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  • gate in the city wall of Qufu
    Qufu

    …residence of Confucius’s descendants, the Kong family. Through the centuries the Kongs were the guardians of the temple complex and the administrators of the town of Qufu; the 76th lineal descendant of Confucius lived in the town before World War II. Lying outside the north gate of the temple enclosure…

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    …residence of Confucius’s descendants, the Kong family. Through the centuries the Kongs were the guardians of the temple complex and the administrators of the town of Qufu; the 76th lineal descendant of Confucius lived in the town before World War II. Lying outside the north gate of the temple enclosure…

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