In Chinese astronomy, constellation Auriga were divided in three areas. The areas are:
If we look at the areas, possibly constellation Auriga in Chinese sky is concentrated in western area, and touched a little bit of "kingdom" area and southern area
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The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Auriga area consists of :
| Four Symbols / Enclosures | Mansion / Enclosure (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 八穀 | Bāgǔ | Eight Kinds of Crops | ||||
| δ Aur | 八穀一 | Bāgǔyī | 1st star | |||||||
| ξ Aur | 八穀二 | Bāgǔèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 9 Aur | 八穀六 | Bāgǔliù | 6th star | |||||||
| The White Tiger of the West (西方白虎) | 畢 | Bì | Net | 五車 | Wuchē | Five Chariots[1] | ||||
| ι Aur | ||||||||||
| 五車一 | Wǔchēyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 五帝车一 | Wǔdìchēyī | First king chariot | ||||||||
| 五車西南星 | Wǔchēxīnánxīng | Southwestern star | ||||||||
| α Aur | ||||||||||
| 五車二 | Wǔchēèr | 2nd star | ||||||||
| 五車西北星 | Wǔchēxīběixīng | Northwestern star | ||||||||
| 五車大星 | Wǔchēdàxīng | Main star | ||||||||
| 五帝车二 | Wǔdìchēèr | Second king chariot | ||||||||
| β Aur | ||||||||||
| 五車三 | Wǔchēsān | 1st star | ||||||||
| 五車东北星 | Wǔchēdōngběixīng | Northeastern star | ||||||||
| 五帝车三 | Wǔdìchēsān | Third king chariot | ||||||||
| θ Aur | ||||||||||
| 五車四 | Wǔchēsì | 4th star | ||||||||
| 五車东中星 | Wǔchēdōngzhōngxīng | Northern and central star | ||||||||
| 五帝车四 | Wǔdìchēsì | Fourth king chariot | ||||||||
| 柱 | Zhù | Pillars[1] | ||||||||
| ε Aur | ||||||||||
| 柱一 | Zhùyī | 1st star | ||||||||
| 西北柱 | Xīběizhù | Northwestern pillar | ||||||||
| ζ Aur | 柱二 | Zhǔèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| η Aur | 柱三 | Zhǔsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| υ Aur | 柱四 | Zhǔsì | 4th star | |||||||
| ν Aur | 柱五 | Zhǔwu | 5th star | |||||||
| τ Aur | 柱六 | Zhǔliù | 6th star | |||||||
| χ Aur | 柱七 | Zhǔqī | 7th star | |||||||
| 26 Aur | 柱八 | Zhǔbā | 8th star | |||||||
| 天潢 | Tiānguāng | Celestial Pier[1] | ||||||||
| 19 Aur | 天潢一 | Tiānguāngyī | 1st star | |||||||
| φ Aur | 天潢二 | Tiānguāngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| 14 Aur | 天潢三 | Tiānguāngsān | 3rd star | |||||||
| σ Aur | 天潢四 | Tiānguāngsì | 4th star | |||||||
| μ Aur | 天潢五 | Tiānguāngwu | 5th star | |||||||
| 咸池 | Xiánchí | Pool of Harmony[1] | ||||||||
| ρ Aur | 咸池一 | Xiánchíyī | 1st star | |||||||
| HD 36041[2] | 咸池二 | Xiánchíèr | 2nd star | |||||||
| λ Aur | 咸池三 | Xiánchísān | 3rd star | |||||||
| 觜 | Zī | Turtle Beak | 座旗 | Zuòqí | Seat Flags[3] | |||||
| ψ6 Aur | 座旗一 | Zuòqíyī | 1st star | |||||||
| ψ4 Aur | 座旗三 | Zuòqísān | 3rd star | |||||||
| ψ5 Aur | 座旗四 | Zuòqísì | 4th star | |||||||
| ψ2 Aur | 座旗五 | Zuòqíwu | 5th star | |||||||
| ψ7 Aur | 座旗六 | Zuòqíliù | 6th star | |||||||
| ψ3 Aur | 座旗七 | Zuòqíqī | 7th star | |||||||
| 51 Aur | 座旗八 | Zuòqíbā | 8th star | |||||||
| ψ8 Aur / 59 Aur | 座旗九 | Zuòqíjiǔ | 9th star | |||||||
| The Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀) | ||||||||||
| 井 | Jǐng | Well | 積水 | Jīshuǐ | Accumulated Water | 65 Aur | 積水 | Jīshuǐ | (One star of) |