“High clouds are up here, and huge mountains are over there.” In her memory, the person whom Pearl S. Buck cherished the most was her nanny, Auntie Wang, who told her many good Chinese stories, such as “Lady White Snake Rouses Water Over the Jinshan Mountain”, “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms” and “The Water Margin”, especially, the story of “Liu Bei married the Bride in the Ganlu Temple” and “Song Jiang Cunningly Seized Runzhou City”.

Zhenjiang’s history and culture, as well as the common person's life, customs, diligence, kindness, and simple folk styles deeply affected Pearl S. Buck. In her autobiography, "My Several Worlds", she recalled with deep feeling her life in Zhenjiang. Such deep and firm ties to Zhenjiang tell us how significantly her studies and life in Zhenjiang largely influenced her writing as well as the cultivation of her kind spirit throughout her life.

When Pearl S. Buck was ten years old, a strict and learned Mr. Kong entered her home to teach her how to read Chinese classic books, how to write Chinese characters with a wool brush, and how to grasp Confucian doctrine. Such Confucian writings as "The Analects of Confucius", Ge Hong and "Cherishment of Down-to-Down Learning", Liu Xie and "Wenxindiaolong" (a classic rhetoric book), Liu E and "The Travels of Lao Can", Ma Jianzhong and "Ma's Literal Skills", all helped give a foundation for her writing.

Between 1928 and 1931, Pearl S. Buck spent much effort on the translation and publication of "All Men Are Brothers", which was popular for a time, introducing Westerners to this classic novel and helping them understand Chinese literature.

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