Twelve times
Dividing, also for twelve times, is the ancient Chinese astronomers on the division of the stars. China's Shang Dynasty period there will be "twelve times", that is, Xing Ji, Xuan 枵, 娵 Zi, down repeated, the beam, Shen Shen, quail head, quail fire, quail tail, longevity, fire, wood, similar to today The West of the zodiac, such as "Mandarin" in mind Zhou Jing Wang Chou dove said: "King of the harvest Yin, old in the quail fire." Quail is equivalent to the lion. The division of the land will also be divided into twelve regions, so that the two correspond to each other. In the field, known as the "twelve points"; in the earth, known as the "twelve wild." There are twenty-eight places to divide the division. Jinzhou, Jizhou, Jizhou, Yongzhou, Sanhe, Jingzhou twelve states, respectively, by Zheng, Song, Yan, Wu (More), Qi, Wei, Lu, Zhao, Wei, Qin, Zhou, Chu twelve ancient country carved up, such as 簊, tail two places on behalf of Yan Youzhou. ...