翻刻
天子之宮＿－館苑＿－囿在￣リ焉。胃￣ハ主＿二諸蔵五穀之府＿一￣ヲ。昴￣ハ名＿二旄
頭＿一。主＿二刑獄＿一。故巻舌附＿レ之。畢￣ハ主＿二外兵＿一昴畢之間￣二。有＿二天街＿一
分￣ル焉。参中￣ノ三星￣ヲ為＿二中軍＿一。中星￣ヲ為＿二大将＿一。旁￣ヲ為＿二参謀＿一也。二
肩￣ハ左右将軍。二足￣ハ前後将軍也。中￣ノ三小星￣ヲ曰＿レ伐￣ト。天￣ノ都
尉也。觜￣ハ行軍之蔵府。座旗附＿レ之。井￣ハ主＿二水衡法令平中
之事＿一。物之平￣ナル者￣ハ莫＿レ如＿レ￣ハ水￣二。故営＿レ国制＿レ城。画＿レ野分＿レ州。皆取￣テ
象￣ル焉。故四涜五＿－諸＿－侯。南北河附＿レ之。国￣二必有＿レ社。故天＿－社
附＿レ之。社￣二必有＿レ祭。故天＿－厨附＿レ之。鬼￣ハ主＿二祠祀＿一。柳主＿二草木饗
燕＿一。星￣ハ為＿二￣ス文明之会。黼黻文章＿一￣ヲ。張￣ハ主＿二宗廟珍宝服用＿一。故
天＿－廟太＿－尊附＿レ之。天＿－啓甲子。五星聚＿レ￣ル張。翼￣ハ天子之楽府
也。軫￣ハ主＿二車騎任載＿一￣ヲ。而￣シテ復＿二￣ル於角＿一￣二焉。如＿二￣キハ揺星。隕星。鬭星。飛
星。凌犯守留芒角掩等＿一￣ノ。各以＿レ類占＿レ之。客流妖瑞彗孛
等￣ノ星。倶￣二是￣ノ地＿－上災＿－祥之気。上著＿二于空＿一￣二。故￣二出￣ルニ無＿二常処＿一。見￣ニ
無＿二常時＿一。而亦無＿二常体＿一也。
恒星多寡
問恒＿－星既￣二循＿レ￣テ序￣二有＿レ名矣。然亦有＿二大小不＿レ斉者￣ノ多寡
不＿レ￣ル等者＿一￣ノ。能無＿二￣ヤ遺漏＿一乎 。
曰恒星亦名＿二列宿＿一￣ト。亦名＿二経星＿一。云＿レ￣フ恒￣－者￣ハ謂＿二其終＿－古不易＿一￣ヲ
也。云＿レ￣フ経￣ト者￣ハ。以別＿二￣ツ五緯南北￣ノ行＿一￣ヲ也其数甚多￣シ。莫＿二能￣ク窮￣ノ尽＿一￣コト。
今已￣二測＿－定￣シテ。稽＿二￣ルニ其大小＿一￣ヲ。分￣テ為＿二六等＿一￣ト。一等￣ハ大星。如＿二五帝座。
現代語訳
（前ページより続き：室から婁にかけて）天子の宮殿・庭園・苑囿がここにある。胃（い）は諸々の蔵・五穀の府を主る。昴（ぼう）は「旄頭（もうとう）」と名づけられ、刑獄を主る。ゆえに巻舌（けんぜつ）がこれに付属する。畢（ひつ）は外兵を主り、昴と畢の間に「天街（てんがい）」が分かれてある。参（しん）の中央の三星を中軍とし、中央の星を大将とし、傍らの星を参謀とする。二つの肩の星は左右の将軍、二つの足の星は前後の将軍である。中央の三つの小星を「伐（ばつ）」と呼ぶ。天の都尉（とい）である。觜（し）は行軍の蔵府であり、座旗（ざき）がこれに付属する。井（せい）は水衡・法令・平中の事を主る。物の平らかなること、水に如くものはない。ゆえに国を営み城を制し、野を画し州を分かつことは、皆ここに象（かたど）る。ゆえに四瀆・五諸侯・南北河がこれに付属する。国には必ず社がある。ゆえに天社がこれに付属する。社には必ず祭りがある。ゆえに天厨がこれに付属する。鬼（き）は祠祀を主る。柳（りゅう）は草木・饗燕を主る。星（せい）は文明の会・黼黻（ほふつ）の文章をなす。張（ちょう）は宗廟の珍宝・服用を主る。ゆえに天廟・太尊がこれに付属する。天啓甲子（てんけいこうし）の年、五星が張に集まった。翼（よく）は天子の楽府（がくふ）である。軫（しん）は車騎・任載を主り、また角（かく）へと戻る。揺星・隕星・闘星・飛星・凌犯・守留・芒角・掩（えん）などのようなものは、それぞれ類に従って占う。客星・流星・妖星・瑞星・彗星・孛星などの星は、いずれも地上の災いや吉兆の気が天空に現れたものである。ゆえに出現する場所に一定の所がなく、見える時に一定の時がなく、またその形にも一定の体がない。
【恒星の多寡】
問：恒星はすでに順序に従い名がある。しかしながら大小が等しくないものや多寡が等しくないものもある。漏れはないのであろうか。
答：恒星はまた「列宿（れっしゅく）」とも「経星（けいせい）」とも名づけられる。「恒」と言うのは、永久に変わらないことを謂うのである。「経」と言うのは、五緯（五惑星）の南北の運行と区別するためである。その数は甚だ多く、よく窮め尽くすことができるものではない。今すでに測定し、その大小を調べて、六等に分けた。一等は大星であり、五帝座のようなものが……
英語訳
(Continuing from the previous page: from the mansion "Room" [室] to "Harvesting Basket" [婁]) — The palaces, halls, gardens, and parks of the Son of Heaven are located here. The mansion Stomach [胃, Wei] governs the various storehouses and the treasury of the five grains. The mansion Pleiades [昴, Mao] is named "Maotou" (the tasseled spear) and governs punishments and prisons. Thus the asterism "Rolled Tongue" [巻舌] is attached to it. The mansion Net [畢, Bi] governs foreign armies; between Mao and Bi, the "Heavenly Street" [天街] is divided. For the mansion Orion [参, Shen], the three central stars form the central army, the middle star is the great general, and the flanking stars are the staff officers. The two shoulder stars are the left and right generals; the two foot stars are the vanguard and rear generals. The three small stars in the center are called "Fa" [伐], the heavenly provost marshal [都尉]. The mansion Turtle Beak [觜, Zi] is the storehouse of the marching army, and