彝族古代发明有文字,贵州的阿哲家族以世袭方式统治西部地区长达1474年,形成了独特的文化、制度。特殊的历史文化对贵州彝族文学发展有很大影响,构成了彝文文学、彝族文艺理论、家族文学、毕摩文学、碑刻文学的个性特征;民间口头文学早于文字文学、彝文文学早于汉文文学、文学作品早于文艺理论的发展规律。
Yi invented the word in ancient times, Azhe Clan dominated western Guizhou in hereditaryway more than 1474,and formed unique culture, institutions. The special historical culture had huge influenceon Yi literature of Guizhou, constituted the main features of Yi literature, Yi literary theory, family Literatureand Bimo creativity, the development discipline of folk literature, Yi literature, and the first is creation, thesecond is the word literature, Chinese literature, literary theory.