Kung Pao Chicken became a Food Soul of the Qing Dynasty in the household of Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong and the general of Sichuan. Ding treated him like an adopted son and gave him strict and demanding education. He lived up to expectations and won the Emperor's recognition, and prepared for a career as a civil official under the name "Ding Ji,"
But he wanted to do something worthwhile for his people and soon found out that nothing was as it seemed.