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"Flowers of Evil" is the famous and representative work of French Symbolist poet Baudelaire, which occupies a very important position in the history of world literature. The book is divided into seven parts: "Melancholy and Ideals", "Paris Scenery", "Wine", "Flowers of Evil", "Rebellion", "Death" and "Supplementary Poems". The theme of this book is evil and the relationship between good and evil that revolves around evil. Evil not only means evil, but also melancholy and pain, while flowers can be understood as goodness and beauty. The poet broke through thousands of years of views on good and evil and observed evil from a unique perspective. He believed that evil has a dual nature. It has an evil side and exudes a special kind of beauty.

From 1843 onwards, Baudelaire continued to write poems that were later included in "Flowers of Evil". Shortly after the collection of poems was published in 1857, he was fined by the court for being "indecent" and ordered to delete six poems. Baudelaire said: "In this cruel book, I poured all my thoughts, all my heart, all my beliefs and all my hatred."