Hercules in Chinese astronomy

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Hercules is located in Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán)

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 武仙座 (wǔ xiān zuò), which means "the immortal martial constellation".

## Contents

* 1 Stars
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Stars

The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Hercules area consists of :

Four Symbols | Mansion (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation

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Three Enclosures (三垣)
紫微垣  | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 天棓  | Tiānbàng | Celestial Flail
ι Her[1] | 天棓五 | Tiānbàngwǔ | 5th star
88 Her | 天棓增三 | Tiānbàngzēngsān | 3rd additional star
82 Her | 天棓增四 | Tiānbàngzēngsì | 4th additional star
74 Her | 天棓增七 | Tiānbàngzēngqī | 7th additional star
77 Her | 天棓增八 | Tiānbàngzēngbā | 8th additional star
天市垣  | Tiān Shì Yuán | Heavenly Market enclosure | 天市左垣  | Tiānshìzuǒyuán | Left Wall
δ Her[2]
天市左垣一 | Tiānshìzuǒyuányī | 1st star
魏 | Wèi | (Star of) Wei
λ Her[2]
天市左垣二 | Tiānshìzuǒyuánèr | 2nd star
趙 | Zhào | (Star of) Zhao
μ Her[2]
天市左垣三 | Tiānshìzuǒyuánsān | 3rd star
九河 | Jiǔhé | (Star of) Jiuhe
ο Her[2]
天市左垣四 | Tiānshìzuǒyuánsì | 4th star
中山 | Zhōngshān | (Star of) Zhongshan
112 Her
天市左垣五 | Tiānshìzuǒyuánwu | 5th star
齊 | Qí | (Star of) Qi
51 Her | 魏增一 | Wèizēngyī | 1st additional star of Wei
56 Her | 魏增二 | Wèizēngèr | 2nd additional star of Wei
57 Her | 魏增三 | Wèizēngsān | 3rd additional star of Wei
HD 155025 | 魏增四 | Wèizēngsì | 4th additional star of Wei
62 Her | 魏增五 | Wèizēngwǔ | 5th additional star of Wei
70 Her | 魏增六 | Wèizēngliù | 6th additional star of Wei
73 Her | 魏增八 | Wèizēngbā | 8th additional star of Wei
78 Her | 趙增一 | Zhàozēngyī | 1st additional star of Zhao
79 Her | 趙增二 | Zhàozēngèr | 2nd additional star of Zhao
84 Her | 趙增三 | Zhàozēngsān | 3rd additional star of Zhao
87 Her | 九河增一 | Jiǔhézēngyī | 1st additional star of Jiuhe
ξ Her | 中山增一 | Zhōngshānzēngyī | 1st additional star of Zhongshan
ν Her | 中山增二 | Zhōngshānzēngèr | 2nd additional star of Zhongshan
99 Her | 中山增三 | Zhōngshānzēngsān | 3rd additional star of Zhongshan
104 Her | 中山增四 | Zhōngshānzēngsì | 4th additional star of Zhongshan
108 Her | 中山增五 | Zhōngshānzēngwǔ | 5th additional star of Zhongshan
107 Her | 中山增六 | Zhōngshānzēngliù | 6th additional star of Zhongshan
100 Her | 中山增七 | Zhōngshānzēngqī | 7th additional star of Zhongshan
113 Her | 齊增一 | Qízēngyī | 1st additional star of Qi
天市右垣  | Tiānshìyòuyuán | Right Wall
β Her[3]
天市右垣一 | Tiānshìyòuyuányī | 1st star
河中 | Hézhōng | (Star of) Hezhong
γ Her[3]
天市右垣二 | Tiānshìyòuyuánèr | 2nd star
河間 | Héjiān | (Star of) Hejian region
κ Her A[3]
天市右垣三 | Tiānshìyòuyuánsān | 3rd star
晉 | Jìn | (Star of) Jin
16 Her | 河間增一 | Hejianzēngyī | 1st additional star of Hejian
5 Her | 晉增一 | Jìnzēngyī | 1st additional star of Jin
8 Her | 晉增二 | Jìnzēngèr | 2nd additional star of Jin
q Her | 晉增三 | Jìnzēngsān | 3rd additional star of Jin
κ Her B | 晉增五 | Jìnzēngwǔ | 5th additional star Jin
宗  | Zōng | Patriarchal Clan
110 Her | 宗一 | Zōngyī | 1st star
111 Her | 宗二 | Zōngèr | 2nd star
帛度  | Bódù | Textile Ruler
95 Her[1] | 帛度一 | Bódùyī | 1st star
102 Her[1] | 帛度二 | Bódùèr | 2nd star
96 Her | 帛度增一 | Bódùzēngyī | 1st additional star
101 Her | 帛度增二 | Bódùzēngèr | 2nd additional star
93 Her | 帛度增三 | Bódùzēngsān | 3rd additional star
屠肆  | Túsì | Butcher’s Shops
109 Her | 屠肆一 | Túsìyī | 1st star
98 Her | 屠肆二 | Túsìèr | 2nd star
97 Her | 屠肆增一 | Túsìzēngyī | 1st additional star
105 Her | 屠肆增二 | Túsìzēngèr | 2nd additional star
106 Her | 屠肆增三 | Túsìzēngsān | 3rd additional star
帝座 | Dìzuò | Emperor's Seat | α1 Her[4] | 帝座 | Dìzuò | (One star of)
宦者  | Huànzhě | Eunuch Official
32 Oph[5] | 宦者一 | Huànzhěyī | 1st star
