Upon the fall of Ming, the Manchus enforced their hairstyle, the notorious queue/pigtail upon the Chinese people, and slayed a good deal of people who Tried to defend their ancestral hairstyle. Some Ming loyalists chose to defy this by shaving all of their hair and adopt a monk's garb, creating a genration of political monks.
What if these loyalists could maintain their influences on Chinese Buddhism after a few genrations, and pull a buddhist uprising against the Qing Dynasty when the time is ripe?
Presumably, if a second Ming Dynasty is created it would be supportive of Buddhism, which would reverse the long-term decline of Buddhism in China since the fall of Yuan, with deep implications on economics and philosophies in China and East Asia.
What if these loyalists could maintain their influences on Chinese Buddhism after a few genrations, and pull a buddhist uprising against the Qing Dynasty when the time is ripe?
Presumably, if a second Ming Dynasty is created it would be supportive of Buddhism, which would reverse the long-term decline of Buddhism in China since the fall of Yuan, with deep implications on economics and philosophies in China and East Asia.