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 | 尾 | Scorpius | 9 |
| Changing Room | 神宮 | Scorpius | 1 |
| Tortoise | 龜 | Ara | 5 |
| Celestial River | 天江 | Ophiuchus | 4 |
| Fuyue[1] | 傅說 | Scorpius | 1 |
| Fish | 魚 | Scorpius | 1 |
References
- ^ Fuyue was a former slave that became a high-ranking minister to Shang Dynasty ruler, Wu Ding.
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