
Hongmen Secret Book of Codes, 金不换 "Won't trade even with Gold". I saw and photographed in Lashio, Myanmar. It is compiled in 1947 from different credible sources indicating its lineage is from Hubei and Hunan region.

Introduction written in 1946 describes briefly how the Manchu took over China and the formation of the Hongmen to resist and throughout the Qing Dynasty, forming armies in Taiwan and the coastal region. It was established in 1674,

Mr. Li Xiao Bei was the branch head, Master of the Great Hong Mountain in central China. He helped Sun Yet Sen to form the Chinese Republic and expanded Hongmen abroad.

Mr. Li passed on the staff to Hong She Xi who expanded Hongmen to southwest China and throughout Myanmar with a headquarter in Yangoon.

"Our root is from the Peach Garden", a reference to the alliance of Liu Bi, Guan Yue and Zhang Fei, swore as brothers to fight for the de facto Han against the Wei, 220 AD. Left page is vice executive, Mr. He Chungxiao.

A statement of Hongmen's migration to Nanning, the capital of Guangxi, SW China, after Hong She Xi led an army fighting the Japanese.

A listing of officers by rank which was based on the popular novel on the rebel group of 108 of the Water Margin. I found an enlarged scheme in print hung in the Hongmen office in Little Burma in Taipei.

The same with a date : Min Guo Year 35 -- 1946.

Table of content: rituals and codes.

Table of content: rituals and codes.

Chapter 1. Brief History of Hongmen.

Cont. Chapter 1. Brief History of Hongmen.
Footnoted sources of articles for the compilation of its history.

The ranking of Hongmen from its origin.

Diagrams of how coins are placed on a table according to mathematical additions to 15, vertically and horizontally. Same as 20, 21 and 24. Certain orders will follow.

Tea kettle and cup sets with poems. The person being tested have to know what to say and how to drink the tea, or not.

On the road encountering a drawing of a snake and stones set in a particular manner. Respond with an action to pass.

Hand signals on fights with oral commands, unity, and identity.

The capital of 3 coins minted by Hongmen. with them, a member could travel without real currency.