the asterism "Seated Banner" [座旗] is attached to it. The mansion Well [井, Jing] governs the matters of water management, laws and regulations, and equitable administration. Among things that are level and balanced, nothing compares to water. Therefore, the founding of states, the building of city walls, the demarcation of fields, and the division of provinces all take their image from here. Accordingly, the Four Waterways [四瀆], the Five Feudal Lords [五諸侯], and the Northern and Southern Rivers [南北河] are attached to it. Every state must have a communal altar [社]; therefore the Heavenly Altar [天社] is attached to it. Every altar must have its sacrifice; therefore the Heavenly Kitchen [天厨] is attached to it. The mansion Ghost [鬼, Gui] governs temple offerings and rites. The mansion Willow [柳, Liu] governs plants and trees and feasting and banquets. The mansion Star [星, Xing] represents the gathering of culture and civilization, and the embroidered patterns of ritual garments [黼黻]. The mansion Extended Net [張, Zhang] governs the precious treasures and articles of use in the ancestral temple. Therefore the Heavenly Temple [天廟] and the Revered One [太尊] are attached to it. In the year "Tianqi Jiazi" [天啓甲子], the five planets gathered in the mansion Zhang. The mansion Wings [翼, Yi] is the music bureau [楽府] of the Son of Heaven. The mansion Chariot [軫, Zhen] governs chariots, cavalry, and the loading of cargoes, and then returns to the mansion Horn [角, Jiao]. For phenomena such as shooting stars, falling stars, warring stars, flying stars, encroachment, stationary positions, flaring of points and horns, and occultations, each is divined according to its category. Stars such as guest stars, streaming stars, ominous stars, auspicious stars, comets, and fuzzy-tailed comets are all manifestations of the qi of earthly disasters or auspicious omens, which rise up and appear in the sky. Therefore, they have no fixed place where they appear, no fixed time when they are seen, and likewise no fixed form.
**On the Abundance or Scarcity of Fixed Stars**
Question: The fixed stars already have names assigned to them in order. Yet among them there are many of unequal size and unequal number. Can it be that none have been overlooked?
Answer: Fixed stars are also called "arrayed lodges" [列宿] and also called "warp stars" [経星]. To say "fixed" [恒] means that they are eternally unchanged since antiquity. To say "warp" [経] is to distinguish them from the north-south motion of the five weft [planets, 五緯]. Their number is exceedingly great, and none can exhaust it entirely. Now, having already been measured and their sizes examined, they are divided into six grades. The first grade consists of the great stars, such as the Five Emperors' Seats [五帝座]...