Although historian Lee Feigon stated that the Luo family was locally important, Mao biographers Alexander V. Pantsov and Steven I. Levine claimed that they had fallen into poverty.
Meskipun sejarawan Lee Feigon menyatakan bahwa keluarga Luo memiliki pengaruh di wilayah lokal, biografer Mao, Alexander V. Pantsov dan Steven I. Levine mengklaim bahwa mereka jatuh dalam kemiskinan.