HD 154228 | 宦者二 | Huànzhěèr | 2nd star
60 Her[1] | 宦者三 | Huànzhěsān | 3rd star
54 Her | 宦者增一 | Huànzhězēngyī | 1st additional star
49 Her | 宦者增三 | Huànzhězēngsān | 3rd additional star
HD 154278 | 宦者增四 | Huànzhězēngsì | 4th additional star
斗  | Dǒu | Dipper for Liquid
ω Her[4] | 斗一 | Dǒuyī | 1st star
49 Ser[6] | 斗二 | Dǒuèr | 2nd star
13 Her | 斗三 | Dǒusān | 3rd star
29 Her | 斗四 | Dǒusì | 4th star
33 Her | 斗五 | Dǒuwu | 5th star
15 Her | 斗增二 | Dǒuzēngèr | 2nd additional star
12 Her | 斗增六 | Dǒuzēngliù | 6th additional star
9 Her | 斗增七 | Dǒuzēngqī | 7th additional star
21 Her | 斗增九 | Dǒuzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star
28 Her | 斗增十 | Dǒuzēngshí | 10th additional star
斛  | Hú | Dipper for Solid
47 Her | 斛三 | Húsān | 3rd star
43 Her | 斛四 | Húsì | 4th star
41 Her | 斛增二 | Húzēngèr | 2nd additional star
45 Her | 斛增三 | Húzēngsān | 3rd additional star
38 Her | 斛增四 | Húzēngsì | 4th additional star
36 Her | 斛增五 | Húzēngwǔ | 5th additional star
37 Her | 斛增六 | Húzēngliù | 6th additional star
七公  | Qīgōng | Seven Excellencies
42 Her[1] | 七公一 | Qīgōngyī | 1st star
τ Her[7] | 七公二 | Qīgōngèr | 2nd star
φ Her[7] | 七公三 | Qīgōngsān | 3rd star
χ Her[7] | 七公四 | Qīgōngsì | 4th star
34 Her | 七公增三 | Qīgōngzēngsān | 3rd additional star
υ Her | 七公四 | Qīgōngzēngsì | 4th additional star
4 Her | 七公增十一 | Qīgōngzēngshíyī | 11th additional star
2 Her | 七公增十二 | Qīgōngzēngshíèr | 12th additional star
14 Her | 七公增十三 | Qīgōngzēngshísān | 13th additional star
30 Her | 七公增十四 | Qīgōngzēngshísì | 14th additional star
σ Her | 七公增十五 | Qīgōngzēngshíwǔ | 15th additional star
52 Her | 七公增十六 | Qīgōngzēngshíliù | 16th additional star
貫索  | Guànsuǒ | Coiled Thong
19 Her | 貫索增九 | Guànsuǒzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star
17 Her | 貫索增十 | Guànsuǒzēngshí | 10th additional star
10 Her | 貫索增十一 | Guànsuǒzēngshíyī | 11th additional star
天紀  | Tiānjì | Celestial Discipline
ζ Her[7] | 天紀二 | Tiānjìèr | 2nd star
ε Her[7] | 天紀三 | Tiānjìsān | 3rd star
59 Her | 天紀四 | Tiānjìsì | 4th star
61 Her | 天紀五 | Tiānjìwǔ | 5th star
68 Her | 天紀六 | Tiānjìliù | 6th star
HD 160054 | 天紀七 | Tiānjìqī | 7th star
θ Her[7] | 天紀九 | Tiānjìjiǔ | 9th star
η Her | 天紀增一 | Tiānjìzēngyī | 1st additional star
25 Her | 天紀增二 | Tiānjìzēngèr | 2nd additional star
23 Her | 天紀增四 | Tiānjìzēngsì | 4th additional star
26 Her | 天紀增五 | Tiānjìzēngwǔ | 5th additional star
32 Her | 天紀增六 | Tiānjìzēngliù | 6th additional star
39 Her | 天紀增七 | Tiānjìzēngqī | 7th additional star
46 Her | 天紀增八 | Tiānjìzēngbā | 8th additional star
50 Her | 天紀增九 | Tiānjìzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star
48 Her | 天紀增十 | Tiānjìzēngshí | 10th additional star
53 Her | 天紀增十一 | Tiānjìzēngshíyī | 11th additional star
72 Her | 天紀增十三 | Tiānjìzēngshísān | 13th additional star
90 Her | 天紀增十四 | Tiānjìzēngshísì | 14th additional star
HD 157910 | 天紀增十五 | Tiānjìzēngshíwǔ | 15th additional star
女床  | Nǚchuáng | Woman’s Bed
π Her[7] | 女床一 | Nǚchuángyī | 1st star
69 Her[1] | 女床二 | Nǚchuángèr | 2nd star
ρ Her[7] | 女床三 | Nǚchuángsān | 3rd star

## See also

* Traditional Chinese star names
* Chinese constellations

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ian Ridpath's Startales - Hercules
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 23 日
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 24 日
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 25 日
5. ↑ the star is actually located in the constellation of Hercules near the border of Ophiucus
6. ↑ the star is actually located in the constellation of Hercules near the border of Serpens
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 6 月 26 日

## External links

* Hercules – Chinese associations
* 香港太空館研究資源
* 中國星區、星官及星名英譯表
* 天象文學
* 台灣自然科學博物館天文教育資訊網
* 中國古天文
* 中國古代的星象系統

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