Tian Dajiangjun () is a Chinese constellation () in the region of Lóu (). It contains 11 or 12 stars, in the Western constellations Andromeda and Triangulum. Its name is translated as "Heaven's Great General" or "Celestial Grand General". In older Western sources its name was transliterated as Teen Ta Tseang KeunWilliams, J., (1871): Observations of Comets, from B.C. 611 to A.D. 1640, London (printed for the author), p. 78 or Tëen ta tsëang keun.Reeves, J., (1819): "Chinese Names of Stars and Constellations Collected at the Request of the Author of this Dictionary," Morrison, R., (ed.) A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, Part 1, Vol. 1, Macao, East India Company's Pr., p. 1065. R. H. Allen based identification of Chinese star names by the English astronomer John Williams (1797–1874) and the naturalist John Reeves. But Allen lacked last word kuen as Tien Ta Tseang and also transliterated it as Tsien Ta Tseang.
Identification of stars No. Name Chang (1920): , 台北, . by Chang with Yi Xiang Kao ChengChevalier, S., and Tsuchihashi, P., (1911): "Catalogue d'Étoiles fixes, observés a Pekin sous l'Empereur Kien Long (Qianlong (Chien-Lung)), XVIIIe siecle", Annales de l'Observatoire Astronomique de Zô-Sé .伊世同 (Yi Shi Tong) (1981): 『中西対照恒星図表』科学出版社.陳遵媯 (1982): 「中西星名対照表」『中国天文史』 vol.3, 上海人民出版社, app. 6. with Temmon Keitō渡辺敏夫 (1963): 「保井春海星図考」『東京商船大学研究報告』No. 14. 1 353 γ Andromedae γ Andromedae 54 Andromedae* 2 297 φ Persei 54 Andromedae* 51 Andromedae 3 278 υ Persei 51 Andromedae 49 Andromedae 4 258 ? 49 Andromedae ω Andromedae 5 282 ? χ Andromedae χ Andromedae 6 274 υ Andromedae υ Andromedae 50 Andromedae 7 287 τ Andromedae τ Andromedae 56 Andromedae 8 328 ? 56 Andromedae 58 Andromedae 9 370 β Trianguli β Trianguli β Trianguli 10 397 γ Trianguli γ Trianguli γ Trianguli 11 396 ? δ Trianguli γ Andromedae 12 231 ? ―― ―― 13 232 ξ Andromedae ―― ―― 14 247 ω Andromedae ―― ―― 15 299 ? ―― ―― 16 351 ? ―― ―― 17 384 ? ―― ―― 18 394 ? ―― ―― 19 439 ? ―― ―― 20 368 ? ―― ―― 21 377 ? ―― ―― 22 321 ? ―― ―― 23 387 ? ―― ―― 24 405 ? ―― ―― 25 400 ? ―― ―― 26 334 ? ―― ―― 27 317 2 Persei ―― ―― 28 437 ? ―― ―― Notes * 54 And is designated as φ Per in recent times.
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大崎正次 (1987): 「中国の星座・星名の同定一覧表」『中国の星座の歴史』 雄山閣出版, p. 326. 陳久金 (2005): 『中國星座神話』 台灣書房出版有限公司. .