Chufou

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Chufou

1. Synonym of Qufu
   • 1921, Carl Crow, The Travelers' Handbook for China (including Hongkong)‎^[1], 3rd edition, Dodd, Mead & Co., →OCLC, page 277:

     Chufou.—Ninety miles south of Tsinanfu on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway is Chufou, the place where Confucius lived and is buried. When the railway was being constructed a few years ago, the Duke of Kung, a lineal descendant of Confucius, objected to the defilement of the sacred place by such a barbarous thing as a foreign railway and so was able to keep it out of Chufou, where he is very influential. It is therefore necessary for the visitor to ride five miles in a Chinese cart or wheelbarrow from the railway station. The fact that the Duke is now a wiser man and regrets that the road does not touch his city does not make the-ride any shorter.
     The principal point of interest at Chufou is the great cemetery, covering about 600 acres and containing the bone 3 of the Confucian clan in all its branches for 2500 years.

   • 1990 [1982], Josh McDowell, “Confucianism”, in Bill Wilson, editor, The Best of Josh McDowell: A Ready Defense: Over 60 Vital "Lines of Defense" for Christianity‎^[2], Here's Life Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 285:

     He died in Chufou, Shantung, in 479 B.C., having established himself as the most important teacher in Chinese culture

Anagrams

• Fu-chou