Twenty-Eight Mansions
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Twenty-Eight Mansions
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The Twenty-Eight Mansions, also called xiu or hsiu, are part of the Chinese constellations system. They can be considered as the equivalent to the zodiacal constellations in Western astronomy, though the Twenty-eight Mansions reflect the movement of the Moon through a sidereal month rather than the Sun in a tropical year. The lunar mansion system was in use in other parts of East Asia, such as ancient Japan; the Bansenshūkai, written by Fujibayashi Yasutake, mentions the system several times and
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Part of the Chinese constellation system
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-Eight_Mansions
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2024-02-05T01:30:24Z
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