On this day, 239 years ago, on February 24, 1786 (January 26, 1786 lunar calendar), German writer Wilhelm Greene was born. Jacobs Greene (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Greene (1786-1859), both of them were collectors and editors of German folk literature. Born into official families, both studied law at the University of Marburg, worked in the Kassel Library and were professors at the University of Geyngen, and became members of the Academy of Green Sciences in 1841. Together, they compiled a collection of children's and family fairy tales (the last edition was published in 1857, with a total of 216 stories). Among them, "Cinderella", "Snow White", "Little Red Riding Hood", "The Brave Little Tailor" and other famous works have become masterpieces loved by children all over the world. In addition, since 1808, the Brothers Grimm began to collect German folklore and published two volumes of "German Legends", a total of 585 articles. They also wrote academic works such as "German Grammar" (1819-1837), "History of German Language" (1848) and "German Dictionary" (1852), which contributed to the development of Germanic linguistics. The Brothers Grimm, who lived in 19th century Germany, were linguists and ancient culture researchers. The two met the Heidelberg Romantic poets Brentano and Arnim during their college years, and their collection of German folk songs, "The Boy's Magic Horn," inspired the brothers. Later, the brothers visited good fairy tale tellers in Hesse, the Main and other places, and collected more than 100 stories from their mouths. In 1812, these stories were combined into the first volume of "Children's and Family Fairy Tales", which was published in Berlin on Christmas Eve and was very popular. From then until 1857, the Brothers Grimm continued to add and revise the stories, publishing a total of seven editions. The seventh edition later became the original version circulated in various countries, and has been translated into dozens of languages since then, and many stories have been widely circulated. As early as 1925, there was a translation of Grimm's Fairy Tales in China, compiled by the Henan Education Department at that time, including 10 stories such as "Snow Girl" and "Six Servants", called "Golmud Fairy Tales Collection" by Wang Shaoming. Since then, the famous artist Zhao Jingshen has also translated "Grimm Fairy Tales Collection" and collected 6 articles such as "Crow", which were published by Shanghai Chongwen Bookstore, but the age is no longer available. How many stories have been collected in "Grimm's Fairy Tales" varies, some say 216, some say 211. In 1934, the Commercial Press launched a new translation by Wei Yixin - Wei is a famous translator who has translated works such as "Min Haosheng's Curious Travels". This translation consists of two volumes, according to the German Leipzig "German Classics Series", containing 210 articles. The book is preceded by an article called "The Biography of the Brothers Grimm", titled "The Complete Works of Grimm's Fairy Tales". The Brothers Grimm traveled the streets to collect fairy tales