Author(s)

Duan Fangfang

Corresponding Author

Duan Fangfang

ABSTRACT

Naxi-ology is the study of the Naxi minority，the rise of Naxi-ology has been going on for more than a hundred years. The main research object of Naxi-ology is the living environment of the Naxi people, ethnography, the mode of life, and the national religion and so on, which is also the key factor of Naxi becoming one of the developed ethnic minorities. This paper studies the process of the American scholar─Joseph Rock’s study of Naxi minority in China, and analyses Rock’s Naxi cultural monographs during his staying in Lijiang between 1922 and 1949 according to the data shown in the Harvard University Library. This paper also objectively evaluates the influences of Rock’s monographs and literatures he collected on the study of the Naxi culture by other scholars and highly praises his contribution on spreading Naxi culture to the world.

KEYWORDS

Naxi-ology, Joseph Rock, Dongba Scripture, Dongba hieroglyphics