The Empowerment of Dragon: A Myth of the East and the West

龍之權力賦予：一個東方與西方的迷思

李鐵強(Tieqiang Li) ； 楊德源(Der-Yuan Yang) ； 李宜熹(Yi-Hsi Lee) ； 洪志興(Chih-hsing Hung)

《國際文化研究》 14卷2期 (2018/12) Pp. 57-74

摘要

Dragon is a symbol with distinct cultural attitudes which reveal passion and embodies supreme power in the east, but distaste and fosters horrendous terror in the west. Thus, one would expect a substantial proportion of the political leaders to be born in the dragon year in the east, but the opposite in the west. After checking the history of the east for over two thousand years and of the west for over three hundred, we show that the legend of dragon remains a myth, neither positive dragon effect in the former nor negative impact in the latter.

關鍵字

Birth Signs of the Chinese Zodiac ； Year of Dragon ； Tradition

並列摘要

龍是具有獨特文化態度的符號，在東方呈現熱情、象徵無限權力；在西方則是厭惡、蘊含極端恐懼。因此，似乎可以預期在東方的領導人，應該有不少在龍年出生，西方則是相反。在考察東方約二千多年及西方約三百年的歷史，我們發現龍的傳說仍然是一個迷思，在東方沒有看到正面的龍效應，西方也沒有負面的龍效應。

並列關鍵字

十二生肖 ； 龍年 ； 傳統

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