Bond (Chinese constellation)

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).

Map of Leu sieu

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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