The main contents of Dalin and Kobayashi are about three crossings.

Dalin and Xiaolin are twins. Dalin was lazy, became a parasite and finally starved to death in a pile of gold. Xiaolin is brave and upright, and has grown into a promising boy.

This story exposes the ignorance and shamelessness of the ruling class in the old society and their cruel oppression of the working people. At the same time, it wrote the indomitable struggle of working people for the pursuit of light. Various characters in the book, such as Dalin, Kobayashi, Miss Crocodile, Fox Pingping, Pippi the Gentleman and the Dog, Princess Rose, Sige, etc., are vividly portrayed, and it is a book worthy of being put on the shelf by every child.

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Dalin and Kobayashi is one of the best national fairy tales in China in the 20th century. Its unique conception, exaggerated technique, bold imagination and tortuous plot make people fondle admiringly and easily attracted. Dalin and Kobayashi is the second realistic fairy tale milestone in the history of modern literature in China after Ye Shengtao's Scarecrow.

Zhang Tianyi (1906― 1985), the author of Dalin and Kobayashi, is a modern novelist and children's literature writer. Most of his works, such as People's Literature, are satirical, with lively and fresh writing and spicy style. Children's literature works such as Dalin and Kobayashi, Luo's Story, The Secret of the Treasure Gourd, The Bald King, etc.

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