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Why are Planets often referred to a Stars?

Bhelliom_RahlBhelliom_Rahl
in General Novel Discussions
In several novels that I have read, what we call Planets are referred to a Stars.  I was wondering if this is a Translation matter or if it is related to a Chinese historical precedent/perception? 
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  • jaderiverjaderiver
    Hello its to make it seam mystical 
  • jaderiverjaderiver
    edited June 2019
    In several novels that I have read, what we call Planets are referred to a Stars.  I was wondering if this is a Translation matter or if it is related to a Chinese historical precedent/perception? 
    Or maybe it's their astrological system 
  • powwderpowwder
    I thought it was because plants look like stars when you look at them from really far distances.  
  • BlessingsBlessings
    might be a mistranslation. Planet is 行星 in chinese. 星 meaning star.
  • TiffadoTiffado
    Maybe because their planets have nothing in common with ours.
    They don't rotate around a star, they are so huge thats their planets are even bigger than the sun (MC usually casually walks 10 000 miles each step, so 2 steps to go around the earth)
    the planets are also some kind of world.
    So planet ? stars ? Well we can't compare it to our world, so both words are wrong since ti's not a planet, neither a star.
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