Shimu - Revision history

https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Shimu Shimu - Revision history 2026-04-13T02:27:00Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=Shimu&diff=36686&oldid=prev Sushoff at 06:18, 17 January 2026 2026-01-17T06:18:16Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:18, 17 January 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Shimu (豕目)}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Shimu (豕目)}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Authors: {{PAGEAUTHORS}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">----</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:HeavenlyPig at dawn in the era of the Lingjiatan site diagram- Shi Yunli.gif|alt=celestial map with jade artifact|thumb|Heavenly Pig, an old (obsolete) Chinese constellation. Era of the Lingjiatan Site (5800–5300 BP), graphics by Yunli Shi, animated by Susanne M Hoffmann.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:HeavenlyPig at dawn in the era of the Lingjiatan site diagram- Shi Yunli.gif|alt=celestial map with jade artifact|thumb|Heavenly Pig, an old (obsolete) Chinese constellation. Era of the Lingjiatan Site (5800–5300 BP), graphics by Yunli Shi, animated by Susanne M Hoffmann.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Shimu profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg|thumb|Shimu profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour and Susanne M Hoffmann for IAU-WGSN).]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Shimu profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg|thumb|Shimu profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour and Susanne M Hoffmann for IAU-WGSN).]]</div></td></tr> </table>

Sushoff https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=Shimu&diff=35349&oldid=prev Boshunyang at 15:49, 10 December 2025 2025-12-10T15:49:25Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:49, 10 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Etymology and History==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Etymology and History==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Lingjiatan site, a significant Neolithic settlement in Anhui Province, China, dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years ago, is known for its exquisite jade artifacts and insights into early Chinese civilization, specifically the Lingjiatan culture. A jade pig found that is identified with the constellation later called Kui, The Legs (Shi Yunli 2024).<ref>Shi Yunli. The astronomical meaning of some jade artifacts unearthed at the Lingjiatan Site. 2: The Jade Pigs. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' , 2024, 27(3), 503-520.</ref> Several jade artifacts shaped like pigs, closely resembling this constellation, have been excavated from tombs in the sacrificial area of the Lingjiatan Culture (5800–5300 BP) in Anhui. Notably, the largest jade pig exhibits a unique orientation that closely aligns with the constellation's posture at its heliacal rising <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at </del>the beginning of Spring <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </del>the Lingjiatan region over five thousand years ago (see animated star chart).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Lingjiatan site, a significant Neolithic settlement in Anhui Province, China, dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years ago, is known for its exquisite jade artifacts and insights into early Chinese civilization, specifically the Lingjiatan culture. A jade pig found that is identified with the constellation later called Kui, The Legs (Shi Yunli 2024).<ref>Shi Yunli. The astronomical meaning of some jade artifacts unearthed at the Lingjiatan Site. 2: The Jade Pigs. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' , 2024, 27(3), 503-520.</ref> Several jade artifacts shaped like pigs, closely resembling this constellation, have been excavated from tombs in the sacrificial area of the Lingjiatan Culture (5800–5300 BP) in Anhui. Notably, the largest jade pig exhibits a unique orientation that closely aligns with the constellation's posture at its heliacal rising <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in </ins>the beginning of Spring <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at </ins>the Lingjiatan region over five thousand years ago (see animated star chart).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The identification of the jade objects with the constellation later called Kui is supported by a phrase written by a historian of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE to 8 CE): in the ''Annals of Heavenly Offices'' (Tiānguān shū, 天官书) within the ''Records of the Historian'' (Shǐjì, 史记) by Sima Qian (司马迁, fl. 135–91 BCE), the Head Grand Historian, it is mentioned:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The identification of the jade objects with the constellation later called Kui is supported by a phrase written by a historian of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE to 8 CE): in the ''Annals of Heavenly Offices'' (Tiānguān shū, 天官书) within the ''Records of the Historian'' (Shǐjì, 史记) by Sima Qian (司马迁, fl. 135–91 BCE), the Head Grand Historian, it is mentioned:</div></td></tr> </table>

