Talk:Kongsi

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[edit] A "Hui", "Kongsi" or "Chinese clan"?

I was writting articles for Secret societies in Singapore when I discovered that there are conflicting definition of what these terms mean. The content in this article, for example, has content largely attributed by a Singaporean book I referenced from to the concept of Hui (会), a much brother term refering to brotherhood and kinship in Chinese culture, or to the Chinese clan (Huiguan), particular when it comes to societies linked by a common surname. Kongsi, on the other hand, is a term considered more attributed to Southeast Asian usage, and has been closely related to secret societies. Are the current content in the various pages verifiable?--Huaiwei 06:55, 14 July 2005 (UTC)