人与自然关系的独特思考——论土家族的自然宇宙观

A Unique Thought on the Relationship between Human and Nature—On the Viewpoint about the Universe of Tujia People

自然哲学主要体现在对人与自然(宇宙)关系的思考。在这一问题上,土家族人认为人与自然的关系是一种双向包容的关系,即人是宇宙之子,同时,宇宙又是人类的一个组成部分。围绕这一核心,主要从土家族创世神话、史诗及社会风俗诸方面进行论证,并努力探讨它的形成原因及发展的逻辑轨迹。

Natural philosophy mainly embodies in the thought of the relationship between human and nature (universe).On this question Tujia people hold the point of view that relationship between human and nature is a kind of two-way,each containing the other.They think that people are the descendants of the universe;meanwhile,the universe is one of the component parts of human beings.This paper expounds and proves their viewpoint from the aspects as the mythology of genesis,the epic and social customs of Tujia people,and tries to probe into the reasons of its formation and the logic course of its development.