Boshunyang https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=Shimu&diff=35348&oldid=prev Boshunyang at 15:48, 10 December 2025 2025-12-10T15:48:36Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:48, 10 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Etymology and History==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Etymology and History==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Lingjiatan site, a significant Neolithic settlement in Anhui Province, China, dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years ago, is known for its exquisite jade artifacts and insights into early Chinese civilization, specifically the Lingjiatan culture. A jade pig found that is identified with the constellation later called Kui, The Legs (Shi Yunli 2024).<ref>Shi Yunli. The astronomical meaning of some jade artifacts unearthed at the Lingjiatan Site. 2: The Jade Pigs. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' , 2024, 27(3), 503-520.</ref> Several jade artifacts shaped like pigs, closely resembling this constellation, have been excavated from tombs in the sacrificial area of the Lingjiatan Culture (5800–5300 BP) in Anhui. Notably, the largest jade pig exhibits a unique orientation that closely aligns with the constellation's posture at its heliacal rising <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">during </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">vernal equinox </del>in the Lingjiatan region over five thousand years ago (see animated star chart).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Lingjiatan site, a significant Neolithic settlement in Anhui Province, China, dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years ago, is known for its exquisite jade artifacts and insights into early Chinese civilization, specifically the Lingjiatan culture. A jade pig found that is identified with the constellation later called Kui, The Legs (Shi Yunli 2024).<ref>Shi Yunli. The astronomical meaning of some jade artifacts unearthed at the Lingjiatan Site. 2: The Jade Pigs. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' , 2024, 27(3), 503-520.</ref> Several jade artifacts shaped like pigs, closely resembling this constellation, have been excavated from tombs in the sacrificial area of the Lingjiatan Culture (5800–5300 BP) in Anhui. Notably, the largest jade pig exhibits a unique orientation that closely aligns with the constellation's posture at its heliacal rising <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">beginning of Spring </ins>in the Lingjiatan region over five thousand years ago (see animated star chart).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The identification of the jade objects with the constellation later called Kui is supported by a phrase written by a historian of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE to 8 CE): in the ''Annals of Heavenly Offices'' (Tiānguān shū, 天官书) within the ''Records of the Historian'' (Shǐjì, 史记) by Sima Qian (司马迁, fl. 135–91 BCE), the Head Grand Historian, it is mentioned:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The identification of the jade objects with the constellation later called Kui is supported by a phrase written by a historian of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE to 8 CE): in the ''Annals of Heavenly Offices'' (Tiānguān shū, 天官书) within the ''Records of the Historian'' (Shǐjì, 史记) by Sima Qian (司马迁, fl. 135–91 BCE), the Head Grand Historian, it is mentioned:</div></td></tr> </table>

Boshunyang https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=Shimu&diff=34908&oldid=prev Sushoff at 07:21, 29 November 2025 2025-11-29T07:21:20Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:21, 29 November 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Shimu (豕目)}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Shimu (豕目)}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:HeavenlyPig at dawn in the era of the Lingjiatan site diagram- Shi Yunli.gif|alt=celestial map with jade artifact|thumb|Heavenly Pig, an old (obsolete) Chinese constellation. Era of the Lingjiatan Site (5800–5300 BP), graphics by Yunli Shi, animated by Susanne M Hoffmann.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:HeavenlyPig at dawn in the era of the Lingjiatan site diagram- Shi Yunli.gif|alt=celestial map with jade artifact|thumb|Heavenly Pig, an old (obsolete) Chinese constellation. Era of the Lingjiatan Site (5800–5300 BP), graphics by Yunli Shi, animated by Susanne M Hoffmann.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Shimu profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg|thumb|Shimu profile card (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour and Susanne M Hoffmann for IAU-WGSN).]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Shimu stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg|thumb|Shimu stickfigure (CC BY Sadegh Faghanpour and Susanne M Hoffmann for IAU-WGSN).]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shimu (豕目, shǐ mù) means "Eye of the Pig", it is the name of an individual star in the ancient Chinese constellation of Tiān Shǐ (天豕, The Celestial Pig) in Neolithic China, which is called Kuí (奎, The Legs) since the late first millennium BCE. The constellation Tianshi = [[Kui]] is located in modern [[Andromeda]] and northern [[Pisces]] while the star name Tian Shimu specifically refers to the star ζ And. