When he was ten years old, the village chief gathered everyone together and issued papers on which was written "refugee so-and-so, from Tuanshan Township, Xuancheng County." Everyone was supposed to pin them on the clothing over their chests and leave.
10 歲那年的某天早上，梅立志家鄉的村長要大家集合，發了一個布條，上面寫著「宣城縣團山鄉難民某某某」，要大家貼在胸前以便逃難。