-
Earthly Branches were
adapted from
observations of the
planet Jupiter (歲星;
Suìxīng; 'Year Star'),
whose orbital period is
roughly twelve Earth years long...
- or 8th
century BC. The
ancient Chinese knew
Jupiter as the "Suì Star" (
Suìxīng 歲星) and
established their cycle of 12
earthly branches based on the approximate...
- (the Year Star;
simplified Chinese: 岁星;
traditional Chinese: 歳星; pinyin:
Suìxīng).
Following the
orbit of
Jupiter around the Sun,
Chinese astronomers divided...
- Kinsha. Germany's
steamship effort that same year on SS
Suixing ended in catastrophe. On
Suixing's maiden voyage, the
vessel hit a rock and sunk, killing...
-
Jingyuan Sui
Yanxing (歲厭星): Peng
Zushou (In Shu version, "Yang Wang") Po
Suixing (破碎星): Wu Long (In Shu version, "Yu Zongbo") Gods of the 28
Mansions Azure...
- planets) were
represented as
Chenxing (辰星),
Taibai (太白),
Yinghuo (熒惑),
Suixing (歲星) and
Zhenxing (鎭星). In
modern times these are Mercury, Venus, Mars...
-
Boxer Rebellion,
combined with the
sinking of the German’s steamer, SS
Suixing, on her
maiden voyage in the same year and
extensive railroad ambitions...
-
Meditation in
front of
Buddha Statue (佛像前的沉吟, essay) Ren Jian Shi (人间世, essay)
Suixing Suiyuan (随性随缘, essay)
Miyun Buyu (密云不雨, autobiography) Li
Wenrui (17 December...
- region. In the
tenth year of the Sui
emperor Kaihuang (590 AD), Dongchang,
Suixing, and
Yongxin Counties were
merged into
Xichang County,
which was renamed...
