[8] At the time, the archaeology field in China was virtually nonexistent, thus Liang is considered as one of the "first-generation archaeologists" who introduced the discipline to the country.

[11] Likewise, in 1931, he performed what is thought to be "one of China's first scientific excavations" at Qiqihar, which led to the unearthing of artefacts thousands of years old.

This, however, was not without its consequences; in 1932, Liang fell ill in the wilderness but refused to seek medical help until he ran an unbearably high fever.

[16] His excavation of a tomb at Hougang (后岗) in the same year, as part of a project which had begun in 1928,[17] provided groundbreaking evidence of "large burials anywhere at Yinxu".

[18] Liang continued investigations at Yinxu till 1937,[17] uncovering several other tombs, artefacts and worshipping structures dating back to the Shang dynasty.

[22] He was survived by Li and his only child Liang Baiyou (梁柏有), who likened her father to Water Margin character Shi Xiu, in reference to his determination and tirelessness.