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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.
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).
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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: 天田: Virgo: 2: The son of heaven Recommending Virtuous Men: 進賢: Virgo: 1 (+9) The recommended virtuous men Tripod of the Zhou: 周鼎: Coma Berenices: 3: The God Tripod ...
The Ox mansion (牛宿, pinyin: Niú Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the northern mansions of the Black Tortoise. The primary asterism of this mansion is centered on the tail of the constellation known as Capricornus in Western astronomy. [1]
Chinese name [1] Meaning Modern constellation Number of stars Alternative names Notes Representing Leu: 婁（娄） the Train of a garment: Aries: 3: 天狱 [citation needed], 降婁 （降娄） [citation needed], 郁车宫 [citation needed] [2] The lasso which was used to hang the sacrificed animal and the sickle for cutting the harvest Tso ...
The Well mansion is located in the constellation Gemini in Western astronomy and includes: Mu Geminorum (Tejat Posterior) - 井宿 (Jǐng Xiù yī), the first star of Well, [1] Nu Geminorum - 井宿二(Jǐng Xiù èr), Xi Geminorum - 井宿三 (Jǐng Xiù sān), Epsilon Geminorum (Mebsuta) - 井宿四 (Jǐng Xiù sì), Zeta Geminorum (Mekbuda ...
Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Wall: 壁: Pegasus/Andromeda: 2: Walls, the library Thunderbolt: 霹靂: Pisces: 5: A thunderclap Cloud and Rain: 雲雨: Pisces: 4: cloud and rain Celestial Stable: 天廄: Andromeda: 3: Stable, or the people who manage stable Sickle: 鈇鑕: Cetus: 5: The sickle for harvesting ...