She is an American female writer, for three novels about rural life on the mainland, won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the third writer in the United States to receive this honor, and becoming the first female winner in the United States, she is the great female writer Pearl Buck. She is a "China master" who has lived in the mainland for nearly 40 years, regards Chinese as her mother tongue and has a deep friendship with the mainland. Pearl Buck's novel transcends national borders and is the discoverer and defender of Chinese beauty, and today we will enjoy her eight aphorisms, experience their spiritual connotations, and deeply understand the role of enlightenment.
When Pearl Buck was four months old, her parents brought her to China, where she spent her childhood in Zhenjiang, which she regarded as her "Chinese hometown." Pearl Buck recalled that she spoke Chinese before her parents began teaching her English. Later, because of the Boxer Rebellion, pearl buck, who was already eight years old, returned to Zhenjiang again after marrying her husband, returned to the place where she grew up, and taught at the university, and her home often came to some well-known cultural figures, such as: Xu Zhimo, Mei Lanfang, Hu Shi, Lin Yutang, Lao She, etc. At this time, Pearl Buck had not yet started her literary career.
Pearl Buck is a "China expert" who has loved to listen to the stories of Chinese civilization since she was a child. Her nursing mother is a master storyteller, and often tells Pearl Buck some whimsical myths and legends that fascinate Pearl Buck. Her cook is also a polymath who tells Pearl Buck about the bridges in the four great Chinese masterpieces, and is considered one of her Chinese teachers. In addition, Pearl Buck's parents hired a real teacher to teach her writing and Chinese culture every day, and she often traveled to the countryside to listen to the elderly and children talk about the national heroes in Chinese history.
Chinese novel creation is deeply rooted in Pearl Buck, she adheres to the creative style of "art for the people" as the purpose, with the Chinese-style network structure as the layout, with Chinese artistic techniques to create, from the novel theory and novel concept, Pearl Buck's works are not foreign, but Chinese. This statement is not excessive, and from her personal point of view, it is also true. On the Nobel Prize stage, Pearl Buck expressed her gratitude for Chinese culture and Chinese novels, although her ancestors were the United States, she also lived in the United States, but it was the Chinese novels that had an impact on her life.
Fast forward to 1923, with the advent of her debut film "Also in China", Pearl Buck began her literary career. She described Chinese people's sentiments, wrote about Rural Life in China, and became friends with the famous Chinese writers of the time, of which Xu Zhimo and she had a relationship that crossed national borders. In his short story "The Words of a Chinese Woman", he tells about a deep love affair between a man and a woman, reflecting the emotions between him and Xu Zhimo. In Pearl Buck's other works, Xu Zhimo's shadow can be seen in many places, and it can be said that the emotion between the two of them is self-evident.
It is undeniable that Pearl Buck is an energetic writer, novels, speeches and other works, she stands in the Chinese perspective and the perspective of outsiders, in her words can fully reflect her respect and recognition of Chinese culture, these works are not familiar with China Americans deeply understand China, and her works are to let the special period between China and the United States to build a bridge, play a positive role. When depicting China's vast and profound culture, Pearl Buck is cautious, the text is careful, objectively expounded, and among the foreign writers who humbly tell the Chinese civilization, Pearl Buck is the first.
In pearl buck's various literary works, a strong Confucian thought will be found. He put aside prejudices, advocated the peaceful idea of "all brothers in all parts of the world", and advocated cultural coexistence and cultural peaceful coexistence in spirit. In her writing, Chinese is simple, practical, cheerful, extremely humane, and has a deep cultural heritage, in contrast to those who are prejudiced in their hearts, she satirizes them for being narrow-minded, criticizing them for having no sympathy, and for being arrogant and ignorant. This is the embodiment of Pearl Buck's love for Chinese, but also the prejudice to examine the world from an objective point of view, and at the same time reflects her ultimate spiritual appeal to cultural harmony.
In short, the mainland traditional culture and novel creation concept has made Pearl Buck's creation a lifetime, he likes Chinese culture, loves Chinese culture, her works have become a bridge for Western countries to read Chinese culture, and the cultural harmony advocated is to reflect the concept of culture without borders has a broad pattern, and adds brilliance to mainland novels.
According to the record, Pearl Buck died on March 6, 1973, today is her 49th anniversary, let's enjoy her eight aphorisms together, experience the profound connotation of words and borderless cultural concepts, I believe you will be touched.