Abstract: Liu Dapeng was a country gentleman whose lifetime spanned both the Qing Dynasty and Republican Era.Liu took part in the imperial exam five times and taught at a private school for twenty years.He was a farmer and a businessman for many years in his home town after the abolishment of the imperial exam system.In this study , the author breaks with the convention of“question consciousness”, using the method of historical narration to outline the track of the Liu Da-Peng’s entire life.