爱思考

皇帝的新衣

The Emperor's New Clothes

Many years ago, there lived an emperor who was quite an average fairy tale ruler, with one exception: he cared much about his clothes. One day he heard from two swindlers named Guido and Luigi Farabutto that they could make the finest suit of clothes from the most beautiful cloth. This cloth, they said, also had the special capability that it was invisible to anyone who was either stupid or not fit for his position.

Being a bit nervous about whether he himself would be able to see the cloth, the emperor first sent two of his trusted men to see it. Of course, neither would admit that they could not see the cloth and so praised it. All the townspeople had also heard of the cloth and were interested to learn how stupid their neighbors were.

The emperor then allowed himself to be dressed in the clothes for a procession through town, never admitting that he was too unfit and stupid to see what he was wearing. He was afraid that the other people would think that he was stupid.

Of course, all the townspeople wildly praised the magnificent clothes of the emperor, afraid to admit that they could not see them, until a small child said:

"But he has nothing on!"

This was whispered from person to person until everyone in the crowd was shouting that the emperor had nothing on. The emperor heard it and felt that they were correct, but held his head high and finished the procession.

    打小安徒生的童话故事就陪伴我进入思考。印象比较深刻的就是《皇帝的新衣》，《拇指姑娘》了。童年的记忆里这些故事都指导我要做一个善良、诚实、勇敢的人。长大了再次思考故事的涵义就不是简单的停留在个人道德教育上。虽然是童话故事，但是她指导人们批判社会的人性及生活阴暗面。有时候你会为此会心一笑，有时候却痛心疾首为什么人性如此阴暗，为何小孩都不愿意犯的错误竟然落在高官领袖身上？

    皇帝的新装揭示了许多别有居心、居心不良的人利用人们对虚荣的物质、虚名等的追求中误导人达到鱼目混珠、混淆视听的阴险目的。一旦人们迷信虚名钱财就会疯狂的认为别人都是傻子。君不见许多人为财死，鸟为食亡的许多历史教训吗？故事中的皇帝难道不曾怀疑就轻易相信骗子的阴谋诡计吗？但是为了标新立异、与众不同的想法，他很轻易的上当受骗了。在生活中或在大小决策时我们必须三思而后行，保持高度的醒觉。比较利害的同时，必须思考可能发生的结果。不要为了贪图短暂的快乐以致带来长久的痛苦！

     故事里也指出一般人都是活在别人的权威及恩典中以致对于错误的问题不敢轻易批评、不敢讲真话。但是安徒生却用一个小孩的天真及诚实给群众一个很深的教育，最后只有皇帝继续坚持错误，群众都选择了正确的方向。当然群众由一传十，十传百的互动里带来了更多、更大的勇气。群众效应正如：水可载舟亦可覆舟；好的引导可以鼓舞士气，坏的方面破坏也是可怕的。所以每一个人都必须有正确为公的价值判断能力，这样才可以减少许多过于激情而产生的破坏性或负面影响！