Bond (Chinese constellation)

Summary

Leu (or Low) sieu (simplified Chinese: 娄宿; traditional Chinese: 婁宿; pinyin: Lóu Xiù) meaning "the Train of a garment", is one of the twenty-eight lunar mansions of traditional Chinese astronomy. It is one of the mansions of the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎).

Map of Leu sieu

The asterisms in the Region of Leu (婁宿天區) edit

Asterism 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 Kang 左更 the Left Watch Aries 5   [3] Forestry manager
Yew Kang 右更 The Right-hand Watch Pisces 5   [4] Livestock manager
Tien Yuen 天倉 (天仓) Heaven's Temporary Granary Cetus 6   [5] Second granary which was used in agriculture and harvesting
Tien Yu 天庾 Heaven's Temporary Granary Fornax 3   [6] Third granary which was used in agriculture and harvesting
Tien Ta Tseang 天大將軍
(天大将军)
Heaven's Great General Andromeda
Perseus
Triangulum
11 天將軍,[7][8]
大將軍[citation needed],
將軍[9]
[10] The great general of the heavens and ten subordinate officers

Notes edit

  1. ^ ( ): simplified Chinese
  2. ^ Allen (1899) p.82.
  3. ^ Allen (1899) p.64. (Allen misidenticfied it with ε Ara. )
  4. ^ Allen (1899) p.343.
  5. ^ Allen (1899) p.164.
  6. ^ Allen (1899) p.221.
  7. ^ 『開元占経』 「巻66 石氏中官占 中」
  8. ^ 『晋書』 「天文志」
  9. ^ 『宋史』 「天文志」
  10. ^ Allen (1899) p.37.

See also edit

References edit

  • Allen, R. H. (1963). Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning (rep. ed.). New York, NY: Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-21079-0.
  • 大崎正次 (1987). 『中国の星座の歴史』 雄山閣出版.

External links edit

  • 陳冠中, 陳輝樺 「中國古代的星象系統 (71): 婁宿天區」[permanent dead link] - 天文教育資訊網 (AEEA)