Citations:Tail

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English citations of Tail

Proper noun

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  1. (Chinese astronomy) A Chinese constellation coinciding with the tail of Scorpius, one of the 28 lunar mansions and the tail of Azure Dragon.
    • 1914, The National Review, China: Literary and educational supplement, Volume 15[1], page 217:
      It will be noticed that there is a vague suggestion in the names of the constellations in each quarter which may connect them with the names of the quarters: thus in the “Azure Dragon” there is a Horn, Neck, Heart and Tail;…
    • 1982, Archaeoastronomy, Volumes 5-6[2], page 14:
      From 10° in Tail (#6) to 12° in Dipper (#8), the chronogram is yin, and the station is called Separated Wood. Tail (#6) is the last lodge of the eastern palace of wood.
    • 2000, Paul Kunitzsch, Sic Itur Ad Astra: Studien Zur Geschichte Der Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften : Festschrift Für Den Arabisten Paul Kunitzsch Zum 70. Geburtstag[3], page 166:
      Unnamed star N of Tail.
    • 2004, Ho Peng Yoke, Chinese Mathematical Astrology: Reaching Out to the Stars[4], page 160:
      The fourth lunar mansion Fang 房 (Chamber), the fifth lunar mansion Xin 心 (Heart) and the seventh lunar mansion Wei 尾 (Tail) together form the Scorpion.
    • 2004, Guanzhong Luo, San Guo Yan Yi[5], page 372:
      Along the eastern face were several blue-green flags for the eastern mansions—Horn, Neck, Root, Room, Heart, Tail, Basket—arrayed in the shape of the Sky-blue Dragon.
    • 2008, Christopher L. Bennett, Star Trek: The Next Generation: Greater than the Sum[6], page 289:
      In the Western tradition, that cluster was in the constellation Scorpius, but in Chinese astronomical terms, it was in the Tail mansion of Azure Dragon.
    • 2008, The Review of Korean Studies, Volume 11[7], page 10:
      The Heart (Sim) and Tail (Mi) constellations, for example, of the seven constellations of the eastern direction were named this way because they were thought to correspond to the heart and the tail of the Blue Dragon.
    • 2009, Lawrence C.H Yim, The Poet-historian Qian Qianyi[8], page 95:
      In lines 5 and 6, the “Winnowing-basket” (ji 箕), the “Tail” (wei 尾), the “Northern Dipper” (dou 斗), the “North Pole” (ji 極), and the “Quail's head” (chuntou 鶉頭) are all constellations in the Chinese astronomical tradition.
    • 2010, An Liu, John S. Major, Sarah Queen, Andrew Meyer, Harold D. Roth, The Huainanzi: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China, by Liu An, King of Huainan[9], page 140:
      The tenth month is established in Tail and Winnowing Basket.
    • 2011, Thomas F. Aylward, The Imperial Guide to Feng-Shui & Chinese Astrology - The Only Authentic Translation from the Original Chinese[10], page 96:
      To the south is the Tail lodge. The name "tail" indicates that the myriad things are in the shape of tails when they begin to be born.
    • 2013, Richard H. Allen, Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning[11], page 369:
      In China, the 2d-magnitude ε, with μ, ζ, η, θ, ι, κ, ν, and λ, formed the 17th sieu, Wei, the Tail, anciently known as Mi and Vi, μ being the determinant ; but, although this Tail coincided with that part of our Scorpion, Brown thinks that reference is rather made to the tail of the Azure Dragon, one of the quadripartite divisions of the Chinese zodiac which lay here.
    • 2013, David W. Pankenier, Astrology and Cosmology in Early China[12], page 449:
      The faulty record was ridculed early on by Gao Yun (390—487), who pointed out that in the tenth month the Sun should be in TailWinnowing Basket (lodges 6—7, Sco—Sgr).
    • 2013, The Complete Works of Zhuangzi[13], page 46:
      Fu Yue got it and became minister to Wuding, who extended his rule over the whole world; then Fu Yue climbed up to the Eastern Governor, straddled the Winnowing Basket and the Tail, and took his place among the ranks of stars.
    • 2014, Yongxiang Lu, A History of Chinese Science and Technology, Volume 1[14], page 83:
      For instance, the declination of the determinative star of the Stomach mansion is as large as 27° and more, and that of the determinative star of the Tail mansion is as large as —37° and more.