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)

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,
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 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,
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.

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