Aquilae and γ Aquilae is known as Hé Gǔ (河鼓; lit. "river drum"). The Chinese name for Altair is thus Hé Gǔ èr (河鼓二; lit. "river drum two", meaning the "second...

cases. For example, Altair is named 河鼓二 in Chinese. 河鼓 is the name of the asterism (literally the Drum at the River). 二 is the number designation (two)....

added stars (增星, zēng xīng) were named as 增一 (zēng yī, 1st added star), 增二 (zēng èr, 2nd added star) etc. For example, γ Cephei is referred to as 少衛增八...

Ox 河鼓 Hégŭ Drum at the River β Aql 河鼓一 Hégŭyī 1st star 左將軍 Zuǒjiāngjūn Left-side general α Aql 河鼓二 Hégŭèr 2nd star 河鼓大星 Hégŭběixīng Northern star 河鼓大星...