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=== Identification of stars ===
=== Identification of stars ===
Through out  the history of imperial China, epsilon Lep is the determinative star in most times.
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!Yi Shitong<ref>Yi Shitong伊世同. ''Zhongxi Duizhao Hengxing Tubiao''中西对照恒星图表1950. Beijing: Science Press.1981: 56.</ref>
!Yi Shitong<ref>Yi Shitong伊世同. ''Zhongxi Duizhao Hengxing Tubiao''中西对照恒星图表1950. Beijing: Science Press.1981: 56.</ref>
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Song Huangyou(1052)
Song Huangyou(1052)
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| mu Lep
| mu Lep
| mu Lep
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| epsilon Lep
| epsilon Lep
| HIP 24927
| epsilon Lep
| epsilon Lep
| epsilon Lep
| epsilon Lep
| epsilon Lep
| epsilon Lep
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| epsilon Lep
| HIP 24927
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Latest revision as of 07:12, 4 March 2026

Authors: Lyu Haocheng


Ping (屏) is a Chinese constellation. Its meaning is a screen in front of a toilet.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Ping (屏), Ce (厕, or Tiance 天厕, Celestial Toilet), and Shi (屎, or Tianshi 天矢, Celestial Excrement) are a group of semantically related constellations. Ping is the barrier in front of the Celestial Toilet. These three constellations were used for divining epidemics and diseases across the land.

Identification of stars

Through out the history of imperial China, epsilon Lep is the determinative star in most times.

Star Names or Orders(Qing) Yi Shitong[1]

Based on catalogue in 18th century

Pan Nai[2]

based on Xinyixiangfayao Star Map

SUN X. & J. Kistemaker[3]

Han Dynasty

Boshun Yang[4]

before Tang dynasty

Boshun Yang[4]

Song Huangyou(1052)

1st/Determinative mu Lep epsilon Lep epsilon Lep epsilon Lep epsilon Lep
2nd epsilon Lep HIP 24927 mu Lep mu Lep mu Lep

References

References (Chinese)

  1. Yi Shitong伊世同. Zhongxi Duizhao Hengxing Tubiao中西对照恒星图表1950. Beijing: Science Press.1981: 56.
  2. Pan Nai潘鼐. Zhongguo Hengxing Guance shi中国恒星观测史[M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Pree. 1989. p226.
  3. Sun Xiaochun. & Kistemaker J. The Chinese sky during the Han. Leiden: Brill. 1997, Pp241-6.
  4. 4.0 4.1 B.-S. Yang杨伯顺, Zhongguo Chuantong Hengxing Guance Jingdu ji Xingguan Yanbian Yanjiu 中国传统恒星观测精度及星官演变研究 (A Research on the Accuracy of Chinese Traditional Star Observation and the Evolution of Constellations), PhD thesis, (Hefei: University of Science and Technology of China, 2023). 261.