The Legs mansion (奎宿, pinyin: Kuí Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White...
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Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese 星官 xīng guān)...
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in Poland Lehnice (Lég in Hungarian), a village and municipality in south-west Slovakia Legs (Chinese constellation) Cathetus or leg, in geometry, a side...
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Orion's Belt. (See Chinese constellations) The Chinese character 參 (pinyin shēn) originally meant the constellation Orion (Chinese: 參宿; pinyin: shēnxiù);...
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giant Beta Lupi, both from Chinese. However, the first name is in error; both stars were part of a large Chinese constellation known in modern transliteration...
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mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon. In Chinese Cosmology, the Kang Constellation is associated...
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Capricornus (redirect from Capricornus constellation)
Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for "horned goat" or "goat horn" or "having horns like a goat's", and it is commonly...
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Cassiopeia (listen) is a constellation and asterism in the northern sky named after the vain queen Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, in Greek mythology...
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White Tiger (mythology) (redirect from White Tiger (Chinese constellation))
The White Tiger (Chinese: 白虎; pinyin: Báihǔ), is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is sometimes called the White Tiger of the...
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Kui Xing (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
Temple Miaoli Wenchang Temple Imperial examination in Chinese mythology Legs (Chinese constellation) 日知錄 Rizhilu, vol. 32; Siku Quanshu version. p. 61 of...
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