| 1 | As first of the Five Rear Lodges , Green Wood Lodge ranked sixth among the ten Lodges of the Society. | |
| 2 | Some scholars believe this find was a "major breakthrough" in the research on origins of the Heaven and Earth Society. | |
| 3 | But the discovery of the ruins of Changlin Monastery contributes to understanding the story of Xilu in "Record of the Society" of Heaven and Earth Society. | |
| 4 | One branch of Heaven-and-earth Society, a traditional secret society, came to Shanghai by following the immigrants, and became a key factor in Shanghai Small Sword Party uprising. | |
| 5 | Wu told him that the Triad Society was gradually extending its influence in the northern provinces. Lodges had now been opened up in every major province of China. |