试论西王母与道教、彝族的关系

本篇文章在广泛收集道教和彝族文化资料基础上 ,论证了西王母作为彝族先民古羌人的始祖母 ,与彝族文化的渊源关系 ,同时论证了西王母在历史发展过程中 ,其逐渐为中原文化所吸收 ,特别是为道教吸收后 ,道教赋予了西王母新的形象和内容 ,并成为道教女仙之首。文章认为作为彝族先民古羌人的西王母不仅丰富了道教的内容 ,同时道教作为一种精神纽带 ,也促进了中华民族多元一体格局的形成

A Brief Research on the Relationship between Xi Wangmu and the Taoism and the Ethnic Yi

Based on an extensive collection of the cultural materials of the Taoism and the ethnic Yi, this paper proves that, as the ancestress of the ancient Qiangren group(also the ancient worthy of the ethnic Yi),Xi Wangmu is the origin of the ethnic Yi culture. This paper also demonstrates that, after absorbed by the Central Plains culture, especially by the Taoism, Xi Wangmu was gradually characterized by Taoism and became of the head of female celestials. She not only enriched the Taoism but also promoted the formation of the pattern of diversity in unity of the Chinese nation