Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky in 1919, a song by Sinéad o’connor, a musical of 1987 with Sid caesar as Emperor, and numerous plays, short stories, and animated films that offer enactments or send - ups of the tale.

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許多許多年前有一位皇帝，他非常喜歡新衣服，以至於花光所有錢去得到它們；

many, many years ago lived an emperor, who thought so much of new clothes that he spent all his money in order to obtain them;

他唯一的志向就是總是穿著考究。

his only ambition was to be always well dressed.

他不關心他計程車兵，劇院也不能讓他感到愉悅；

he did not care for his soldiers, and the theatre did not amuse him;

事實上，他唯一在意的事情就是駕車出去展示一套新衣服。

the only thing, in fact, he thought anything of was to drive out and show a new suit of clothes.

他一天中每個小時都有一件外套；

he had a coat for every hour of the day;

就像人們會說一位國王 “他在他的內閣（辦公室）裡” 一樣，人們也可以說他，“皇帝在他的更衣室裡。”

and as one would say of a king “he is in his cabinet,” so one could say of him, “the emperor is in his dressing - room.”

他居住的大城市非常歡樂；

the great city where he resided was very gay;

每天有許多來自世界各地的陌生人到來。

every day many strangers from all parts of the globe arrived.

一天，兩個騙子來到了這個城市；

one day two swindlers came to this city;

他們讓人們相信他們是織工，並宣稱他們能織出能想象到的最精美的布。

they made people believe that they were weavers, and declared they could manufacture the finest cloth to be imagined.

他們說，他們的顏色和圖案不僅格外美麗，而且用他們的材料製成的衣服有一個奇妙的特性：任何不稱職或者愚蠢得不可救藥的人都看不見。

their colours and patterns, they said, were not o