Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Huang Zuoqing ya fito ne daga dangi mai wadata a Linghu Town (<unk>湖), Gui'an County (歸安), Huzhou, Zhejiang, Daular Qing, kuma ya sami kyakkyawan ilimi na farko. Kamar yawancin matasa a Huzhou (wanda aka sani a China a matsayin "Garin siliki"), ya yi aiki a matsayin mai koyon aiki a cikin shagon siliki a matsayin matashi. A ƙarshen 1850s, ya koma Shanghai tare da iyalinsa lokacin da 'yan tawayen Taiping suka yi tawaye
sun kai hari Zhejiang. A Shanghai Huang Zuoqing ya sami aiki a wani shagon siliki, kuma yana nuna himma da ƙwarewa, mai shagon ya amince da shi sosai. Ya kuma koyi Turanci a lokacinsa na hutu. Wannan iyawar ta sa ya zama wakilin kasuwanci tsakanin masana'antun siliki da ake yi da hannu na ƙasar Sin da kuma masu fitar da siliki daga ƙasashen yamma. Saboda buƙatar yamma don siliki daga China ya kasance yana ƙaruwa sosai (saboda annobar cutar silkworm a Turai a cikin shekarun 1850, haɗe da haɓakar masana'antun saƙa na Amurka da Faransa a lokacin), Huang ya sami babban kuɗaɗen shiga daga kwamitocin.