Bond (Chinese constellation)

Map of Leu sieu

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

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

AsterismChinese
name[1]		MeaningModern
constellation		Number of starsAlternative
names		NotesRepresenting
Leu婁（娄）the Train of a garmentAries3天狱,
降婁 （降娄）,
郁车宫		[2]The lasso which was used to hang the sacrificed animal and the sickle for cutting the harvest
Tso Kang左更the Left WatchAries5　[3]Forestry manager
Yew Kang右更The Right-hand WatchPisces5　[4]Livestock manager
Tien Yuen天倉 （天仓）Heaven's Temporary GranaryCetus6　[5]Second granary which was used in agriculture and harvesting
Tien Yu天庾Heaven's Temporary GranaryFornax3　[6]Third granary which was used in agriculture and harvesting
Tien Ta Tseang天大將軍
（天大将军）		Heaven's Great GeneralAndromeda
Perseus
Triangulum		11天將軍,[7][8]
大將軍,
將軍[9]		[10]The great general of the heavens and ten subordinate officers

Notes

  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

References

  • 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.
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