James Liang's roots go back to his ancestral home in Hopeh, but he was born in Hupeh in a teacher's dormitory at Wuhan University. At the age of one he was carried home to see his grandfather who gave him two eggs.
他生於湖北武漢大學教職宿舍，一歲那年，在襁褓中給帶回河北看爺爺，後來因為父親趕著上北大辦事，所以總共只待了一天，據說爺爺賞了兩個雞蛋吃。