Abstract: Dragon Slaying is a collective memory of the early civilizations, and thus becomes a worldwide mythological pattern. In order to survive or wipe out the scourge, the dragon slaughtered in the early civilizations, or the symbolic dragon sacrificed in the form of “scapegoat” varies in diflerent environments. In the process, the paths of civilization deviate: the dragon cut off and repressed and the dragon plagued by anxiety as scapegoats gradually seperate from each other and form a different cultural division. Compared with the continuity of Chinese civilization, the western civilization—represented by and mirrored in the Greek and Hebrew ones—worships dragon-slayer instead of the dragon, and thus the binary opposition is solidified and the dragon helps the making of the hero. By contrast, in the tradition of Shamanism of China, the sacrifice of the symbolic collective dragon rescues the ethnic groups and the appreciation of its sacrifice turns to be the worship of the dragon. The Chinese civilization seeks the unity of Heaven and human and harmony among nations to achieve the win-win fate of the community by cooperation.

Key words: Dragon Slaying, symbolic aggregate, civilized bifurcation