Fortress Besieged

Set on the eve of the Sino-Japanese war, this work recounts the exuberant misadventures of the hapless hero Fang Hung-chien, who after aimlessly studying in Europe at his family's expense returns to Shanghai armed with a bogus degree from a fake university. On the liner back, Fang's life becomes deeply entangled with those of two Chinese beauties.

Amplasata in ajunul razboiului chino-japonez, aceasta lucrare povesteste exuberantele nenorociri ale eroului nefericit Fang Hung-chien, care, dupa ce a studiat fara rost in Europa, pe cheltuiala familiei sale, se intoarce la Shanghai inarmat cu o diploma falsa de la o universitate falsa. Pe spate, viata lui Fang se incurca profund cu cea a doua frumuseti chinezesti.