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shimu (豕目, shǐ mù) means "Eye of the Pig", it is the name of an individual star in the ancient Chinese constellation of Tiān Shǐ (天豕, The Celestial Pig) in Neolithic China, which is called Kuí (奎, The Legs) since the late first millennium BCE. The constellation Tianshi = [[Kui]] is located in modern [[Andromeda]] and northern [[Pisces]] while the star name Tian Shimu specifically refers to the star ζ And. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l22">Line 22:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 24:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the discussion of using "Kui" as a star name in the IAU-CSN in 2025, the name of this historical constellation that is much older than Kui was suggested to be used for one of a star, as it preserves even older Chinese heritage. In March 2025, WGSN decided to use the name "Shimu" (rather than Tianshi Mu (Tiān Shǐ 天豕) in order to avoid confusion with the Celestial Marketplace Tianshi 天市) for the star at the Eye of the Celestial Pig. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the discussion of using "Kui" as a star name in the IAU-CSN in 2025, the name of this historical constellation that is much older than Kui was suggested to be used for one of a star, as it preserves even older Chinese heritage. In March 2025, WGSN decided to use the name "Shimu" (rather than Tianshi Mu (Tiān Shǐ 天豕) in order to avoid confusion with the Celestial Marketplace Tianshi 天市) for the star at the Eye of the Celestial Pig. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2025/03/16. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2025/03/16. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><gallery></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">File:Shimu profileCard SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">File:Shimu stickfigure SadeghFaghanpour-IAU-WGSN.jpg</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></gallery></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Weblinks==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Weblinks==</div></td></tr> </table>

Sushoff https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=Shimu&diff=33470&oldid=prev Boshunyang at 07:16, 7 October 2025 2025-10-07T07:16:00Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:16, 7 October 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Lingjiatan site, a significant Neolithic settlement in Anhui Province, China, dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years ago, is known for its exquisite jade artifacts and insights into early Chinese civilization, specifically the Lingjiatan culture. A jade pig found that is identified with the constellation later called Kui, The Legs (Shi Yunli 2024).<ref>Shi Yunli. The astronomical meaning of some jade artifacts unearthed at the Lingjiatan Site. 2: The Jade Pigs. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' , 2024, 27(3), 503-520.</ref> Several jade artifacts shaped like pigs, closely resembling this constellation, have been excavated from tombs in the sacrificial area of the Lingjiatan Culture (5800–5300 BP) in Anhui. Notably, the largest jade pig exhibits a unique orientation that closely aligns with the constellation's posture at its heliacal rising during the vernal equinox in the Lingjiatan region over five thousand years ago (see animated star chart).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Lingjiatan site, a significant Neolithic settlement in Anhui Province, China, dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years ago, is known for its exquisite jade artifacts and insights into early Chinese civilization, specifically the Lingjiatan culture. A jade pig found that is identified with the constellation later called Kui, The Legs (Shi Yunli 2024).<ref>Shi Yunli. The astronomical meaning of some jade artifacts unearthed at the Lingjiatan Site. 2: The Jade Pigs. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' , 2024, 27(3), 503-520.</ref> Several jade artifacts shaped like pigs, closely resembling this constellation, have been excavated from tombs in the sacrificial area of the Lingjiatan Culture (5800–5300 BP) in Anhui. Notably, the largest jade pig exhibits a unique orientation that closely aligns with the constellation's posture at its heliacal rising during the vernal equinox in the Lingjiatan region over five thousand years ago (see animated star chart).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The identification of the jade objects with the constellation later called Kui is supported by a phrase written by a historian of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE to 8 CE): in the ''Annals of Heavenly Offices'' (Tiānguān shū, 天官书) within the ''Records of the Historian'' (Shǐjì, 史记) by Sima Qian (司马迁, fl. 135–91 BCE), the Head Grand Historian <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">of the Western Han Dynasty (201–8 BCE)</del>, it is mentioned:</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The identification of the jade objects with the constellation later called Kui is supported by a phrase written by a historian of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BCE to 8 CE): in the ''Annals of Heavenly Offices'' (Tiānguān shū, 天官书) within the ''Records of the Historian'' (Shǐjì, 史记) by Sima Qian (司马迁, fl. 135–91 BCE), the Head Grand Historian, it is mentioned:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''"The Crotch is called Fēngshǐ (封豕), which is responsible for matters related to ditches and canals."''