Grimm's Fairy Tales is only a part of the Grimm brothers'academic research work,but it fully embodies their views on history and reality and their awareness of philology.The scientific nature of their academic research is closely related to the German political and historical background.They dig up"ancient documents"in order to find the elements that can return to unity and integrity from ancient and medieval cultures of human beings,so as to overcome the crisis consciousness of modem people,including the division of human beings,the loss of ancient human thought and the vacancy of national identity.Therefore,Grimm'Fairy Tales embodies the modem thoughts and educational demands,scientific consciousness and aesthetic views of contemporary German intellectuals represented by the Grimm brothers.