Qufu

Qūfù qūfú qūfù English Alternative forms en Ch'ü-fu Wade-Giles Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1998 Blunden Caroline Gazetteer Cultural Atlas of China https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/ Revised Facts on File 0-8160-3814-7 98-34322 43168341 232, 235 https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/page/235/ Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription.Qufu/Ch'ü-fu 35°34′N 116°59′E, romanization of the en cmn 曲阜. Pronunciation chü′fo͞o′ en Qu fu Proper noun en Q210287en county-level city prefecture-level city/Jining p/Shandong c/China. en July 27, 1872 Abstract of Peking Gazettes North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1872.07.27/ Shanghai IX 273 311405954 69 https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1872.07.27/page/69/ 1 (4) Ting Pao-cheng, lieut.-governor of Shantung, reports having sacrificed to the Tai Shan (zh 泰山), inspected the Confucian Temple at Chüfow (the native place of Confucius), which has just undergone a thorough repair, and examined the dykes erected to protect the low lands, in the neighbourhood of Yuncheng, from the inundations of the Yellow River. on en 1961 Yutang Lin Studies in Form: Temples, Pagodas and the Plastic Arts Imperial Peking: Seven Centuries of China https://archive.org/details/imperialpeking0000unse/ New York w:Crown Publishers 600962962 125 https://archive.org/details/imperialpeking0000unse/page/125/ The most notable example of engraved dragons is on the stone columns of the Temple to Confucius at his birthplace in Chüfu. These are also found in the "cloud pillars" (single stone columns—huapiao in Chinese) outside the Tienanmen, while those at the Ming Tombs are still finer. on en October 10, 1997 Seth Faison Qufu Journal; Not Equal to Confucius, but Friends to His Memory w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150527054751/https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/10/world/qufu-journal-not-equal-to-confucius-but-friends-to-his-memory.html 27 May 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/10/world/qufu-journal-not-equal-to-confucius-but-friends-to-his-memory.html 0362-4331 1645522 World As the birth and burial place of Confucius, the sage and spiritual father of Chinese culture, Qufu (pronounced CHOO-foo) has survived the ages as a shrine. en May 14, 2010 Andrew Higgins In today's China, it's Confucius 2.0 w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20241122114125/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/national/2010/05/15/in-todays-china-its-confucius-20/eecaaf82-413d-4916-9987-e247a6db21df/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/national/2010/05/15/in-todays-china-its-confucius-20/eecaaf82-413d-4916-9987-e247a6db21df/ November 22, 2024 0190-8286 2269358 QUFU, CHINA -- Zhong Yong, a wealthy metals trader from the far west of China, recently took a long weekend off work, boarded a four-hour flight across the country and then drove for two hours. His mission: to dress up in a long black robe with crimson trim and tap his head on the ground in front of a wooden statue of Confucius.Ning and Zhong belong to the first batch of 50 students enrolled in the Three Wisdoms Business School, an intensive program in Chinese culture started last year by professors in Beijing. In Qufu, they were tutored by Duan Yanping, a technician at the local electricity company and one of the town's most zealous Confucians. He instructed them on how to bow properly, explained ancient rites and presided over worship at the Confucius Temple. Synonyms en Ch'ü-fou, en Chufou, en Kufow Translations city in Shandong Chinese: Cantonese: yue 曲阜 kuk1 fau6 Mandarin: cmn 曲阜 Qūfù References Further reading Qufu, Ch'ü-fu, Ch'u-fu, Chu-fu, Chufu, Chufou, Kufow en 1952 Küfow or Ch’ü-fou Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 987 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/987/ 2 en 1998 Qufu Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2554 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2554/ 3 en 2-syllable words