Down to the present, he maintains the simple and hard-working attitude of a Hakka. When looking back at the moments in his life that Liu feels are most worth remembering, he recalls incidents from his impoverished childhood that sound a lot like what his character Ah-Chin endured. For example, carrying his sister on his back while leading the family's water buffalo on a several-mile journey to school.
劉興欽說，回憶起他這一生最值得回味的時光，就是「阿欽」漫畫中所畫出的、他生活最艱困的小時候，每天背著妹妹、牽著牛，走好幾里路上學的時光。