She has dual citizenship of the Republic of China and the United States
4 months after she was born, she was brought to China by her missionary parents
spent 18 years in Zhenjiang ’s childhood to youth
lived in has lived in China for nearly 40 years
calls Chinese the ``first language''
calls Zhenjiang the ``hometown of China''
Her name is Pearl S. Buck
and the Chinese are used to calling her ``Pearl S. Buck''
in z Zhenjiang Windmill Mountain still retains Pearl S. Buck’s former residence
The former residence was built in the Chongshi Girls Middle School where she studied and is still running a school.
Under the root of the west wall of the North Garden of the Gulou Campus of Nanjing University, there is a three-story Western-style building
Xiaoyanglou
This is also the place where Pearl Buck lived and worked
, a native Chinese speaker, she wrote the novel "The Earth" here
In 1932, she won the Pulitzer Prize for the novel
, which describes the life of Chinese farmers.
won the second Nobel Prize for Literature in American history in 1938.
In the eyes of many people, this Nobel Prize for Literature also has a credit for Zhenjiang
among all the figures that have influenced the cultural history of the United States and China. It is the most eye-catching and most controversial
and also the one that has been least studied and recalled
. In 1892, she came to China with the missionary parents
but never exported Western doctrines to China
Instead, re-drew Chinese
to the West. Because of her words
, the West began to recognize China again
"My first understanding of China, and later my love for China, is the influence of Pearl Buck. It started from reading her novel."
-former US president Bush
"A bridge connecting Eastern and Western civilizations, a great artist, a sensitive and compassionate person."
-the funeral eulogy of the former US President Nixon to Pearl Buck
Some people say, Pearl Buck's love for China is not pure
Her rumors and anecdotes in China are too many
These rumors can never escape "Xu Zhimo" three characters
According to the book "Pearl Buck: A Woman Full of Contradictions"
1924 In 2016, Pearl Buck, who was at odds with her husband, sought revenge on her husband
A Chinese lover, namely Xu Zhimo
, when Tagore visited China, Xu Quancheng accompanied him to Nanjing
. Pearl Buck at the time happened to be teaching at Jinling University
. In 1924, Pearl Buck met Xu, who was 4 years younger than her, at a banquet at Central University. Zhimo, and began to date
about this "erotic history", but Xu Zhimo never mentioned
during his lifetime, but Pearl Buck once revealed it to her close friend
. After Pearl Buck died, the close friend wrote a book "The Biography of Pearl Buck"
uncannyly said that Pearl Buck had a lover of ``Chinese Byron'' ,
, this person is Xu Zhimo
someone turned to Pearl Buck's first autobiography
This book also mentioned Xu Zhimo
but it was described. But it’s not as tender and affectionate as I imagined:
" has a young and beautiful poet, he is so talented...
Our "Chinese Shelley" died at a young age.
I am deeply sad about this, because he is very If capable
can get rid of Shelley's influence, he might find himself. "
is not so much a praise and love for Xu Zhimo,
, as a criticism of the Chinese writers at the time for imitating the Western
. It is hard to be a woman, and it is even harder to be a famous woman.In addition to encountering malicious speculation in private life, Pearl Buck’s works have also been criticized by many Chinese literati
Among them are the well-known Lu Xun, Ba Jin, and Mao Dun
Lu Xun criticized Pearl S. Buck for deliberately criticizing the traditional peasant
for being conservative and numb. The ignorant side exaggerated
. He thought that Pearl Buck was too "uplifted" in the literary world.
However, in 1936, Lu Xun said in a letter to friends
that the evaluation of Pearl Buck might be inappropriate
, but Lu Xun passed away soon after People in the world have no way of knowing who is and who is not. "The Earth" has improved the understanding of China among European and American readers, but at the same time it has also increased their misunderstanding of China."
-Hu Feng
"I have never played against Pearl Buck I don’t have a good impression... after she won the Nobel Prize, she is still the original Pearl Buck."
-Ba Jin
But like the "exotic" "Jin Ping Mei" is more in line with Western tastes than "Dream of Red Mansions"
Pearl Buck The works are naturally more "Chinese" than "The True Story of Ah Q" etc.
She is the only writer in the world who won the Nobel Prize for literature for writing works on Chinese themes
In any case, promoted the authenticity of Westerners to the East. Knowing that
has spent most of her more than 80 years of life in China
until her later years, she also applied for a visit to China
throughout her life, spreading cross-cultural understanding to people in two worlds
Pearl S. Buck once studied Zhenjiang Chongsil Girls' Middle School
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