Crux in Chinese astronomy
The modern constellation Crux 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 Cross.
Possibly Acrux, Mimosa and Gacrux are bright stars in this constellation that are never seen in Chinese sky.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 南十字座, meaning "the southern cross-shaped constellation".
Stars
The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Crux 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 | 十字架 | Shízìjià | Cross | - | - | - | - |
| - | 近南極星區 | Jìnnánjíxīngōu | The Southern Asterisms | 十字架 | Shízìjià | Cross | γ Cru | 十字架一 | Shízìjiàyī | 1st star |
| - | 近南極星區 | Jìnnánjíxīngōu | The Southern Asterisms | 十字架 | Shízìjià | Cross | α Cru | - | - | - |
| - | 近南極星區 | Jìnnánjíxīngōu | The Southern Asterisms | 十字架 | Shízìjià | Cross | α Cru | 十字架二 | Shízìjiàèr | 2nd star |
| - | 近南極星區 | Jìnnánjíxīngōu | The Southern Asterisms | 十字架 | Shízìjià | Cross | α Cru | 四渎西南星 | Sìdúxīnánxīng | Star in the southwest of Four Channels constellation |
| - | 近南極星區 | Jìnnánjíxīngōu | The Southern Asterisms | 十字架 | Shízìjià | Cross | β Cru | 十字架三 | Shízìjiàsān | 3rd star |
| - | 近南極星區 | Jìnnánjíxīngōu | The Southern Asterisms | 十字架 | Shízìjià | Cross | δ Cru | - | - | - |
| - | 近南極星區 | Jìnnánjíxīngōu | The Southern Asterisms | 十字架 | Shízìjià | Cross | δ Cru | 十字架四 | Shízìjiàsì | 4th star |
| - | 近南極星區 | Jìnnánjíxīngōu | The Southern Asterisms | 十字架 | Shízìjià | Cross | δ Cru | 座旗南星 | Zuòqínánxīng | Star in the southwest of Seat Flags constellation |
| - | 近南極星區 | Jìnnánjíxīngōu | The Southern Asterisms | 十字架 | Shízìjià | Cross | ε Cru | 十字架增一 | Shízìjiàzēngyī | 1st additional star |