Apus in Chinese astronomy

The modern constellation Apus is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars are too far south for observers in China to know about them prior to the introduction of Western star charts. Based on the work of Xu Guangqi and the German Jesuit missionary Johann Adam Schall von Bell in the late Ming Dynasty, this constellation has been classified as one of the 23 Southern Asterisms under the name Exotic Bird.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天燕座, meaning "the heaven swallow constellation".

Stars

The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Apus area consists of :

Four Symbols	Mansion	Romanization	Translation	Asterisms	Romanization	Translation	Western star name	Chinese star name	Romanization	Translation
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	異雀	Yìquè	Exotic Bird	-	-	-	-
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	異雀	Yìquè	Exotic Bird	ζ Aps	異雀一	Yìquèyī	1st star
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	異雀	Yìquè	Exotic Bird	ι Aps	異雀二	Yìquèèr	2nd star
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	異雀	Yìquè	Exotic Bird	β Aps	異雀三	Yìquèsān	3rd star
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	異雀	Yìquè	Exotic Bird	γ Aps	異雀四	Yìquèsì	4th star
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	異雀	Yìquè	Exotic Bird	δ¹ Aps	異雀六	Yìquèliù	6th star
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	異雀	Yìquè	Exotic Bird	η Aps	異雀七	Yìquèqī	7th star
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	異雀	Yìquè	Exotic Bird	α Aps	異雀八	Yìquèbā	8th star
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	異雀	Yìquè	Exotic Bird	ε Aps	異雀九	Yìquèjiǔ	9th star
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	三角形	Sānjiǎoxíng	Triangle	-	-	-	-
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	三角形	Sānjiǎoxíng	Triangle	κ¹ Aps	三角形增三	Sānjiǎoxíngzēngsān	3rd additional star
-	近南極星區	Jìnnánjíxīngōu	The Southern Asterisms	三角形	Sānjiǎoxíng	Triangle	κ² Aps	三角形增四	Sānjiǎoxíngzēngsì	4th additional star