Cassiopeia in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Cassiopeia lies across two of the quadrants symbolized by the The Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ) and The White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ), and Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 仙后座 (xiān hòu zuò), meaning "the immortal queen constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Cassiopeia area consists of :
| Four Symbols / Enclosures | Mansion / Enclosure (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 紫微左垣 | Zǐwēizuǒyuán | Left Wall | ||||
| 23 Cas | ||||||||||
| 紫微左垣八 | Zǐwēizuǒyuánbā | 8th star | ||||||||
| 少丞 | Shǎochéng | The Second Prime Minister | ||||||||
| YZ Cas | 少丞增一 | Shǎochéngzēngyī | 1st additional star of The Second Prime Minister | |||||||
| 五帝內座 | Wudìnèizuò | Interior Seats of the Five Emperors | ||||||||
| 47 Cas[1] | ||||||||||
| 五帝內座二 | Wudìnèizuòèr | 2nd star | ||||||||
| 东方苍帝 | Dōngfāngcāngdì | Green king in the east | ||||||||
| 華蓋 | Huāgài | Canopy of the Emperor | ||||||||
| 40 Cas | 華蓋二 | Huāgàièr | 2nd star | |||||||
| V762 Cas | 華蓋三 | Huāgàisān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 31 Cas | 華蓋四 | Huāgàisì | 4th star | |||||||
| ψ Cas[2] | 華蓋五 | Huāgàiwu | 5th star | |||||||
| 43 Cas | 華蓋六 | Huāgàiliù | 6th star | |||||||
| ω Cas[2] | 華蓋七 | Huāgàiqī | 7th star | |||||||
| 杠 | Gāng | Canopy Support | ||||||||
| HD 19275 | 杠二 | Gāngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 49 Cas | 杠三 | Gāngsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 51 Cas | 杠四 | Gāngsì | 4th star | |||||||
| 50 Cas[1] | 杠五 | Gāngwu | 5th star | |||||||
| 54 Cas | 杠六 | Gāngliù | 6th star | |||||||
| 48 Cas | 杠七 | Gāngqī | 7th star | |||||||
| 42 Cas | 杠八 | Gāngbā | 8th star | |||||||
| 38 Cas[1] | 杠九 | Gāngjiǔ | 9th star | |||||||
| HD 15920[1] | 杠增一 | Gāngzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 傳舍 | Chuánshě | Guest House | ||||||||
| 16 Cas | 傳舍二 | Chuánshěèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 32 Cas | 傳舍四 | Chuánshěsì | 4th star | |||||||
| 55 Cas | 傳舍五 | Chuánshěwu | 5th star | |||||||
| HD 17948[1] | 傳舍六 | Chuánshěliù | 6th star | |||||||
| 13 Cas | 傳舍增一 | Chuánshězēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| The Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武) | 室 | Shì | Encampment | 騰蛇 | Téngshé | Flying Serpent | ||||
| σ Cas[3] | 螣蛇十一 | Téngshéshíyī | 11th star | |||||||
| ρ Cas[3] | 螣蛇十二 | Téngshéshíèr | 12th star | |||||||
| τ Cas[3] | 螣蛇十三 | Téngshéshísān | 13th star | |||||||
| AR Cas | 螣蛇十四 | Téngshéshísì | 14th star | |||||||
| 1 Cas | 螣蛇增十三 | Téngshézēngshísān | 13th additional star | |||||||
| 4 Cas | 螣蛇增十四 | Téngshézēngshísì | 14th additional star | |||||||
| 2 Cas | 螣蛇增十五 | Téngshézēngshíwǔ | 15th star | |||||||
| V1022 Cas | 螣蛇增十八 | Téngshézēngshíbā | 18th star | |||||||
| The White Tiger of the West (西方白虎) | 奎 | Kuí | Legs | 閣道 | Gédào | Flying Corridor | ||||
| ι Cas[4] | 閣道一 | Gédàoyī | 1st star | |||||||
| ε Cas[4] | 閣道二 | Gédàoèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| δ Cas[4] | ||||||||||
| 閣道三 | Gédàosān | 3rd star | ||||||||
| 奎西南大星 | Gédàonándàxīng | Big southern star | ||||||||
| θ Cas[4] | 閣道四 | Gédàosì | 4th star | |||||||
| ν Cas[4] | 閣道五 | Gédàowu | 5th star | |||||||
| ο Cas[4] | 閣道六 | Gédàoliù | 6th star | |||||||
| π Cas | 閣道增一 | Gédàozēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| ξ Cas | 閣道增二 | Gédàozēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| φ Cas | 閣道增三 | Gédàozēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| χ Cas | 閣道增四 | Gédàozēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| 44 Cas | 閣道增五 | Gédàozēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| 附路 | Fùlù | Auxiliary Road[4] | ζ Cas | 附路 | Fùlù | (One star of) | ||||
| 王良 | Wángliáng | Wang Liang | ||||||||
| β Cas[4] | ||||||||||
| 王良一 | Wángliángyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 王良距星 | Wángliángjùxīng | Separated star | ||||||||
| 王良西星 | Wángliángxīxīng | Western star | ||||||||
| κ Cas[4] | ||||||||||
| 王良二 | Wángliángèr | 2nd star | ||||||||
| 王良西星 | Wángliángxīxīng | Western star | ||||||||
| η Cas | 王良三 | Wángliángsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| α Cas[4] | ||||||||||
| 王良四 | Wángliángsì | 4th star | ||||||||
| 王良 | Wángliáng | Wise king | ||||||||
| λ Cas[4] | 王良五 | Wángliángwu | 5th star | |||||||
| 6 Cas | 王良增一 | Wángliángzēngyī | 1st additional star | |||||||
| 10 Cas | 王良增二 | Wángliángzēngèr | 2nd additional star | |||||||
| 9 Cas | 王良增三 | Wángliángzēngsān | 3rd additional star | |||||||
| 12 Cas | 王良增四 | Wángliángzēngsì | 4th additional star | |||||||
| υ2 Cas | 王良增五 | Wángliángzēngwǔ | 5th additional star | |||||||
| HD 222275 | 王良增六 | Wángliángzēngliù | 6th additional star | |||||||
| HD 222682 | 王良增七 | Wángliángzēngqī | 7th additional star | |||||||
| HD 223421 | 王良增八 | Wángliángzēngbā | 8th additional star | |||||||
| HD 224784 | 王良增九 | Wángliángzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star | |||||||
| HD 224893 | 王良增十 | Wángliángzēngshí | 10th additional star | |||||||
| HD 1239 | 王良增十一 | Wángliángzēngshíyī | 11th additional star | |||||||
| HD 2054 | 王良增十二 | Wángliángzēngshíèr | 12th additional star | |||||||
| HD 3240 | 王良增十三 | Wángliángzēngshísān | 13th additional star | |||||||
| HD 5015 | 王良增十四 | Wángliángzēngshísì | 14th additional star | |||||||
| 策 | Cè | Whip | ||||||||
| γ Cas[4] | ||||||||||
| 策 | Cè | (One star of) | ||||||||
| 天策 | Tiāncè | Celestial whip | ||||||||
| 八魁南大星 | Bākuínándàxīng | Big star in the south of Net for Catching Bird constellation |
See also
References
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