Fearing that Shaolin would join with anti-Ching forces working to restore the Ming dynasty, the Ching court burned the entire complex of monasteries.
洪熙官傳弟子陸阿採，當時清廷因為忌憚少林寺結合反清復明的勢力而火燒南少林，陸阿採便隱匿民間以賣跌打膏藥維生。