Liu Jingting
Liu Jingting (, ca.1587–ca. 1670) was a Chinese raconteur. Liu had a swarthy pockmarked face. Thus, he was nicknamed "Pockmarked Liu". His original surname is Cao. He had an unscrupulous adolescence in Taizhou, Jiangsu, Taizhou. Using an alias, he got off the indictment and fled toward Xuyi County, Xuyi, at the age of about 15. There, he began to live on storytelling. Liu flittered around the south of the Yangtze River (Jiangnan) later. He met Mo Houguang, a Confucian tutor, in Shanghai, Songjiang and was given instruction in storytelling. Improved with practice, Liu's performance won wide admiration. He was active in Nanjing since the 1620s, and was frequently invited by contemporary gentry. Besides, he had a good rapport with members of Revival Society (), a fraction against pro-Wei Zhongxian. When General Zuo Liangyu garrisoned Wuchang, Liu was recommended to him. Zuo excluded the rhetorical arguments from his Confucian scholars, but favour Liu's witty and lucid speech. Thus, ...
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