overthrow them. Acts 5: 33–39.