Gǔrén bǎ Tiānláng kànzuò qīnlüèzhě de xiàngzhēng, shīrén biàn yòng shè Tiānláng lái biǎodá shādí de juéxīn.
The ancients saw the Wolf Star as a sign of invaders, so poets wrote of shooting it to show their resolve to fight the enemy.
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The ancients believed this star foretold raids and plunder. In the 楚辞 the sun god raises his long arrow to shoot 天狼, and 苏轼's hunting ci ends 西北望，射天狼, aiming at the enemy on the northwest frontier. The astronomical name today is 天狼星.
