Abstract: When the discussion evoked by Wolf Totem focuses mainly on the nature of a nation, the value of ecologicalist text of the work becomes ever prominent, whenviewed from the perspective of ecological criticism. As an ecological literary work, the time significance of Wolf Totem can further be seen by analysing thoroughly the group of characters in the work and exploring deep-goingly the naive ecological belief and the grassland-modes ecological reason.

Key words: WolfTotem, ecologicalliterature, ecologicalism