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The modern Chinese term for "constellation", referring to those as defined by the IAU system, is 星座 (xīng zuò). The older term 星官 ( xīng guān ) is used only in describing constellations of the traditional system.
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In 1981, based on Yixiang Kaocheng and Yixiang Kaocheng Xubian, the first complete map of Chinese stars and constellations was published by Yi Shitong (伊世同). [5] The list is based on Atlas Comparing Chinese and Western Star Maps and Catalogues by Yi Shitong (1981) and Star Charts in Ancient China by Chen Meidong (1996).
English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Horn: 角: Virgo: 2: Azure Dragon's angle : Flat Road: 平道: Virgo: 2: Officer's road Celestial Farmland
The modern constellation Virgo lies across one of the quadrants symbolized by the Azure Dragon of the East (東方青龍, Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng), and Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Wall: 壁: Pegasus/Andromeda: 2: Walls, the library Thunderbolt: 霹靂: Pisces: 5: A thunderclap
The Net mansion (simplified Chinese: 毕宿; traditional Chinese: 畢宿; pinyin: Bìxiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. [1] It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.
The Heart mansion (Chinese: 心宿; pinyin: Xīn Xiù; also called 商宿; Shāng Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon. Its prominent figure is the star Alpha Scorpii. [1]