What do you mean by Venus, Jupiter, Beihe, Sanxuanyuan and Fourteen?

Venus and Jupiter, these are the names given to the planets by the ancient people in China. The source is China's ancient theory of five elements. So far, it is impossible to verify why the ancients named it this way. One statement I support is that the ancients came down from Jin Mu in turn according to the brightness of the five planets; But Venus and Mars, themselves, match the colors in the name (bright yellow and fiery red).

Beihe III and Xuanyuan XIV are all star names. Here, I want to popularize the ancient naming rules of stars in China: official names of stars+numbers. So the Chinese characters in front of the number all refer to the star official where the star is located. Beihe III is the third star of Beihe. Xuanyuan XIV is the star of Xuanyuan XIV. The star official system was also a universal astronomical system in ancient China, but in modern times, the productivity of the west was superior to that of the east, and the star official system in ancient China was only used for divination and other feudal activities, so China summarized the international universal western constellation system. Now more and more people in China don't know the ancient star official system in China for two reasons: First, it is no longer universal and of little use value; Secondly, its name is very complicated, tasteless, and the classical Chinese is very strong, which is difficult for young people to accept now. For example, many people don't understand the meaning of directly saying the words Beihe, Nanhe, Tianjing, Dajiao and Gouchen.

Similarly, there are some other stars, such as antares, which is the second star of the constellation antares. Betelgeuse is the seventh star of Betelgeuse.

There are also some stars who appeared after the Qing Dynasty. Most of these stars were influenced by western missionaries, such as Chen Xing officials and nine planets; Seven plus five refers to the fifth star added to the seven stars.

Finally, there are some special ones, such as Sirius, Canopus and arcturus. This kind of star does not contradict the naming rules, on the contrary, they are very consistent. For example, Sirius, as the only star in Sirius, should be called Sirius I, but because there is only one star, the number behind it is meaningless, so the word "star" is omitted. So the so-called phenomenon of one official and one satellite appeared.

You can ask if you don't understand, and hope to adopt it. Thank you.