The Dawn of China's Ten Thousand-Year Civilization: Deciphering Ancient Yi Script from Jiahu Inscriptions and Identifying Cultural Relics through Yi Artifacts

Author: Zhu Juyuan
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This series covers a wide range of topics but primarily elaborates on how Taoism, the Yin-Yang School, and Daoism originated from the ancient Yi people's ancestors, the Qiang and Rong tribes during the era of the "Three Emperors"—Fuxi, Yandi, and Huangdi—known as the "Primitive Daoism." The traditions of these philosophies have been largely inherited by the Yi people, reflecting the significant role of Yi culture in the Chinese Yan and Huang culture. Mao Zedong once said, "Each ethnic minority has contributed to the history of China. The Han Chinese population is large, but it has been formed over a long period through the intermingling of many ethnic groups." Similarly, it can be said that the advanced culture of the Han Chinese has been shaped by absorbing the excellent cultures of various ethnic minorities, making it necessary to specify the contributions of each ethnic minority to Chinese history. The purpose of this "Research Series on Yi Culture" is precisely to specify the contributions of the Yi ancestors to Chinese history.