<ref>Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian史记. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company.1959.p1305.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''"The Crotch is called Fēngshǐ (封豕), which is responsible for matters related to ditches and canals."''<ref>Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian史记. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company.1959.p1305.</ref></div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:15, 7 October 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Lingjiatan site, a significant Neolithic settlement in Anhui Province, China, dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years ago, is known for its exquisite jade artifacts and insights into early Chinese civilization, specifically the Lingjiatan culture. A jade pig found that is identified with the constellation later called Kui, The Legs (Shi Yunli 2024).<ref>Shi Yunli. The astronomical meaning of some jade artifacts unearthed at the Lingjiatan Site. 2: The Jade Pigs. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' , 2024, 27(3), 503-520.</ref> Several jade artifacts shaped like pigs, closely resembling this constellation, have been excavated from tombs in the sacrificial area of the Lingjiatan Culture (5800–5300 BP) in Anhui. Notably, the largest jade pig exhibits a unique orientation that closely aligns with the constellation's posture at its heliacal rising during the vernal equinox in the Lingjiatan region over five thousand years ago (see animated star chart).</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Lingjiatan site, a significant Neolithic settlement in Anhui Province, China, dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years ago, is known for its exquisite jade artifacts and insights into early Chinese civilization, specifically the Lingjiatan culture. A jade pig found that is identified with the constellation later called Kui, The Legs (Shi Yunli 2024).<ref>Shi Yunli. The astronomical meaning of some jade artifacts unearthed at the Lingjiatan Site. 2: The Jade Pigs. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' , 2024, 27(3), 503-520.</ref> Several jade artifacts shaped like pigs, closely resembling this constellation, have been excavated from tombs in the sacrificial area of the Lingjiatan Culture (5800–5300 BP) in Anhui. Notably, the largest jade pig exhibits a unique orientation that closely aligns with the constellation's posture at its heliacal rising during the vernal equinox in the Lingjiatan region over five thousand years ago (see animated star chart).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The identification of the jade objects with the constellation later called Kui is supported by a phrase written by a historian of the Western Han Dynasty (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">201 </del>to 8 <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">BCE</del>): in the ''Annals of Heavenly Offices'' (Tiānguān shū, 天官书) within the ''Records of the Historian'' (Shǐjì, 史记) by Sima Qian (司马迁, fl. 135–91 BCE), the Head Grand Historian of the Western Han Dynasty (201–8 BCE), it is mentioned:</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The identification of the jade objects with the constellation later called Kui is supported by a phrase written by a historian of the Western Han Dynasty (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">202 BCE </ins>to 8 <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">CE</ins>): in the ''Annals of Heavenly Offices'' (Tiānguān shū, 天官书) within the ''Records of the Historian'' (Shǐjì, 史记) by Sima Qian (司马迁, fl. 135–91 BCE), the Head Grand Historian of the Western Han Dynasty (201–8 BCE), it is mentioned:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''"The Crotch is called Fēngshǐ (封豕), which is responsible for matters related to ditches and canals."''<ref>Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian史记. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company.1959.p1305.</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>''"The Crotch is called Fēngshǐ (封豕), which is responsible for matters related to ditches and canals."''<ref>Sima Qian. Records of the Grand Historian史记. Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company.1959.p1305.</ref></div></td></tr> </table>

