东巴文■为邛笼考

A Textual Criticism on the Dongba Character ■ and Qionglong (邛笼)

东巴文■的字源是古羌的“邛笼”。本文还从语言和文化考察纳西族与羌语支诸族群的同源关系。

This paper is on Do-mba character , especially focuses on the origin and proto-type of ~. It is revealed that is a portrait of Qiong Long （邛笼） or tower in Tibetan-Yi Corridor in south-western China, providing more evidence on the cultural relationship between Naxi and other ethnic groups whose languages belong to Qiangic Branch.