Tenchikai

Japanese: 天地会 - てんちかい

A secret society whose goal was to overthrow the Qing dynasty and restore the Ming dynasty. Also known as the Triads and the Small Sword Society, it was widely organized from southern China to Southeast Asia, mainly among overseas South Seas Chinese, with the slogans of "Restore the Ming Dynasty to the Qing" and "Destroy the Manchuria and Restore the Han Dynasty." It helped the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Sun Yat-sen received assistance from it around the time of its founding. The Karō Society was one of its sects.

Source: Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition About Obunsha World History Dictionary, Third Edition

Japanese:

清朝を打倒し，明朝を復興することを目的とした秘密結社。三合会・小刀会ともいう
反清復明 (はんしんふくみん) ・滅満興漢 (めつまんこうかん) をスローガンに，中国南部から東南アジア一帯にかけて南洋華僑を中心に広く組織された。太平天国を助け，孫文も興中会の創立前後には援助を受けた。哥老 (かろう) 会もその一分派。

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