《皇帝的新装》写于一八三七年。当时丹麦是个君主立宪的国家,经济落后。在英法战争中,丹麦倒向法国。一八一五年拿破仑战败后,丹麦成为战败国,成了英国的附庸。丹麦人民受着本国君主和英国资本家的双重压迫和剥削,过着水深火热的生活。封建统治阶级则穷奢极欲,挥霍无度。安徒生目睹统治者的昏庸、残暴,人民深受其害,便取材于民间传说,经过加工改编,写成了后来举世闻名的《皇帝的新装》。这篇童话深刻揭露了以皇帝为代表的封建统治的虚伪和愚蠢,嘲笑了他们说假话、自欺欺人的恶习,解剖了当时社会的病状,歌颂了敢于讲真话的劳动人民。 “The Emperor’s New Clothes” was written in 1837. At that time, Denmark was a constitutional monarchy with a backward economy. In the Anglo-French War, Denmark turned to France. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, Denmark became a defeated nation and became a British vassal. The Danish people, under the double oppression and exploitation of their own monarchs and British capitalists, lived a dying life. Feudal ruling class is extravagant and extravagant. Andersen witnessed the stupid, cruel rulers, the people deeply hurt, they draw on folklore, after processing adapted, wrote later world-famous “emperor’s new dress.” This fairy tale profoundly exposed the hypocrisy and foolishness of the feudal rule represented by the emperor, laughed at their vices of making false statements and deceiving themselves, dissected the symptoms of the society at that time, and praised the working people who dared to tell the truth.