Liu Chunlin's family was poor, and his ancestors were farmers. His father worked in Jinan and Baoding successively. His mother also works as a maid in the magistrate's house. When Liu Chunlin was a child, he followed his parents to Jinan. Due to the difficulties of life, he was sent back to his hometown at the age of 6 and raised by his elder sister-in-law. At the age of eight, he went to a private school. He is intelligent, studious and deeply loved by teachers. Later, his father took him to Baoding Lianchi Academy to study, where he continued to study for more than ten years, and his study made rapid progress, which was appreciated by Wu Rulun, the dean.

In the 30th year of Guangxu (1904), he won the top prize and was awarded to the Imperial Academy for editing. The following year, he was sent to study at Hosei University in Japan. After returning to China, he served as a member of the Senior Advisory Committee, a registered ambassador to Fujian, a supervisor of Zhili Higher Education College and a supervisor of Baoding Beiyang Women's Normal School.

From 3 years to 13 years (19 14 to 1924), he served as Yuan Shikai, Li, Feng, Xu Shichang, Cao Kun, etc. (equivalent to the secretary-general), and concurrently served as the academic supervisor of the Central Agricultural Experimental Field and Zhili Higher Education College. In 9 years of the Republic of China and 10 years (1920, 192 1), he twice presided over the ceremony of Confucius Dacheng Festival in Qufu, Shandong Province, which made him famous for a while. Later, he served as director of the Education Department of Zhili Province. During his tenure in the Grand Presidential Palace and Zhili, Liu witnessed the situation of warlord scuffle, civil strife and political corruption at that time and was very indignant. He compared his position in the presidential palace to "holding a halberd and an official in A Lang". 17 years (1928), retreated to Peiping.

Although Liu Chunlin lived in seclusion, he was very concerned about the future of the country. After the "September 18th Incident", the Japanese army occupied three northeastern provinces of China, and Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Northeast Army to retreat without fighting. Liu was extremely indignant. "Manchukuo" sent someone to invite Xu to be the Minister of Education of Manchukuo in the name of Puyi, but Liu sternly refused. When Song was the prefect of Hebei, he worshipped as a teacher out of admiration for the champion. The two have close contacts. Liu often tells Song about the past and the present, and teaches classics and historical knowledge. The conversation between Liu and Song was published in the newspaper at that time with the title of "The Story of Our Country".

After the July 7th Incident broke out, the Japanese army occupied Beiping. The great traitor Wang (Wang He and Liu are students studying in Japan) wanted to use Liu Zhuangyuan's greatness as a signboard and invited him to be the mayor of Gyeonggi, but he was politely refused. The Japanese Puppet became angry from embarrassment, and the next day they sent the Japanese Puppet to copy Liu's home and drove the whole family out with bayonets. After paying a lot of money and asking someone to intercede, the family was allowed to go in and the stolen property was returned. This incident dealt a great blow to Liu. From then on, Dumen thanked the guests and masturbated with poetry books at home, which was quite respected at that time. Liu Chunlin sponsored the school. A primary school was built in the village, and its housing and school equipment were funded by it, and a plaque with the title "Casting Furnace" was given to hang in the door. Liu Chun Lin once donated books to Yanji Middle School (a single-sex school) founded by Hebei celebrities, and served as a director of the school's board of directors. Liu Chunlin also attaches great importance to the education of family children. Liu Chunlin provides all the expenses of ordinary primary schools and even those students who are admitted to middle schools and universities. Liu Chunlin observes people's sufferings and helps the victims. In the summer of the 22nd year of the Republic of China (1933), the Yellow River flooded, and the disasters in Hebei, Shandong and Henan provinces were serious, and people were displaced. Liu Chunlin and others initiated the "Hebei Immigrants' Association" in Inner Mongolia and established the "Hebei New Village". They emigrated many times, involving 330 households, 1 100 people. The expenses are donated and raised by the sponsors. Despite his advanced age, Liu went there and contacted Yu Xuezhong, then chairman of Hebei Province, asking for assistance from the local government.

Liu Chunlin is knowledgeable and has a wide range of interests. He has profound attainments in ancient literature, history and epigraphy, and he is also proficient in primary schools (training interviews, philology and phonology) and has many opinions. Because of his erudition, he spent a lot of money on books and collected more than 10 thousand books. He also opened several Zhili bookstores in Baoding and other places, which played a certain role in the spread of China culture. Liu Chunlin also attached great importance to the compilation of the Annals of Suning County during the Republic of China. He donated money to edit the chronicle, gave specific guidance and reviewed the first draft of the chronicle (the first draft of the chronicle was lost due to the war).