Liu Yiqing was a quiet and gentle young man.
His quietness and gentleness did not mean that he wasn't proud. He had just carefully concealed his pride beneath his quiet and warm exterior. Just like many years ago, he heeded his elder brother's orders to leave the Liu Mansion and joined the Sword Garret using an alias. He had remained mild no matter how cold his peers in the Sword Garret were to him and how they had treated him with enmity.
It was because his older brother was the Sage of Sword, Liu Bai. He had the right to be proud, but he did not have to show this pride to the other disciples of the Sword Garret.
However, in the face of the Academy in the south of Chang'an, his quietness and mildness were more sincere because he knew that he had no right to be pride here.