Flower Defying Frost/傲霜花

"¿Set against the backdrop of wartime Chongqing during the War of Resistance Against Japan, this novel portrays the arduous lives of educators during this period. The professors of the ""Culture Village"" face different choices and fates amidst hardship and adversity: Tang Zi'an persists in his impoverished teaching career; Tan Boping passes away alone, struggling with illness and loneliness; Su Banyun rises swiftly to officialdom; Professors Liang and Hong An-dong trade their scholarly pursuits for business; and Hua Aoshuang, after a romantic pursuit, marries industrialist Xia Shanqing.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