Pearl S. Buck Pearl S. Buck Pearl Sydenstricker Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973; also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu; ) was an American writer and novelist. As the daughter of missionaries, Buck spent most of her life before 1934 in Zhenjiang, China. Her novel "The Good Earth" was the best-selling fiction book in the United States in 1931 and 1932 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932. In 1938, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces". She was the first
Sai Taku Sai Han (Chatan Yara), and Sai On (蔡温). Sai Taku , also known by the Japanese-style name , was a Ryukyuan aristocrat and bureaucrat in the royal government of Ryūkyū Kingdom. Sai Taku was born in Kumemura on January 4, 1645. His ancestor was Cai Xiang. He took part in the compilation of "Rekidai Hōan", an official compilation of diplomatic documents of the royal government. In 1697, he was ordered to translate "Chūzan Seikan" (中山世鑑), an official history book, into Chinese, and renamed it "Chūzan Seifu" (中山世譜). Sai Taku was also a poet, many poems were included in his poetry