Abstract
Confucianism,which for long has influenced and governed the thoughts and behaviors of Chinese people,influenced Pearl S.Buck greatly and found its way into her major Chinese works.By analyzing her attitude towards Confucianism in her masterpiece,The Good Earth,we can see she criticize its dregs and inherits its gists as well.The dregs of Confucianism-patriarchy,which resulted in male-dominance and women's inferiority to men.Its embodiment in The Good Earth includes: female infanticide was a deprivation of right to life,foot-binding was a deprivation of the right to move about,arranged marriage was a deprivation of the right to the pursuit ofhappiness.However,Pearl Buck not only noticed the dregs of Confucianism,she sang high praise of its essence,such as "unity of man and nature","loving others","respecting teachers and education".From her critical inheritance to Confucianism,we can see her attitude to different cultures—taking the essence and discarding the dregs.Pearl Buck set us a good example for nowadays cultural construction.
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