Boshunyang https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=Shimu&diff=33468&oldid=prev Boshunyang at 07:13, 7 October 2025 2025-10-07T07:13:38Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 07:13, 7 October 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Shimu (豕目)}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{DISPLAYTITLE:Shimu (豕目)}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:HeavenlyPig at dawn in the era of the Lingjiatan site diagram- Shi Yunli.gif|alt=celestial map with jade artifact|thumb|Heavenly Pig, an old (obsolete) Chinese constellation. Era of the Lingjiatan Site (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">6000 </del>BP), graphics by Yunli Shi, animated by Susanne M Hoffmann.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:HeavenlyPig at dawn in the era of the Lingjiatan site diagram- Shi Yunli.gif|alt=celestial map with jade artifact|thumb|Heavenly Pig, an old (obsolete) Chinese constellation. Era of the Lingjiatan Site (<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">5800–5300 </ins>BP), graphics by Yunli Shi, animated by Susanne M Hoffmann.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shimu (豕目, shǐ mù) means "Eye of the Pig", it is the name of an individual star in the ancient Chinese constellation of Tiān Shǐ (天豕, The Celestial Pig) in Neolithic China, which is called Kuí (奎, The Legs) since the late first millennium BCE. The constellation Tianshi = [[Kui]] is located in modern [[Andromeda]] and northern [[Pisces]] while the star name Tian Shimu specifically refers to the star ζ And. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shimu (豕目, shǐ mù) means "Eye of the Pig", it is the name of an individual star in the ancient Chinese constellation of Tiān Shǐ (天豕, The Celestial Pig) in Neolithic China, which is called Kuí (奎, The Legs) since the late first millennium BCE. The constellation Tianshi = [[Kui]] is located in modern [[Andromeda]] and northern [[Pisces]] while the star name Tian Shimu specifically refers to the star ζ And. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> </table>

Boshunyang https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=Shimu&diff=33467&oldid=prev Boshunyang at 06:58, 7 October 2025 2025-10-07T06:58:12Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 06:58, 7 October 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Etymology and History==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Etymology and History==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Lingjiatan site, a significant Neolithic settlement in Anhui Province, China, dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years, is known for its exquisite jade artifacts and insights into early Chinese civilization, specifically the Lingjiatan culture. A jade pig found that is identified with the constellation later called Kui, The Legs (Shi Yunli 2024).<ref>Shi Yunli. The astronomical meaning of some jade artifacts unearthed at the Lingjiatan Site. 2: The Jade Pigs. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' , 2024, 27(3), 503-520.</ref> Several jade artifacts shaped like pigs, closely resembling this constellation, have been excavated from tombs in the sacrificial area of the Lingjiatan Culture (5800–5300 BP) in Anhui. Notably, the largest jade pig exhibits a unique orientation that closely aligns with the constellation's posture at its heliacal rising during the vernal equinox in the Lingjiatan region over five thousand years ago (see animated star chart).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Lingjiatan site, a significant Neolithic settlement in Anhui Province, China, dating back 5,300 to 5,800 years <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">ago</ins>, is known for its exquisite jade artifacts and insights into early Chinese civilization, specifically the Lingjiatan culture. A jade pig found that is identified with the constellation later called Kui, The Legs (Shi Yunli 2024).<ref>Shi Yunli. The astronomical meaning of some jade artifacts unearthed at the Lingjiatan Site. 2: The Jade Pigs. ''Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage'' , 2024, 27(3), 503-520.</ref> Several jade artifacts shaped like pigs, closely resembling this constellation, have been excavated from tombs in the sacrificial area of the Lingjiatan Culture (5800–5300 BP) in Anhui. Notably, the largest jade pig exhibits a unique orientation that closely aligns with the constellation's posture at its heliacal rising during the vernal equinox in the Lingjiatan region over five thousand years ago (see animated star chart).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The identification of the jade objects with the constellation later called Kui is supported by a phrase written by a historian of the Western Han Dynasty (201 to 8 BCE): in the ''Annals of Heavenly Offices'' (Tiānguān shū, 天官书) within the ''Records of the Historian'' (Shǐjì, 史记) by Sima Qian (司马迁, fl. 135–91 BCE), the Head Grand Historian of the Western Han Dynasty (201–8 BCE), it is mentioned:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The identification of the jade objects with the constellation later called Kui is supported by a phrase written by a historian of the Western Han Dynasty (201 to 8 BCE): in the ''Annals of Heavenly Offices'' (Tiānguān shū, 天官书) within the ''Records of the Historian'' (Shǐjì, 史记) by Sima Qian (司马迁, fl. 135–91 BCE), the Head Grand Historian of the Western Han Dynasty (201–8 BCE), it is mentioned:</div></td></tr> </table>

