Legs (Chinese constellation)

The Legs mansion (奎宿, pinyin: Kuí Xiù) is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.

Kuí Xiù map

Cultural significance

In East Asian cultures, the Legs mansion (Kuí Xiù) represents wisdom, scholarship and literature. A notable example is a structure known as "Kuiwen Pavilion" (奎文閣かく) in the many Confucius temples in China and other East Asian countries.

Khuê Văn Các (Pavilion of Kuí's Elegance), which is both the symbol of Hanoi and appears on the one-hundred-thousand Vietnamese dong note.

Asterisms

English name	Chinese name	European constellation	Number of stars	Representing
Legs	奎	Andromeda/Pisces	16	Possibly it is the rear legs or feet of the White Tiger. Alternatively, it was also seen as a wild boar.
Outer Fence	外そと屏へい	Pisces	7	A fence to screen off the cesspit of Celestial Pigsty (Tiānhùn)
Celestial Pigsty	天てん溷	Cetus	4	A manure pit on a farm in the pigsty
Master of Constructions	土ど司し空そら	Cetus	1	A controller of land and minister of works
Southern Military Gate	軍ぐん南みなみ門もん	Andromeda	1	South gate of the barracks
Flying Corridor	閣かく道どう	Cassiopeia	6	A mountain path, it was also seen as the banner of Wangliang
Auxiliary Road	附ふ路ろ	Cassiopeia	1	The road pavement or alternate
Wang Liang	王おう良りょう	Cassiopeia	5	Wang Liang was a famous charioteer during the Spring and Autumn period
Whip	策さく	Cassiopeia	1	The whip of Wang Liang

See also

• Kui Xing