This is referring to the group of Chinese men who felt they were untouchable to "foreign devils" (Europeans and Americans) who were invading their land in hopes of trade (John Hay's Open Door Policy). The Order of the Patriotic Harmonious Fists are most commonly linked with what Americans call the "Boxer Rebellion." The Americans did not know about the Chinese' kung-fu and classified them as boxers.
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This Groups of Chinese were called the Boxers.
They were known as, Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists, and it was called 'The Boxer Uprising' or 'The Boxer Rebellion' and it happened in 1900.
Boxers were known as the "righteous fists of harmony."
The Fists of Righteous Harmony, or "Boxers", were rebelling against Western Imperialism and Christianity.
It caused them to become more patriotic to their home land