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Originally Posted by Corpsey
"Zhong Ni" was his courtesy name and Kǒng Qiū was his full name. I never really looked into it but it always amused me that a Chinese Man had been given such a European sounding name.
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Kong Qiu was what I was looking for! And yeah, its funny, and its not just him, we take a lot of foreign words and just make up new ones (the Chinese don't call China "China" either!)