The story is completely fictitious. What needs to be noted here is that the White Alliance is actually White Lotus sect of Buddhism that was banned for by every dynasty since Mongol rule. The White Lotus sect of Buddhism is always defined as peasantry uprising by the Chinese government and any attempts to mitigate its image would be a counterrevolutionary crime. The permission of a complete opposite view of White Lotus Buddhism is a sign of progress made in the political liberalization in China.
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