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Lunar mansion

Jǐng

Well

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In the classical sources

井居其旁則取犴為羊之類以配之

At the side lies 井; the 犴, a sort of sheep, is taken to pair with it.

協紀辨方書 卷一

About this entry

井, the Well, shares the 未 palace with 鬼. 協紀辨方書 卷一 assigns it a beast written 犴, taken as a relative of the sheep.

Wood is its group in 星厯考原 卷五, beside 奎, 角 and 斗. Thursday is the modern weekday, 參 the mansion before it and 鬼 the one after. There the sources stop.

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