Editing Rén Self-Defense League (section)

===Second Iteration (1978-Present)===
In its second iteration, the RSDL was founded in 1978 by LNSF Colonel Shi Jau-yuan and his associates as a Rén men's organization to promote cultural practice and self-discipline. Allegations that Shi and other early leaders of the RSDL held ties to the Steel Lance triad, as alleged by Zhang Rumin in his 1996 book ''Steel Hellions: The True History of the Rén Self-Defense League'', are apocryphal, yet many of the RSDL's early members were also among the ranks of the ''dāo bāng'' (cleaver gang) triad enforcers active during the postwar period. A nationalist group, the League required from its members an oath of loyalty to their fellows and the broader Rén community.

In 2018, following armed clashes in [[Corday|Cordeliers]] between Rén nationalist and skinhead organizations, the chapterhouse of the RSDL's Meng Wei battalion was raided by police and arms were found, resulting in the chapter's forced closure by the Ministry of Justice.