He sought to forge alliances with all the patriots in China to stage an uprising to overthrow the Manchu court. During his years of travelling in China, Yang experienced several "miraculous happenings," which eventually elevated his ambition from national revival to world salvation.
在他哀國痛君，遨遊天下的幾年中，由於幾次的「奇遇」，使得他將那顆匡時復國的心，擴大而為度救眾生的宏願。