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An Important Enlightenment from Mythological History:Pay Attention to Living Mythology

LI Zi-xian

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An important enlightenment from mythological history is to leave the study for the field and investigate the living mythology in connection with documented myths using theories and methods from relevant sciences.China has the world's most abundant resources of myth.They are to be found and studied both in documents and fields.Only when a general and comprehensive grasp of the myths of all 56 nationalities is achieved,can we expand and lift our mythological research.

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An important enlightenment from mythological history is to leave the study for the field and investigate the living mythology in connection with documented myths using theories and methods from relevant sciences.China has the world's most abundant resources of myth.They are to be found and studied both in documents and fields.Only when a general and comprehensive grasp of the myths of all 56 nationalities is achieved,can we expand and lift our mythological research.

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An important enlightenment from mythological history is to leave the study for the field and investigate the living mythology in connection with documented myths using theories and methods from relevant sciences.China has the world's most abundant resources of myth.They are to be found and studied both in documents and fields.Only when a general and comprehensive grasp of the myths of all 56 nationalities is achieved,can we expand and lift our mythological research.

Key concepts: Mythology, Enlightenment, China, Sociology, History, Epistemology, Classics, Philosophy

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