As the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature,
Pearl S. Buck lived in China for forty years. Since her long contact with Chinese
people and culture, she has left a mark on traditional Chinese culture in her
works. Her portrayal of the Chinese people is different from that of other
Western writers of her time, and she presents a very different picture of China
to the world through her own unique perspective. The Earth is one of Pearl
S. Buck’s best-known works, in which she deeply portrays the hard-working,
simple Chinese peasants and celebrates women with traditional Chinese virtues.
Her portrayal of Chinese people has, to a certain extent, broken the Western
demonization of China and has made a great contribution to the spread of
traditional Chinese culture.