Winnowing Basket

The Winnowing Basket mansion (箕宿, pinyin: Jī Xiù) is one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.[1][2][3]

## Asterisms

English name | Chinese name | European constellation | Number of stars | Representing

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Winnowing Basket | 箕 | Sagittarius | 4 | Azure Dragon's dung, the role of rice bran to farm implements, also means the wind
Chaff | 糠 | Ophiuchus | 1 | Lift out of bran
Pestle | 杵 | Ara | 3 | Trace compounds wooden club

## References

1. ↑ Stephenson, F. Richard (1994). "13 - Chinese and Korean Star Maps and Catalogs". in Harley, J.B.. The History of Cartography. Part 2. 2. University of Chicago Press. pp. 517. https://press.uchicago.edu/books/HOC/HOC_V2_B2/HOC_VOLUME2_Book2_chapter13.pdf.
2. ↑ Penprase, Bryan E. (2017-05-05) (in en). The Power of Stars. Springer. pp. 43. ISBN 978-3-319-52597-6. https://books.google.com/books?id=pQHNDgAAQBAJ&dq="Extended+Net"+chinese+astronomy&pg=PA43.
3. ↑ Xu, Junjun (January 2009). "Ancient Chinese constellations" (in en). Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 5 (S260): 107–115. doi:10.1017/S174392131100319X. ISSN 1743-9221.

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Chinese constellations

Three Enclosures (三垣)|

* Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣)
* Supreme Palace enclosure (太微垣)
* Heavenly Market enclosure (天市垣)

Four Symbols (四象) and
Twenty-Eight Mansions (二十八宿)|

East – Azure Dragon (青龍)
Horn (角)
Neck (亢)
Root (氐)
Room (房)
Heart (心)
Tail (尾)
Winnowing Basket (箕)

South – Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Well (井)
Ghost (鬼)
Willow (柳)
Star (星)
Extended Net (張)
Wings (翼)
Chariot (軫)

West – White Tiger (白虎)
Legs (奎)
Bond (婁)
Stomach (胃)
Hairy Head (昴)
Net (畢)
Turtle Beak (觜)
Three Stars (參)

North – Black Tortoise (玄武)
Dipper (斗)
Ox (牛)
Girl (女)
Emptiness (虛)
Rooftop (危)
Encampment (室)
Wall (壁)

Center – Yellow Dragon (黃龍)
Earth

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