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English
Etymology
From Mandarin 曲阜, Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻü-fou.
Proper noun
Ch'ü-fou
- Synonym of Qufu
1913, Reginald Fleming Johnson, “The "Three Religions" of China”, in Buddhist China, 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hitherto granted at regular intervals for the upkeep of the great sage's temple and tomb at Ch'ü-fou will perhaps be withdrawn, and that in the state schools and colleges reverence is no longer to be paid to the canonised representative of Chinese civilization and moral culture.