# Ursa Minor in Chinese astronomy

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Ursa Minor is located in Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán)
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 小熊座 (xiǎo xióng zuò), meaning "the little bear constellation".

## Stars

The map of Ursa Minor in the Chinese constellation:
| Enclosures | Enclosure (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Asterisms (Chinese name) | Romanization | Translation | Western star name | Chinese star name | Romanization | Translation |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | γ UMi |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | γ UMi | 北極一 | Běijíyī | 1st star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | γ UMi | 太子 | Tàizǐ | The Crown Prince |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 北極二 | Běijíèr | 2nd star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 帝 | Dì | The Emperor |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 帝座 | Dìzuò | The emperor seat |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 帝王 | Dìwáng | The monarch |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 昊天上帝 | Hàotiānshàngdì | God in the clear sky |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 皇天上帝 | Huángtiānshàngdì | Emperor God in the sky |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 皇天上帝 | Huángtiānshàngdì | Emperor God in the sky |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 上帝 | Shàngdì | God |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 天皇帝 | Tiānhuangdì | Celestial emperor |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 天帝 | Tiāndì | God of heaven |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 天皇大帝 | Tiānhuángdàdì | Great emperor of heaven |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 大帝 | Dàdì | Great emperor |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 天极 | Tiānjí | Celestial pole |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 大恒 | Dàhéng | The big and permanent (star) |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | β UMi | 太恒 | Tàihéng | The great and permanent (star) |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | 5 UMi |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | 5 UMi | 北極三 | Běijísān | 3rd star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | 5 UMi | 庶子 | Shùzǐ | The Son of Concubine |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | 4 UMi |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | 4 UMi | 北極四 | Běijísì | 4th star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | 4 UMi | 後宮 | Hòugōng | The Concubine |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | 3 UMi | 庶子增二 | Shùzǐzēngèr | 2nd additional star of The Son of Concubine |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 北極 | Běijí | Northern Pole | 10 UMi | 庶子增三 | Shùzǐzēngsān | 3rd additional star of The Son of Concubine |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 天床 | Tiānchuáng | Celestial Bed |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 天床 | Tiānchuáng | Celestial Bed | HD 124730 | 天床一 | Tiānchuángyī | 1st star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 天床 | Tiānchuáng | Celestial Bed | HD 136064 | 天床二 | Tiānchuángèr | 2nd star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 天床 | Tiānchuáng | Celestial Bed | RR UMi | 天床五 | Tiānchuángwǔ | 5th star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 天床 | Tiānchuáng | Celestial Bed | 6 UMi | 天床六 | Tiānchuángliù | 6th star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 天床 | Tiānchuáng | Celestial Bed | 9 UMi | 天床增一 | Tiānchuángzēngyī | 1st additional star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 天床 | Tiānchuáng | Celestial Bed | 11 UMi | 天床增二 | Tiānchuángzēngèr | 2nd additional star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | α UMi |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | α UMi | 勾陳一 | Gòuchényī | 1st star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | α UMi | 勾陳大星 | Gòuchéndàxīng | Big star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | δ UMi | 勾陳二 | Gòuchénèr | 2nd star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | ε UMi | 勾陳三 | Gòuchénsān | 3rd star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | ζ UMi | 勾陳四 | Gòuchénsì | 4th star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | λ UMi | 勾陳增五 | Gòuchénzēngwǔ | 5th additional star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | 24 UMi | 勾陳增六 | Gòuchénzēngliù | 6th additional star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | θ UMi | 勾陳增七 | Gòuchénzēngqī | 7th additional star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | 19 UMi | 勾陳增八 | Gòuchénzēngbā | 8th additional star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | η UMi | 勾陳增九 | Gòuchénzēngjiǔ | 9th additional star |
| Three Enclosures (三垣) | 紫微垣 | Zǐ Wēi Yuán | Purple Forbidden enclosure | 勾陳 | Gòuchén | Curved Array | 20 UMi | 勾陳增十 | Gòuchénzēngshí | 10th additional star |