Ch'ü-fou

See also: Chufou

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 曲阜, Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻü-fou.

Proper noun

Ch'ü-fou

1. Synonym of Qufu
   • 1913, Reginald Fleming Johnson, “The "Three Religions" of China”, in Buddhist China‎^[1], London: John Murray, →OCLC, page 5:

     There are rumours that the state subsidies hitherto granted at regular intervals for the upkeep of the great sage's temple and tomb at Ch'ü-fou will perhaps be withdrawn, and that in the state schools and colleges reverence is no longer to be paid to the canonised representative of Chinese civilization and moral culture.