In the 16-year senior high school entrance examination in Qianlong, he was the second scholar in Dimethyl. In June, Liu Yong took the post of examiner after the provincial examination in Guangxi, and was promoted to study politics in Anhui in October. In the twenty-seventh year of Qianlong, Liu Yong was appointed as the magistrate of Taiyuan, Shanxi. In the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong, Liu Yong was transferred to Shaanxi as a provincial judge. On December 25th, Jiaqing 9th, Liu Yong died at his home in Shilu Hutong, Beijing, at the age of 85.
Liu Yong is not only a politician, but also a famous calligrapher and master of calligraphy, and one of the four great calligraphers in Qing Dynasty.