Half Brothers: the Shu View of Nature of Traditional Naxi People and Its Value in Modern Time.
TIAN Song, College of Philosophy and Sociology, Beijing Normal University
The Shu view of nature is a unique tradition of Naxi ethnic group. By Dongba mythology, Shu is man’s half brother. The environmental ethic was actually a special human ethic for the traditional Naxi people. Traditional Naxi people regarded nature as brother, respected the nature’s right and kept a harmonious relationship with the environment in which they lived on. It can be revelatory for modern time when the human people can not keep a good nature.
