How the wolf is portrayed in traditional Chinese culture

In the traditional Chinese cultural concept, wolf is synonymous with sin. The four main characteristics of wolf nature are greed, cruelty, wildness and violence. People are accustomed to associate all bad things such as evil, hypocrisy, cunning and so on with wolves. Since ancient times, wolves have not had a high status in people's mind, as can be seen from the idioms depicting wolves, such as wolf son wild heart, wolf heart and dog lung. The Chinese Idioms Dictionary records many related idioms criticizing the wolf, and far fewer praising it. Wolf is often used to satirize corrupt officials (for example, Pu Songling's Wolf and Dreaming Wolf), as well as evil people.