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Curved Array [zh] (Gouchen, 勾陳) is a constellation in Chinese astrology [en].[1][2][3][4][5] It is in the Ziwei enclosure [en]. It is in the modern western constellations of Ursa Minor and Cepheus. It surrounds the constellation Tianhuang Emperor [zh; en] the deity Tianhuang Emperor [en] is said to rule it.[6][7] Other nearby constellations include Northern Pole [en] , Taiyi [zh], and Tianyi [zh].[6][7]

The "Curved Array" is a constellation in the Purple Forbidden enclosure [en], equivalent to the European constellation called Ursa Minor or the Little Dipper. In Taoism, the Great Emperor of Curved Array is the eldest son of Doumu [en] and the brother of the Ziwei Emperor [en].[source?]


The constellation is found in "Kaiyuan Zyutsukyou" (The Divination Sutra), "Volume 69: Gan Ji Zhong Guan Zui".[8] In the "Book of Jin [en] (晋書)," there is a description in the "Astronomical Records" that "one star in the mouth is said to be the Tianhuang Emperor [en]. This "mouth" refers to the quadrilateral of the constellation Curved Array [zh], which guards the Emperor's palace, the Purple Palace where the Emperor resides,[9] and is depicted by its second star (Ursa Major, 4th magnitude), first star (Alpha Polaris, 2nd magnitude), fifth star (Cepheus HD5848, 4th magnitude), and sixth star (HD217382, 5th magnitude). The Emperor is the 5th magnitude star (HD212710) in the quadrilateral.[10] In the "Wakan sansai zue," the Emperor is also depicted in the position of the "mouth," but this drawing is inaccurate. Schlegel [en], a Dutch orientalist, identified Alpha Ursa Minor as the Tianhuang Emperor [en].[11] However, according to Osaki, the identification by Schlegel "cannot be considered a first-class source."[12]

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  1. Ngan, Quincy (2022-09-01). "Destined to Rule: The Symbolism of the Jade-Colored Throne in the Yongle Emperor's Portrait". Source: Notes in the History of Art. 42 (1): 14–24. doi:10.1086/724207. ISSN 0737-4453.
  2. "2009JAHH...12...39B Page 39". adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  3. "THE DUNHUANG CHINESE SKY: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE OLDEST KNOWN STAR ATLAS". bonnetbidaud.free.fr. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  4. academic.oup.com https://academic.oup.com/book/8331/chapter/153982895. Retrieved 2024-03-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.ips-planetarium.org/resource/resmgr/pdf-conf/1996_proc_OsakaAsiaForum.pdf
  6. 6.0 6.1 《晉書‧天文志》:「鉤陳口中一星曰天皇大帝,其神曰耀魄寶,主御群靈,執萬神圖。」
  7. 7.0 7.1 《宋史‧天文志》:「天皇大帝一星,其神曰耀魄寶,主御群靈,執萬神圖,大人之象也。」
  8. 大崎正次 (1987) 48頁。
  9. 大崎正次 (1987) 153頁。
  10. これらの星の現行星との同定は 『欽定 儀象考成』 所載の星表 [en]のデータに対して土橋・シュヴァリエおよび伊が行ったものである。(大崎正次 (1987) 297頁。)
  11. 飯島忠夫 補訂 『支那古代史論』、恒星社厚生閣、1941年、第1圖。
  12. 大崎正次 (1987) 295頁。