His lower case calligraphy has the reputation of "lower case calligraphy is the best in the world and the best in later learning". Today, there is still a saying that "Xiao Kai Shu Fa Yan (Zhen Qing) and Liu (Chun Lin)".
In addition, Liu Chunlin is well-read in ancient literature, history and epigraphy, and is quite accomplished.
Liu Chunlin is the top scholar of 1904. In fact, there are some interesting stories about why he became the top scholar.
At that time, after the court examination, the examiners carefully selected and ranked the selected papers, and wrote to Empress Dowager Cixi "Qin Ding".
At that time, Cixi was preparing for her 70th birthday, hoping to get a good omen from the imperial examination. Just as she was leafing through the examination paper, she came across an article with smooth and delicate handwriting and beautiful words. As a result, I suddenly lost interest when I saw the name, because this person's name is Zhu Ruzhen. ?
As soon as Cixi saw the word "Zhen", she thought of Zhen Fei. In fact, these two people are far apart. At the same time, as Zhu Ruzhen was from Guangdong, Cixi thought of Hong Xiuquan, Kang Youwei and others. They are all rebellious in the eyes of Cixi, and they are all Cantonese.
Cixi didn't like Guangdong very much, so she threw Zhu Ruzhen's test paper aside.
Through Cixi, I found another article, which was Liu Chunlin's paper. The word "spring rain" contains the meaning of spring breeze and rain, which has a good meaning. Cixi thought it was a symbol of good luck, and in this way, Liu Chunlin, who was originally ranked second, became the number one scholar.
In the second year, the imperial examination was abolished, so Liu Chunlin became the last scholar in the history of China.
However, Liu Chunlin did not live up to the title of top scholar. His talent is obvious to all.
By this time, everyone knew what the Qing Dynasty was like. After winning the top prize, imperial academy was awarded the compilation, and Xuan was sent to Tokyo Hosei University for further study.
It can be seen that the Qing court also attached great importance to the development of new learning at this time and began to learn from the West.
After returning to China, just as he was about to show his talents, the Qing Dynasty perished. Although he once served as the director of the internal history of the presidential palace and the education of Zhili after the founding of the Republic of China, he later witnessed corruption and infighting during the Republic of China. 1927 later resigned from public office and stayed at home.
In his later years, the Japanese invited him to serve as the Minister of Education of the Puppet Manchukuo, but Liu Yan refused.