This is a dictionary of terms and phrases used in various secret languages in China, past and present. Area covered: 1. The marketplace; 2. Prostitution; 3. Gambling; 4. Greenwood (rural bandits) 5. Robbers' 6. Jianghu (vagabonds); 7. Beggars; 8. Itinerant doctors; 9. Shamans and physiognomists; 10. Religious sects; 11. Recreation and sports; 12. Business; 13. Palace and eunuchs; 14. Prisons; 15. Triad societies; 16. Gelaohui secret society; 17. Green Gang secret society; 18. Hongbang secret society; 19. Other secret societies; 20. Taiping Heavenly Kingdom; 21. Popular argot; 22. Servants and coolies; 23. Spies; 24. Thieves; 25. Gangsters; 26. Con-men; 27. Holdup men; 28. Smugglers and market speculators; 29. Kidnappers and human traffickers; 30. Drug users and sellers; 31. Other criminal groups; 32. Secret languages in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Zhonghua Yinyu Daquan

Pan, Qingyun

Shanghai Xue lin chu ban she

1995

2007.066.663