et yp al ▁villa in ▁of ▁fe ud al ▁soci eties ▁by ▁commun ist ▁party ▁propag anda ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁with ▁publications ▁of ▁his ▁supposed ▁de eds ▁being ▁distributed ▁throughout ▁the ▁country . ▁The ▁authentic ity ▁of ▁Li u ' s ▁stories ▁are ▁question able , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁separate ▁established ▁facts ▁with ▁propag anda . ▁Since ▁Li u ▁W en ca i ▁is ▁still ▁seen ▁as ▁a ▁controvers ial ▁figure ▁in ▁China ▁today , ▁there ▁is ▁little ▁independent ▁research ▁on ▁his ▁life . ▁Li u ' s ▁grand son ▁Li u ▁X ia of ei ▁has ▁sought ▁to ▁re h abil itate ▁his ▁grand father ' s ▁image , ▁as ▁having ▁contributed ▁posit ively ▁to ▁the ▁education ▁and ▁economic ▁development ▁of ▁S ich uan , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁having ▁built ▁key ▁infrastr uct ures ▁in ▁Day i ▁County ▁▁ ▁Li u ' s ▁reputation ▁remained ▁even ▁after ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Cultural ▁Revolution ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁S ich uan ▁author ▁X iao ▁Sh u ▁wrote ▁a ▁book ▁" The ▁Tr uth ▁on ▁Li u ▁W en ca i " ▁( L iu ▁W en ca i ▁z hen xi ang ) ▁which ▁contained ▁a ▁more ▁positive ▁evaluation ▁of ▁Li u ▁that ▁devi ated ▁significantly ▁from ▁the ▁official ▁port ray al , ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁was ▁with dra wn ▁from ▁sale . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁the ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁television