The movie Prime Minister Liu Gu (1998) is a classic television work that has stuck with audiences in the 80s and 90s not only in China but also in Asian countries like Vietnam.
In history, Liu Yong (1719 – 1805) – who people used to call by the nickname Liu Gu, was an honest, upright and patriotic coffin, very respected and admired.
Hoa Than’s rival in the classic film is played by actor Liu Bao Dien.
But that is what movies and folk rumors depict, but history books have never had any accurate record of the appearance of the Qing Dynasty official.
When excavating Liu Dung’s tomb, archaeological experts discovered an interesting fact that could answer this question.
In 1958, while people expanded the area of cultivated land in Gaomi city, Shandong province, the tombs of Liu Rong and his wife were discovered.
After more than a hundred years underground, Luu Dung’s remains were still found quite intact.
This discovery surprised experts.
But it is also from that unexpected truth that historians have also deduced the reason for the name Luu Gu.
Besides, historians also cannot rule out the possibility that because of his habit of constantly bending, when he was old, Liu Dung had a real hunchback.
Source: QQ
