Editing Chinese constellations (section)

==The Twenty-Eight Mansions==
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[[File:星象图.svg|400px|right|thumb|A modern star chart showing the traditional Chinese asterisms, with the 28 mansions indicated on the border of each hemisphere.{{Citation needed|reason=Does not seem to match other sources, and it's plainly visible that there are 24 markings on the borders, not 28.|date=January 2022}}]]

The Twenty-Eight Mansions are grouped into [[Four Symbols (Chinese constellation)|Four Symbols]], each associated with a compass direction and containing seven mansions. The names and determinative stars are:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://idp.bl.uk/education/astronomy/sky.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710131750/http://idp.bl.uk/education/astronomy/sky.html | archive-date=2012-07-10 | title=The Chinese Sky | publisher=[[International Dunhuang Project]] | access-date=2011-06-25 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Sun | first=Xiaochun | editor=Helaine Selin | editor-link=Helaine Selin | title=Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures  | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raKRY3KQspsC&pg=PA517 | year=1997 | page=517 | publisher=[[Kluwer Academic Publishers]] | isbn=0-7923-4066-3 | access-date=2011-06-25}}</ref>
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!rowspan="2" align="center"|[[Four Symbols (Chinese constellation)|Four Symbols]]<br />({{lang|zh|四象}}) !! colspan="4" align="center" | Mansion ({{lang|zh|宿}})
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! Number !! Name ([[pinyin]]) !! Translation !! Determinative star
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|rowspan="7" |'''[[Azure Dragon|Azure Dragon<br />of the East]] <br />({{lang|zh|東方青龍}})<br />Spring'''
| 1 || {{lang|zh|角}} (Jué/Jiăo) || [[Horn (Chinese constellation)|Horn]] || [[Spica|α Vir]]
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| 2 || {{lang|zh|亢}} (Kàng) || [[Neck (Chinese constellation)|Neck]] || [[Kappa Virginis|κ Vir]]
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| 3 || {{lang|zh|氐}} (Dī) || [[Root (Chinese constellation)|Root]] || [[Alpha Librae|α Lib]]
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| 4 || {{lang|zh|房}} (Fáng) || [[Room (Chinese constellation)|Room]] || [[Pi Scorpii|π Sco]]
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| 5 || {{lang|zh|心}} (Xīn) || [[Heart (Chinese constellation)|Heart]] || [[Alpha Scorpii|α Sco]]
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| 6 || {{lang|zh|尾}} (Wěi) || [[Tail (Chinese constellation)|Tail]] || [[Mu Scorpii|μ Sco]]
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| 7 || {{lang|zh|箕}} (Jī) || [[Winnowing Basket (Chinese constellation)|Winnowing Basket]] || [[Gamma Sagittarii|γ Sgr]]
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|rowspan="7" |'''[[Black Tortoise|Black Tortoise<br />of the North]] <br />({{lang|zh|北方玄武}})<br />Winter'''
| 8 || {{lang|zh|斗}} (Dǒu) || (Southern) [[Dipper (Chinese constellation)|Dipper]] || [[Phi Sagittarii|φ Sgr]]
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| 9 || {{lang|zh|牛}} (Niú) || [[Ox (Chinese constellation)|Ox]] || [[Beta Capricorni|β Cap]]
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| 10 || {{lang|zh|女}} (Nǚ) || [[Girl (Chinese constellation)|Girl]] || [[Epsilon Aquarii|ε Aqr]]
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| 11 || {{lang|zh|虛}} (Xū) || [[Emptiness (Chinese constellation)|Emptiness]] || [[Beta Aquarii|β Aqr]]
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| 12 || {{lang|zh|危}} (Wéi/Wēi) || [[Roof (Chinese constellation)|Roof]] || [[Alpha Aquarii|α Aqr]]
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| 13 || {{lang|zh|室}} (Shì) || [[Encampment (Chinese constellation)|Encampment]] || [[Alpha Pegasi|α Peg]]
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| 14 || {{lang|zh|壁}} (Bì) || [[Wall (Chinese constellation)|Wall]] || [[Gamma Pegasi|γ Peg]]
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|rowspan="7" |'''[[White Tiger (Chinese astronomy)|White Tiger<br />of the West]] <br />({{lang|zh|西方白虎}})<br />Fall'''
| 15 || {{lang|zh|奎}} (Kuí) || [[Legs (Chinese constellation)|Legs]] || [[Eta Andromedae|η And]]
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| 16 || {{lang|zh|婁}} (Lóu) || [[Bond (Chinese constellation)|Bond]] || [[Beta Arietis|β Ari]]
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| 17 || {{lang|zh|胃}} (Wèi) || [[Stomach (Chinese constellation)|Stomach]] || [[35 Arietis|35 Ari]]
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| 18 || {{lang|zh|昴}} (Mǎo) || [[Hairy Head (Chinese constellation)|Hairy Head]] || [[Electra (star)|17 Tau]]
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| 19 || {{lang|zh|畢}} (Bì) || [[Net (Chinese constellation)|Net]] || [[Epsilon Tauri|ε Tau]]
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| 20 || {{lang|zh|觜}} (Zī) || [[Turtle Beak (Chinese constellation)|Turtle Beak]] || [[Lambda Orionis|λ Ori]]
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| 21 || {{lang|zh|參}} (Cǎn/Shēn) || [[Three Stars (Chinese constellation)|Three Stars]] || [[Zeta Orionis|ζ Ori]]
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|rowspan="7" |'''[[Vermilion Bird|Vermilion Bird<br />of the South]]   <br />({{lang|zh|南方朱雀}})<br />Summer'''
| 22 || {{lang|zh|井}} (Jǐng) || [[Well (Chinese constellation)|Well]] || [[Mu Geminorum|μ Gem]]
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| 23 || {{lang|zh|鬼}} (Guǐ) || [[Ghost (Chinese constellation)|Ghost]] || [[Theta Cancri|θ Cnc]]
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| 24 || {{lang|zh|柳}} (Liǔ) || [[Willow (Chinese constellation)|Willow]] || [[Delta Hydrae|δ Hya]]
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| 25 || {{lang|zh|星}} (Xīng) || [[Star (Chinese constellation)|Star]] || [[Alphard|α Hya]]
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| 26 || {{lang|zh|張}} (Zhāng) || [[Extended Net (Chinese constellation)|Extended Net]] || [[Upsilon1 Hydrae|υ¹ Hya]]
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| 27 || {{lang|zh|翼}} (Yì) || [[Wings (Chinese constellation)|Wings]] || [[Alpha Crateris|α Crt]]
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| 28 || {{lang|zh|軫}} (Zhěn) || [[Chariot (Chinese constellation)|Chariot]] || [[Gamma Corvi|γ Crv]]
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