抗战中期,作为学者的胡适和作为政治家的宋子文,先后受命赴美争取抗日美援,在华盛顿有过一段两年多的共事缘分。两人发挥各自的特长,为争取美援尽了各自的职责。但由于个人背景的不同以及性格、作风等方面的差异,在共事中两人合作得并不默契,常常发生不愉快乃至相互拆台,并最终导致胡适的去职。 In the middle of the war, Hu Shi, as a scholar, and Soong, a politician, were ordered to go to the United States for anti-Japanese and U.S. aid and have had a co-operation in Washington for more than two years. Both of them exert their own specialties and make every effort to win the United States aid. However, due to the difference in personal background and the difference in personality and style, the cooperation between the two parties did not make a tacit agreement, and the unpleasantness and even the mutual dismantling of the platform often resulted in the resignation of Hu Shih.