When a fad for cultural information overtook the mainland in the mid-80s, that generation were all seeking to quench their thirsts for knowledge at university. University students at the time immersed themselves in a Western-style "movement to emancipate the mind," with a great number diving into the Western classics. However, in 1989 the movement was brought to a screeching halt by the ruling cadre after the Tiananmen massacre.
當大陸八四、八五年文化熱潮興起時，他們正值求知若渴的大學階段，當時學生們沈浸於西方思想解放運動，大量引入西方經典，然而在八九年全國學潮演變為「天安門事件」後，因中共官方禁止嘎然而停。