When the Westernization Movement was on the verge of collapse, the declining Qing government was no longer able to support the expenses of scholars studying abroad. The once prosperous foreign students who went to Europe and the United States on orders were faced with the desperate situation of having no results and even being homeless. During this period, local chambers of commerce, headed by merchants from Shanghai and Zhejiang, spontaneously assumed the basic livelihood of returning scholars. In other words, Mr. Chen, the once famous medical officer, will have to live under the influence of the merchant Xia family.
Intention: Regardless of the feelings of family and country or the unspeakable private feelings, they are all tribulations that a person will overcome.