}
COPY.
Enclosure.
C.0.
390
40241
RECE
REGE 10 DEC 00
Magnificent is the Middle Kingdom;
All embracing is the Celestial Empire!
A thousand countries pay her tribute.
Ten thousand nations come to her court.
The (Manchu) barbarians'seizing our Empire
Has filled our hearts with a resentment that never dies.
We shall enlist men and purchase horses
And build high a bridge of flowers (1.e. gain the throne of
China) (in Triad parlance)
You soldiers, you people, and you men of every class
Who possess a heroic spirit, we invite you all to join us;
From the city of Muk-Yeung (the future Triad capital) shall
we start our patriotic movement
And totally destroy the Tsing Dynasty.
Let us unite our strength with singleness of purpose
Let us unite the brave and enlist the loyal.
Our prince who sits in lawful state
Ming
Will eventually regain the throne.
The above figures prominently in all
is called 招軍牌
A call to
Triad books. The
passage
Arms in Triad parlance.