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).
The asterisms in the Region of Leu （婁宿天區）
| Asterism | Chinese name |
Meaning | Modern constellation |
Number of stars | Alternative names |
Notes | Representing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leu | 婁（娄） | the Train of a garment | Aries | 3 | 天狱, 降婁 （降娄）, 郁车宫 |
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 | Forestry manager | ||
| Yew Kang | 右更 | The Right-hand Watch | Pisces | 5 | Livestock manager | ||
| Tien Yuen | 天倉 （天仓） | Heaven's Temporary Granary | Cetus | 6 | Second granary which was used in agriculture and harvesting | ||
| Tien Yu | 天庾 | Heaven's Temporary Granary | Fornax | 3 | 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, 大將軍, 將軍 |
The great general of the heavens and ten subordinate officers |
Notes
- （ ）: simplified Chinese
- Allen (1899) p.82.
- Allen (1899) p.64. (Allen misidenticfied it with ε Ara. )
- Allen (1899) p.343.
- Allen (1899) p.164.
- Allen (1899) p.221.
- 『開元占経』 「巻66 石氏中官占 中」
- 『晋書』 「天文志」
- 『宋史』 「天文志」
- 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.
External links
- 陳冠中, 陳輝樺 「中國古代的星象系統 (71)： 婁宿天區」 - 天文教育資訊網 (AEEA)
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| Three Enclosures (三垣) |
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| Four Symbols (四象) and Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿) |
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