Abstract: Meige, a creation epic of the Yi, depicts an ideal vision of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature through its distinctive narrative modes, embodying both the unadorned aesthetic consciousness of nature and the profound ecological philosophy. Taking Meige as research object, this study attempts to construct a theoretical framework of natural aesthetics to systematically elucidate the ecological wisdom, aesthetic values, and pedagogical implications embedded in the text of the epic. In line with the theoretical logic of human-nature interactions, Meige is revealed to have constructed a primal aesthetic system centered on nature worship through its tripartite narrative structure: creation of heaven and earth–origin of all beings–birth of humanity. Meige constructs a trinitarian symbolic network comprising flora-fauna imagery, geo-spatial signs, and living aesthetic systems–a matrix that simultaneously encodes the Yi ancestors’ cognition of natural laws and manifests their unique cognitive faculty to sublimate material needs into spiritual aesthetic pursuit. The study reveals an eco-ethical view of “human-nature symbiosis” embedded in the narrative of Meige. Its cultural memory mechanism, formed through ritual performances and oral transmission practices, provides a referential cognitive paradigm for contemporary ecological civilization construction. Rooted in subsistence praxis, this aesthetic-cognitive logic not only expands the theoretical dimensions of ethnic literary studies, but more significantly, demonstrates the regenerative value of traditional ecological wisdom in the modernization processes.

Key words: Meige, natural aesthetics, cosmic symbiosis