Yi

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Yi or YI may refer to:

Philosophic Principle

  • Yì (义; 義, righteousness, justice) among the 三綱五常

Ethnic groups

  • Dongyi, the Eastern Yi, or Tung-yi (Chinese: , ), ancient peoples who lived east of the Zhongguo in ancient China
  • Yi people (Chinese: , ; Vietnamese: Lô Lô), an ethnic group in modern China, Vietnam, and Thailand

Language

  • Yi (Cyrillic), the letter of the Ukrainian alphabet written "Ї" and "ї"
  • Yi language or the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people of China
  • Yi script, an umbrella term for two scripts used to write the Yi languages
  • Yiddish (ISO 639-1 language code: yi), the historical language of the Ashkenazi Jews

Mythology and religion

  • Yi the Archer or Houyi, a heroic archer and hunter in Chinese mythology
  • Yi (husbandman), also known as Boyi or Bo Yi, a heroic user of fire and government minister in Chinese mythology
  • Yi (Confucianism), the Confucian virtue roughly equivalent to "righteousness" or "justice"

People

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Given name

Places

Other uses

See also