The path to glory unintended Liu's eventual career as a cartoonist had a lot to do with his going to the Taipei Teachers School. His father told him that if he flunked out and had to repeat a year he would have to come back home and get to work.
劉興欽後來會走上漫畫這條路，和他在師範就讀很有關係。父親曾警告他：如果功課不好留級的話，就要叫他回去做工。