In China the wolf has been traditionally regarded as the enemy of man and defined as aferocious and greedy species. Famous for the culture of dragon, the Chinese have a deep rootedcomplex of ‘‘hating wolf’’ of which ‘‘Zhongshan lang’’ (A Tale of the Wolf ofZhongshan)6 is a typical example. As it is known, the cultural images of animals have usually undergone dramatic changes and become gradually stabilized in the process ofsocial and cultural development. In China, especially with the Han people, wolves never became the cultural ‘‘heroes.’’ Instead, they have long since been identified as the images of evil. In the limited records and writings about the wolf in Chinese, a dominant picture isto regard wolf as greedy, ungrateful and vicious. Why have there been rather so fewwritings about wolf in Chinese? How did wolf become demonized? These questions canfind answers in the unique history of social development in China. In comparison with Europe, the era of hunting ended much earlier here, which means China has a much longerhistory and tradition of agricultural cultivation. One important feature of the agriculturalsociety is the alienation of animal and animality. Centred on the human ‘‘ethics,’’ the Chinese culture was turning further and further away from the animal world. Over thehistory, the number of wolves dwindled gradually until they virtually disappeared in mostparts of China through out the 20th century.