 Liu Tianhua, also known as Liu Shouchun, was born in Jiangsu Province in 1895 in a intellectual family in Jiangyin County, Jiangsu Province. His father actively advocated new knowledge and used to work with him in a primary school. In such a family, there is naturally a strong cultural atmosphere. Liu Tianhua's third brother has a high degree in Chinese literature and art, and is the famous Liu Shi Sanjie in modern Chinese history.