Heroic images of Ming loyalists
Subtitle: a study of the spirit tablets of the Ghee Hin Kongsi leaders in Singapore
By: David K.Y. Chng.
Series: Asian studies monograph series ;; no. 5; Asian studies monograph series (Singapore Society of Asian Studies) ;; no. 5.
Publisher: Singapore Society of Asian Studies
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: Secret societies -- Singapore.; Chinese -- Singapore -- Societies, etc.
Other titles: Study of the spirit tablets of the Ghee Hin Kongsi leaders in Singapore
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 142-150) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:  PART 1: HEROIC IMAGES OF MING LOYALISTS; title: 1.1 Introduction; title: 1.2 The Construction and Significance of Ancestral Spirit Tablets; title: 1.3 Establishing the Identity of the Spirit Tablets at the Five Tiger Shrine; title: 1.4 Where Did the Spirit Tablets at the Five Tiger Shrine Come From?; title: 1.5 The Spirit Tablets: Titular and Official Ranks; title: 1.6 The Spirit Tablets: Relief Ornamentation; title: 1.7 The Spirit Tablets: Dates of Birth and Death and Dating Conventions; title: 1.8 Anti-Manchu Political Sentiment; title: 1.9 The Native Origins of the Patriotic Guardsmen; title: 1.10 Linkages Between the Leadership of the Ghee Hin Kongsi and other Chinese Organisations; title: 1.11 Concluding Remarks PART 2: INSCRIPTIONS ON THE 73 GHEE HIN KONGSI SPIRIT TABLETS; title: Notes on the Translation and Annotation; title: Inscriptions; title: APPENDICES; title: I. The thirty-six oaths of the Family of Hong (1856); title: II. Indenture made between the Ghee Hin Kongsi and the East India Company (1857); title: III. Government notifications on the suppression of dangerous societies; title: IV. The donation of the Ghee Hin Kongsi's freehold property to Tan Tock Seng Hospital.