Influences of Family Culture on LIU Xianxin

The academic ideas and attitude of the scholar LIU Xianxin who was once called“master” in central Sichuan was deeply influenced by family culture. Firstly, he was influenced by the“Huaixuan doctrine” of his grandfather LIU Yuan. His academic development took the Confucianism as the base all the time. Secondly, his mother’s education and marriage shaped LIU’s characters of indifference to fame and wealth and standing aloof from worldly success. These all exerted influ- ence on LIU Xianxin’s academic attitude. Finally, the family private school provided a good environment of study and commu- nication for his academic development.