The Wisdom of Ancestors---Ancient Yi Philosophy

Author: Wang Tiansi
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: The Yi people, as one of the ancient human beings and descendants of the ancient Qiang and Rong tribes, have inherited certain cultural elements of the ancient Qiang and Rong tribes in the long history of their ethnic formation and development. At the same time, they have created a culture rich in their own ethnic character and traditions based on their own historical characteristics of social production and life, while also absorbing and inheriting advanced cultures from the Han and other ethnic groups. A history reflecting the development of Yi thinking and philosophical cognition is contained within this cultural fusion. This book primarily focuses on the study of the philosophical germination of the Yi people, their cosmology on the origin of heaven and earth, theories on the origin of humanity, and social cognitive perspectives, among other vast and profound areas of Yi philosophy.