一九三三年一月十五日,中国海外学者江亢虎在《纽约时报》上撰文,抨击赛珍珠在作品中恶意丑化中国形象,其作品内容也多有失实处。赛珍珠刚获得普利策奖,但在中美两国的严肃批评界多不受器重,她通常也不计较批评界的看法。江亢虎的文章写出来后,《纽约时报》约她回复,她立刻答应。两篇文章同日登出。赛江之争在国外的赛珍珠研究中多次被人引述。《纽约时报》次日还专门登出评论,回顾了这场争论,基本上重述了赛珍珠的言 On January 15, 1933, Chinese overseas scholar Jiang Huanhu wrote an article in the New York Times criticizing Pearl Buck’s malicious vilification of China’s image in his works. His works were also unfounded. Pearl S. Buck just won the Pulitzer Prize, but in the United States and China are not serious critics, she usually do not care about critics. After Jiang Kanghu wrote the article, “The New York Times” about her reply, she immediately agreed. Two articles posted on the same day. The dispute over Saijiang has been quoted many times in Pearl S. Buck studies abroad. The New York Times also made a special comment on the next day, reviewing the controversy and basically restating Pearl’s remark