1937年抗战爆发,北京大学、清华大学、南开大学先后迁至湖南长沙,组成长沙临时大学,翌年4月又西迁昆明,改称国立西南联合大学。由于西南联大的迁入,昆明俨然成为战时的文化之都,当时在昆明的一流学者灿若繁星,多不胜数。西南联大在滇八年,培养精英无数。教授们在极其艰苦的条件下立身不堕,弦歌不辍,且能苦中作乐,实为一可敬复可爱的群体。 The outbreak of the war of resistance in 1937, Peking University, Tsinghua University, Nankai University has moved to Changsha, Hunan, Changsha Interim University formed, in April the following year moved to Kunming, renamed the National Southwest Union University. Due to the relocation of the UN General Assembly of Southwest China, Kunming became a cultural capital in wartime. At that time, many first-rate scholars in Kunming were numerous and numerous. Southwest United University in Yunnan eight years, cultivating the elite. The professors, standing under the extremely difficult conditions, do not fall, they stop singing, they can work hard and enjoy themselves. In fact, they are respectable and lovely groups.