Abstract: Lu Xun held that “Scarecrow opens up a path for the creation of China’s own children’s stories”. Later people understood the path as of realism, some even named it as “scarecrowism”. From the point of view either of Lu Xun’s knowledge of children’s literature or of the inner characteristics of Scarecrow, the anthology of children’s stories, such a statement can well be derived.Just because of this, Scarecrow, which is full of strong realistic spirit,can not be taken as ordinary children’s stories. For what it follows is the logic of reason, not that of emotion. Besides, it is short of the necessary act nature in children’s stories. Over emphasis on “scarecrowism” has, to a great degree, prevented the creative imagination of childrens stories from stretching. Such should now be sensibly regarded.

Key words: realism, scarecrowism, logic of reason, logic ofemotion, act nature