"The development of astronomy in a country often lags behind economic development by 20 or 30 years," notes Li. With war, chaos, and the moving of the government to Taiwan, astronomy work was interrupted and developments have passed China by.
「一個國家的天文發展，往往比經濟發展落後至少二、三十年」，李太楓認為，我國近代屢遭戰亂，政府播遷來台後百廢待舉，使我國天文研究呈現斷層，以致許多我們覺得毫不起眼的國家，天文發展都超過我國。