In Chinese astronomy, constellation Pisces were divided in three areas. The areas are:
If we look at the areas, possibly constellation Pisces in Chinese sky is concentrated in northern area and western area, and touched a little bit of "kingdom" area.
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The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Pisces 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 | |||||||
傳舍 | Chuánshě | Guest House | 20 Psc | 傳舍一 | Chuánshěyī | 1st star | ||||
Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武) | 室 | Shì | Encampment | 壘壁陣 | Lěibìzhèn | Line of Ramparts | ||||
27 Psc | 壘壁陣九 | Lěibìzhènjiǔ | 9th star | |||||||
29 Psc | 壘壁陣十 | Lěibìzhènshí | 10th star | |||||||
33 Psc | 壘壁陣十一 | Lěibìzhènshíyī | 11th star | |||||||
30 Psc | 壘壁陣十二 | Lěibìzhènshíèr | 12th star | |||||||
壁 | Bì | Wall | 霹靂 | Pīlì | Thunderbolt[1] | |||||
β Psc | ||||||||||
霹靂一 | Pīlìyī | 1st star | ||||||||
九卿 | Jiǔqīng | Nine senior officers | ||||||||
γ Psc | 霹靂二 | Pīlìèr | 2nd star | |||||||
θ Psc | 霹靂三 | Pīlìsān | 3rd star | |||||||
ι Psc | 霹靂四 | Pīlìsì | 4th star | |||||||
ω Psc | 霹靂五 | Pīlìwu | 5th star | |||||||
雲雨 | Yúnyǔ | Cloud and Rain[1] | ||||||||
κ Psc | 雲雨一 | Yúnyǔyī | 1st star | |||||||
14 Psc | 雲雨二 | Yúnyǔèr | 2nd star | |||||||
21 Psc | 雲雨三 | Yúnyǔsān | 3rd star | |||||||
λ Psc | 雲雨四 | Yúnyǔsì | 4th star | |||||||
土公 | Tǔgōng | Official for Earthworks and Buildings | ||||||||
32 Psc | 土公一 | Tǔgōngyī | 1st star | |||||||
47 Psc | 土公二 | Tǔgōngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
White Tiger of the West (西方白虎) | 奎 | Kuí | Legs | 外屏 | Kuí | Legs[2] | ||||
σ Psc | 奎宿十 | Kuísùshí | 10th star | |||||||
τ Psc | 奎宿十一 | Kuíshíyī | 11th star | |||||||
91 Psc | 奎宿十二 | Kuísùshíèr | 12th star | |||||||
υ Psc | 奎宿十三 | Kuísùshísān | 13th star | |||||||
φ Psc | 奎宿十四 | Kuísùshísì | 14th star | |||||||
χ Psc | 奎宿十五 | Kuísùshíwu | 15th star | |||||||
ψ1 Psc | 奎宿十六 | Kuísùshíliù | 16th star | |||||||
外屏 | Wàipíng | Outer Fence[2] | ||||||||
δ Psc | 外屏一 | Wàipíngyī | 1st star | |||||||
ε Psc | 外屏二 | Wàipíngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
ζ Psc | 外屏三 | Wàipíngsān | 3rd star | |||||||
μ Psc | 外屏四 | Wàipíngsì | 4th star | |||||||
ν Psc | 外屏五 | Wàipíngwu | 5th star | |||||||
ξ Psc | 外屏六 | Wàipíngliù | 6th star | |||||||
α Psc | 外屏七 | Wàipíngqī | 7th star | |||||||
婁 | Lóu | Bond | 右更 | Yòugèng | Official in Charge of the Pasturing[2] | |||||
ρ Psc | 右更一 | Yòugèngyī | 1st star | |||||||
η Psc | 右更二 | Yòugèngèr | 2nd star | |||||||
π Psc | 右更三 | Yòugèngsān | 3rd star | |||||||
ο Psc | 右更四 | Yòugèngsì | 4th star | |||||||
104 Psc | 右更五 | Yòugèngwu | 5th star |