Kufow

English Proper noun en Qufu. en 1979 w:Robert R. Newton Chinese Records of Solar Eclipses The Moon's Acceleration and Its Physical Origins https://archive.org/details/moonsacceleratio0000newt/ 1 w:Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-2216-5 78-20529 4593318 143 https://archive.org/details/moonsacceleratio0000newt/page/143/ Confucius was born, in either -550 or -549, in or near Kufow, which was the capital of Lu.* *I use the spelling Kufow because it is the spelling used in the Times Atlas [1955]. The spellings Chu-fu and Chu-fou are also used in English writing. Webster's Geographical Dictionary, in the form that was published in 1972, says that known descendants of Confucius still live in Kufow.