Boshunyang https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=Shimu&diff=28844&oldid=prev Sushoff at 17:27, 20 May 2025 2025-05-20T17:27:44Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 17:27, 20 May 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{DISPLAYTITLE:Shimu (豕目)}}</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:HeavenlyPig at dawn in the era of the Lingjiatan site diagram- Shi Yunli.gif|alt=celestial map with jade artifact|thumb|Heavenly Pig, an old (obsolete) Chinese constellation. Era of the Lingjiatan Site (6000 BP), graphics by Yunli Shi, animated by Susanne M Hoffmann.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:HeavenlyPig at dawn in the era of the Lingjiatan site diagram- Shi Yunli.gif|alt=celestial map with jade artifact|thumb|Heavenly Pig, an old (obsolete) Chinese constellation. Era of the Lingjiatan Site (6000 BP), graphics by Yunli Shi, animated by Susanne M Hoffmann.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shimu (豕目, shǐ mù) means "Eye of the Pig", it is the name of an individual star in the ancient Chinese constellation of Tiān Shǐ (天豕, The Celestial Pig) in Neolithic China, which is called Kuí (奎, The Legs) since the late first millennium BCE. The constellation Tianshi = [[Kui]] is located in modern [[Andromeda]] and northern [[Pisces]] while the star name Tian Shimu specifically refers to the star ζ And. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Shimu (豕目, shǐ mù) means "Eye of the Pig", it is the name of an individual star in the ancient Chinese constellation of Tiān Shǐ (天豕, The Celestial Pig) in Neolithic China, which is called Kuí (奎, The Legs) since the late first millennium BCE. The constellation Tianshi = [[Kui]] is located in modern [[Andromeda]] and northern [[Pisces]] while the star name Tian Shimu specifically refers to the star ζ And. </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l18">Line 18:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></gallery></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></gallery></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Star <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Name Discussion (IAU) </del>==</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">IAU Working Group on </ins>Star <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Names</ins>==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the discussion of using "Kui" as a star name in the IAU-CSN in 2025, the name of this historical constellation that is much older than Kui was suggested to be used for one of a star, as it preserves even older Chinese heritage. In March 2025, WGSN decided to use the name "Shimu" (rather than Tianshi Mu (Tiān Shǐ 天豕) in order to avoid confusion with the Celestial Marketplace Tianshi 天市) for the star at the Eye of the Celestial Pig. </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the discussion of using "Kui" as a star name in the IAU-CSN in 2025, the name of this historical constellation that is much older than Kui was suggested to be used for one of a star, as it preserves even older Chinese heritage. In March 2025, WGSN decided to use the name "Shimu" (rather than Tianshi Mu (Tiān Shǐ 天豕) in order to avoid confusion with the Celestial Marketplace Tianshi 天市) for the star at the Eye of the Celestial Pig. </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The name was adopted by the IAU WGSN on 2025/03/16. </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">==Weblinks==</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* Website of the IAU WGSN: https://exopla.net/</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References ==</div></td></tr> </table>

Sushoff https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=Shimu&diff=25238&oldid=prev Sushoff at 11:49, 17 March 2025 2025-03-17T11:49:07Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:49, 17 March 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l19">Line 19:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 19:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Star Name Discussion (IAU) ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==Star Name Discussion (IAU) ==</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the discussion of using "Kui" as a star name in the IAU-CSN in 2025, the name of this historical constellation that is much older than Kui was suggested to be used for one of a star, as it preserves even older Chinese heritage. In March 2025, WGSN decided to use the name "Shimu" (rather than Tianshi Mu in order to avoid confusion with the Celestial Marketplace Tianshi) for the star at the Eye of the Celestial Pig. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>During the discussion of using "Kui" as a star name in the IAU-CSN in 2025, the name of this historical constellation that is much older than Kui was suggested to be used for one of a star, as it preserves even older Chinese heritage. In March 2025, WGSN decided to use the name "Shimu" (rather than Tianshi Mu <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(Tiān Shǐ 天豕) </ins>in order to avoid confusion with the Celestial Marketplace Tianshi <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">天市</ins>) for the star at the Eye of the Celestial Pig. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References ==</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==References ==</div></td></tr> </table>

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