Ping (屏)
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Ping
Authors: Lyu Haocheng
Píng (屏, Screen) 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
- ↑ Yi Shitong伊世同. Zhongxi Duizhao Hengxing Tubiao中西对照恒星图表1950. Beijing: Science Press.1981: 56.
- ↑ Pan Nai潘鼐. Zhongguo Hengxing Guance shi中国恒星观测史[M]. Shanghai: Xuelin Pree. 1989. p226.
- ↑ Sun Xiaochun. & Kistemaker J. The Chinese sky during the Han. Leiden: Brill. 1997, Pp241-6.
- ↑ 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.
