From a poor boy selling straw sandals in Jingkou to the founding emperor on the dragon throne in Jiankang; from the humiliation of being whipped to a legend that has been sung for thousands of years. Liu Yu's life was a man's war against an era, an epic story of smashing the iron curtain of a wealthy family with a humble body. More than 160 years after him, with the establishment of the imperial examination system by Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, the era of poor families came slowly.
