Liang saw many strange things in the early 1980s on the mainland, such as Peking University buying 20 copying machines which they did not know how to use, and building a new block but being unable to equip it with all the necessary utilities.
面對八○年代初期大陸學術界的諸多奇事，諸如八一年北大進口廿台堪儂影印機，卻因為沒有使用知識，擱在走廊，不久就全壞了；另一棟實驗大樓落成時卻沒有水電空調，只在外賓參觀時才供電……，「我的非唯物史觀被視作邪魔歪道，也就不足為奇了」，他說。