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Supreme Palace enclosure

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Tài Wēi Yuán map

Tai Wei Yuan, the Supreme Palace Enclosure (太微垣), is one of the San Yuan or Three enclosures.[1] Stars and constellations of this group are visible during spring in the Northern Hemisphere (autumn in the Southern).[2]

Asterisms

The asterisms are:[1]

English name Chinese name Number of stars Western Constellation Additional notes Representing
Left Wall 太微左垣 5 Virgo / Coma Berenices Consists of :
  • The Left Law Administrator (左執法) → 1st star
  • The First Eastern Minister (東上相) → 2nd star
  • The Second Eastern Minister (東次相) → 3rd star
  • The Second Eastern General (東次將) → 4th star
  • The First Eastern General (東上將) → 5th star
 Five guardian star in the left
Right Wall 太微右垣 5 Leo / Virgo Consists of :
  • The Right Law Administrator (右執法) → 1st star
  • The First Western General (西上將) → 2nd star
  • The Second Western General (西次將) → 3rd star
  • The Second Western Minister (西次相) → 4th star
  • The First Western Minister (西上相) → 5th star
 Five guardian star in the right
Usher to the Court 謁者 1 Virgo The officer in charge to interview the guests, also was ordered to ambassador
Three Excellencies 三公 3 Virgo
Nine Senior Officers 九卿 3 Virgo Officials of nine luxury units
Five Lords 五諸侯 5 Coma Berenices Five lords of the Emperor
Inner Screen 內屏 4 Virgo Small wall within the door
Seats of the Five Emperors 五帝座 5 Leo Five Emperors chair
Officer of Honour 幸臣 1 Coma Berenices Favorite of the courtiers
Crown Prince 太子 1 Leo The crown prince
Retinue 從官 1 Leo The emperor's attendants
Captain of the Bodyguards 郎將 1 Coma Berenices High military officer
Emperor's Bodyguard 虎賁 1 Leo Palace garrison commanders
Imperial Guards 常陳 7 Canes Venatici / Ursa Major The army
Officers of the Imperial Guard 郎位 15 Coma Berenices Clerical officer in military
The Hall of Glory 明堂 3 Leo Places of Emperor Xuan Mingzheng early education
Astronomical Observatory 靈台 3 Leo The sky observatory
Junior Officers 少微 4 Leo / Leo Minor State official
Long Wall 長垣 4 Leo Border wall
Three Steps 三台 6 Ursa Major Consists of :
  • The First Upper Step (上台一) → 1st star
  • The Second Upper Step (上台二) → 2nd star
  • The First Middle Step (中台一) → 3rd star
  • The Second Middle Step (中台二) → 4th star
  • The First Lower Step (下台一) → 5th star
  • The Second Lower Step (下台二) → 6th star
 Three rank official, or triple deck room in the heaven

See also

  • Twenty-eight mansions

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Xu, Junjun (June 2011). "Ancient Chinese constellations" (in en). Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 5 (S260): 107–115. doi:10.1017/S174392131100319X. ISSN 1743-9213. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S174392131100319X/type/journal_article. 
  2. ↑ Snoj, Vid; Muhovič, Jožef (2017-12-04). "Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night, and Anne Sexton, Starry Night". Monitor ISH 19 (2): 173–216. doi:10.33700/1580-7118.19.2.173-216(2017). ISSN 1580-7118. https://doi.org/10.33700/1580-7118.19.2.173-216(2017). 



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