Liu was born in
Feidong,
Anhui Province,
China, in 1938. He graduated from the Chinese Department of
Zhejiang University in 1961. He was a member of the
China Writers Association, the Children's Literature Committee, and various government organisations in Anhui province. He worked for many years as a teacher, and as editor of
Anhui Literature (《安徽文学》). His first publications were in 1957, initially poetry, essays and theory, but stopped writing in 1963. He resumed writing in 1978, concentrating on
nature writing. He was admitted to the China Writers Association in 1982. He travelled extensively in China, spending long periods of time in the wilds, e.g. in
Xinjiang,
Yunnan,
Tibet and other areas. He died in Hefei on 10 January 2022, at the age of 84. ==Honours and awards==