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English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars Representing Legs: 奎: Andromeda/Pisces: 16: Possibly it is the rear legs or feet of the White Tiger. Alternatively, it was also seen as a wild boar. Outer Fence: 外屏: Pisces: 7: A fence to screen off the cesspit of Celestial Pigsty (Tiānhùn) Celestial Pigsty: 天溷: Cetus: 4
For example, Altair is named 河鼓二 in Chinese. 河鼓 is the name of the asterism (literally the Drum at the River). 二 is the number designation (two). Therefore, it literally means "the Second Star of the Drum at the River". (Bayer might have called Altair "Beta Tympani Flumine" if he had been cataloguing Chinese constellations.)
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).
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 三角座 ... (Chinese name) Romanization Translation ... Legs: 奎 [1] Kuí: Legs: 1 Tri ...
In Chinese, 王良 (Wáng Liáng), in the Legs (Chinese constellation), [17] refers to an asterism consisting of β Cassiopeiae, κ Cassiopeiae, η Cassiopeiae, α Cassiopeiae and λ Cassiopeiae. [18] Consequently, the Chinese name for β Cassiopeiae itself is 王良一 (Wáng Liáng yī, English: the First Star of Wang Liang.) [19]
Kuimulang (Chinese: 奎木狼; lit. 'The Wood Wolf of Legs') is a deity in traditional Chinese spiritual beliefs. He is considered to be one of the 28 Mansions, which are Chinese constellations. These constellations are the same as those studied in Western astrology.
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