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The Tail mansion (尾宿, pinyin: Wěi Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the eastern mansions of the Azure Dragon.

Asterisms

English name Chinese name European constellation Number of stars
Tail Scorpius 9
Changing Room 神宮 Scorpius 1
Tortoise Ara 5
Celestial River 天江 Ophiuchus 4
Fuyue[1] 傅說 Scorpius 1
Fish Scorpius 1

References

  1. ^ Fuyue was a former slave that became a high-ranking minister to Shang Dynasty ruler, Wu Ding.



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