His fairy tale, The Ugly Duckling, about a duckling that is laughed at by other animals until it grows up to be a swan (天鹅) , was written according to his own experience as a child.

Whether you read this book for the fairy tales, the business advice, or the philosophical questions about work and life, the Ugly Duckling Goes to work has something for every reader to enjoy.

The author tries to understand, through re-reading Ugly Duckling, and Daughter of the Sea, the human environment of existence and enthusiasm in life in the two stories.