At that time, the gang organizations in the whole country were called "Qing Gang", the two lakes and two Guangdong were called "Hong Gang", and Sichuan, Dian, and Qian were called "Brother Robes", also known as "Brother Brothers", and no matter what the names of the gangs in these places were, they all originated from Zheng Chenggong's "Hongmen", which was later known as the "Heaven and Earth Society".
All those who participate in the Pao Brotherhood (hereinafter referred to as the "Brotherhood of Elders") must follow the spirit of taoyuan's three knots of righteousness, with the purpose of preaching righteousness, upholding righteousness, holding on to grievances, maintaining local tranquility, and achieving the purpose of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty and destroying the Manchu And Xinghan" to serve the country. For this reason, the Brotherhood is very strict with the participants, which I will describe in detail below.
1. Conditions for participation in the Brotherhood of elders
The requirements for participating in the Brotherhood of Elders are very strict, "to be innocent and clear about one's own affairs", "not to drag the family with the mouth", and three generations have no red scars and black marks, and have not done anything bad. When participating, you should swear in public: "If a brother has half-heartedness and violates discipline, the white knife will enter the red knife and come out." "The discipline of each article and paragraph shall also be strictly observed and all the creeds shall be fulfilled.
In the Brotherhood of elders, the oath is "benevolence and righteousness, faithful to exchanges, life and death, and support each other in tribulations"; self-discipline is based on "three principles, five constants, five luns, and eight virtues". At the same time, it is necessary to inherit the spiritual integrity of "Friendship between The Left and the Yangtze", "Taoyuan Jieyi", "Liangshan Juyi", and "Wagang Alliance".
After entering the association, when the brothers usually get along, when the eldest brother wants to learn from Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, when the third master wants to learn the constant waiting, for the righteousness of the sword and the mountain and the sea of fire also have to break through. In addition, we must not betray our faith, do not bully the weak, and do not adulterous wives and sisters. Be courteous to the brother who worships, obey everything, and do not commit the following.
2. Procedures for participating in the Brotherhood of Brothers
Anyone who applies to participate in the organization of the Brotherhood of Elders must be cultivated by the four great brothers. The so-called four major worshippers refer to the introduction of brothers who join the association, the brothers who bear the responsibility of protection, the recognition of brothers who review their wealth and their own affairs, and the approval of the brothers who have joined the association, and then they can carry out the worship ceremony of the brothers.
During the ceremony, the new members and the list of the four major worshippers are announced by the Baoju Brothers in red with a red post. The new recruits prostrate themselves one by one to show their gratitude to the brothers, who then reward them with rankings. After the meeting, the four elder brothers also sent generous gifts and thanks as usual to show their sincerity of gratitude.
At the same time, it also pays the entrance fee to the public, after all, the gang will not be able to enter casually, and then make various oaths, and then make various oaths, and the brothers who have just joined the association will tell the history of the Brotherhood to the new brothers, and finally after the approval of the churches of benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, they can become a full member of the Brotherhood.
Iii. Some provisions on the Brotherhood of Elders
Brothers who join the club must maintain etiquette, such as meeting the masters of various churches, prostrating their heads and other etiquette. There are many cuts among the members of the Brotherhood of elders, such as the well-known TiandiHui cut spoken languages such as "Di Zhen Gao Gang, a school of streams and mountains, the door facing the sea, the three rivers and the water of the ten thousand years of flow", "Ming Fu Qing Rebellion, Mother Earth Father Heaven" and so on.
The Brotherhood also has ten precepts, as follows: no stilted legs; no front and back clothes; no eating and drinking nonsense; no nonsense flowering; no planting melons and teasing handles; no pipes and tricks; no smoking, gambling, and prostitution; no room abandonment and disregard for home; no deliberate falsehood; no divorce of wives and concubines.
There are other more detailed gang rules: for example, when you enter the Brotherhood of Brotherhood in the first place, you will still be kicked out of the church when you find out that there are actually morally corrupt people in the family; before the Republic of China, women were not allowed to participate in the Brotherhood; barbers and tailors were not allowed to enter, because they had shaved the hair of the Han people and made tartar clothes for the Han people.
What kind of group of people is the Brotherhood actually?
The Brotherhood preaches "loyalty and filial piety" and opposes "adultery, theft, and adultery." Therefore, all thieves and pickpockets, servants, prostitutes, old bustards, drummers, followers, janitors, shisha, pedicures, back rubbing, male dan, male prostitutes, gong'e, colored women, mogus, wives stealing people, mothers remarrying, etc. are considered to be inferior untouchables and are not allowed to participate.
The Book "Under the Sea" (a book about brother Pao) also says: "If you want to join, you can't, unless the second person casts the fetus." "These so-called lower-class people, many of whom were working people, were despised and abandoned by the Brotherhood. Bandits and hooligans who robbed people and goods were very popular, and allowed them to rob imperial grain and rob corrupt officials.