Sharing winter feelings Throughout the two Song dynasties, which were surrounded by powerful enemies on the outside and riven internally by continual factional strife, the strength of character of the literati and the tenacity of the winter-flowering plum amid the snow really did go well together.
與君共見歲寒情在外有強敵環伺，內有黨爭不斷的兩宋，文人風骨與犯雪寒梅，的確有惺惺相惜之處。